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Always a question. I don't think it's impossible for there to be a collaborative situation. UNLESS it's fraudulent and forged after the fact, the famous drawing of a phonograph with Edison's writing, "Kreusi--Make this--Edison" is reasonable evidence Edison had ideas of his own.
November 30, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Always a question. I don't think it's impossible for there to be a collaborative situation. UNLESS it's fraudulent and forged after the fact, the famous drawing of a phonograph with Edison's writing, "Kreusi--Make this--Edison" is reasonable evidence Edison had ideas of his own.
This shouldn't be complicated. Donald Trump (oddly) posted this himself, personally, on Truth Social. It's a plaque at West Point and the red underlining was in his post: "OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW."
November 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This shouldn't be complicated. Donald Trump (oddly) posted this himself, personally, on Truth Social. It's a plaque at West Point and the red underlining was in his post: "OUR AMERICAN CODE OF MILITARY OBEDIENCE REQUIRES THAT, SHOULD ORDERS AND THE LAW EVER CONFLICT, OUR OFFICERS MUST OBEY THE LAW."
And yet, unbelievably, Donald Trump himself posted THIS on Truth Social. This is a plaque at West Point.
November 29, 2025 at 10:17 PM
And yet, unbelievably, Donald Trump himself posted THIS on Truth Social. This is a plaque at West Point.
Too reminiscent of the 2018 NYT op ed, "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration." Great graphic. Turned out to be wishful thinking.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Too reminiscent of the 2018 NYT op ed, "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration." Great graphic. Turned out to be wishful thinking.
Most of them of them are crudely hand-lettered. And there is a remarkable absence of repetitive slogans, other than the phrase "No Kings." They are all authentic individual expressions.
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Most of them of them are crudely hand-lettered. And there is a remarkable absence of repetitive slogans, other than the phrase "No Kings." They are all authentic individual expressions.
Sea urchins are cool, too. Here, the larval stage (the "pluteus,") and the adult stage.
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Sea urchins are cool, too. Here, the larval stage (the "pluteus,") and the adult stage.
Those of us old enough to remember the early days of the US space program will not be so quick to criticize Starship. I'm not saying Musk isn't reckless, isn't rushing, isn't taking excessive risks, isn't insane to be promising it will be safe for manned flight by 2027.
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Those of us old enough to remember the early days of the US space program will not be so quick to criticize Starship. I'm not saying Musk isn't reckless, isn't rushing, isn't taking excessive risks, isn't insane to be promising it will be safe for manned flight by 2027.
So I went ahead and edited the image...
November 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So I went ahead and edited the image...
Completely off-topic and not with political overtones, but I finally remember why Trump's smile at Mamdani kept ringing bells. I added a cigarette holder and hat to Trump to help you see what I saw.
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Completely off-topic and not with political overtones, but I finally remember why Trump's smile at Mamdani kept ringing bells. I added a cigarette holder and hat to Trump to help you see what I saw.
I wonder what will happen to congestion pricing in Manhattan, still in effect as far as I know, despite King Trump's royal decree?
November 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I wonder what will happen to congestion pricing in Manhattan, still in effect as far as I know, despite King Trump's royal decree?
Read my posting. I agree with you. Speaking of crypto as a store of currency, this chart shows the value of TerraUSD, a stablecoin which was supposed to maintain a constant value of exactly $1.
November 22, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Read my posting. I agree with you. Speaking of crypto as a store of currency, this chart shows the value of TerraUSD, a stablecoin which was supposed to maintain a constant value of exactly $1.
Here's one thing everybody needs to know about crypto. This shows the value of the stablecoin, TerraUSD, which was supposed to maintain a constant value of $1 per coin. It's not the whole story about crypto, but it is Something To Know. And not forget.
November 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Here's one thing everybody needs to know about crypto. This shows the value of the stablecoin, TerraUSD, which was supposed to maintain a constant value of $1 per coin. It's not the whole story about crypto, but it is Something To Know. And not forget.
willing to buy Strategy stock at double the value of the bitcoin holdings behind it. Nobody can give a good reason to buy the stock beyond the "greater fool" theory ("because the price keeps going up.") But now the price isn't doing that.
November 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
willing to buy Strategy stock at double the value of the bitcoin holdings behind it. Nobody can give a good reason to buy the stock beyond the "greater fool" theory ("because the price keeps going up.") But now the price isn't doing that.
And still nobody will tell me what "wuther" means.
November 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
And still nobody will tell me what "wuther" means.
but it's pretty darn convincing. Snopes included this picture from Le Forestier:
November 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
but it's pretty darn convincing. Snopes included this picture from Le Forestier:
has every small task in its repertoire, including those that only a few people need, might be. You would need it to tie shoelaces IF you can't tie shoelaces yourself and you don't like the styling of these:
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
has every small task in its repertoire, including those that only a few people need, might be. You would need it to tie shoelaces IF you can't tie shoelaces yourself and you don't like the styling of these:
MOST of Trump's tariffs are on things we don't / can't produce. Fine watches, for example. The days of cheap Swiss imitations of genuine Waltham watches are long gone.
November 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
MOST of Trump's tariffs are on things we don't / can't produce. Fine watches, for example. The days of cheap Swiss imitations of genuine Waltham watches are long gone.
A tiny detail, but the layout of that sign looks a little amateurish to me. Who designed it? I might get shouted down on this, but I'm thinking it should have been more like the bottom one.
November 17, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A tiny detail, but the layout of that sign looks a little amateurish to me. Who designed it? I might get shouted down on this, but I'm thinking it should have been more like the bottom one.
"0.39% of US land" is more than Maryland, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, or Rhode Island.
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"0.39% of US land" is more than Maryland, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, or Rhode Island.
He's been claiming for a while that he's brought gas prices down to $2 a gallon. According to the AAA there is not one state in the union where gas prices are close to being that low.
November 14, 2025 at 12:53 AM
He's been claiming for a while that he's brought gas prices down to $2 a gallon. According to the AAA there is not one state in the union where gas prices are close to being that low.
And the Beethoven's SIxth Symphony segment was so bad, terribly, awfully bad, that you never see frames from it in image galleries. The bra looks weird because all the female centaurs were originally drawn topless, and the floral bras clumsily added later when the Hays office objected.
November 14, 2025 at 12:38 AM
And the Beethoven's SIxth Symphony segment was so bad, terribly, awfully bad, that you never see frames from it in image galleries. The bra looks weird because all the female centaurs were originally drawn topless, and the floral bras clumsily added later when the Hays office objected.
Badlands National Park, 2016. Long camping road trip, Boston to Yellowstone and back, but really Badlands was the highlight of the trip.
November 9, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Badlands National Park, 2016. Long camping road trip, Boston to Yellowstone and back, but really Badlands was the highlight of the trip.
Gooseberry Badlands, near Worland, WY.
November 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Gooseberry Badlands, near Worland, WY.
The President is a human ChatGPT. He says plausible-sounding things, with no attention to truth.
November 7, 2025 at 2:14 AM
The President is a human ChatGPT. He says plausible-sounding things, with no attention to truth.