TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee")

I'm not particularly surprised that the U.S. leads the world in this metric, but the numbers are unexpected.  Per capita usage of 141 r...

If I'm going to blog words tonight (in order to avoid you-know-what/you-know-who), we might as well look at this wonderful word meaning ...

It's a word most people recognize and vaguely understand, but I was curious about the etymology. From French déranger , from Old French ...

TYWKWDBI doesn't do any product promotions or have sponsored posts, but I'm going to post this video because the technology behind t...

One of the winning photos in the 2026 Sony World Photography Awards open competition. Celestial Dance . Shortlist, Motion. This young Lusita...

These are the scientists in the Science Evaluation Room, built by NASA specifically for Artemis missions, designed to support lunar science ...

Yesterday TYWKIWDBI received a comment from reader Jim, who was addressing points relevant to the recent post about international mail disru...

An extended (8-minute) discussion of current economic and market conditions by Mohamed El-Erian .  He makes note of the little-appreciated ...

From the time I left my house until I got back it was 11 minutes on my phone's stopwatch.  A simple ballot and an efficient crew at our ...

I didn't want to end the bloggin day with all that war crap at the top of the column, so I'll shift gears to this aphorism.  Perhaps...

Not emphasized on American media are the antiwar protests going on in Israel.  There apparently is a lot of opposition to Netanyahu, either ...

I'm sure it's reasonable to assume that the "one million" number is exaggerated, but it's worth remembering that this ...

The embed is a screencap from Facebook several days ago, but I've seen a similar forecast during a live discussion on Bloomberg TV.  The...

In the wee hours of the night while doomsurfing for world geopolitical news, I noticed while looking at Euronews a reddish icon near the top...

From the USPS website.  None of these are surprising, but it's interesting to note that they are advising people not even to try sending...