Lunch today at Totoya, just around the corner in Kaka’ako. Their signature dish, Negitoro Donburi (Fatty tuna mixed with green onion, plus other delicious components)—fun, how it’s presented molded to resemble Mt. Fuji.

Here we go…

Some might have called it a Special Law Enforcement Operation.

I want to remind everyone that the US has sanctioned members of the International Criminal Court for going through a formal legal process to identify international leaders who engaged in war crimes, making them vulnerable to arrest.

Xmas, adieu…

Pedro Sánchez afirma que España no reconoció al régimen de Maduro, “pero tampoco reconocerá una intervención que viola el derecho internacional”

The new CBS anchor’s statement is, to paraphrase the late Antonin Scalia, journalistic argle bargle.

Rain to the ESE.

“The anti-vaccine movement is not a spontaneous expression of grassroots concern. It’s an industry.The Informed Consent Action Network (ICAN), one of the most prominent groups, grew from $1.4 million in annual revenue in 2017 to $23 million by 2023.”

Some of these redactions are almost like modern art

"Protecting" Nigerian Christians was a nakedly political move. If he wanted to save lives he could save 600,000 by reinstating USAID without firing a shot. This was not a Christian act, this was a play for Christian votes in the face of massive moral and ethical failure.

"My best decision was to get chickens" www.hotpress.com/opinion/my-2...

Amazing: “But the Kennedy Center is not the current owner of trumpkennedycenter.org or trumpkennedycenter.com — because back in August, comedy writer Toby Morton registered those two domain names, expecting Trump and his allies to add Trump’s name to the D.C. landmark.”

You takes your chances.

A glitch, I think—when I click on a link in bluesky to what turns out to be a threads vid, I can’t get back to bluesky from the threads post. I swipe up to get out of threads, open and clues another app, different from bluesky; then, when I click back on bluesky I get to it. Frustrating.

Merry Christmas!

He was despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief.

This is an almost shockingly wise essay. I'm glad I've finally read it.

The rollout of a type of genetic technology called a gene drive for tackling malaria could be edging closer after a lab study supports its success

It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9

When you think about it, RFK Jr. tenure as HHS Sec. has been a remarkable success (not even 1 yr in)--it's just too bad all of his accomplishments center on efforts that put people at risk or directly in harm. 🙄🤦‍♂️ Another way to see it: how easy it's been to undermine the US public health system.

The White House claims the vote to rename the Kennedy Center was “unanimous.” That is false. I was muted on the call and denied the opportunity to speak or register my opposition. That is not consensus. That is censorship.

There is too much else that is horrible to deal with this reckless hate against trans people

I just love real America so much

Two fonts walk into a bar. Bartender: “get out, we don’t serve your type here”

Tumour growth is reduced by exercise due to a shift in the body’s metabolism that means muscle cells outcompete cancer cells in the race to get sugar to grow

Justice Jackson to Solicitor General Sauer (just now, in Trump v. Slaughter arguments):

Muaah-hahaaaah…sooner or later Christmas will come for you too! (This appeared the day after Thanksgiving…

“That means Trump is profiting from everyday donors who thought their money was going to help elect candidates.”

Mad Queen of Hearts : killing the (possible) drug runners, but freeing a convicted drug trafficker.

Here's Baum's paper in which he proposes the paradigm shift regarding how breast cancer metastasizes: medicaljournalssweden.se/actaoncologi...

“Did you ever lose someone on the [operating] table?” I had just been introduced to them as an anesthesiologist.

Hegseth's major accomplishment: 591 books by Black authors have been banned from Pentagon-run schools and libraries, according to Onyx Impact. www.axios.com/2025/11/29/f...

Ha ha ha ha ha….

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to buy, own, and sell individual stocks. Period. Let's make Congressional stock trading illegal.

Watch the full interview here:

Just WOW! www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT11...

Just in time for Thanksgiving!

I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi

In TLS No.6379, July 4, 2025.

Twenty-one years ago… www.instagram.com/reel/DJwkLDO...

Disgusting. You engaged in political gamesmanship using them as pawns knowing they would get harmed and now you question *their* patriotism because some of them aren't wealthy like you and didn't want to work a high stress job for no pay?

it's true, there is a lot more alpha in greek texts

Bad news: Pan Amer. Health Org. strips Canada of its measles elimination status after ~3 decades due to its failure to curb a yr-long outbreak. Canada has recorded more than **5000** cases in 9 of its 10 provinces & 1 territory. Note: many US states have lax school reqs, but Canada's are worse. 🛟😷