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Sports: Fever set WNBA scoring record.
Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell combined for 60 points as Indiana beat Seattle and topped 100 points for a record fourth straight game. I honestly do not know how Caitlin Clark holds up like this under pressure. And only in her second season.
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The Book Page
July 29, 2026: from "Friends of the Library," Portland, OR, three new books for less than $15 --
- Metazoa: Animal Life and The Birth of the Mind, Peter Godfrey-Smith, c. 2020. $4.00 (original: $28.00);
- The Directors: The Playboy Interviews, edited by Stephen Randall and the editors of Playboy Magazine, c. 2006. $6.00 (original: $22.95);
- The American Language, Supplement Two, H. L. Mencken, c. 1948. $4.00 (original: $28.00); The Definitive Editioin of "The American Language was published in 1936. A single copy of the second supplement is available at Amazon for $49.99 but one can get the 3-volume set for $18.99. Or one can get the two-volume supplement set for $12. I've long wanted the 3-set series.
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Destroying Rare Books
There was a story in the press this past week that a company was destroying old, and rare books, often only one copy left in the world, to scan them and train their chatbots on.
Bothers me not. IYKYK. In fact, I'm thrilled. On so many levels. It is the words that are important, not the physical medium.
