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Crazy With the Heat

from Open for Business [alt+shift+b] in technology

Heat is awful, humidity makes it worse, and deathly stillness renders it just about insufferable. The other night my neighbor was standing on his porch. He blew a smoke ring. Next morning, it was still there, though the morning fog had made it soggy so it had sunk to the ground.
16th Jul 2026

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