Today many of you will learn a new word.

A kynodesmē (Greek: κυνοδέσμη, English translation: "dog tie") was a cord or string[1] or sometimes a leather strip that was worn primarily by athletes in Ancient Greece and Etruria to prevent the exposure of the glans penis in public (considered to be ill-mannered) and to restrict untethered movement of the penis during sporting competition. It was tied tightly around the akroposthion, the most distal, tubular portion of the foreskin that extends beyond the glans. As depicted in Ancient Greek art the kynodesme was worn by some athletes, actors, poets, symposiasts and komasts. It was worn temporarily while in public and could be taken off and put back on at will. The remaining length of cord could either be attached to a waist band to pull the penis upward and expose the scrotum, or tied around the base of the penis and scrotum so that the penis appeared to curl upwards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kynodesme (includes photographs)

In the context of the OP joke that would be a: jynodesmē.

I once went to a cousin's house in the midwest, and we went to find something in the basement. Fam, it was like the last scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark: stacks and stacks of Stuff as far as the eye could see... To their credit, it was all in bins and shelves with aisle space and fairly well organized...

This sounds like the beginning of a telenovela or a "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" episode.

• the one where the guitars go "da da da da, du du du du, DA DA DA DA"
• the one that starts "AAAAAAAAAAAAA"
• the one with the lyrics that are like WOAHWOAHWOAHWOAH urghurghurghurgh AAAAAAA
• the one that tells nazi punks to fuck off

Just put it on arxiv! (e: and then cite it in your thesis)

This time last year there was around 38k active users.

I think this kind of slow growth is fine. We just need enough influx to replace people who naturally leave, and maybe a bit more. We don't have any CEOs or stockholders demanding exponential growth.

Michael Moore made a blog post talking about the fact that Luigi Mangione mentioned his work and how it relates to this documentary and the whole situation: https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/a-manifesto-against-for-profit-health

C'mon y'all. You know if you go to a non-chain Latino restaurant nobody's calling the cops.

I have Sicilian relatives who would debate that.

Maybe they'll use the 50k to escape Altoona and move to a country with better health care.

In the midwest it would be IN the subway...

The article is a lot more nuanced than the headline. Arab- and Muslim-Americans knew that neither candidate cared about them, and the article explains various ways that affected their thinking.