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conulyWhich, I'm told, has prompted all the usual gross comments about the girl playing Hermione. Ugh. Why are people so disgusting?
(Also, fuck JKR, but she's not the one being awful inside this complaint. Not to fear, I'm sure she'll find a way to outclass them soon enough.)
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(Also, fuck JKR, but she's not the one being awful inside this complaint. Not to fear, I'm sure she'll find a way to outclass them soon enough.)
The Bear with Its Own ZIP Code
Ancient Egyptian Drawing Now Theorized To Represent the Milky Way’s Great Rift
How to Pick Up a Duck (Video)
University at Buffalo grad chased by police as he runs across stage with contraband — his baby (This is a lighthearted article, but all the same - don't chase somebody who's holding a baby when the only thing wrong is that they're holding a baby. What if the man had tripped and fallen? There was no need for this.)
Plants can hear tiny wing flaps of pollinators (But how?)
Bumps on ancient, armored fish may have given rise to teeth in animals
Hong Kong’s Famous Bamboo Scaffolding Hangs On (for Now)
The unprecedented scale of India’s Maha Kumbh festival
The surprising ways U.S. weather data powers everyday commerce
Gaza war testing Germany's long unconditional commitment to Israel
Boko Haram’s resurgence: Why Nigeria’s military is struggling to hold the line
Death, Sexual Violence and Human Trafficking: Fallout From U.S. Aid Withdrawal Hits the World’s Most Fragile Locations
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Date: 2025-05-30 08:54 pm (UTC)That reminds me of a tale from comp.risks, many years back. Someone was trying to find the nearest store of a particular chain. When he tried it at home, the results from entering his zip code gave nothing at all close. when he tried it at work, it showed several very close to his home.
This got him curious, and he spent some time entering different zip codes top try to figure out what was going on.
He finally figured out that whoever wrote the code for that page thought the zip codes that were *numerically* close were *geographically* close.
This bears no resemblance whatsoever to reality.
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Date: 2025-06-13 05:14 am (UTC)