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Book Club England Heros Tess Twinehart

Tess Addresses the Stress of The Big Day

Dear Tess, I feel like the country is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The 2024 election cycle seems like a long, drawn-out, slow-motion colonoscopy prep. Can you help us get through this? Also, my body tractor starts hard, has horrible fuel consumption, and has overall low performance. Your friend in twine, – Live […]

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ENGin Heros Ukraine

Big ENGin Announcement!

Exciting news! Elder KM has a breaking announcement about the ENGin program. We are so honored that she has chosen to share this exclusive announcement with WLBOTT! ENGin Reaches 50,000 Participants! Elder KM here with some exciting news to celebrate! My nonprofit ENGin just reached an incredible milestone a few months ahead of its 5th […]

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Agriculture Ukraine

Ukraine: an Agricultural Powerhouse

Let’s compare the agricultural output of Ukraine with a couple US states. Since Ukraine is about the same size as Texas, we’ll use the Lone Star State as one comparison. Due to similar climates and other agricultural conditions, we will also compare Ukraine to Kansas and Nebraska. For today, let’s focus on Ukraine. Ukraine is […]

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Collapse of Democracy/Civilization/etc. Gravediggers of American Democracy Heros - NOT Washington, D.C.

The Washington Post and our Number Two Story

You guys been following the hoopla over at the Washington Post? Jeff Bezos, in his wisdom, has blocked the WaPo from endorsing a presidential candidate. There seems to be a universal consensus among independent analysts that Bezos’ stance is in response to tRump’s threats to go after Amazon. This brave stance by Bezos – protecting […]

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Oh, Grow Up! russia

Russian Emeralds and King Tut’s Servant

Friend of the BLOTT Jake Broe today describes the BRICS summit. BRICS is ostensibly a trade organizations for countries who can’t get in to the G7 (due to those pesky democracy requirements). But eagle-eyed Jake notices something that may be a KGB/FSB/GOP secret communication. An excerpt from Jake’s YouTube video of 10/24/2024 (below): Fun starts […]

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Collapse of Democracy/Civilization/etc. Current Events Lasting Love Texas

Voting in Texas

This morning I was consulting with Elder G, our WLBOTT AI companion and part-time psycho-therapist. I was bemoaning the fact that blue my vote in Texas is pretty inconsequential. Turns out that it is more likely that I: Oddly, while reviewing this article with the WLBOTT editorial staff, I got push-back on the polar bear […]

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Heros Newfoundland Will there be a buffet?

Gander, Operation Yellow Ribbon, and Jiggs’ Dinner

Gander is a town located in the northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately 40 km (25 mi) south of Gander Bay, 100 km (62 mi) south of Twillingate and 90 km (56 mi) east of Grand Falls-Windsor. … When the U.S. closed its airspace after […]

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Animal Kingdom Erudition Germany

Goaßgschau

Goaßgschau Did you know that when your eyes randomly go out of focus and then you are too lazy to focus them back in and just stare at nothing for a while In Bavarian (Germany) that’s called: “goaßgschau” which translates to “stare of a goat “ I love that there’s a word for this Love,The […]

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Book Club Collapse of Democracy/Civilization/etc. Gravediggers of American Democracy Texas

Race to the Truth

Anti-censorship advocates have joined the book publisher Penguin Random House in condemning a Texas county that reclassified an account of European settlers’ colonization of Indigenous Americans as fiction. The furor in Montgomery county – near Houston – follows the decision by a citizens review panel, at the behest of rightwing activists, to place Colonization and […]

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Agriculture Gods, Goddesses, and Mythical Heros Oh, Grow Up! Ukraine

Ivana Kupala: A Mandatory Attribute of Amusements

Kupala Night is one of the major folk holidays of the Eastern Slavs that coincides with the Christian feast of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist and the East Slavic feast of Saint John’s Eve. In folk tradition, it was revered as the day of the summer solstice and was originally celebrated on the […]