I don't know if it's the allergies or the antihistimines, but I've been soooo sleeeeeepy.

[conuly]

Even when I'm awake I feel groggy. Doesn't help that my eyes are itchy and watery. (That's the allergies.)

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The Art in the Oval Office Tells a Story. Here’s How to See It.

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Why it seemed like Hooked on Phonics ads were everywhere in the 1990s — and why the cassette-tape program was a lot more controversial than you remember.

Can you eat cicadas? Yes, and here’s the best way to catch, cook and snack on them. (I will never not post entomophagy articles.)

Cicadas Have an Existential Problem

Get out of your geographic music bubble

Belgian farmer accidentally moves French border

Sherpa guide scales Mount Everest for record 25th time

The Other Side of The Other Side of Midnight

The Heretical Origins of the Sonnet (Bonus sonnet link)

Let’s Throw Away These Rules of the Road (You can give your input on the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways here)

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Nation's Largest HBCU Sees Record-Breaking Donations

What If Everything We Know About Gymnastics Is Wrong?

Tiberius, Imperial Detective

Please make a post about the story of the RMS Carpathia, because it's something that's almost beyond belief and more people should know about it. (The next Trek ship and/or warp engineer needs to be named after the Carpathia.)

His Ship Vanished in the Arctic 176 Years Ago. DNA Has Offered a Clue.

These Posters from Mao’s China Taught Public Health Awareness

A Kidnapping Gone Very Wrong

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India’s disaster hangs over countries facing COVID-19 surges

Comments

[shadowkat]

The pollen is really bad this year. I'm groggy too and can't tell if its allergies or antihistimines or both.

[greghousesgf]

I'm from Oakland and I've never heard the supposed #1 song here, or any of the other songs listed in the get out of your geographic music bubble article.

[adafrog]

Yeah. {{{hugs}}}

[anankastick]

My eyes have been really itchy lately, too, and I'm taken aback! Haven't had allergies since I moved to the southwest seven years ago, but I guess this is the year we go back to Normal...

[gale_storm]

My eyes haven’t *yet* started to itch until I want to scratch til they bleed, but I live in the northern part of Europe, where that hasn’t *yet* hit.

“I will never not post entomophagy articles.”

My husband is a happy bug-eater, while I’m in the other camp.

[kengr]

The Art in the Oval Office Tells a Story. Here’s How to See It.

The link points at this post...

[conuly]

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/05/05/arts/design/oval-office-art.html