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DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: December 28, 2025
AI Toys For Kids:What Could Go Wrong?: If you’re shopping for a child in your life, you may soon run into an AI toy – a stuffed animal or toy robot that can have conversations with children thanks to integration with a chatbot. AI toys have the capacity to be entertaining or educational. They also […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 27, 2025
Saltwater Intrusion In Delaware. It’s here. It’s real. What will we do about it? An award-worthy three-part series in, where else, Spotlight Delaware. Reported by Maddy Lauria: ‘Coal Mine Canaries’ of climate change: “With sea level rise increasing every year, the salinity levels are also increasing now to the point where the freshwater is not […]
DL Open Thread: Friday, December 26, 2025
A Christian Nation Smiting Those Who Would Kill Christians: The United States launched a number of strikes against the Islamic State in northwestern Nigeria, President Trump announced on Thursday, the latest American military campaign against a nonstate adversary — in this case, Islamic jihadis who the president asserts have been slaughtering Christians. Mr. Trump said […]
DL Open Thread: Thursday, December 25, 2025
Happy holidays, everybody! And/or to the discerning few who read DL on what is traditionally our slowest day of the year. As always, My Christmas Gift To You, my 50 Fave Tunes of the Year, begins tomorrow. 10 tunes each day. No exchanges, no returns. Let’s see if I can conjure up some stuff worth […]
DL Open Thread: Wednesday, December 24, 2025
Trooper Died A Hero In DMV Shooting: A 44-year-old man with a gun entered the facility off of Route 13 and Hessler Boulevard in Minquidale at around 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 23, 2025, according to police. He confronted a Delaware State Police Trooper who was working overtime at the reception desk at the front of […]
DL Open Thread: Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Just because we’re into the Holiday Doldrums Week on the blog doesn’t mean that Trump’s destruction of everything we hold dear is slowing down. Take yesterday, for example. Please: Trump Goes After Greenland Again. Trump To Shut Down Center For Climate Research. Trump Shuts Down Wind Projects. A quote: “President Trump has been clear: wind […]
DL Open Thread: Monday, December 22, 2025
$2 Billion Buys You Quite A Lot–From Trump. Here’s why I keep my NYTimes subscription: Since President Trump was elected a second time, he and his allies have raised nearly $2 billion for his favored political causes and passion projects. That total, which was confirmed by four people involved in the fund-raising, likely eclipses the […]
DL Presents: Our MVP’s For 2025
‘MVP’ standing for ‘Most Valuable To The Progressive Cause’ in Delaware. This is my list. Your lists would undoubtedly differ. Although–I read all of your suggestions and, in some cases, incorporated your nominees onto the list. Two of the entries this year identify people who also serve as proxies for those who have joined them […]
DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: December 21, 2025
The Best Wildlife Photos Of 2025–Be sure to check out the giant Japanese mantis. 10 Fave Books Of 2025: I chose this list because ‘The Antidote’ by Karen Russell was my favorite fiction of the year. Although–for sheer gruesome pleasure, it’s hard to go wrong with S.A. Cosby’s ‘King Of Ashes’. A List Of ‘Best’ […]
DL Open Thread: Saturday, December 20, 2025
Of Course They Didn’t Release All The Epstein Docs. Released a photo of Clinton in a bath, though: Lawmakers from both parties on Friday accused the Justice Department of failing to comply with a law requiring the release of all of its material on Jeffrey Epstein, citing extensive redactions and the department’s acknowledgment that it […]
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