Why do dealerships like to leave the hoods open of their model cars? It makes them look as though they’ve broken down.

Not a great customer experience, Alaska Airlines. Is that what you want to see when you are about to check out? I’m not playing your games.

A message from UC President Michael V. Drake on the University of California’s financial outlook ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/employee-news/… "Additionally, the 2025-26 CA state budget calls for a substantial cut to the University’s budget" Time to step up Governor Gavin Newsom CA Assembly Democrats CA Senate Dems !

“French-door refrigerator compartments have two doors that open from the center, swinging out on side hinges; ironically, in France, this format is known as a réfrigerateur américain.” — Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves by Nicola Twilley

“Spinach left in a fridge for a week will lose 3/4 of its vitamin C and 13% of its thiamin, while broccoli will retain only a 1/3 of its vitamin C and beta-carotene and less than half of its phytonutrients.” — Frostbite by Nicola Twilley

Some are thoughtful on their way, Some are doubtful, so they pray. I hear the hidden voice that may Shout, “Both paths lead astray.” — Omar Khayyam

TL/DR: “Paradise, in short, is regained by finding the wonder within the moment.” — The Half Known Life: In Search of Paradise by Pico Iyer

What’s with the Apple Pay spam?

.Anthropic needs to issue refunds when Claude Code says I’m “absolutely right!”

“If you’ve been saying ‘Julius Seezer’ for ‘Julius Caesar’ you are both right and wrong: right because that’s how we say it, but wrong because the Romans of the time pronounced it ‘Kye-’ (rhyming with our ‘rye’) ‘-sar’” — Alphabetical by Michael Rosen

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I guess they didn’t mean helicopters…

Nishinomiya Tsutakawa Japanese Garden in Spokane, Washington

Liberty Bell out of legos at PHLAirport

.San Diego Airport I can’t believe the same security announcements with the same nagging, old voice have been playing on loop every few minutes for over a decade. Could you please consider turning them off? Every other airport is secure without such auditory assaults.

Unfortunately, now the San Diego airport is shut down for the next two hours because of this…. #crashedplane #shutdownairport #sandiegoairport #landinggearfalloff

Hot take: if the U.S. government shuts down, a special election should be held to replace the president and every single member of Congress.