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The Tragedy Of “Stomp Clap Hey”

The Tragedy Of “Stomp Clap Hey”

In 1971, the great rock critic Lester Bangs tried to imagine a time when the music of the recent past would seem alien. Projecting himself into the old age he would never reach, he pictured his future grandkids asking him about the music of the ’60s: “What’s all this shit about the Yardbirds?” It was a challenge to articulate the …

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AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool ‘a wallet-wrecking tragedy’ • The Register

AWS pricing for Kiro dev tool ‘a wallet-wrecking tragedy’ • The Register

AWS has introduced new pricing for Kiro, its AI-driven coding tool, but unlike the pricing originally announced, the latest plans are “a wallet-wrecking tragedy,” according to many of its users. “Kiro’s spec-driven AI IDE is a gem,” said open source PHP and Laravel engineer Antonio Ribeiro on GitHub, “until I saw your new pricing.” AWS introduced Kiro last month as …

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California’s “Sanctuary” Policies Gave Way to Florida Tragedy – The White House

California’s “Sanctuary” Policies Gave Way to Florida Tragedy – The White House

Three innocent Americans are dead after an illegal alien semi-truck driver attempted an illegal U-turn on the Florida Turnpike and caused a minivan to violently crash into the truck’s trailer. The illegal alien is an Indian national who was granted a commercial driver’s license by the so-called “sanctuary state” of California, whose reckless policies put the lives of American citizens …

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Bodybuilding champ Hayley McNeff dead at 37 in ‘unexpected’ tragedy

Bodybuilding champ Hayley McNeff dead at 37 in ‘unexpected’ tragedy

Bodybuilding champion Hayley McNeff died last Friday, with the news confirmed on Wednesday. She was 37. According to an obituary published on Boston.com, the death of the Concord, Mass., native was “unexpected but peaceful.” “Hayley was like a beam of light in this world. She had boundless energy and was very determined to achieve whatever she set out to do,” …

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Target shooter's past unveiled after Austin tragedy – KVUE

Target shooter's past unveiled after Austin tragedy – KVUE

Target shooter’s past unveiled after Austin tragedy  KVUE Texas shooter fired randomly, killing grandfather, 4-year-old granddaughter and Target worker, police say  CNN Ethan Nieneker named as suspect in North Austin Target shooting  KVUE ‘He said that he was Jesus’: APD releases more info on Target shooting, suspect  FOX 7 Austin Austin man charged with capital murder after deadly Target parking lot shooting spree  Fox News …

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Stockton Rush: Had he survived OceanGate’s Titan submersible tragedy, he may have faced criminal investigation

Stockton Rush: Had he survived OceanGate’s Titan submersible tragedy, he may have faced criminal investigation

Facebook Tweet Email Link OceanGate co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush fancied himself an adventurer, visionary and MacGyver-esque experimenter. He was also an overly ambitious proponent of deep-sea tourism whose resistance to oversight and negligence ended in tragedy just over two years ago. In the 335 pages of the US Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation report on the June 2023 …

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Tales of the Shire is secretly a tragedy (if you know, you know)

Tales of the Shire is secretly a tragedy (if you know, you know)

Tales of the Shire’s setting, the little Hobbit hamlet of Bywater, is absolutely lovely. Its lush forest, picturesque Hobbit-holes, and friendly locals seem to make it an excellent location to settle down and enjoy the cozy Hobbit life. Too bad it’s about to be wrecked in The Scouring of the Shire just years later. I have to admit, I didn’t …

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