I don't know how popular the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip is in the UK -- but I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the Loser. There are bits of dialog in it that are spookily similar to … (View Post)

The story of Caligula's horse inspired this memorable put down by an American politician*, objecting to an appointment: At least the emperor sent the whole horse. (*Probably said by a senator in the … (View Post)

I love this line in the Nicole Shanahan Wikipedia bio: "In 2022, Shanahan gave $70 million to Blue Meridian Partners, which makes grants to nonprofits to help poverty." Unexpected honesty! (View Post)

Two bits from the ongoing WaPo coverage of the Baltimore bridge collapse: 1. Two people have been rescued from the water, one in serious condition, the other uninjured. There are almost certainly oth… (View Post)

Off topic: Today, I learned from Wikipedia, is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Genocide_Remembrance_Day Whether what happened in 1971 should be called a "genocide" depends on the d… (View Post)