I saw this clip. Wow.

@wtg said in Ein Volk, Ein Reich: Just a salute [image: 23elon-salute-1-fbvg-videoSixteenByNineJumbo1600-v2.jpg] This is a true expression of the nature of his apartied South African fascism.

I learned a few days ago my sister-in-law, a public school librarian, has taken on an after school assignment teaching students English in preparation for college. She told me her assignment is difficult because the district is poor and the students she's teaching aren't starting at expectable grade level English skills. I also learned she has her PhD and one of her specialties is designing course instruction. I have no doubt she'll do an excellent job. My guess would be, generally, even without having been a teacher, that the more a teacher expects, and the more rigorous a teacher is, at any grade level, the better the result will be. For my part, I told her about my experiences in grades 11- 16, she kindly compared me to my sister (not quite warranted in all humility) and of course I said thank you. Teaching, tutoring, and mentoring are essential. I myself would probably sound like and have the communication skills of a caveman it hadn't been for my luck in having a mother who taught me how to read and write and great teachers who had the resourses to do their jobs.

To be fair a comment regarding Denmark increasing Nato security that Trump made, was extremely funny "They added one more dog sled"

First we take away their healthcare…

Same here.

"He just keeps blowing things up"

Finally. On Tuesday, a Lake Tahoe-based non-profit called Bear League stepped in to help Johnson by shooting at the bear with paintball guns, which drove it from under the house. “I couldn’t believe it was so fast,” Johnson told KTLA. “These guys went in, they crawled in behind him and, boom, he was out.” The bear tried to come back two days later but was met with a deterrent – an electrified mat that covered the crawl space’s entrance, according to KTLA. Johnson added that since the bear’s removal, he’s been able to assess the damage it left, which includes a ruptured gas line. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/bear-under-california-home-evicted

I have a couple email addresses, but I don’t use them with their interface. They come to my Outlook or iOS mailboxes. But I suppose I have to go in and tell them I don’t want them to use AI to “assist” me?

@Axtremus said in What’s more weird?: I wonder what the American Enterprise Institute or the Heritage Foundation or the Chamber of Commerce think of this. Heritage would say "Gee your ass is yummy, Mr President". AEI and CoC would pan it politely.

The Calphalon will probably be my choice. I like stainless steel and it's not coated with non-stick chemicals. There’s also the safety factor. Just have to mention it because this silly argument appears in almost every article about induction stove tops. Over millenia, human kind has learned to cook with open fire and has learned that it's hot and therefore one doesn't reach across an open flame or place one's hands on a hot stove top. Of the burns I've ever experienced while cooking, they were all the result of a hot pan, not a hot stove. Sure, induction stove tops don't get hot therefore they are safer in that regard, but it's not that big a deal.

@CHAS Ha! I have never seen the movie, but that clip came up as I was perusing other movie dance scenes. Glad you posted it. What a delight!

In addition to the idiot real estate agent, I’m surprised NYT chose this unit, and included this photo. I didn’t read through all the comments but a lot of people are commenting on it in the comments as well. At the very least NYT could have mentioned it in the “pros and cons” part, instead of just this: CONS Only the garden-level unit has access to the backyard. Pretty sure “bed bugs” is a more noteworthy-worthy con…