The State Department is in charge of diplomatic recognition. | USAFacts
The US recognizes 196 other countries as independent states and has positive diplomatic relations with 193 of them — all but Bhutan, Iran, and North Korea.
Predictors of Emergency Physician Productivity in a National Emergency Medicine Group - ClinicalKey
Both physician- and shift-level factors are associated with emergency physician number of patients per hour. Higher number of patients per hour is not associated with increased 72-hour returns with admission.
Four Apple Executives Who May Succeed Tim Cook as CEO - WSJ - My prediction: Ternus.
The End of Something
I like the parallelism of the dying lumbar town and the dying of a relationship. Gradual, expected, and predictable. Maybe heartbreaking. Maybe not.
Cross Country Snow
Not exactly sure what this story is about. But great description of skiing.
Indian Camp
A story about a child first learning about birth, death and the circle of life. This is an incredible short story. I love the precision and economy of Hemingway’s writing. It’s fully on display in this short story. This is my favorite so far.
Here are the 5 most important books that have shaped my approach to life and personal improvement. I can recommend each book without reservation.
If I had only to pick one book, it would be The 7 Habits.
I am reading a collection of Hemingway’s short stories, called The Hemingway Stories and will post my quick thoughts about each story.
Up in Michigan
A story, in my interpretation, about the problem of unrequited love told through a depiction of sexual assault.
Other short stories I’ve read not in The Hemingway Stories
The Capital of the World
Basically, a study of the various ways people fail in life. This story is brilliant. Such a truism that it is hard to succeed in life and that most of us fail in most aspects of life. There is an illusion about what life could be like if we achieve our dreams, but that illusion is often not realistic. And, when this happens, the optimism of our youth just dies.
On the Quai at Smyrna
Disjointed. Brutal. Not pleasant to read. Hard to understand. And, that is the point. War is miserable.
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Best Deals, Sales, & Savings Right Now - Consumer Reports - Consumer Reports Black Friday page. High-quality and highly rated products. No fluff. No BS. My thinking on Black Friday has evolved. In the past, I was focused on the Doorbuster. But in a post-Covid, post-Biden, post-Tariff world, I am more focused on quality, price, and performance. Buy less, buy better.
Remember More of What You Read! Books! - YouTube — Reading journals
Today’s NYT mini
NASA Releases Images of Comet 3I/ATLAS Passing by Mars - The New York Times
“I’d like to address the rumors right at the beginning.” Amit Kshatriya, the associate administrator of NASA, said during the news conference. “This object is a comet. It looks and behaves like a comet.”
Kash Patel’s Acts of Service | The New Yorker
“It’s completely effing wild,” Patel said. “I mean, I don’t even know how to describe it.”
