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Update from the lake. We learned the hard way that last 4th of July at the lake (Trump territory) was a full blown MAGA rally with boats and houses adorned with lots of Trump flags and thin-blue-line flags. Last weekend, I noticed a bunch of people are now adopting the "thin red line" flag rather than the thin-blue-line flags. It is like the Police Lives Matter, but for firefighters. It seems improbable that this many people know firefighters and I suspect it is a reactive/lateral move since police have so much negative press but everybody loves firefighters.

That being said, US Bureau of Labor Statistics show that roofers die on the job at 11x the rate of firefighters.

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Summer so hot, the ocean caught on fire

https://twitter.com/MLopezSanMartin/status/1411059695503261697

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HSB: I think it was you who made me aware of Cologuard. Thanks to you, wife was able to poop in a box and hand it to the mailman. She also struck up a convo with the mailman, who said "oh yeah, we absolutely know when we're handling poop" and proceeded to tell a not so nice story. Alas, I think I'm getting the full treatment.

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Weekend plans

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Afternoon treat

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Jalen, Jaden, and their homonyms

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Elsewhere in college

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OUR CRUMBLING DEMOCRACY

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PRO

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CAL

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