The Hall of Fire

I initially thought back to 1999, when Putin blew up Moscow apartment buildings and blamed Chechens to drum up support for the war in Chechnya. But times have changed, he doesn't care if the population supports his war. Currently, Russia blames Islamic militants from Ingushetia. Although Medvedev we...

Just about the only puzzle game I play these days is nonograms on the Katana app. Most nonogram apps have a limited number of puzzles, but Katana allows users to upload content so it's pretty much limitless. And just as I was hitting the limit of my interest, I noticed it has an Adventurers Guild, w...

That's an amazing photo, narya! I only ever saw a fox once, when one crossed my trail. I did see one yesterday, at the San Francisco Zoo. It seems a new trend to showcase local animals and not just focus on the exotics. For example, here are two grizzlies lining up expectantly. A minute later, the k...

What Dave said. ChatGPT is a text generator. The text doesn't have to be correct. It should only be used if you already know the answer but don't want the bother of typing it. However. Both Microsoft and Google now have LLM built into their search engines, and that can get you much better results, b...

Tankies: Russia does not and has never had imperial ambitions! (never mind that it officially called itself the Russian Empire for 300 years and occupied 1/6 of dry land) Russia: Russian State TV is openly stating that Putin is building a Third Russian Empire... a Third Empire... a Third Realm... a ...

Meanwhile, Ukraine continues hitting Russian refineries. Ironically, they do it in large part because of the US stalling at providing aid. US weapons come with the stipulation that they can't be used on the territory of Russia itself, but there are no such restrictions on the Ukrainian drones. At ea...

BTW, the official slogan of Putin's fake election spectacle is, Russia has no borders.

Meanwhile in Russia, a 3-day event is under way in which Russians, in a free and clear election, will elect Vladimir Putin for another 6-year term. Despite there being no serious opposition, Putin isn't taking any chances. In Kursk, there were reports that government-provided pens had vanishing ink,...

If she self-identifies as a bimbo (a dumb, sexy, and probably promiscuous female), that's her business. I don't see why she can't have that name.

In the course of business, I see a lot of names, and some of them are... a lot, so Bimbo as a name doesn't phase me.

Gay Twitter was snickering about that one...

"Patriotism in its simplest, clearest, and most indubitable meaning is nothing but an instrument for the attainment of the government's ambitious and mercenary aims, and a renunciation of human dignity, common sense, and conscience by the governed, and a slavish submission to those who hold pow...

Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones have been taking out oil refineries all over Russia. Today, it Rosneft’s Ryazan facility, which refines 17 million tons of oil a year. The Russian air base in Buturlinovka and a military airfield in Voronezh were also struck, per Visegrad and other sources. PS: in complet...

There are reports of battles on the territory of the Russian Empire Federation. From NOELREPORT Freedom of Russia Legion, The Russian Volunteer Corps and the Siberia Batallion have entered the Kursk and Bilhorod regions in Russia. Heavy fighting is reported in the border area. ... Russian media and ...

Annie Andrews did a "behind the scenes" video for Nancy Mace's interview. She also did one for Katie Britt.

The Katie Britt speech is widely derided even by conservatives . Twitter is having a field day with it, with one video combining her speech with the background music from the SPCA ads. And really, a female Senator from Alabama making an important speech from the kitchen ? As the internet used to say...

The concern in Congress is that a Chinese company has too much influence on American users. Having desperate users tell you they can't live without the company won't dispel that concern! I read that the committee members also expressed concern that although TikTok claimed not to track its users, th...

Is it my imagination or does Mike Johnson look like Ellen DeGeneres?

He definitely looks like he is not allowed to smile.

Barbara Lee appears to still live in 2003. I somehow didn't grasp that Porter was giving up her seat to run for Senate. That was a bad move, and I'm disappointed in her. It will be tough for Democrats to keep her seat. To bad the election wasn't last year, when California tax filing deadline was ext...

PJ was pioneering in treating a fantasy world like a real place. As for Dune, I haven't seen part 2 yet, but I wonder if the 1st movie takes the source material a bit too seriously.

Euromaidan Press: Russian forces struck 🇺🇦 Odesa while President Zelenskyy met with Greek PM Mitsotakis. A missile landed just 150 meters away, leaving no time to seek shelter. Zelenskyy confirmed casualties in the city and emphasized Ukraine's urgent need for air defense systems. Mitsotakis and Zel...