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my wife: fuck you you say that every time it's a little foggy outside. you haven't even played the games. i hate you so much

interesting, gotta fill it with water that's been filtered for phosphates, so not the Potomac river, which has agricultural pollution in it.

I've seen pictures with surface scums coming from [the Reflecting Pool] that are typically indicative of cyanobacteria, [which] have the potential to produce cyanotoxins, which have the potential to be fatal if ingested. It's important that we understand that this is a serious thing. It's not just something to laugh about.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/politics/trump-donor-contract-reflecting-pool.html

Because apparently we live in a low budget satire and the producers said "how do we visually convey this is both the kind of guy who embezzles from government contracts and owns a shady pool cleaning business"

then a woman knocked on the door and said "oh I'm so sorry he's a therapy dog he's trained to seek out people in severe distress"

“And we loved it, we were all having a great time, but then he saw my sister and I, and he just got this - this look in his eyes, and then-”

She hesitated, worrying the coarse material between her fingers. “Things got pretty bad after that,” she muttered. “I know it’s silly, but I try to keep - her - comfortable. We don’t know if she can still hear us, or see us, or if she’s even still in here, but I like to think she is. I talk to her when I can, I leave music on when I’m out of the house. I tried to convince my parents to bring her with us when we went to Disneyland, but they didn’t - didn’t really take that well.”

the op linked the study in the replies & i’ve been skimming it & it’s actually rlly rlly interesting to think abt

I know there is a lot of discourse (tm) around this right now but listen to me

If I were lean down and say “unfortunately the big beach ball for some reason fills you with such an unadulterated rage that is beyond human comprehension that you scream until you pass out, so mama had to remove the beach ball from the premises until you can better regulate your emotions” she would simply stare at me like I had 3 heads full of equal betrayal.