It’s a reference to Berserk, it has a group of villains called the God Hand.

On the Giant Water Bug (bottom left) they aren’t even mouthparts, those are it’s first pair of legs.

He’s been big on promoting Russian government talking points for a while now.

Gary’s substack is a good read: https://garymarcus.substack.com/

The use of “urchin” to refer to children is separate from its original meaning.

Maybe it became that as a word for something underfoot?

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Paper Wasp? Could have been worse!

No, he’s correct about Storm Shadow, this is from back in July:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/storm-shadow-missile-british-russia-ukraine-b2577953.html

I thought this had been the situation for a while. Didn’t they publicly back this very briefly before quickly walking it back?

Yes, Starmer said it back in early July. It sounds like the UK then looked to get agreement from the US and France before proceeding and the US have blocked it since then.

Alaska was sold in 1867…

You can see that the figure on the left has a ring on their right hand. The lady in red has the same ring.

Like the one of the busty lady in Ireland whose boobs look gold from people touching them. The name of the statue is escaping me, but maybe someone else will remember.

Molly Malone.

I remember reading somewhere that this happens because people within Google are only credited for bringing new products/projects to fruition. There’s no benefit career-wise to maintaining or improving a product, so once it’s up and running you pull your team away from it ASAP to start working on something new.

“Devil Dogs” dates back to WWI, it’s nothing to do with D-Day.

Basque is a language isolate and is thought to be unrelated to the Indo-European languages in this graphic.

Are you not required to have a joint life assurance policy as a condition of a mortgage in the US?