Open thread 7/15/2026
Does July have Ides? Why yes, yes it does.
Continue reading →Does July have Ides? Why yes, yes it does.
Continue reading →(1) It’s official; the 60-day clock has resumed on the Iran War: President Donald Trump formally notified lawmakers this weekend that the nation is once again at war with Iran, giving his administration another 60-day clock to use the military … Continue reading →
Bastille Day:
Continue reading →What is this ranch mania?
Continue reading →Cryptic yet curiously poetic, and perhaps related to another recent spambot of the day: The shirt for the dog park people. The cat people who already know what the void wants. The Frenchie owners who pay the drama tax.
Continue reading →My freshman year in college I took an art history survey course that focused quite a bit on the art of very ancient civilizations, by which I mean pre-Roman and even pre-Greek art. For me, the work shown in these … Continue reading →
Wildflowers I saw the other day:
Continue reading →I was wondering who made it: We made the shirt your group chat already wrote about your dog.
Continue reading →You may not even notice the change. At least, that’s what my research indicates. For previous commenters, as long as you use the name and email address you’ve used here right along, you should be grandfathered in and have no … Continue reading →
The person who compiles this series of video interviews is excellent at what he does. The note he wrote for this video states that it went viral and that as a result the woman got gifts and cards from all … Continue reading →
(1) Judge Hannah Dugan is guilty as sin, but free as a bird (as Bill Ayers might say): Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan won’t face any prison time for her conviction of obstructing federal immigration officials. In April 2025, the … Continue reading →