@annbauerwriter When I learned of her past, and checked out the interview you referenced, I stopped reading her books. The crime was so brutal, and her interview seemed so self centered, I could not stand to read her books. I saw darkness where before I'd focused on the clever puzzles she'd made
@annbauerwriter I love mysteries & Perry was one of my favorite authors. Her characters and settings are fantastic. The mysteries are well constructed. The clues are doled out so the reader can figure out whodunnit. I often did, but not always. When I failed, I found the explanation fair.
NEW LONG FORM VIDEO: Why people stopped shopping at IKEA
At its peak, IKEA was selling nearly €48 billion worth of merchandise a year across more than 460 stores around the world. The company was so dominant that it sold one of its iconic BILLY bookcases every five seconds.
But recently, something changed. Revenue started shrinking for three years in a row, profits dropped by a third in one of those years, and IKEA began doing something that once seemed almost unthinkable: closing stores.
So what’s happening to one of the most successful furniture retailers in history? And why is a business that practically invented the modern furniture shopping experience suddenly struggling?
This video is about what’s going wrong with IKEA.
Please beat the algos for us. Retweet. The great Jeffrey Tucker and I drill down on the end of Fauci. We have been shadow banned here with no way out for three years. Please retweet. @annbauer@jeffreytucker@TuckerCarlson@patrickbetdavid
5 years ago, Jon Stewart was right for the 2nd time ever when he told Stephen Colbert that COVID leaked from a Wuhan lab. Leftists said he either turned into a wing-nut conspiracy theorist or he was imitating one. Stewart later called it “a pretty good bit that expressed kind of how I felt.”
So, credit where credit is due. Stewart spoke the truth that was obvious to most conservatives and he didn’t back down from the censors and cancel-culture cultists on his own side of the political aisle.
@megbasham The analogy I like is to Pointalist painting. Each restriction was just one tiny dot of paint. But taken in all together, from a step back, the image was a prison.
This might be the easiest sandwich rolls you’ll ever make!
Just mix 4 cups flour, 2 tsp instant yeast, ½ tsp sugar, 1 tsp salt, 2 cups warm water, and 1 Tbsp olive oil. With wet hands, fold the dough over on itself eight times — that’s literally all the “kneading” it needs.
Let it rise for an hour, cut into 6 pieces (no fancy shaping), and bake at 440°F for 30 minutes. You end up with crusty outside, soft chewy inside perfection.
Perfect for sandwiches or just with butter.
1. Greek Chicken Pasta Salad
• Chicken breast
• Protein pasta
• Cucumber
• Cherry tomatoes
• Red onion
• Olives
• Fresh parsley
• Balsamic
~50-60g protein
One of my favorite meal prep lunches because it tastes even better the next day.
That night, they sat on the couch and opened Disney+ again.
The dad's homepage now showed Daredevil, Alien, and The Bear titles he never knew were there. The Marvel movies filled the screen edge to edge in IMAX Enhanced. The sound poured out of the soundbar in Dolby Atmos. The kids were on their own profiles watching age-appropriate content without touching the dad's recommendations. And they were paying $180/year less for the same services.
Same subscription. Same TV. Same family. Completely different experience.
Disney+ isn't a kids' app with a few Marvel shows. It's a full-featured streaming platform with IMAX-quality video, theater-grade audio, thousands of hidden titles, and an entire bonus content library most people never open.
But Disney ships the version built for a toddler. And unless someone shows you where the real settings are, that's the version you'll use forever.
Now you know where they are.
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