We are of course lacking readers’ wildlife photos, though I don’t know why. If you have some good ones, please send them in. We do have a batch today, though, sent in by reader Jan ...
Welcome to a Hump Day (“Il giro di boa della settimana” in Italian): Wednesday, October 28, 2026 and National Chocolate Day . Here are some profiteroles from one of my favorite restaurants in Paris, ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 and National American Beer Day. Here are the 10 top-rated American beers from the reliable Beer Advocate. The rankings are from the top down.
Dogs are used by first responders and the military for a number of tasks.  Their keen sense of smell, speed, and keen hearing give them advantages over even drones or robots, and, according to ...
Yes, yes, a Caturday felid post is coming. . . In this week’s “Real Time” segment, Bill Maher, pointing to the unrest in France, dons his curmudgeon’s mantle to discuss socialism—or rather, the ...
Welcome to Sunday, October 25: the Sabbath for goyische cats and National Greasy Foods Day. Below you see your choice of meat in the back room of Black’s BBQ in Lockhart, Texas, the finest ...
We have the usual three items today plus a bit of lagniappe. Reader Peter found the mother lode of cat videos: MelodyMeowsic, which is a bunch of AI videos featuring jazz-playing cats and, I think, AI ...
The other day I expressed dismay that NYT writer John McWhorter produced a piece heartily endorsing land acknowledgments (“LA”s). That was out of character for a man who got a lot of attention for his ...
If you have good photos or videos with a wildlive/biology theme, send them in. Today we have a short but lovely video from ...
Welcome to Sunday, October 18, 2026, sabbath for goyische cats, and National Exascale Day, which celebrates this: Founded by CRAY, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, National Exascale Day takes ...