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What the author says! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Washington Post cuts prove journalism dies in wokeness Wednesday 4 February 2026 will live on as a day of infamy in the United States. For, lo, twas the day that the Washington Post – tagline 'Democracy Dies in Darkness' – laid off 300 democracy-savers, after it transpired that 'saving democracy' was not a profitable enterprise. 'Murder!', the rest of the mainstream media shouted. 'Bloodbath!', they cried. 'My grief is still visceral. My anger is still raw', wrote a journalist at a liberal magazine. 'Solidarity on a terrible day', wrote former journalist turned paranoid Russiagate-obsessive Carole Cadwalladr. In other words, it has been a week of journalists doing what journalists do best: making a story all about how special and virtuous they are. Bewildered, they took to X. One now unemployed Post staffer wrote, defiantly, 'I am proud of the work I have done at this place… the stories that spurred change'. [...] https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/02/07/the-washington-post-cuts-prove-journalism-dies-in-wokeness/

Honestly, I think that the U.N. can take a long walk off a short pier. Your thoughts? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Let the morally and financially bankrupt UN perish "Imminent financial collapse," United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres hysterically predicted in a Jan. 29 letter to all UN member states, saying his reputationally challenged organization is so cash-strapped that it will run out of money by July, close its iconic Manhattan headquarters in August and cancel its annual General Assembly meeting in September. Most UN functions, including its Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which claims to coordinate responses to global emergencies, may also sunset in the coming months due to lack of funds. This gushing cavalcade of good news sounds more like a promise than a warning. The institution in December foolishly approved a $3.45 billion budget it can't afford, and less than a month later Guterres lamented "the urgency of the situation we now face." Cuts and layoffs are already underway. Morale is reportedly low. "It's now or never," one UN spokesman told The New York Times. "We do not have the sort of cash reserves and the sort of liquidity to keep functioning." [...] https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/opinion/let-the-morally-and-financially-bankrupt-united-nations-perish/

Got this for Cat T-B.: https://www.chewy.com/smartykat-instincts-hidden-hijinks/dp/847246 It's superior to her previous SmartyKat toy -- more speeds, distinctly faster even on slowest speed, seemingly far more durable fabric shade that can't easily be claw-snagged. I got a deal (not listed now; does one need to be logged in on Chewy.com?) of "buy 3, get 4th one free." I got 4, in case Cat T-B. destroys them like she did the old version (not seemingly likely, is my impression), and as a potential gift.

All the worst news articles start with "British politicians said..."

Mini-B. and I also noted this and agree with you completely.

Thrilling Sunday report, see man: Did usual groggy a.m. stuff, groggy we man. Breakfast (!) was onebowl of cereal, ingest we man. Attempted a siesta that failed, man. Conquered our one LL, victorious we man. Called Mama T-B. to acknowledge birthday, nothing "happy" about it man. For tax stuff, we went through her credit-card statements for last year, see we man. We were very sad to again see the charges for various Rx's and the moving vans, sigh man. No one (not us, not Mama T-B.) should have to go through that, sigh man. Din-din was 2 turkey sandwiches, ingest we man. Mini-B. told us to get snacks for the Stupor Bowl, "we're coming at Many (2+2+1) p.m. man," si man. Of course, ex-Mrs.-T-B. brought him after half-past Many (2+2+2) p.m., miss entire first half man. Ex-Mrs.-T-B. then promptly fell asleep on our couch and began snoring, nearly drowned out the game man. She then awoke, looked exhausted, and went to her casa, tired ex-she man man. She nearly accidented with a neighbor out-backing from a driveway, just missed man. We and Mini-B. watched the Stupor Bowl, snooze-fest deluxe man. We consumed most of respective bags of cheaps, ingest Two Guys man. We consumed some Gansitos and Pingüinos, ingest Two Guys and hose our glucose we man. We consumed 2 bowls of Costco popcorn, ingest Two Guys man. Counting Thursday, this tallies to Many (2+2+1) bowls, already halfway to weekly quota man. Mini-B. noted that we hadn't bought an edible item for the week, we man. After the Stupor Bowl, we supermarketed, only time out of the casa all day we man man. We got Mini-B.'s item and, amazingly, one Manyzen Powerade Zero grape, usually sold out by eve man. Miu was needy and tailing us all day, needy miu man. We set up new miu-toy, see man: https://www.chewy.com/smartykat-instincts-hidden-hijinks/dp/847246 This is superior to her previous one, more speeds, faster in general, and seemingly sturdier man. We got a deal "buy Many (2+1), get Many'th (2+2th) free," F$WM. This is in case miu destroys one or more, reason we man. It also leaves a spare for our grandcat, cute orange mini-miu man. Miu loves it, distracted miu man. No party with the rubias tonight, no cavort we man. No distinct plans for Monday, must hit Mama T-B.'s taxes we man. And that was/is our thrilling Sunday, report we man.

Consider Adguard only, take it from us man. Worth every penny, $i man. Quite a reasonable lifetime price, too, whee man! Definitely the first, and usually the second, si and usually si man. But if it's that way "all the time usually all of the time," shouldn't it be si and no man, huh man?

Fascinating, and rather ingenious. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ AI to help track icebergs PARIS — British scientists said on Thursday that an AI tool to catalog and track icebergs as they break apart into smaller chunks could fill a "major blind spot" in predicting climate change. Icebergs release enormous volumes of fresh water when they melt in open waters, affecting global climate patterns and altering ocean currents and ecosystems. But scientists have long struggled to keep track of these floating behemoths once they break into thousands of smaller chunks, their fate and impact on the climate largely lost to the seas. To fill in the gap, the British Antarctic Survey has developed an AI system that automatically identifies and names individual icebergs at birth and tracks their sometimes decades-long journey to a watery grave. [...] https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202602/06/WS69853d35a310d6866eb37c45.html

The game itself was largely a snooze-fest. Should've called it the Stupor Bowl. Mini-Bone kept asking if we could watch anything else. I told him that this was a good excuse for us both to keep eating junk food. My recurring thought was, why couldn't the Patriots have played like this against the Texans?

I could find it only in 6-packs with that unwieldy plastic holder, and then only rarely in a couple of stores. The only 12-pack I saw was when I'd flown out of town and couldn't bring it back. My distinct thought is that Coca-Cola could have sold more TaB if they'd made TaB more available.

Awful! It's been in the upper 70s around here and will largely continue in the low/mid-70s next week, it's said.

You're right about this part, most definitely.

Bugs Bunny or whoever he is must've rented an entire hotel for his performers and stage crews. I wonder how many 18-wheelers it took to haul it. I can vividly envision a casting director asking, in the future, "What's your previous experience?" "I was Tree #42 in the Bugs Bunny Super Bowl extravaganza, sir."

Our jokes are so effective in evoking approvals (that is, if correlation = causation) that we hasten to present Sunday's Official Weekly VAWA-Thread Joke: =========================================== UH-OH I was in a bar listening to music, and I needed to pass gas. To hide my farts, I timed them to the beat of the music, but then I realized that I had my earbuds in. While sitting in the living room with my husband, I heard a text come in on my phone, which I'd left in the kitchen. When I read the text, it was from my husband. It said, "Bring the chips when you come back." I was at the Post Office when I saw a blonde yelling into an envelope. I asked what she was doing, and she said, "Sending a voice mail." I got my shot for shingles today. Just to be safe, I got one for vinyl siding, too.

2 is better than nothin'. Fixed.