A $64,000 Thailand beach vacation package being auctioned off at Mar-a-Lago as Americans continue to struggle with high grocery prices

Theodore Dreiser said, "Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail."

Any politician who votes to give more of our tax money to the grifters who have already gotten too much deserves to be primaried into the sun

The father of four, who had settled in Colorado and gotten his commercial driver’s license, was driving a truck through Indiana when he was taken by masked ICE agents in October.

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.

Mamdani is going to implement SSHaria law. Communications will be end to end encrypted.

Chicagoans never stop. I was just watching a live stream of a press conference held by community members in front of FBI headquarters. In the rain in the dark. Umbrellas at hand they are calling for the release of 6 people taken by ICE, 3 also arrested by CPD. They never stop fighting.

TOMORROW YOU WILL GRAB THE SUN WITH BOTH HANDS AND DEVOUR IT. FOR NOW HAVE YOU EATEN TODAY?

"After more than 200 years of sharing a unique blend of weather, wit and wisdom, we’ve made the very difficult decision to write the final chapter of this historical publication. The 2026 Farmers’ Almanac will be our last edition."

Come join me and #scifi author/futurist/fascinating fellow @robertjsawyer.com, as I interview him about Human Consciousness, Quantum Entanglements, Panpsychism, writing and other cool stuff. On my new Substack; free to read, listen and comment. sallywienergrotta.substack.com/p/robert-saw...

Writers Beware reports: An Arizona law firm called ClaimsHero has mounted a push, complete with social media ads, to encourage authors to opt out of the Anthropic settlement.

What's in the bag, hmmmm?

Tell me more about ‘Sleepy Joe.’

VIM Master: an in-browser game that teaches core Vim motions and editing commands through short, focused levels.

Amazon says that _A Queer History of the United States_ by Michael Bronski is "unavailable to be reviewed" (huh?) so I'll tell you here what I think about the book. https://amzn.to/47M4gv4 In summary: 5 stars. OMG, I learned so much from this book! How could it POSSIBLY be banned?!

A main draw of the GEM will be the entire contents of the intact tomb of the boy king Tutankhamun, displayed together for the first time since it was found by British Egyptologist Howard Carter.

“Here, taking care of one another through public programs isn’t radical socialism. It’s Tuesday.”

Federal authorities said public prayer is only allowed after high school football games.

Today's story: apnews.com/article/cens...  Data scientists perform last rites for 'dearly departed datasets' in 2nd Trump administration

“Home is a name, a word, it is a strong one; stronger than any magician ever spoke, or spirit ever answered to, in the strongest conjuration.”— Charles Dickens

What Makes Code Hard To Read: Visual Patterns of Complexity

ha ha ha

They named a school after a chicken?

OS/2 Magazine is now complete on Internet Archive archive.org/details/... Special callout to The Esther Utilities on this cover story

My sister and a cat, 1959 To brighten your day, @catsofyore.bsky.social

Sunflower flour emerges as a sustainable, nutrient-packed, and surprisingly meat-like plant protein innovation.

Why some Angelenos don’t want to see the Dodgers win again: “Who needs the Trump administration to ruin your big win when you can have your own cops do it for you?”

A team monitoring an 87-year-old epilepsy patient captured the first-ever recording when he had a heart attack during the scan. The brain showed rhythmic waves similar to dreaming and memory recall for about 30 seconds before and after the heart stopped.

Fuck.

As the prophets prophesied:

"Craft is too grand and foreign a word to describe what gets done most days in your pajamas."—Zadie Smith

This Day in Labor History: November 7, 1861. The U.S. Army occupied the South Carolina sea islands. Having to deal with the existence of thousands of slaves with no masters, the military engaged in what became known as the Port Royal Experiment. Would black people grow cotton without the whip? Uh..

This little bird survived a volcanic eruption! Buried by volcanic ash from Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, this Roman fresco of a little bird pecking at fruit re-emerged looking as delightful as it did some 2,000 years ago! Villa Poppaea, ancient Oplontis, Italy 📷 by me #FrescoFriday #Archaeology

The development of the first military field jacket began in late 1939 when the War Department Uniform Board was directed to develop “some type of windbreaker or lumberjacket for field service.”

Some of the finalists for the 2025 Comedy Wildlife Awards are genuinely smile-worthy

Starship’s rock ’n’ roll smash rolled itself right into a ditch.

THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?

To put this in scale, Elon Musk's salary from Tesla alone could fund the SNAP program for the entire country into 2034.

I was only 30 something when I helmed The Enterprise.

A RI judge has ordered the Trump administration to deliver SNAP payments in full by Friday, saying the evidence shows that “needless suffering will occur.” It is unbelievable that the GOP is fighting this hard to ensure Americans will go hungry.

The Pied Piper then, more than a fairy tale, becomes the emblem of a profound historical mystery. What happened to the missing children of Hamelin?

Y’all surprised that a guy who asked for his shoes and took time to fix his hair after someone killed a dude right behind him doesn’t give AF about some suit passing out in Oval Office?

Word and PowerPoint Alt Text Roundup With over 100 test cases tested first in Word and PowerPoint and then in three different PDFs (over 400 checks), here are the main takeaways. (And instructions on how to use the features.) webaim.org/blog/word...

RFK Jr's response to someone collapsing nearby him was to haul ass out of the room as quickly as possible

The museum advertises Langelinck’s tours, which cost €7, as “grumpy” and “highly unpleasant”, though that might still be an understatement. “My contempt is directed at an inferred ignorance that may not even exist. But I try to make them feel as ignorant as possible.”

I just realized that only a few hundred people follow @researchbuzz.bsky.social OMG you are missing out. She is the best source I know for Things That Make Me Say Hmmm.

After being booted out of Intel, Patrick Gelsinger immediately threw himself into doing God's work: spreading Christian-aligned AI.

One of my favorite quotes. (And you know I have a LOT of quotes.)

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...