In case this blog is your only source of news.Boebert Appeared to Fondle Date’s Penis in Packed Theater as She Put His Hand on Her Breasts Lauren Boebert has perhaps shown a desire to reach across the aisle here.— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) September 16, 2023 "Behaving disruptiv … | Continue reading
Basically what we said about the storm Sunday morning, butt now in the past tense... except for the earthquake. I was sitting on the couch watching the local news that afternoon. I'd taken a walk a little while earlier to see how things were looking. The rain had been mild but st … | Continue reading
Friday, July 19, 2013 First assume a fairy godmother... This is one of those stories illustrates just how bad journalists have gotten at covering life in the bottom quartile. Here, from Marketplace, is the set-up: The fast food chain teamed up with Visa to create … | Continue reading
Apologies for running tweet-heavy for a while, but the weekend's craziness in Russia when the fog of war combined with the fog of mutiny to bring visibility pretty close to zero for a while was one of those moments where Twitter at its best (which still exists despite Musk's effo … | Continue reading
Because this is a feel good story.This is a feel-good story on an individual level. If your heart does not go out to Olga, if you don't feel sad for what the woman went through and if you can't share in her happiness at finally getting some measure of security, comfort, and digni … | Continue reading
Three good threads from Paul Krugman discussing the administration's options for dealing with the debt limit hostage situation (though you might want to do a little background reading first). About possible end runs around the debt ceiling. I have no inside information, but my gu … | Continue reading
Finally did some hiking in the Alabama Hills. That's the east side of Mount Whitney. The estimates I've heard have the melt continuing into June. Even as far south as the San Gabriels, I'm still seeing a surprising amount of snow on the mountains.It has been an extraordinary ye … | Continue reading
Blogger's been playful today. (Apparently the confirm button is now optional) | Continue reading
This is Joseph.This video is quite entertaining to those of us following the saga of Tesla:This is also the company that tried offering a steering wheel as an upgrade to a default steering yoke and then ran out of steering wheels to sell. Not all electric cars are Teslas, but it … | Continue reading
I'm not making a general claim. Most of the videos you'll find on the platform won't do anything for your intellect and more than a few will actually make you dumber (and frequently poorer). Nonetheless, there are some bright spots, channels that consistently leave you not only e … | Continue reading
This is JosephMarginal Revolution pointed me to this quote by Peter Thiel:[Thiel] has described British people’s affection for the state-backed health service as “Stockholm syndrome.”The venture capitalist’s comments came during a Q&A session after a speech at the Oxford Union, a … | Continue reading
[If you haven't been keeping up with the story, here's a good write-up from the superior Times.] 1. First off, we all know that this st... | Continue reading
I apologize for this, but the only really good summary I've found of the impact of the Disney Fox merger (particularly on Netflix) is this i... | Continue reading