Here is the turtle. Really bad location to lay your eggs miss. Wonder if this is the turtle version of going into labor in the back of the car on the way to the hospital

A remarkable scene from the 1549 siege of Exeter by Catholic rebel forces: One of the defending commanders on behalf of the king, Bernard Duffield, had been sallying out to attack the besiegers in the suburbs beyond the city walls. But the city leaders disagreed with the tactic and, after a big argument in which Duffield "fell out in foul and disordered speeches", had him imprisoned. Hearing of this, Duffield's daughter, Frances, came to the mayor to demand his release. Yet upon being denied, "she waxed so warm that not only she used very unseemly terms and speeches unto the mayor, but also, contrary to the modesty and shamefacedness required in a woman, especially young and unmarried, ran most violently upon him and struck him in the face." The incident provoked such alarm that a rumour spread that the mayor had been beaten or killed, causing the defending troops to march on the guildhall, but order was just about maintained.

I think xAI uses a Chinese model for their reasoning summaries for Grok 4.3. (no other chinese charachters in the context window)

As driverless cars threaten to slowly replace taxi drivers, Big Tech is yet again destroying human interaction and calling it “convenience,” Xochitl Gonzalez argues. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…

John Hinckley: Washington Hilton isn’t safe thehill.com/blogs/in-the-kno…

I currently live south of the geographical range of magpies, and I miss them so much.

It is amazing that a portmanteau this specific and silly rose to widespread use