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Re: Ukraine's drone attack. Seems like a caper out of a Hollywood movie or a video game, but it actually worked. Reminds me of a plan to attack Japanese wooden structures with napalm-armed bats. In short, never underestimate your wife's dentist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat_bomb

"Super important that this isn't just observational. It's an RCT, so the effect is causal. Yet more evidence (did you need more?) that exercise is good."

Fine, David, I'll go for a walk.

"J Jonah Jameson is a bastard, but canonically, he’s got some honor too. I’m sure there are other villains like this, but none come to mind immediately."

He generally does, but as time goes on the character has shifted in some iterations to reflect the modern conservative, as in Insomniac's Spider-Man games, where he more closely resembles Alex Jones or Rush Limbaugh as a raving, conspiracy-spreading podcast host. In some respects it's interesting how comic book characters slide through time, reflecting our culture in a five to twenty year window. I'm still waiting for our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man to declare himself a Democratic Socialist, as a young idealist New Yorker. Or at least grow a mustache.

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