Dan Elsewhere

This is the very essence of overthinking.

Maia Sandu, Moldova’s pro-Western president, cements power after the party she founded wins election Moldova’s pro-Western President Maia Sandu has led her country toward European Union integration. Her Party of Action and Solidarity, founded in 2016, won a decisive victory on Sunday, overcoming pro-...

A little good news.

Pete Hegseth to overhaul US military lawyers in effort to relax rules of war The defense secretary has empowered his lawyer Tim Parlatore to remake the judge advocate general’s corps

Make atrocities great again!

Wait, what?

My GF always say, "OK, I have to go get squished." I hope your squishing went smoothly.

Today’s front page of the largest newspaper in Quebec, Canada and they nailed it 🤣🎯

‘Dear, did you say pastry?’: meet the ‘AI granny’ driving scammers up the wall Daisy’s dithering frustrates phone fraudsters and wastes time they could be using to scam real people

AI vs scammers. Hee.
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At face value, it looks like this judgment corrected a serious underpayment that the city forced on the original owner.

Three Rocks From Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of Zippy the Pinhead, comes a history of comics as told through the life story of Ernie Bushmiller and his iconic comic strip Nancy. Winner, Eisner Award for ...

Well, it's a Nancy convergence. First I discovered Bill Griffith's "Three Rocks," about the life of Ernie Bushmiller and his muse, Nancy. Then I stumbled onto the Nancy fan page at @nancycomics.bsky.social‬ . The universe speaks in mysterious ways, don't it... store.abramsbooks.com/products/thr...

Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war Leaked documents shed light on how Israel integrated the US tech giant into its war effort to meet a growing demand for cloud and AI tools

Future XBox games will have a sniper mode where players can shoot running children in the head for extra points.

I find that to be verging on magic. I can't imagine extracting enough useful heat from 5 degree air, but there it is. Anthropomorphizing, I guess. I say it's freezing, the heat pump says ooh, lookit all that heat!

I have been utterly and completely defeated by a duvet. I would sooner try to build a ship in a Klein bottle than stuff one of these.

Yah, include your SSN and mother's maiden name to ensure the payment is credited properly.

No one can deny that he was a fellow of infinite jest.

This would make for a great pad of sticky notes. Just sayin'.

Who was that bozo who said "maybe we'll have a snowless winter!"

Oh, never mind. It was me.

Everyone who thinks they hate Brussels sprouts should try them roasted. A kind friend should prepare the sprouts and them serve them up with optional balsamic glaze or drizzle.

Napa cabbage has joined the chat.

‘Solar Mamas empower our people by giving them electricity’: the women lighting up Zanzibar Women with little to no formal education trained to become solar technicians, transforming villages and tackling patriarchal norms

This is by far the most wonderful story I've read all week. I'll be linking to it in tomorrow's newsletter.

I haven't seen it get too much attention so I'm sharing it here as well.

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YouTube video by DJ 3lectrical Heat Electric - Creature Comforts (1990, UK)

More Aardman brilliance.
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Shein: Inside the Chinese factories fuelling the company's success Workers making clothes for the fast fashion giant tell the BBC they labour for up to 75 hours a week.

The truth about your $12 dress.
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Maybe it was the news of Brill Allcroft's death a few weeks ago, but I CANNOT get the theme from Thomas the Tank Engine out of my head.

Jolly No-Face, Calcifer and soot sprite painted Limpet shell

Little painted Ghibli inspired limpet shell with Calcifer too

When on holiday, I do a lot of sun dodging (as a card-carrying ginger) & can often be found defiling shells or pebbles with silly nonsense. These are limpets that I swore looked like No-Face, so I en-Ghiblied them…

They’re on sale in me shop…

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#ghibli #mhhsbd #bsnm

He definitely sticked the landing.

Congratulations, you're an influencer! I looked at this post this morning and made a shabbier, less photogenic version of this. It was delicious. It was also the first time I ever successfully poached an egg. Achievement unlocked!

Outrageous! I am NOT a corporate monopoly!

PERFECT. Of all the rapacious corporate monopolies Lucas could have sold to... Also, for the record, your body is giving good advice.

Macy’s is closing 66 locations. See if your store is on the list | CNN Business Macy’s is closing several dozen stores as part of a previously announced turnaround plan to save the beleaguered retailer.

"Go-forward stores" sounds like something a toddler would say, and I am not responding positively at all. One wonders if this is how their brains actually process language, or whether their culture requires speaking like insecure, pompous functionaries. Source: www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/b... #corpspeak

'The company is “closing underproductive Macy’s stores to allow us to focus our resources and prioritize investments in our go–forward stores, where customers are already responding positively to better product offerings and elevated service,” Spring said.'