Well done. Big Al

@bernard Do you ever see hoarfrost in your garden? I've only seen it twice, both times when we were up in Door County for a winter visit. It is the most magical thing!

Someone on the overnight thread (that I frequent) posted this video last night as a point of possible interest to the members. Turns out, it's not Sir David Attenborough at all, it's AI posing as him. A fake! It pisses me off that this is allowed. Meanwhile, the "creators" (thieves, imo) rake in ad revenue for themselves and YT. Link to video

@Bernard said in The planet Mercury: I hate the very first sentence, "Far smaller and closer to the Sun than it should be..." Should be? The topic of the article is interesting Two peas in a pod we are. I had exactly the same thoughts.

Thanks for the link to that video, @wtg. I did have that option enabled, but while I was on that page I noticed at the bottom of the screen it said I'd opted to never save passwords for google and earthlink. I don't remember doing that, but I deleted both sites and it appears that might have been responsible because I use my Google account to log into Disqus. Ok then, I'm on Brave for another trial run! eta, it didn't last long. It continues to log me out of Disqus if I so much as refresh the page or open a new tab. Ugh. eta, I might be on another trial run. If I turn off fingerprinting for that specific website, it seems to behave.

@AndyD There are 3 listings, I'm assuming you're referring to the 1st one? Mettingham Castle? I LOVE it! Never seen a green AGA before.

@wtg said in “I’m a very aesthetic person”: it’s just shameless self-promotion. Or a huge branding exercise at the expense of the American public Both.

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On a related note…Hard to believe this is the first baby born in this little Italian town in the last 30 years. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/26/italian-village-first-baby-in-30-years

This is an annual event not far from me, a celebration of Our Lady of Guadalupe. https://www.chicagocatholic.com/photos/-/article/2025/12/23/frigid-temps-no-match-for-guadalupe-pilgrims

This must excite so many hi-tech villains and intelligence apparatus.

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