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.
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.
Youtube title I've just seen:
"Canada anthem played on rubber chickens".
Hm...
What to call a musician playing rubber chickens? A rubberchickenist?
Cobra chickens leave
Gifts for unwary walkers,
Screaming rage, they chase.
#haiku #dailyhaikuprompt - geese
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #CerysMatthews
Chicken Shack:
🎵 Mean Old World
#ChickenShack
https://open.spotify.com/track/4gEJpl75pF3tRe5O1IgtIX
Starmer campaigned on "Change" (that empty signifier). Gave us instead a reheated, serially corrupt establishment apparatchik.
Chickens and perches come to mind.
"Speech & debate is not for the chickenshit." - The Doctor
As a father of a high school teen, #StarTrek #StarfleetAcademy's storytelling around adolescent challenges in school is really good.
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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/…
I agree with the following but understand why folks would like to be private too!
Fernando Borretti:: "I Wish People Were More Public"
Probably not a popular thing to say today. The zeitgeisty thing to say is that we should all log off and live terrible cottagecore solarpunk lives raising chickens and being mindful. I wish people were more online and more public. I have rarely wished the opposite. Consider this post addressed to you, the reader." --> Read the whol…