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Jimmy Carter turns 99 at home with Rosalynn and other family as tributes come from around the world (apnews.com)

ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter has always been a man of discipline and habit. But the former president will break routine Sunday, putting off his practice of quietly watching church services online to instead celebrate his 99th birthday with his wife, Rosalynn, and their children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Plains....

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Until seeing the memes this week, I didn’t know he was still kicking.

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99! Has any former president even come close to that?

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Immigration loophole!

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This is how I make sense of it too. Kirk wasn’t going to put some fresh face on the bridge without serving with him for some time first.

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Here’s the rest of the (long) thread that I cut off for readability, but it’s also pretty funny:

https://startrek.website/pictrs/image/ab6a8410-fa3d-4564-9970-5d935438560d.jpeg

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Kirk’s exploits get so exaggerated, lol. He’s a big dork. He’s like a nerd who started working out and acting like a tough guy in his 30s. Picard is just the opposite, like a reformed troublemaker.

And even though Picard has the rep of being the one who romanticizes the concept of exploration (studious, reading about old timey ships, etc.), Kirk’s geeks out about it so much more: he’s obsessed with his ship, he’s studied (and seems to genuinely academically enjoy) space battles, and they even gave him that line in the movies: “Second star to the right… and straight on til morning.”

…which is a quote from Peter Pan. Lol

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