Woot!

In our new world of political speech “paying a steep price” means something very different than “being brought to justice”.

Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault

Uh oh, it looks like sandwich assaults are going to go up. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...

I just sent this to the corrections editor of the New York Times: "As a former editor of the Balboa High School Parakeet, I would like to point out that Ross Douthat's article "Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?" was mistakenly released months before April Fools Day."

So the idea would be to stop rent seeking behavior from large corporations generally or just for farmers?

But geoengineerings impact on reducing employees to increase profitability are not as clear to Wall Street as AIs impact is…

Totally agree!

One might look back at the Friedman Doctrine and the Powell memo to unwind where those causes of failure originated.

Just take a look at the stories about the young Republican chats that just came out…

Tim tams

In heaven, look what I found at CostCo!

There is such a thing as pomegranate molasses? Where do you get it?

From my HR Department today: "The cost of our 2026 medical/Rx coverages reflect an 11.1% increase across all plans". And to keep the costs down they raised the deductible. Thanks Republicans.

About twelve years ago I arrived to my job at NSF a little earlier than usual to prepare for a panel. The elevator was empty. As the doors were closing a woman slipped in behind me, and I said, "which floor?" She said six and that is the morning I rode the elevator with Jane Goodall. 😢

Welcome aboard!

Old school phone plug it looks like.

Just unsubscribed to Disney Plus. When asked the reason why I copy and pasted Clark Griswold's rant from Christmas Vacation, but replaced Frank Shirley with Bob Iger.

I am going to call my next band “Feral Muppets”!

Did you know that decades before pulling @jimmykimmel.com from the air Disney used to make war propaganda films vilifying the Axis and promoting American values such as freedom? Just go to YouTube and search for "disney ww2 propaganda cartoons".

Every time I get a little demotivated at work I turn to social media for a few minutes. That makes work seem so much less stressful.

As always learning a lot and having my views challenged at the Human Development and Capability Approach conference in Bradford England.

Well there is no need to redistrict is there?

You’ve got to show the government is broken before you can privatize it…

You can get anything you want at Ali e’s restaurant

As a subscriber to the New York Times, putting the mini crossword behind a separate paywall is a bit of a dick move.

Why do I have the feeling Trump thought the movie “Escape from New York” was a documentary?

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I did a little summer project to make it easier for my students to compare different representations used in Engineering Design, done as a monster manual: www.amazon.com/Engineering-...

YouTube video by Matt Lockwood Holy Grail - Killer Bunny

Do not underestimate the viciousness of bunny rabbits: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxK...

Happy birthday. Despite the changes over your career you’ve been a cultural rock in many of our lives. Thanks for holding on to kindness in comedy.

WtFF?

Just got back from Otakon in DC and that is exactly what it was like. Crime wave my ass!