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And by "we", I mean @TheForwardCabin! Jamie used the Tile tracking location to get a visual on our bag and found DC police who were ready to protect and serve.
What an incredible end to this story!
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Soooo… look what I found. 🤣
This might be a story for the history books. Man steals backpack in NY. He takes Amtrak train to DC. I decided to play detective and found the thief with the backpack sitting at a bus station. He boards a bus, but luckily I caught the bus number. I found 2 extremely helpful cops to assist and they found the thief a few blocks away and they nabbed him. They asked me to get in the cop car to ID the thief, and we headed to the police station to retrieve the items.
Gotta say, I didn’t have being in a Metropolitan Police cop car on my bingo card today, but with a little perseverance we got this thief locked up!!! Huzzah!
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OH MY GOD! WE GOT THE GUY... IN DC!! 🙌
For all of those who thought I was an idiot for not having a tracker in the bag... Well, we did! But I didn't want to say that publicly while police were tracking the guy 😏
Used the tracker to catch him red-handed. Items being recovered.
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I sat down with @CaitlinClark22 and DICK'S Sporting Goods, Inc. Executive Chairman Ed Stack in NYC to celebrate Caitlin becoming the first-ever brand partner for @DICKS and @footlocker. We talked about her journey, how sports have shaped her life, dream golf courses and more!
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‘Below Deck’ alum arrested in Turkey after fistfight leaves 17-year-old dead as video shows brutal brawl trib.al/Z96Go2R
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Lulu, a 4-year-old white huskydoodle, was found alive after more than 50 hours alone in the snow following an October 10, 2026, avalanche in Alaska’s Chugach State Park near Anchorage.
She was hiking with her owner Brian Shum and his climbing partner Rachad Rayess. Snow was only about 5 inches deep where they were, but a wind-loaded pocket above them released and swept the two men roughly 500 feet down rocky terrain. Both survived with serious injuries (Brian: broken jaw and degloved hand requiring later surgery; Rachad: three broken ribs and a fractured vertebra). An Alaska National Guard helicopter rescued the men within about two hours, but they did not see the dog.
Lauren Padawer, Brian's partner, was overseas celebrating her father’s 80th birthday when she learned of the incident. She immediately organized a remote search effort via Facebook and other contacts, reaching out to pet rescue groups, hiking/avalanche/mountaineering communities, and more. Dozens of volunteers responded, including ground searchers, a scent-detection dog (using pieces of Lulu's bed), a thermal-imaging drone, and helicopter teams. Lulu’s Apple AirTag on her collar provided location pings that helped narrow the search area.
After about 50 hours, commercial pilots Amanda Barker and Dave Beckett got another ping, spotted paw prints in fresh snow, and saw LuLu sitting upright and watching them. They landed, hiked roughly 20 minutes (a couple hundred feet) up through deep snow to her.
She was taken to a vet and then reunited with her owner on October 14. LuLu had a broken toenail and a chipped canine tooth but was otherwise healthy and recovering well. Her owners described her as mellow at home yet “born for the trail” and skilled at following paths back—traits that apparently helped her.
Tracking data suggested she may have followed the men’s slide path and then returned to wait near the start.
A happy ending for this resilient pup and her family! 🐶❤️
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If you haven't done your research I am here to tell you
She's really good
Not quite on the level of the top of the top
But like right underneath and frankly hard charging up the HS rankings
A new Hawkeye has entered the chat 🐤
@jadaseubert2 x #Hawkeyes
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Hawkeyes Megan DiLeo and Caitlin Clark are inspiring young readers. DiLeo released her children’s book Pancake’s Passport last year, and Clark’s EXTRAordinary just landed.📚🏀
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Man I friggin love Lucy Olsen dude
She was only a Hawk for one year
And if we're being honest although it had some really fun moments it's not like it was the best Hawk season of all time
It's not like she was on the final four squads (though oh my god can you imagine if she had been)
And yet she's still showing up, still hanging out, still there for her girls
Hawk for life man what can I tell you
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Had a great time visiting @IowaWBB this weekend for my official visit! Go Hawks! Where’s home?!
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A new Hawkeye has entered the chat 🐤
@jadaseubert2 x #Hawkeyes
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It takes Florida a few hours to count millions of votes. Why is a small population state like Alaska *still* counting votes more than a week later?
More than a week after Election Day, votes are still being counted to determine the winner of the U.S. Senate race in Alaska between Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democrat Mary Peltola. Here are the latest numbers -->
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This stuff doesn't really even matter now with the portal. Each year is a new construct because there is only one ball to go around and someone has to be players 10-15 .
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Perfect example of parents that drive Principals INSANE. Said parent thinks:
“My child is smart. My child works hard. My child knows the rules. But MY child is SO special, I think he should not have to follow the same rules every other child does.”
I could NEVER say this when I had these exact same parents trying the exact same thing. But I’m retired and can say it now.
“Go to hell mom and your child is NOT that special. Now I have a school to run.”
Working Principals - how did I do?
My son (a high school junior) is taking three AP classes and is in a concurrent enrollment college finance program. He's got like a 3.8 GPA.
I just got an email from the school saying he's had too many tardies and is going to be placed on some sort of "citizenship plan" or whatever. I know attendance is a big deal in public education right now, and I understand why they have these disciplinary levers in place.
But I think kids who get good grades and take hard classes shouldn't get dinged for being 10 minutes late here or there. I've always thought if a kid has over a 3.7 GPA, his attendance shouldn't even be counted anymore.
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Couldn’t be more excited for our niece, @MaddynG28 !!! Officially signed, officially a Hawkeye 🩷
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It's official! I defended my PhD in September and my thesis was accepted yesterday morning! Been in school for 20.5 years (13 for K-12, 3 for undergrad, 4.5 for PhD) and it's hard to believe my time as a student is finally coming to an end, but I am excited for the next chapter!
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From grok: The odds of four random people all committing suicide within a six-week period are approximately 1 in 14.9 quintillion (1 in 1.49 × 10¹⁹).
So, yeah. They are being killed.
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I'm so sorry this woman and her daughter were killed by a grizzly. Understandably, they found the adult bear and her cubs and had to destroy them. Once these bears eat people, they will kill and eat more hikers.
Just a sad situation in all. Six sentient lives gone.
