The name for "chess" used in Hebrew, Russian, Belarusian is loaned from a Persian phrase شاه مات (šâh mât), meaning, as I read, “the king is conquered”. When one exclaims "checkmate", in Hebrew and Russian it's "mat". Curiously, it's also cognate to Hebrew and Arabic word "dead"

Lol. Production process failed AND my wifi node died all at the same time this evening 🤡

I love the YouTube government media warnings. I’m watching a short news clip on כאן about a goofy Shrek concert, and YouTube has a foreboding banner under it, warning me that I’m ingesting government propaganda lol

should i be worried about this

Today I learned about "Makuya movement" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makuya www.instagram.com/p/DVEPQ5tjEin/

My oldest has a science magazine subscription, and this month’s issue talked about how artists have an irrational taboo about AI art Meanwhile, AI art be like…

There’s a dissertation to be written about World of Warcraft player housing. No urban housing, and now suddenly there’s “neighborhood watch” NPCs all over the place? 😒

Finally getting some real answers about the Epstein emails

This stuff makes me so sick Notice how they leave off the name of the Discord CEO to foment antizionist conspiracies?

They don't mail you Free Nickels with letters about sad people anymore. That's the only recession indicator I trust.

Guy has writer’s block, goes to the doctor. Wants to write more poems but can’t get words out. Doc says maybe your pen is just empty. Go see great pen guy, Bic Pen Tammiter. But doctor, iambic pentameter

Oldest Child watched one of his bus-mates get chased around by a coyote on drop-off yesterday 😳

Younger Twin keeps asking me why Trump is president if he’s in the Epstein Files

THREAD 🧵: The Epstein files are real. The antisemitism they're fueling is also real. And right now, the second part is getting almost no attention.

I keep playing chess with the hope one day I will enjoy it

Right as I was getting sick with Long Covid (still sick with Covid), I felt like my nervous system was on fire for about a day. It was bad enough to wake me up when it started. Interesting to see this theory.

When flying out (to Bahrain, on which more later) I noticed that Larnaca airport has a specific graphic "don't bring marmite onboard"

Twins are using their limited morning TV time to watch a video that tier ranks mollusks

We’re heading back to 1990 levels (27,000 cases). If we keep it up we’ll get to pre-vaccination numbers (500,000 cases annually) This is a self-made public health disaster 🤦🏻‍♂️

"Peanut peace" 「ピーナッツの平和」 "שלום בוטנים" "سلام الفول السوداني" Ink, watercolour, paper 40x30 cm. #SPYxFAMILY #AnyaForger

1) "...While studies on biopsychosocial factors in physiologic disorders like POTS can be informative, they can also be weaponized by those who continue to erroneously believe that patients with POTS have abnormal behavioral, emotional and coping mechanisms..."

As a mom of identical twins, the most recent episode of JJK hit really, really hard

I take in over the daily dietary recommendation for sodium just in salt drink/salt pills alone, before factoring in dietary sodium. Any idea why my blood sodium tests might still show it low? Is this a Long Covid thing?

The content I watch when I am holed up with PEM youtu.be/lgGmYeAm0jk?...

What the hell did I just watch? youtu.be/o8qSuuByBp0?...

When your battle shonen has to spend an episode whiteboarding swimlane diagrams to explain what is happening

Once again, and those are conservative estimates on the deaths in Iran: x.com/yashar/statu...

Meh, honestly, I feel so much more hated for other reasons, I can’t work up being upset about this one At some point, we as a society need to grapple with collective blame, mob mentality, and social media’s tendency to feed off our worst emotions

Love how CrunchyRoll is so convinced JJK fans can’t read, they created a three minute tutorial for the text heavy Episode 3 of Season 3 youtu.be/XwOvgfpI7Xo?...

Do you have any idea how bad it has to be for DoJ to admit this? Like, they're saying it was put on an unsecured server....which means it was probably shipped to Russia and China with a bow. www.cnn.com/2026/01/20/p...

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This immediately reminded me of how Avshalom Feinberg of the famed NILI group reported on the genocide of Armenians, passing it to Henrietta Szold in New York. www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRR_...

My kids would feel at home

if i had no context for this id have said it was outside a pub after a funeral

This. If you are being forced to come by your company, leave your electronics (especially your phone) at home. Assume border patrol will take it and force it to be unlocked, stealing everything on it. You are not safe coming here.

YouTube AI channels are nuts. Novaya Zemlya is a Russian arctic archipelago mainly used by the military. Theres not much there. But God forbid we don’t A/B test the dozens of possible clicks on this topic

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FINALLY! A new Blood Oxygen experience! 🙌 (… I have no idea what the previous Blood Oxygen experience was though… )

I would like to request this taxonomy for the next Wingspan xpac!

I kinda understand why Fern chose the cleaning spell considering how nightmarish should it be to care for a white coat in a world without washing machines

Having a Roomba is 10% like having a dog

Today is Saturday, March 2134th, 2020

My 10yo has an ELO

Packing right now for a long planned 24 hour hospital admission to test Older Twin for epilepsy! I explained to him: it’s kinda like staying in a mediocre hotel where people just randomly come into your room at all hours 🤷‍♀️

I’m watching JJK for the fourth time. I’ve never watched anything repeatedly, but this series, I’ve really enjoyed rewatching.