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[derek guy @dieworkwear]

this is similar to how people in rural italy transport baby lambs for seasonal grazing

[Paul Bronks @SlenderSherbet]

That one co-worker whenever the boss walks in.

[Paul Bronks @SlenderSherbet]

When you only left the room for five minutes and your parrot joins the Nazi Party.

[Peggy Whitson @AstroPeggy]

The ground team is closely involved in the Space Station’s day-to-day work, so they need a clear view of what’s happening on board. This means setting up cameras and taking photos which can take up a significant amount of work time. To help offset that time, JAXA sent up this little guy, the Int-Ball in 2017 to take photos and video for the ground teams. Having something constantly hovering around us did take some getting used to, but it quickly proved its value. The 2017 Int-Ball was a successful technology demonstration, and its successor is still flying on the Station today!

[Barack Obama @BarackObama]

Yesterday, we lost a cherished member of our family.

We got Sunny at the start of our second term in the White House, and all of us – including our first dog, Bo – immediately fell in love. We also had trouble keeping up with her, for Sunny was a force of nature. Athletic and full of boundless energy, she leapt over the hedges on the South Lawn like they weren’t even there, chasing squirrels, birds and anything else that moved. And whereas the way to Bo’s heart usually involved a treat, Sunny was more interested in having us run around with her, roll on the floor with her, or have her belly rubbed for as long as we were willing.

She loved the girls, even if they were pestering her when she was napping. She loved our team, and would often follow them around, helping them on the job. She was fiercely protective of Bo, who she rightly sensed wasn’t always as alert and attentive as she was. She had her eccentricities: other than Bo, she preferred people to dogs; she was a loud and sloppy drinker; and despite being a Portuguese Water Dog, she hated getting wet.

But as far as our family was concerned, she was pretty much perfect, and for thirteen years, she would be by our side – always loyal, always sweet, always ready for adventure, still fiery and gorgeous till the very end of her days.

We will miss her terribly, and imagine she’s with her big brother now, making sure he’s okay.

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

There are probably secret meetings about making asbestos dinnerware.

[Bramduff @Bramduff]

@PerdieXAmerica It's almost like the climate is changing or something.

[Paul Bronks @SlenderSherbet]

Me pretending to injure myself so I don't have to go out.

[Bramduff @Bramduff]

@bennyjohnson Let us know when you become a judge, Josh.

-- a Missouri citizen

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

January 13, 2025. The geographic South Pole. A 21-year-old Norwegian woman stands at the bottom of the world after 54 days of complete isolation, having just pulverized an age record that stood unchallenged.

Karen Kyllesø weighs 106 pounds. She's exactly five feet tall. The sled she dragged behind her for 704 miles across Antarctica's frozen wasteland? 220 pounds at departure. More than twice what she weighs.

Let that sink in for a moment. Picture yourself hauling double your body weight through temperatures that regularly hit 40 below zero. Alone. For nearly eight weeks. Skiing ten hours daily across ice formations that jut up like frozen daggers. Through blizzards so thick you can't see your own gloved hands.

She didn't just break the record for youngest person to reach the South Pole solo and unsupported. She obliterated it by almost six full years, dethroning the previous record holder who was 26 when he completed his trek just one year earlier.

But here's what makes this genuinely remarkable beyond the numbers.

Karen developed cold-induced asthma partway through the expedition. A respiratory condition she'd never had before, triggered by breathing Antarctic air so frigid it burns your lungs. She carried medication and kept skiing anyway. Seven to ten brutal hours every single day.

This wasn't spontaneous adventure. At 15, she became the youngest woman to ski across Greenland's ice sheet. Before her skis had even been put away, she was already asking her mentor about Antarctica. Then came years of methodical preparation. Working shifts on Norwegian fish farms to fund the dream. Winter training in extreme cold. Summer endurance work pulling tires for miles. Fall strength training in the Alps.

The hardest part? Gaining weight. She deliberately added 10% to her frame, building muscle specifically to handle a load that would crush most people twice her size.

On November 21, 2024, she started from Hercules Inlet. No resupply drops. No food caches waiting along the route. No outside guidance. Just Karen, her equipment, and 704 miles of white nothingness.

For 54 days she existed in what she called "a bubble." Cut off from everything except her thoughts, her willpower, and the endless frozen horizon that barely changes. Every morning meant waking in a frozen tent, melting snow, eating high-calorie fuel, packing with precision, then skiing against constant resistance until exhaustion demanded she stop.

When she crossed the finish line under clear Antarctic skies, Norway's Prime Minister praised her as following in the footsteps of Roald Amundsen. The legendary Liv Arnesen, first woman to ski solo to the South Pole 31 years prior, personally called to congratulate her.

Karen's words after finishing cut straight to the truth: "It doesn't matter how tall you are or how physically imposing you look. Through considered preparation, mental strength, and unwavering focus, you can achieve things that seem extraordinary."

Five feet tall. 106 pounds. The youngest solo polar explorer in human history. Proof that extraordinary has nothing to do with size.

[Bramduff @Bramduff]

@HawleyMO I thought you lived in Virginia?

[Bramduff @Bramduff]

@Acyn

[Fred Wellman @FPWellman]

Never in the history of ever have the masked men demanding to see your papers been the good guys.

They aren’t now either.

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Indy. He just made history as the first dog to win a major acting award. He won the Astra for Best Performance in a Horror or Thriller after starring in the supernatural horror Good Boy. 14/10 congrats Indy

[Bramduff @Bramduff]

@TrumpDailyPosts This picture is from 2018.

[Luke Goldstein @lukewgoldstein]

A US Senator recording his kid's hockey game was told to sit down and pay up or the PE firm that controls the ice rink would penalize his kid's team...

[Bramduff @Bramduff]

@AgathaChocolats Who turned off the heat!

[Bramduff @Bramduff]

@TrumpDailyPosts What is up with Donald's hand?

[Bramduff @Bramduff]

@TomForsythe7 @AnnCoulter The millions of Indians would probably disagree. Cahokia had a greater population than London at the time. They had a higher level of mathematics and metallurgy than Europeans. They just didn't have gunpowder. Unfortunately, disease killed 90% of the population.