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What I say: “Are any of you injured?” Amir asked.
What my phone hears: “Are any of you injured? I'm your ass.”
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Butt hurt?
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“What my phone hears” sounds like a brilliant story prompt. “Amir was an ordinary beat cop, doing his job and living his life. Until, that is, his posterior became sapient and started loudly expressing its own diverging opinions.”
Cheers!
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Good news, day 7:
In the US Senate, a bipartisan bill has been introduced that would make the sellers of tickets to concerts and other live events give you the full price up front (ie, without hidden fees).
https://variety.com/2023/music/news/senators-fans-first-bill-reform-ticketing-1235829396/
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Good news, day 6:
A 2,100-year-old tomb with hundreds of relics was just unearthed in China. It is the oldest and largest archeological find in the Wulong District in Chongqing.
https://themessenger.com/news/archaeologists-open-tomb-china-hidden-treasures-first-time
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Good news, day 5:
Lots of good news on the energy front: Oil and natural gas prices are falling, and America’s first offshore wind farm just went online.
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Good news, day 4:
In the US, inflation appears to be getting under control, and most economists think there will not be a recession.
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Good news, day 3:
Scientists have discovered a class of molecules that appear to regenerate tooth pulp. This could make root canals obsolete.
https://www.newsweek.com/teeth-pulp-regeneration-replace-root-canal-dentist-1849164
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Good news, day 2:
Even though there’s a lot of talk about shoplifting these days, it’s less common now than it was before the pandemic.
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There’s a lot of bad news out there these days. So I’ve decided that every day for the next week, I’ll post one piece of good news.
To decrease summer heat and improve air quality, New York City’s city council has decided to up NYC’s tree canopy coverage from 22% to 30%. A lidar-based mapping system will be used to identify places where the new trees would do the most good.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/nov/30/new-york-city-tree-planting-lidar-mapping