(That is what I do for all of my extra fresh chiles when I hit up the Mexican and Asian markets here and buy too much.)

The problem with fact checking...

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Text in image reads:- I think this is all best summed up by a comment on a random right-wing typepad post from 2022 that has weirdly been making the rounds as a meme on social media lately but that is not satire, as far as I can tell, and is a genuine thought someone had. Username Right side rick says: “Unfortunately, the problem with left-leaning media is they’re intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it’s really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of quality rightwing content. That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless their fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well. In essence people like us on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push our agenda as statistics and, unfortunately, official studies aren’t usually on our side.” Oop! Right side rick, I think you just said the quiet part out loud buddy. But good job identifying the problem. Source https://www.leejamiller.com/episodes/2025/1/8/fact-checking-is-bad-for-business

If I had a child today I would probably name it Inspirational Skeletor.

I always thought of « ennui » as more of a state of being. However, in literature it is often used to describe something between boredom and depression. (It always brings me to French existential/absurdist literature, like Camus. « Ennui » isn't something you can give a single word definition to, but rather a concept. It's almost like “blasé” … IFKYK)

My heroine this week is ABC’s White House Correspondent Mary Bruce who asked the Saudi-Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman what Saudi-Arabia was doing at The White House, after Saudi-Arabia’s involvement in both 9/11 and the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

May her courage inspire us all.

#3166 - Big and Little Spoons

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Four-panel black-and-white comic. Panel 1: A stick figure gestures while speaking. Text: “Some people like to be the big spoon.” Panel 2: The stick figure continues, “Some people like to be the little spoon.” Panel 3: Text filling most of the panel: “And some brave truth-tellers point out that the metaphor makes no sense because different-sized spoons don’t nest right either way. You nest same-sized spoons.” Below the text are two pairs of spoons shown nested. Panel 4: The stick figure is shown lounging on a couch. They continue, “…And apparently we sleep on the couch.” Off-panel person: “Why are you still going on about the spoon thing?” Figure on couch: “Because I’m right!” Hidden text: "Are you the annoying spoon or the sleepy spoon?"

#Christmas #holiday #Thanksgiving

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Twitter user, ClassyWarfare, writes, Tweet 1: The war on Christmas cannot end until Christmas stops its illegal occupation of November. Tweet 2: I am calling on the Klaus regime to return to the borders agreed upon in the Black Friday Agreement.

#ffs

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A humorous exchange about the correct grammatical usage of the phrase "for fuck's sake" versus "for fuck sake." Two characters discuss the need for possessive punctuation while surrounded by writing tools and papers, with an artistic background that resembles a painting.

So who's coming to mine for Christmas, I have dessert all ready.

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A vintage advert featuring a slice of a cheesecake like pie. Is it cheesecake? No. It's Fruit Cocktail Eggnog pie. It's yellow, with brightly coloured fruit chunks through it. Text reads Go fancy for the holidays! Fruit cocktail eggnog pie. Make it with knox gelatine Canned fruit cocktail Your dairy's prepared egg nog Betty Crocker Homogenized pie crust mix. Under the pie, in very tiny text because it's a lie it reads Yes, make this glorious new dessert so easily! The hard work is all done for you, and what a perfect ending for your festive meal!

#3164 - Metric Tip

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The comic shows two stick figures. The one on the left, wearing a hat, asks, “How tall are you?” The one on the right replies, “5 ft 24 cm” - Caption below: “When switching to metric, make the process easier by doing it in steps.” Hidden text: "The package weighs 7 kg 9 oz."

In the mist of shite political news from around the world, here's a good news story, the Danish Foreign Minister give the Egyptian Foreign Minister a Lego set of the Pyramids as a gift, just look at his face ;)

#Politics #Denmark #Egypt #Lego #Joy #GoodNews

https://egyptianstreets.com/2025/11/03/danish-foreign-minister-gifts-lego-pyramid-to-celebrate-grand-egyptian-museum-opening/

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Danish minister give the Egyptian minister a Lego set of the Pyramids in a formal looking room, flags, gold, big lamp shades, the expression on the face of the Egyptian minister is just pure joy and the biggest smile ever.

So I met this Australian guy who works in IT...

I said: "Do you come from a LAN down under?"

He just smiled and gave me a mega byte sandwich ...

Surely one of the finest pieces of journalism of all time? The headline alone is award winning.

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DUCK EATS YEAST, QUACKS, EXPLODES; MAN LOSES EYE Rhadamanthus’'s Unusually Fermented Sunday Breakfast Causes It to Rise Piecemeal, Blinding Owner, DES MOINES, Jan, 2 - The strangest accident recorded in local history occurred this morning when Rhadamanthus, a duck, which took a prize at the recent Iowa poultry show, exploded into several hundred pleces, one of which struck Silas Perking in the eye, destroyIng the sight The cause of the explosion was the eating of yeast which was placed In a pan upon the back porch, and tempted his duckship, which was taking a Sanday morning stroll. Upon returning from church Mr Perking discovered his prize duck in an some what logy condition Telltale marks around the pan of yeast gave him his clue. He was about to pick up the bird when the latter quacked and exploded with a loud report and Mr Perkins ran into to house holding both hands over one eye. A surgeon was called, who found that the eyeball had been penetrated by a fragment of flying duck and gave no hope of having the optic.

An owl gliding through a cloud of helium-filled soap bubbles reveals wingtip and tail vortices.

Video credit: Usherwood et al.
Source: https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/223/3/jeb214809/223686/High-aerodynamic-lift-from-the-tail-reduces-drag

(Now I feel the need to re-read it, as well as get myself a copy the Book of Dust now that the third book is about to be published.)

This is a valuable lesson for any manufacturer: never awaken the nerd sleeping inside your customer, because his wrath shall be terrible.

In this case the warning was quite literal.

The company annoyed a buyer enough to push him into full blown nerd mode. He tore the product apart, reverse engineered every part, and then published a step by step guide showing exactly how to disable "kill switch" that prevented the use of the product without the vendor spying on the user.

What started as a minor grievance became a public, technical exposé that left the maker exposed and embarrassed.

Moral of the story: underestimate your users at your own peril.

The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me

Baking is science, but it is also fun. Experiment and enjoy each result.

(Sometimes I also put in some baking powder or soda to get some rise, and at least a teaspoon (5ml) of vanilla for flavor.)

Basically it's equal parts flour, sugar, and fat, with an egg to bind as needed and chips to taste. Also, letting the dough rest in the fridge for at least an hour helps, too.

#3160 - Document Forgery

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The image shows a comic depicting a fake university diploma. The diploma reads “East State University” at the top, with unreadable scribbles above and below. In the center, it says “Doctor of Philosophy in Document Forgery.” There are several illegible signatures and a circular seal at the bottom center with abstract symbols. Below the diploma, a caption reads: “If you put one of these up in your office, and no one notices, you’ve earned it.” Hidden text: "It comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a..."

Chef José Andrés' World Central Kitchen nonprofit is usually giving meals to people in war zones, but now, it's distributing food in Washington, D.C., in order to help federal employees during the U.S. government shutdown. Here's more from NBC Washington.

https://flip.it/qK6UAt

#USGovernment #TrumpAdministration #GovernmentShutdown #USNews #USPolitics #JoseAndres

Hear, hear!

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A tweet from BrooklynDad_Defiant! says: “THIS.” followed by several clapping emojis. The image text reads: “Let’s give teachers $50k signing bonuses, $100k salaries, and $60k student loan forgiveness. You know, the same as ICE gets.”

Outside of Speaker Mike Johnson,
there is no bigger poster boy for the rubber-stamp Republican House majority than Jim Jordan.

Jordan’s purpose for running the House Judiciary Committee is to abuse its power to investigate those who tried to hold Donald Trump accountable for alleged crimes.

While Republicans in the House filled their committees with leaders who would be loyal to Trump,
Democrats filled their positions with experienced investigators and legislators who know how to use oversight power and navigate congressional hearings effectively.

Rep. Jamie Raskin is one of those Democrats. -- He is an attorney and constitutional scholar, and a person who understands how to properly and effectively use House oversight.

When Jordan gave Raskin a big opening by trying to investigate former Special Counsel Jack Smith, the Maryland Democrat seized on it.

Jim Jordan wants Jack Smith to testify behind closed doors.
Smith wants to testify in public.

Raskin wrote a letter to Jordan urging him to allow Smith to testify before the nation.

Rep. Raskin wrote:
Last week, I applauded your call for transparency about Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into how President Trump knowingly retained hundreds of highly classified records at his Mar-a-Lago club and then defied subpoenas, obstructed law enforcement, actively hid evidence, and lied about his continuing retention of those records.

I commended you for apparently joining us in demanding the full release of Mr. Smith’s report
—paid for by American taxpayers
—as well as all accompanying records which the Department of Justice (DOJ) has been desperately concealing.

https://www.politicususa.com/p/jamie-raskin-outsmarts-jim-jordan