I'm waiting to find this lady's September birthstones videos. 🧐 Update on jewelry: 22" silver chain. Rolls off and on by moving both sides over ears then gently rolling over "Neanderthal" brow. Brilliant! 1 mm height silver cross pendant aka as a charm. Had to put it up for safe keeping. Factory made Byzantine link silver bracelet. Arrived from Turkey. USPS hadn't sorted my change of address yet, was holding my mail, and it was returned to sender. Foolishly realized it was 3x the price of same type bracelet low end price point. Yikes.

Also, I read the link. Impressive. The only thing I found to note is- 'you can sign anonymously'. Well no, not really. Oh, one more Ellison story. He's on tape saying everyone should be video recorded at all times in all places in all homes in all rooms... He said people will behave if they know they are being watched this way. Here's the part that's even more bizarre- (quoting) "Nobody will see it without a court order".

Another Borge this time comping with superb violinist https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1ceneXcAQr/

I went around my house and looked at the c. 1972 AT&T phone outlets. It still has them. In the kitchen, the living room, the bedroom.. I can imagine people living here back then. I wonder if they still work.

@dougg Interesting. Good news. @andyd Speaking of diesel it crossed the 6 USD mark now moving toward 7 USD.

@wtg said: Eric Topol does a deep dive on the new improved Apple Watch. Not really. He does a deep dive on heart rate variability. I’ve had an Apple Watch for years and never paid any attention to that particular metric.

I manage a charity FB page requiring admin approval. Amazing how many spammers try to get in

I guess the variation of each costco is likely here too. The London one always seems to have lots of small cafe and shop owners buying (eg.) vast amounts of bottled water and coke cans and paying hundreds of pounds, in cash. They then charge double/triple in their cafe. And gallons of cooking oil, large plastic bottles for frying the all day English breakfast. I must try the Costco close to us now, near Newcastle, and compare.

Something seemed a little too slick about the site. There are interesting discussions on reddit about these kinds of operations. Apparently some of them may be total scams, and others aren't entirely truthful about the story. And there is a separate shipping fee to get your bottles. Not sure about tariffs, but I'm guessing yes. Bottom line: Caveat emptor.

I lived in France and never noticed I was doing it wrong.

wtg said: Yea, this is a statin that I had never heard of, pitavastatin. And this is the generic, not a brand name. Not sure why it costs more than other statins. Mr wtg tried several of the others (simvastatin, atorvastatin) many years ago and couldn't deal with the side effects. The cardiologist said this one seems to have fewer side effects and he thought it was worth a try. After three months on the lowest dose of pitavastatin, Mr wtg's total cholesterol is down 135. His LDL dropped to 79 from a high of 122. The original goal was to get his LDL down below 70, but when we talked to the cardiologist a few days ago after the lipid panel came back, he said the most recently issued guideline (for someone like Mr wtg who has had a stroke already) is an LDL of 55. Talk about moving the goalposts! This statin has been way more effective with no side effects for Mr wtg. The max dose is 4 mg; he's increasing from 1 mg to 2. Hopefully that will do the trick.

OTOH, maybe you should just eat your cheese...and ice cream.... https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5884664/zeke-emanuel-optimize-health-long-life

Bit of colour still with an Iceland poppy and rose suddenly showing again. Apples and pairs are amazing this year:[image: 11632.jpg] [image: 11633.jpg] [image: 11634.jpg] [image: 11636.jpg] [image: 11637.jpg] [image: 11663.jpg]

“The Last International Mathematics Olympiad (IMO) Problem AI Could Not Solve” Link to video

I love the Brooks Falls Bears and when I taught grade 1/2 we would vote in Fat Bear Week. I even have a board game called Katmai which features the bears of Brooks Falls!

Link to video Lilibet's surrogate found in a Colorado. Harry has in fact not proven his paternity. Can he? I saw this coming before the marriage ceremony. What a dumpster fire.

@CHAS said: Stranger @chas @steve-miller @all Try Eva Cassidy's rendition Live at Blues Alley if you haven't. It's my favorite recording of W S. Correction, No. It was not performed there. It was studio recorded for an album and the compilation album Songbird is the easy place to find it. Whoa. At this point I'll link to it. Link to video Back to scheduled program.

@bernard I'd like to know one instance in the history of English when a time ago two words that have nothing to do with each other were harnessed to each other to form a "term", and noting nothing of it modulated by the population but imposed down from the top of society, e.g. "workforce housing" that are still extant in English. I'll wait.