Tootfinder

Making extreme threats -- and walking them back -- will again provide Trump with the illusion of agency.
But he no longer has control of events in Iran.
He does not get to decide when the conflict ends.
Markets are figuring out that that will probably be up to Tehran.
Oil rebounded on Tuesday and stocks gave up much of their Monday gains
after Iranian officials denied the “productive conversations” Trump claimed had taken place
“regarding a complete and t…

Good news for the chickens!
Cyber attack takes major chicken processor Hazeldenes offline leaving businesses without meat
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-23/cyber-attack-takes-major-chicken-processor-hazeldenes-offline/…

Pub left without 'parmas' as cyber attack targets chicken processor
A cyber attack at Hazeldenes chicken processing plant in central Victoria has stalled production and left butchers and pubs across the state without chicken.

This headline suggests to me that we really ought to change things so that it is TACO Monday. The Iranian's well understand that Trump Always Chickens Out.
"Oil Prices Tumble and Stocks Rise as Trump Backs Off Threats to Iran Infrastructure"
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/…

Oil Prices Tumble and Stocks Rise as Trump Backs Off Threats to Iran Infrastructure
Investors braced for a fourth week of market turmoil caused by the war in the Middle East

Update from later in the day in MSP:
I’ve heard or uttered variations on the phrase “I’ll believe it when I see it” in numerous conversations through out the day. That seems to be the prevailing sentiment. People are willing to be hopeful, but nobody’s counting their chickens just yet.

The chickens are coming home to write perfectly safe C code.

🧸 Spotted a bear lately? You're not alone—why sightings are on the rise
#bears

Spotted a bear lately? You're not alone—why sightings are on the rise
By the time Kim Ring arrived at her neighbors' yard that spring afternoon in 2022, their chicken coop was a flattened pile of lumber surrounded by feathers. The poultry had been raided by a bear. At the neighbor's request, Ring and her husband headed into the woods abutting their home in the rural Massachusetts town of Ware, in the hopes of finding any fluffy survivors. What they encountered instead was a bear with her two cubs in a tree—the mother bear downing one of their neighbor's chicken…

Why does US Mexican food always use chicken?
Chickens are an import. Turkeys are indigenous. Not sure if there was any western hemisphere domestication of fowl of any sort pre-1492, but it seems odd that we use essentially asian birds when a similar bird was RIGHT THERE.

Cobra chickens leave
Gifts for unwary walkers,
Screaming rage, they chase.
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt - geese

When and if archeology is done on this society, they'll be puzzled, as I am, by the prodigious number of chickens kept, slaughtered, processed, eaten.
Surely it must be a religion, or part of the cult that led to the end of that 'civilisation'.
Greggs launches chicken version of sausage and vegan rolls in 'iconic trilogy' | ITV News

We got some eggs from a friend who has chickens, so I whipped up a little breakfast sandwich with one of the pretzel buns I made last week.
The cheese is store-bought though… not sure I’m ready to start making my own cheese!
#food