jhughs
@jhughs
Just an ordinary, average guy. "Certainty is absurd." ~ Voltaire "Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none." ~ Shakespeare “Enjoy every sandwich.” ~ Zevon “Just because you don’t know your purpose in life, doesn’t mean you don’t have one.” ~ me
This morning our weather forecast showed a 20% chance of rain around 7 pm. Instead, starting at noon we got pummeled with rain and conditions so severe that the warnings sirens sounded and meteorologists were on TV all afternoon. Did someone scuttle our ability to accurately predict the weather?
As I check our air quality again it occurs to me: this is our world now, this will happen every summer.
The “I know the real story” crowd used to say climate change isn’t a problem because we just need to plant more trees. Well that idea just went up in smoke.
Funny, but my mind goes to massive server farms with rows and rows of cabinets filled with state-of-the-art processors that can create images based on a few lines of text but can’t consistently spell the word “Belgium”.
Just when I remembered I hadn’t cleared one of the downspouts the sky opened up and we got this alert.
Ah, the bald-faced wasp. I took this close-up of one a few years ago before I knew what it was. It was foraging in a clematis and quite docile. Heaven help me if I inadvertently wander near their nest though.
The idea of armed agents at polling places always reminds me of this photo of an elderly woman voting in the presence of an armed and masked soldier during the March 2024 Russian presidential elections.
A conservative friend posted this as a dig at Democrats, but it feels like a self-own. Especially because of the phrase “…MASQUERADING AS A SANE, RATIONAL POLITICAL PARTY.”
Huh, I came back to find the guy who said “Polymarket is crap.”, but I guess they took down their post.
“You’re just jealous because it looks better on me.“ Dave Foley on “News Radio” Halloween episode where his girlfriend is angry that he’s wearing her dress.
And in the 2 months since I posted that the Natl Debt is up another $400B. While we’re talking about the SSA, we’ve had several issues lately and in each case the SSA personnel is pleasant, helpful and efficient. Only challenge was getting the appointment.
ChatGPT says this is more strict than the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. It also pointed out “That’s why critics of the JCPOA often said it was too lenient, while supporters argued it was the only realistic deal Iran would accept.”