Eisenhower, FDR was long dead in 1961.

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?

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…