Welcome to a Hump Day (“Il giro di boa della settimana” in Italian): Wednesday, October 28, 2026 and National Chocolate Day .

We are of course lacking readers’ wildlife photos, though I don’t know why. If you have some good ones, please send them in.

Although John McWhorter may have been taken on board the New York Times as a reliably “heterodox” columnist (remember his bestselling critique of wokeism Woke Racism: How a New Religion has Betrayed ...

Dogs are used by first responders and the military for a number of tasks.  Their keen sense of smell, speed, and keen hearing ...

If you have good photos or videos with a wildlive/biology theme, send them in. Today we have a short but lovely video from ...

The other day I expressed dismay that NYT writer John McWhorter produced a piece heartily endorsing land acknowledgments (“LA ...

Welcome to Sunday, October 25: the Sabbath for goyische cats and National Greasy Foods Day. Below you see your choice of meat ...

Welcome to Friday, October 16, 2026 and it’s Global Cat Day! Here is a celebratory drawing, courtesy of ChatGPT, and below it ...

Since I had my first disastrous cataract operation on Sept. 22 (not the doctor’s fault!), I haven’t been able to read a book on paper.  I can read the computer if I close my right eye ...

Welcome to another “work” week: it’s Monday, October 26, 2026, and National Pumpkin Day. Pumpkins are not all of one species, ...

Here I contend that although there is no “genocide” being committed by Israel against Gaza or Palestinians as a whole, Russia is committing genocide of the Ukrainians. That the former ...