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If a wild bird finds its way indoors, don’t try to catch it

Do Just One Thing By Danny Seo It’s rare, but sometimes a wild bird finds its way in and ends up flying around inside your home or office. What do you do to safely get feathered friends back outside? First, don’t create a panic by trying to chase the bird or capture it with a blanket or coat. The stress won’t help the bird, and you’re more likely to hurt it. Instead, find a window in its path and open it as wide as possible. Close the blinds and drapes on the other windows so the bird can easily understand the one way out. Turn off all the lights so the open window shines, and ...

Horoscope: July 26

Sunday, July 26 There’s much going right, but for the areas of your life that just aren’t working? You will turn them around, with or without permission. Aries (March 21-April 19) People rarely understand the difficulty of a task until they try it themselves. Today, that means letting someone struggle through a task, even if you could do it faster yourself. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Whatever you pay close attention to becomes more interesting. Other people also notice where your attention goes, and today they will follow along, so your curiosity creates more ...

Jackson is Platner lite version

Troy Jackson, the Maine Democratic Party prospective nominee for the Senate, is Graham Platner lite. Platner withdrew from the race to face incumbent Republican Susan Collins following allegations that he sexually assaulted two women, charges he has denied. At least Platner was consistent in his Democrat Socialist of America views. Jackson resembles a flip-flopping fish out of water. Jackson has changed parties faster than he changes clothes, going from Republican, to Independent, to Democrat. He reminds me of the line by Groucho Marx: “Those are my principles and if you don’t like ...

Do elected officials owe us health reports?

We were glad to see the photo of a smiling U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., alongside his wife, Elaine Chao. The 84-year-old McConnell revealed he had been hospitalized following a rough June 14 fall at his home, leading, he said, to “mild pneumonia.” In a statement, McConnell attributed the lack of information as to his whereabouts to his reticence, as an older American, to share health information. “Folks of my generation often hesitate to share the vulnerability that comes with growing older,” he said. “Even in the public eye, I feel that same instinct — I can’t help ...

Why debate life-saving vehicles?

Somewhere in Los Angeles this year, someone will get home who otherwise wouldn’t have. You’ll never learn her name. There will be no headline, no celebration, no council resolution -- only an unremarkable Tuesday that ends the way Tuesdays are supposed to end. The same nonstory will eventually play out in more than a dozen other metro areas where autonomous vehicles will serve as cabs. Last year, 36,640 Americans died in traffic crashes. That was the fewest since 2019, yet it still works out to more than 100 fatalities per day. The new generation of vehicles quietly accumulating ...

Horoscope: Monday, July 27

Monday, July 27 You’ll be in new rooms where you’re treated royally. Aries (March 21-April 19) Accountability is the recurring theme in this retrograde cycle of Saturn. You thrive when your actions have real consequences, even difficult ones, because consequences are thorough teachers. By the end of this cycle, you’ll have earned a new skill. Taurus (April 20-May 20) Saturn asks you to think like an investor instead of a shopper. Which purchases save you time? Which ones create more work? The best investments make your future days easier, not just your present moment happier. ...