From Letter From Minnesota: “If They Take Me and Leave the Children…” by Kao Kaila Yang
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@waldo.net Just in case you are a subscriber to Apple Music and didn’t know, the subscription includes the Classical app which does a slightly better job of playing classical music. If you already knew this, please ignore me. music.apple.com/us/info/appl…
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\n![\"Sam](\"https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/88/2025/a2f688a9d9-m.jpg\")
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Mike Montero, “How to eat with others”
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\nGo north: brutal boss fight, die
\nGo east: brutal gauntlet fight, die
\nGo west: brutal platforming with no checkpoint, die and respawn far away
\nGo south: find some money, exits are north, east and west.
Hot Take: Silksong is really dang fun.
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