This snake cartwheels to escape danger
Don’t miss the video, at the bottom.
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Links & news: 10/21/2026
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Links & news: 10/18/2026
#636 — Oct. 18, 2026 At a Seattle museum, young volunteers answer the call to preserve phone history
Woman who rescued injured crow keeps getting ‘thank-you gifts’ from birdsHow botched executions were handled in centuries past
On the inside, looking outside, looking in: Joe Matt’s Peepshow
‘At war with the obvious’: the everyday genius of William Eggleston – in pictures
[1956] Loco baseball, by Eddie Lawrence
[July 2026] Los Angeles Dodgers visit the Trump White House
… [read more]Too many elections scolding us to VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO have produced a hell of a lot of Democrats not worth voting for — they’re spineless, courage- and principle-free, and not merely unwilling to oppose fascism but reaching across the aisle to welcome it.
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Anything goes: 10/17/2026
our 102nd weekly open mike
Let’s see what happens when your host (me) has nothing to say. Step right up, speak your mind, tell a story, sing a song, whatever. … [read more]
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Once Upon a Time in a Cinema, and a few other films
Reviewing every movie ever made, in (mostly) alphabetical order The Krone Experiment (2005)
On a regular, recurring basis, a small but frightful phenomenon pushes up from the bowels of the earth, bursting out at a different location every time. … [read more]
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Café International
Always I teeter on the brink of sanity, but I’ve never yet toppled over the edge. It’s happened to so many others, though, good people lost. … [read more]
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Anything goes: 10/10/2026
our 101st weekly open mike
Let’s see what happens when your host (me) has nothing to say. Step right up, speak your mind, tell a story, sing a song, whatever. … [read more]
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Krakatit and #Skyking, and a couple other films
Reviewing every movie ever made, in (mostly) alphabetical order The Koumiko Mystery (1965)
Un film de Chris Marker (La Jetée, Sans Soleil), set and filmed amid the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. … [read more]
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And now the news: 10/7/2026
Trump wants to permanently fence off Lafayette Park, DC’s iconic protest place
… [read more]Lafayette Park is a city park, across the street from the White house. It’s a place for picnics and midday walks, and it’s also a natural place for protesters to congregate.