TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

Extended excerpts from a story in the New York Post : Two German teenagers planning to explore the US on vacation were thrown in jail and th...

Excerpts from " Expect more Bulldozings ," an op-ed in the February issue of Harper's. Donald Trump’s second victory cannot be...

 I have previously blogged " EUNOIA " (the shortest word using all five). And I knew about "ABSTEMIOUS"  and "FACET...

No other relevant information at the OutoftheTombs subreddit post, but I agree with the comment that this ?linen wrapping of the head is im...

I have lots of chores to attend to today, but wanted to insert this info about trade.  This morning the above photo was posted in the pics ...

I'm putting on my elderly English-major hat to write this post requesting advice from some of the tech-savvy readers of TYWKIWDBI, becau...

Photo from a case report in the New England Journal of Medicine .  Brief clinical details at Ars Technica indicate that the 56-year-old man...

I didn't know when I encountered the question in a crossword puzzle.  The answer may win you a bar bet.

Interesting engineering video - especially the demonstration of sediment deposition using colored sand.  Not really new info, but worth a br...

The photo is humorous, but the disease is real.  Info from the Minnesota Star Tribune : While the Powassan virus is uncommon compared to oth...

I've always been fascinated by places like this.  The one in this image is the Monastery of the Holy Trinity at Meteora in Greece.   Pr...

(Note: in the Guardian graph embedded above, the liberals are in red, the conservatives in blue ) Justin Trudeau's liberal party was ef...

Chuckleworthy.  Found on the Oakville Chamber Orchestra Instagram account, with a tip of the blogging cap to Austin's Swamp Campground ...

I asked the Google AI to give me information about this blog.  The embed above is the response.  Reasonably accurate, IMHO.

" Eyestalk ablation is the removal of one (unilateral) or both (bilateral) eyestalks from a crustacean. It is routinely practiced on f...