Nah, photo just looks like it.

Top left looks like allspice berries.
Top right are whole cloves you need to grind yourself. They’re like little sticks otherwise.
Right hand side are whole star anise (you know, the ones that look like stars.)

All good stuff to have around, but I wouldn’t call those three at least “exotic”.

Not sure on the rest.

Not quite, Will de-registered as a Republican years ago… (checks notes) 2016.

https://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/george-will-leaves-gop-224801

So he’s not anti-Conservative or anti-Republican, he’s just anti-Trump.

For those too young to remember, there was an era of intellectually honest conservatism. It was led by people like George Will and the late, lamented William F. Buckley Jr.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_F._Buckley_Jr.

Buckley would have shot Trump in the middle of 5th Avenue and gotten away with it.

PS5 Pro - only marginally better than an option that’s only $450.

Steam Deck OLED - only marginally better than an option that’s only $300.

“World changing” - “for the tiny microbes and insects that call this specialized subterranean environment home.”

Not for the world at large, but for the microbiome. I could see the cave critters going “ZOMG! CHEETOS!”

Ubi actually has 2 kinds of open world games… Assassin’s Creed Style and Far Cry Style. I prefer the former, I was disappointed to see the Avatar game was the latter

I have’t heard how Outlaws breaks out yet.

Voters will but they can’t do so under the delusion that a) they are making any sort of change or b) that they aren’t hurting the actually viable candidate closest to them.

The winner of the election in every state will be the Democrat or the Republican, full stop. You can choose to help or harm the one closest to your opinion.

Well, now he’s obligated to get a sex change, isn’t that how things work in Trumpland now?

I wouldn’t call it blatantly racist, it’s obviously biased coming from someone of Haitian heritage. But I think they over-sell it.

Your average American likely doesn’t think about Haiti at all, positively or negatively.

It’s the “we are all culpable” leading to the immolation that’s indicative of mental illness.

Because cats just normally turn up in hospital basements…

He was abandoned in the basement of a hospital living on cookies and soup.

https://nypost.com/2024/09/06/lifestyle/russian-rescue-cat-named-crumbs-weighed-38-lbs-was-unable-to-walk/

“Gacked out on whoop chicken” will replace “gooned on the juice” as my new favorite phrase.

Removed, see the cuvility guidelines on bot accusations.

Oh, man, the best joke from Toy Story was stolen from the Far Side…

https://youtu.be/8u-P2YAiOrE

Sorry, I was peer pressured by my wife and didn’t realize… :)

Not in the UK, but I’m guessing, like real estate anywhere, high population + limited availability?

There are 9 million people living in London. 607 square miles, which means, on average, 14,827 people per square mile.

Compared to, say, San Francisco with 808,000 people in 47 square miles, 17,191 people per square mile.

Globally though, numbers like this aren’t even in the top 25:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_metropolitan_areas_by_population_density

My “city” is embarrassed. 635,000 people in 145 square miles. 4,379 people per square mile. We’re absolutely porous by comparison.

“I FUCKING LOVE MARBLE!!!”

Anyone who blames themselves for something they have absolutely no say in or control over, to the degree they are willing to set themselves on fire over it, is mentally ill.

Anyone running for President should be able to rationally predict which questions they’ll be asked in a debate.

1. Inflation.
2. The economy.
3. Israel/Gaza.
4. Russia/Ukraine.
5. Abortion/Roe.
6. Jobs.
7. Energy.
8. Education/Student Loans.
9. Court reform.
10. Climate Change.
11. Crime.
12. Immigration.

And they should be prepped and ready to discuss any and all of those topics.

The last time a candidate got an out of pocket question was when Clinton got the “Boxers or Briefs?” question.

I mean… 78… The year he was born, life expectancy for men was 73.3 years.

https://www.ssa.gov/oact/TR/2011/lr5a4.html