ProPublica has done all of us a great favor.

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Ever since the Nationals pulled me back into baseball fandom, I've enjoyed creating a bracket every year. I'm not especially skilled or anything, so take this with all the necessary grains of salt.
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You may have noticed that all posts on this blog only contain a short preview, with a link to read more. Usually, that link is public, so anyone can read the post, but once in a while you'll see that the "Read More" link is labeled as private. If so, clicking the private link will only show an error page.
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It would not be quite accurate to call the Washington Nationals off-season to this point "quiet", since they had made a blockbuster extension of Stephen Strasburg and re-signed Howie Kendrick after his truly awesome 2019. But they had apparently been waiting until January to make a further series of transactions. To say the least, I'm excited.
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I first became aware of Thomas Bergersen via his role in the duo "Two Steps from Hell". Two Steps from Hell makes dramatic orchestral/choral music for trailers, some of which is even worth listening to on its own! Honestly, however, I came to view Nick Phoenix's compositions as decidedly less awesome than Bergersen's, and I increasingly sought out his solo work. His album Sun had a high point in the track "Final Frontier", which has been on my most-played rotation (and not just mine - it made it into a trailer for the movie "Interstellar").
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I have noticed that both Google Chrome and Adobe Creative Cloud require admin rights to remove their icon from the desktop on Windows.

This is an abomination. That is all.

If a friend publishes a new post on Facebook, you can set up your settings in such a way that you receive a notification. But what about blogs? Is it possible to get a notification each time a new blog post is published?
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