TIL there's an islet off Denmark called Saltholm ("Salt Islet"). The Øresund bridge would have been shorter going over the island, but it was a wildlife sanctuary, so it goes around it and over an artificial island built for the purpose, which they of course called "Peberholm" ("Pepper Islet").

I happen to live in Jayapal's district. With this and the Superbowl, Seattle is taking no prisoners this week.

"A German friend said part of the reason for their generous benefits was that the state hoped to protect itself from fascism, which is typically born from desperate economic straits. I think about that a lot."

TIL: Other languages have their own versions of Pig Latin where sounds are interjected into words, like Farfallino (Italian), Jeringoza (Spanish), and Langue de Feu/ Javanais (French)...

Honestly been wondering this very thing lately. Maybe all that inauguration money from big tech pacified him for a while? theneedling.com/2026/01/20/u...

My incredible B, communing with jellyfish every six years or so:

See a Poe thing, post a Poe thing.

Fantastic Four was amazing- even better than Thunderbolts/ New Avengers, if D is to be believed. They missed a golden opportunity to do this scene though, since Malkovich as Red Ghost was cut from the movie:

The Needling, pulling zero punches. theneedling.com/2025/06/12/t...

I posted this as a comment on someone's post on Facebook, and FB took down my comment immediately, because "Nudity". Further evidence that FB is reactionary against anything non-conforming. www.cracked.com/article_1978...

Shel Silverstein anticipating AI hallucination back in 1981...

Silja is judging me from the catio for staying up too late organizing the garage...

TIL that while the plural of "Goose" is "Geese" because it's Germanic in origin, the plural of "Moose" is not "Meese" because it's Algonquin in origin, which would make its original plural "Moozak"... nisinoon.net/grammar#anim...

A closeup of the last Hewlett-Packard product I'll ever buy. HP pushed a firmware update to my printer that disables 3rd party cartridges, so my new 120 bucks worth of ink is now trash. A new printer costs less than a set of official HP cartridges, so the printer is also now trash.

Wow! Onboard video of the Blue Ghost lander touching down on the Moon two days ago. Multiple onboard experiments are now studying the lunar surface. Details at link. 🧪🔭 www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...

Last night the thunderstorm took its toll... A tree from two houses down fell on my yard, smashing my deck and obliterating two of my apple trees. Very lucky that it missed the hot tub and the house completely, and that none of my trees were blown down.

Well, this explains everything. theneedling.com/2024/11/25/a...

It's cookie season! B is selling Girl Scout cookies so that they and their troop can go camping, go to Canada, work on their silver awards, and support their community. B can deliver them in the metro Seattle area, or you can have them shipped to you. digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/ellie4...

Tonight is the Wolf Moon- the first Full Moon of the year. If it's clear where you are, you can also see Mars go behind the Moon (occultation) from about 5:45 to 11:00 PST. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uq6...

This is thought-experiment territory, but I found it interesting: www.iflscience.com/human-civili...

Being a parent of young children in the 2020s is a trip. The things that you think you will have trouble explaining to your children are not the things that you will actually have trouble explaining to your children. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItu...

See a Poe thing, post a Poe thing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3z4...

Hello Bluesky! Obligatory cat pic- here's Silja coming unspooled on my messy desk: