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An entry that didn't make the deadine:

Breathing smoke from wildfires is perfectly healthy - Steve Milloy, Fox News

Wait ... he wasn't intending to enter, was he?

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Hi, what’s up with the complaints about the Google forms? The page works for me and I never have to sign in. But maybe it’s a different kind of problem for other people, does the webpage reload automatically or something?

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I think you need to have a Google account. Some people just don't want to get one.

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The orange links in the text of these blogs are becoming even more annoyingly-hard to read.

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I agree. Well, they're not becoming any more annoying; they're just as annoying as before. Their paleness probably depends on your screen, but it's clear that some people don't even realize they're links. (Obviously, we can't do anything about this except not to use links.)

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No mirthful malady or hilarious private part self-surgery experience to share yet, but did want to do my civic duty here in passing on the latest on bodily effluent. Word has reached me via a recent (March-April, 2023) YouGov international survey (you'd think these survey guys would give it a rest every once in a while) that 40% of men in Germany reported sitting every time they pee, as do 25% of Australians. In the US, it’s just 10% and in the UK, 9%. Although in German, the word "sitzpinkler," meaning someone who sits to pee, is also used as an insult. As for cis females, anatomy strongly argues against peeing standing up, so "live streaming" in a shower is not advised. "Hovering," a technique often used in public loos, is also not recommended because it constricts the pelvic floor muscles, making it harder to fully empty the bladder. So it may be worthwhile taking the time to artfully arrange toilet paper. And it would do for either gender to remember the adage, "Laugh, and the world laughs with you. Urinate and you pee alone." Next up on "Excreta Today:" Do men really spend more time on the throne ?

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Hey, the shower is the only time I, a ciswoman, can pee standing up. It's great.

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I agree!

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