August 31, 2021
Preliminary data from the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that in 2020, the highest number of people ever recorded died from an overdose in the United States — 93,000, a nearly 30 percent increase over the previous year.
--Sarah Maslin Nir
Is nothing sacred? headline of the moment
The Cocaine Was Laced With Fentanyl. Now Six Are Dead From Overdoses.
--NYT
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I'm in the hot gates at Thermopylae, holding the pass against the million-man Persian army.
--John Pierce
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There's an inability for corporate America to understand the value of something they bought.
--Frank Oz
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"One major difference: recently vaccinated people are less likely to be tested for coronavirus infection, which means fewer infections would be detected in that group. Recently vaccinated people may also take more care to prevent infection."
--Maggie Fox
August 30, 2021
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The world should have learned their lesson and this is the enjoyable moment of victory.
--Zabihullah Mujahid
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We didn't force them to do anything. Sometimes they would be really chill and just want to stroll around the substrate.
--Jasmine Nirody, mechanical biologist, studying tardigrades
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These were rides all so easily breakable that they could be disassembled and trucked away to the next town over like oversized Polly Pocket compacts of hell.
--Hazel Cills
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I would describe them as a limited supply of nothing. So to the extent there's more demand than the limited supply, the price would go up. But to the extent the demand falls, then the price would go down. There's no intrinsic value to any of the cryptocurrencies except that there's a limited amount.
--John Paulson
August 28, 2021
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Reality based quote of the moment
Moving after nightfall on unknown, technical terrain is generally a bad idea as it makes route-finding much more difficult.
--Spencer McKee
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There are blind alleys that people go down, and a lot of the time you kind of don't know what you don't know.
--Richard Sever
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More than 50 percent of the surface of the brain is devoted to processing visual information.
--Leah Borski
August 21, 2021
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"It's more important to get a picture of you having a good time than actually having a good time."
--Bill Maher
August 20, 2021
Mad Dog quote of the moment
The cheapest wine on the list is often worth ordering.
--Florence Fabricant¹
¹Although it looks that way, I am not making this name up.
August 19, 2021
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The ramshackle cabin, decorated with broken disco balls and silver tinsel, is overwhelmed by the scent of cat urine.
--Kevin Dugan
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They are OK as long as they don't try to change us. This isn't California.
--Nancy Classen
August 18, 2021
Lying outside the curve quote of the moment
"In general, women are more in tune with their bodies and more conscientious of their symptoms. On the contrary, men are taught to be more stoic and put up with discomfort."
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It would be cheaper to hire a taxi, on our taxpayer tab, for each [Amtrak] passenger. In fact, it would be cheaper to buy two cars and leave them on the edge of each town with the keys in.
--Tim Worstall
Quote of the moment
Knowingly selling COVID vaccination cards to unvaccinated individuals puts millions of Americans at risk of serious injury or death.
--Emmerson Buie Jr.
August 17, 2021
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Since the beginning of the pandemic, I've stayed fit and (relatively) sane through daily walks around my neighborhood, listening to my favorite true crime podcasts and K-pop songs.
--Sara Murphy
August 16, 2021
A + B headline of the moment
Once outside, I quickly realized why Pleasers are perfect for pole dancing: because, well, there's a pole involved.
--Elana Fishman
August 15, 2021
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We need a bigger exterminator lede of the moment
The Solar System is positively lousy with magnetic fields.
--Michelle Starr
August 11, 2021
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The really, really scary thing about the climate crisis is that every single achievement of every human society on Earth occurred under a climate that no longer exists.
--Simon Lewis
August 08, 2021
Partial quote of the moment
... a new wave of mycoprotein companies envisage a future far beyond turkey dinosaurs.
--Matt Reynolds