James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

I need nerd help -- I thrifted this odd little ceramic box + lid in the Netherlands. No identifying marks, seems delftware-adjacent, and feels handmade. Which IBM building is this??? And what is this???

My American friends: In Canada I had prostate surgery, radiation treatment, knee replacement, physiotherapy, numerous X-rays, scans, tests, specialist appts, hospital stays, & drugs. Cost to me total: under $1,000, mostly for travel, some partial payment for drugs, & parking. That's what universal not-for-profit healthcare offers.

Burger King' super simple menu sign during the 50s!

I do think the guy should be reimbursed for the sandwich, though... 🤔

There are going to be a whole lot of electoral results that Mike Johnson hasn’t heard about tomorrow.

My kid made this meme which I enjoy immensely. #noaiplease

Saw this on #LinkedIn

#AI #GenAI #DangerWillRobinson

I finally found a mug that I thought represented the appropriate serving size for a cup of tea. I just found the receipt for it in my purse and noticed it is a “soup bowl with handle.” Sigh.

Where I live in the Bronx about 40 percent of families use SNAP. But, people are very embarrassed about it.

Every person I know who uses SNAP works more hours than I do OR they are very old or sick.

We are setting up a pantry in the laundry room, but it's not the same. Nobody wants the strange canned food that I don't want. It's not the same as $40 you can spend on the food you really need.

Yes, the billionaires want the economy to crash so they can buy up assets cheap. Yes, a lot of these people are so stupid they think we will either fall in line if they starve us, or riot so they can justify a hard nationwide crackdown.

But that's the enabler class. Don't forget the mad king really is just mad.

Between the fact that all of them-- even the ones not in dementia-- are badly misreading our national character, and the fact that they are prostrate before the mad king...

Very proud to call him a colleague for many reasons but especially this one: "I guess the drawback is I’m less likely to get my questions answered. The benefit is that my audience is frequently reminded of the facts." Must read: www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

S.V. Dáte thinks the White Hou...

Trump is having a tariff meltdown on Truth Social this morning

But your rivals now have retaliatory tariffs up and no need to reduce them.

The art of the deal.

please can we stop calling it the 'Epstein Ballroom' that is very disrespectful to the people who have donated to it - for their sake let us at least call it by its proper name, the "Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, Meta Platforms, Apple, Coinbase, Comcast, T-Mobile, Google, Blackstone, YouTube, Booz Allen Hamilton and Lockheed Martin present the Epstein Ballroom".

Thank you.