So then I said, "Yes, Chicago is a great city for shopping, but, I'm sorry, I can't help you get a visa."
Jon Corbly. Eastern North Carolina, the flat part, pretty close to sea level.
I thought Swatch watches disappeared years ago. They're still around, though, and enough of a thing for Europeans to get rowdy about.
(Fat $bonuses are due the entire Swatch PR team for securing all this free publicity.)
Mars - Clouds over Terra Cimmeria - ESA Mars Express HRSC
Full size 5k image: https://flic.kr/p/2sdpsHP 🔭🧪
Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck CC BY
2025-07-24
South is up
HR211_0000 ND3+GR3+BL3
This post is awesome, and I predict aftermarket shops offering to remove car surveillance to spring up in the next few years.
It shouldn't be necessary, but it is.
https://arkadiyt.com/2026/05/13/removing-the-modem-and-gps-from-my-rav4/
It's not like anyone, anywhere, believes Trump when he says he's made a commitment.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260515/p2g/00m/0in/036000c
@josephcox "Ambient listening" is a sloppy euphemism for "this room is bugged".
Two years ago at an annual exam at a university clinic, the physician asked if I was OK with AI transcribing our conversation. This year, when I asked about it, he said "It's gone. We all hated it." So, points to them.
RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116573428924380491
Well, I've read 5 of the novels in the incomplete roster listed in The Guardian's article. That will assuage some guilt.
Harald Grunsky
Andrea Luck
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