Later On
White House Demands SILENCE From Republicans on Epstein Files
Musk turned off Russian access to Starlink
The Church of Interruption
I Get Around — fun video
Red-Kale Stew
Cycloid drives
Universala Esperanto Metodo
The story of silicon technology
Heather Cox Richardson has a clear-eyed take on what’s happening
A Russian describes the ways in which the country he knew and loved is gone
Walking bass
Derek Simnett takes a good look at the new USDA dietary guidelines
Interesting technology: BYD’s suspension system
Astonishing update on Black Dahlia murderer and the Zodiac killer
Jake Broe sounds a clear warning
Skill built on talent
Things that need saying at Davos
The domestic terrorist database, the election in November, and how the US might fall
The murder of Alex Pretti
Financial stormclouds are gathering.
Good reforms for Ukraine’s military
The war on Democracy and truth
Mark Carney’s terrific speech at Davos and Heather Cox Richardson’s explanation of its context and importance
Ask for advice, not feedback
Pleasant day at Kitty Islet in Oak Bay, BC
John Bolton analyzes the evolving relationship betwee the US and Canada
Prominent scholar of fascism has now left the US
Havana Syndrome
High-tech warfare
YAWS: Yet another winter soup
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
Why America hasn’t become great again
Why Donald Trump is telling such obvious lies on the ICE Minneapolis killing
Canada stands up
A solid indictment of the Trump administration
A cool tiny woven mat to bright up a dark day
Odysseus, as seen by Emily Wilson (and probably by Homer)
35 simple health tips
The US goverment defines Fascism
Celery soup
Locating the spiritual
Binge drinking triggers gut damage
The turning point for Fascism in the US
Moscow is panicking
Good outline of Western art movements
Praise for the soroban
Stephen Miller takes the “might makes right” position
Non-Animal Diets Could Save Millions of Lives and Trillions of Dollars a Year
The umbrella, reconceived
Good explanation of why Trump does what he does
Trump is destroying America’s future
A collapse in action
Psychology of People Who Don’t Obsess Over Sports
The animals most dangerous to humans
Those who don’t know history end up repeating it.
Trump’s 11 Most Senile Moments This Year
College students try a weeklong tech fast: no smartphone, no computer
Excellent take on Trump’s taking
Russian Shadow Ship Attacks Baltic Sea Cables — Then NATO’s Response Was INSTANT
Understanding the U.S. Strike on Venezuela | Explainer
What 2025 Looks Like to a Historian | Explainer
Kitty Islet, Oak Bay, BC, New Year’s Eve
Caolon Robertson looks back at Russia’s year in 2025
How Coca-Cola’s Calories-Out Myth Backfired Spectacularly
And it gets worse for Russia
The Endgame for Putin Approaches – Escalation to Point of Collapse
Why Russian Troops Are Refusing to Fight
(Gimme Some of That) Ol’ Atonal Music
Russia’s Cruise Missiles in Ukraine Meet Germany’s SKYNEX!
Pre-emptive power off/on
Cult-detection guidance
Trump is a tool of Putin
The Era Of The Business Idiot
Can We Trust Social Science Yet?
Parliamentary government compared to US Consitutional government
Sleep trick
Fitaly, O Fitaly! Where art thou, Fitaly?
“Get the kid his peaches.” – A great Christmas story
Impromptu supper with purple potato, Thai eggplant, Jerusalem artichoke, kumquats, and lemon
The Future of Veritasium
Excellent summary of the situation of the Ukraine-Russian war
Shopping day
Real Reason Trump Renamed Kennedy Center
My first time compulsively reading something written in Esperanto
Hitler said/Putin said
Esperanto starting to feel roomier
Kagi, the escape from enshittified search engines
Tom Cat’s Kitchen, a cool meal-subscription service in Baltimore
Trump’s Mental Decline Is Accelerating: Psychologist
Some perfectly normal things in the US
Strategies for Rock Paper Scissors
Solstice Soup 2025
The palm across the street
Why I’m learning Esperanto
Paul Warburg explains that Ukraine is winning its war with Russia
Interesting CIA stories from John Kiriakou
Trump’s Kennedy Center decision
Bird-flu warnings are being ignored
Your purpose is something you form, not find
Two good thoughts from Oliver Burkeman
“Scone” rhymes with “gone”
The “Good Enough” Problem
Moving to Russia (for freedom, of course) brings a nightmare
Good explainer on oil & Venezuela
A close look at the Pink Panther
Some tasty stride piano
Irving Berlin’s “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” by the Berlin Brass Quintet
Bach’n’Boogie – Maurice Imhof & Dave Ruosch
Flight of the Bumblebee – Canadian Brass
Capitalism’s emphasis on short-term gains over long-term planning brings weakness
Do-It-Yourself Language Immersion, Prison-Style
Soup of the day — possibly, week
SBS real-time website
Lies and violence go together
George Will on Canada’s response to US threats
Donald Trump, Canada, and Potash
What we eat
Comparing images, Hubble v. Webb
Putin’s People Are Being Arrested – Is a Coup Coming?
Minor Esperanto progress note
Russia has defeated the US
Surprising emergent behavior of sorting algorithms
Sick in a hospital town in the US
The foods that make you happiest
*Massive* shift of US against world order
12 years of filming plants
Tick bite leads to fatal allergy to beef
Trump administration moves to deny visas to factcheckers and content moderators
Worshiping the False Idols of Wellness
Excellent conversation about The Certainty Illusion
The Dirty Dozen’s Dirty Secret
I love Oscar Peterson, famous Canadian jazz pianist
Family Of Brain-Dead Georgia Woman Seeks Support To Meet GoFundMe Goal For Baby’s Medical Costs
History may not repeat, but it rhymes: Looking at 1920s from the 2020s
Ukrainian attack on power station
Kalettes and purple Brussels sprouts
Excellent explainer from Heather Cox Richardson
Wise v. Xe for international money transfers
Barrelling toward a showdown
Updated Esperanto study checklist
The US is led by a corrupt group
The significance of the naval drone production cooperative of Poland, Ukraine, and Norway
Another small step in Esperanto
Free book by Teri Kanefeld on why intolerance and extremism arise
We need close reading
Power law vs. normal distribution
Candid look at Moscow’s situation and NATO’s weaknesses and Trump’s goals
The Eisenhower Matrix
Wars for independence
Exciting garlic news
Fasolado-inspired soup
Good avocado dressing/sauce
That odd feeling you get when something that is supposed to work wonders actually does work wonders
Jeff Wall’s photography is astounding
The US today, on the rocks via ICE
Six months of Esperanto study
Black-Lentil Soup from Yeung Man Cooking
Ray Jessel, “Short-Term Memory Loss Blues”
Sweden’s 88 Gripen Fighter Offer to Canada
Women are eager to leave the US
Things are heating up: Michael Wolff files SLAPP lawsuit against Melania Trump
Donald’s decline
Broccoli sprouts
William James and Esperanto
Why Trump Is More Dangerous Every Day: Psychiatrist
Another break from Esperanto
Jay in Kyiv is another channel I follow
Black Lentil & Purple Barley Tempeh
Excellent Esperanto newsletter
Dudley Moore Trio – Just In Time
Psychological analysis of Trump
Ben Hodges and a German citizen talk about Trump
The Death of Shame
Sarah Paine — How Russia sabotaged China’s rise
Russia is falling apart
Carbs for diabetics
Logic and Life
Kalettes showed up again — at last
A man who is learning a woman’s life
In WWII, German POW cooks fed British troops
Starving You is the Point: The Neuroscience of Hunger and Obedience in America
Of Corn and Cancer: Iowa’s Deadly Water Crisis
Another Esperanto progress note
Some People Can’t See Mental Images. The Consequences Are Profound.
Mark Carney steps in
Esperanto progress report
The Farmers of Kherson: a documentary
Comparison of ingredients in two hot sauces
Leaf celery and rainbow chard
The Bureaucratic Death Of Representative Democracy
An economist looks at Russia’s situation
Wow! Don Shirley’s take on “How High the Moon.”
Intense mental exercise offsets some effects of aging
Mosaic at James Bay Square
Russia’s collapse speeding up
The US experiment seems to be failing now
Patients Should Add Food, Not Subtract
Unrealistic expectations undermine determination: Learning about learning a language
Sports news
Geography is destiny
Wine ratings are bunkum
A Canadian Old Fashioned
Why literature in Esperanto?
Reflections from an American who now lives abroad
Beautiful day in Oak Bay
Regrets
A tough patch in learning a language
Russia working toward its own defeat
Good observation Jimmy Carter once made
My wrap
Daniel Pink’s Life Lessons
Blue evening
A (very) young man whose first language is Esperanto
Strong Robinson Crusoe vibe in this video
The same story
Weapons innovations that change warfighting doctrine: US strafer-bombers in WWII, Ukrainian drones today
Kevin Kelly on a Periodic Table of Cognition
A better (and lower-cost) version of the wide-bladed knife
Plato and Don Quixote
‘Men don’t know why they became unhappy’: the toxic gender war dividing South Korea
Play Konane online
Buddy Rich Talk of the Town 1969 “West Side Story”
Learning a language late in life
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Right-Wing Commits More Extremist Political Violence
A Green Sauce
Ukraine BREAKS Russian Line in Donetsk, 7 Towns Freed