russia literally did the meme today

You can almost hear her silent scream, her eyes following you in desperation as you pass her booth at the flea market.

I understand the Platner campaign’s logic in withdrawing from the 5 scheduled debates, yet this move cuts short important policy discussions and conversations and shortchanges Maine voters, most of whom haven’t fully focused on June’s primary election. I hope he’ll reconsider #MEpolitics

Clippy is 25 years dead. Obnoxious to the end, a harbinger of today's embedded A.I. insistently offering unprompted services that can't be disabled. www.tomshardware.com/software/win...

Making a Chicago guy the Pope has got to be the funniest thing the college of cardinals has ever done

In view of the ongoing war, can we look forward to Hobby Lobby stocking Persian antiquities? Because the Iraqi antiquities are running super low.

If you hit a paywall, the site is jmail.world/wiki. Looks like a work in progress.

In view of the ongoing Epstein revelations, what are the odds that Biden was encouraged to choose Harris as his VP to guarantee she would NOT be considered for Attorney General?

Remember when Madison Cawthorn talked about Capitol Hill orgies? And he was mocked? In light of the info trickling out from the Epstein files, can we revisit that chapter? Because I have questions.

With The Pentagon calling into question the 'effectiveness' of women in combat roles, this article from last January is worth revisiting. www.military.com/daily-news/2...

Readying his and hers (@nativemainer.bsky.social) matching flannel shirts for Christmas dinner.

And there it is. The deal with Belarus lifts sanctions on their biggest potash exporter. youtu.be/ZmMuPKIe3KY?...

A reminder that nuclear winter would help offset global warming.

TIRED: Use the Defense Production Act to bypass local regs and ramp-up U.S. output of critical rare-Earth minerals. WIRED: Switch from dependence on China for rare-Earth minerals to dependence on Russia, for a huge payout to friends and family.

If a genie offers me three wishes, one of those wishes has to be raccoons with opposable thumbs. 🦝👌

Q: "What are you having for dinner tonight?" A: "Leftovers." Q: "Turkey?" A: "No, pie." Q: "What else are you having?" A: "More pie."

"In the U.S., they have a slightly freaky wing of the Republican Party where they have some sort of weird, you know, sort of homoerotic veneration for Putin which I don't understand..." -- Boris Johnson (at 35:35) youtu.be/sgJd9bkAa88?...

pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.

"I argue with random people on the Internet, who might be bots, therefore I am." Now waiting for the ghost of René Descartes to appear and slap me.

One trillion dollars in compensation for a part-time CEO? 🙄

Squinting at the posted pics from the protests today, trying to pick out all the Biden robot clones in the crowd.

Coming soon: talking points about the plumes of black soot from scrubberless coal plants creating cooling shade, and acid rain being cleansing. www.npr.org/2025/06/11/n...

A brief history of the somewhat dubious efforts to control hurricanes: www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Sure, Kennedy may be attending his victim's funeral for politics, spin, or to spread more health disinformation. Or maybe it is just part of the compulsion that drives him to promote lies that keep killing people. mickipistorius.co.za/serial-kille...

I look forward to Senator Schumer's rationale for voting in favor of this. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...

In 1930, the US military made a war plan to invade Canada, which was declassified in 1974: www.spytalk.co/p/inside-the...

Seems timely

Baguettes to go with the baked penne. Looks like I missed a few air bubbles.

The cold, hard truth.

Pitch-perfect response to Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin from @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Dean Bill Treanor. It’s always a privilege and honor to be part of the GULC community (and to be Bill’s colleague), but *especially* today.

Damn straight, Skippy. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Bless their hearts. We can’t even help ourselves.

Why sell-off Nvidia stock based on a Chinese company releasing a supposedly inexpensive AI chatbot, if that chatbot is running on Nvidia hardware? Export controls aside, more efficient software doesn't negate the need for more advanced hardware. www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/24/1...

Seeing lots of comments today that the President can't overrule the Constitution by executive fiat, and that the courts will intercede. While that is how things are supposed to work, a gentle reminder that presidents have ignored court rulings without consequence.

I guess the TikTok ban means that the Chinese Government will have to buy confidential info about U.S. citizens from Meta instead.

Merry Christmas! This is your annual reminder that A Christmas Carol was very likely inspired by writings in The Lowell Offering, a literary journal published by Lowell Mill Girls in the 1840s. www.uml.edu/News/news-ar...

Outdoor curling at Bean's in Portland, ME. Complete with instructions and scoreboard.

A palate cleanser (aside from Hollywood being Hollywood): www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

Why make a black-ink ballpoint pen look like a highlighter? Sadism?

Praise Cthulhu youtu.be/Bex5LyzbbBE?...

It is about f-ing time.

An attempt was made at sourdough loaves.

Every Halloween, Allagash has released Haunted House with 6.66% ABV. This year it is 6.6%. No change in flavor, yet still a bit of a bummer.

FYI. X's new terms of service kick in this Friday. Link to article below.

At the L.L. Bean Flagship Store. Flannel nirvana. 😍