TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

"Things You Wouldn't Know If We Didn't Blog Intermittently."

09 May 2026

A cure for forbidden love

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"If you are enchanted by forbidden love of a woman, you must put on a pair of shoes and walk about until the feet sweat. But walk quick...

Rat kings, squirrel kings - and their relation to a Christmas tradition

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"Rat kings are cryptozoological phenomena said to arise when a number of rats become intertwined at their tails, which become stuck ...
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"What a wonderful world" (David Attenborough)

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My rule of thumb: if it's a David Attenborough video, it's worth blogging. BTW, if you've never used the "fullscreen...
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07 May 2026

Can you find the missing seven states in this map?

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Take your time pondering this clever map from xkcd .  When you give up, there is a link to the answer at the Kottke via.  (New England is o...
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Anne Boleyn's hands and fingers

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Anne Boleyn’s Hever “Rose” portrait is one of history’s most iconic faces, with her “B” pendant, her French hood, her dark eyes and a red ro...
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06 May 2026

Undersea data cables as wartime leverage

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The United States has been learning some unpleasant realities about "asymmetric warfare" in which the country with the most bomber...
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Time to start thinking about global oil reserves - updated

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I'm embedding a graphic I found in a May 2 Facebook post by Christian Decle (who apparently is a "digital creator.")  It's...
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05 May 2026

A brilliant turn of phrase

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"A beleaguered grunt from the other room interrupts him.  Moments later, a teenage boy lopes out... Without a glance at Cameron, the bo...
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04 May 2026

"Remarkably Bright Creatures"

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Enjoyed the book and am looking forward to the movier.  Here is the New York Times review of the book back in 2023.   The movie drops on Ne...
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A glimpse of the future of AI-produced movies

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Absolutely amazing.  Imagine being a human actor viewing this and wondering what your future holds re  employment.  Imagine what fake celebr...
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The role of rare earths in future wars

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03 May 2026

Interesting development re AI in Chinese court system

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Screencap from moments ago (Sunday May 3) on Bloomberg's The China Show .  The case was brought by a tech worker in Eastern China (Hangz...

Public service announcement

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Viewers at Neatorama are advised by Miss Cellania that this brief video is a public service announcement, so I was alert to the possibility...
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02 May 2026

Huge losses by the U.S. in its war on Iran

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I found a CNN video report on this matter, posted yesterday.  I've seen similar reports at Al Jazeera English and other miscellaneous s...
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30 April 2026

"Blind Faith" - a new Banksy

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Cleverly conceived, and well-executed.  Not apparent from this view is that the subject's front foot is going to lead to him fallling of...
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