Unabashed lefty married to a terrific woman. Animal lover, especially cats but also dogs, birds—heck all of 'em. Audiophile, vinyl collector. Retired urban planner. Failed novelist.USAF Vietnam vet. Currently a big John Fahey fan. Born in Chicago, lived in Denver, Colorado Springs, St Louis, DC; in San Diego since 1999 and not about to depart until climate change demands it.
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Last Notes npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ #Music #NowPlaying in #HighFidelity" #Traffic's "The Low Spark of High-Heeled Boys." So good, in that the whole 11 minutes resolves into one unharmonious chord at the end that makes perfect sense. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDGorIWYz-A npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…5zdf Beautiful photo npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Did you guys know USGS has what must be their entire map database available on-line and downloadable, with a truly useful search engine? It's endless fun. #ChunderRoad #Cartography #Maps https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/topoview/viewer/#4/41.61/-102.61 npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ As usual, @nprofile…ugpy has interesting stuff to say, particularly about Southwest Airlines, which has been enshittified to the max. https://pluralistic.net/2026/03/09/autocrats-of-trade-2/ npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Hey wait a minute, the Orange guy said these planes were invisible! https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/161/077/494/983/606/original/6792d4b6069f2cdc.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Nice #SanDiego #sunset https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/026/742/854/722/611/original/78379b4ef2330ac1.jpg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Oh noes! David Brooks is leaving the NYT op-ed page! How will we ever...uh...okay. "But after 22 wonderful years, I’ve decided to take the exciting and terrifying step of leaving in order to try to build something new." Not gonna burn a gift link on an article I wouldn't read myself. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/opinion/david-brooks-leaving-columnist.html npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ I regret to inform you that the Melania movie is a big dud, selling only one ticket at a showing in London. Mel's mad that the shootings in Minneapolis were considered more newsworthy and eclipsed the attention she felt the premiere would otherwise have earned. One reviewer said that if the movie were shown as in-flight entertainment, viewers would still walk out. Sad! npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…092y I love meta-"Nancy." npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…998y Tattered Cover is holy ground for me, just a spectacular bookstore. Enjoy! npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ #Music #NowPlaying in #HighFidelity on #Vinyl: "In the Court of the Crimson King." What a feast! https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/703/978/940/776/291/original/d026dab9ded3415a.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…998y has interesting stuff today, as he (somehow) does most days. https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/09/temporarily-embarrassed-founders/ npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Just saw @nprofile…998y pitching his book #Enshittification at the #MissionHills #SanDiego Library Foundation store tonight, and found him to be funny, smart, charming and a great pleasure to spend time with. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…hrct It's not "For a long time I used to go to bed early," or "Call me Ishmael," but it's pretty good. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Gotta hand it to NYTimes Pitchbot. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/398/516/019/908/410/original/7d3dfa3eb705a399.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…vdm6 That's great. Sure wish the VA would make the current vaccine available. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…6vl3 Terrorism? Sure seems like it, since the judge recently ruled against the Trump administration on a voting case. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…qz4x nails it: "[Trump] governs solely on vibes, half-remembered wisdom imparted by the last person who spoke to him, and the dying phantoms of old memories as they vanish beneath a thick bark of amyloid plaque." https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/28/strew-deal/ npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…qz4x Hard to believe Schiff donated to Steve Garvey's stupid campaign just because he was afraid of Porter. Will send her something; she's good people. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ The future and the pat. Take yer pick. #Cars #ChunderRoad https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/022/334/053/904/023/original/cb53e197f46b0ea7.png https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/022/337/536/468/316/original/2e08988f6750380f.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ This is pretty great. #ChunderRoad ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ Milla Lorelei Mélomane 💙 ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ @britpoptarts.bsky.social https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/115/007/495/961/326/544/original/853d58df4643d569.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…cgs9 Make yourself one of these universal adapters if you have to travel. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/888/277/375/095/447/original/c79b96af0a6353c9.jpeg https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/888/281/604/065/208/original/453f573524106361.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Dove nesting in the sconce https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/869/254/546/128/029/original/437dcc2dc51f1c73.jpeg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ The battery in our beloved '06 Scion xB seems to drain itself for no apparent reason if the car's left alone for a week. The consensus of the vibrant ClubxB.com community is that one or more capacitors on the instrument panel board have died into complete conductivity and need to be replaced. R&R of the board looks easy enough but soldering devices on a PC board is above my handyman paygrade. A used PC board will have the same issues. The car runs great. What to do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikJfwLl1bYk https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/598/920/900/050/188/original/65093508460a45d6.jpeg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Our local "newspaper" (San Diego Union-Tribune) didn't have the guts to print this cartoon Sunday. Shame on them. #ChunderRoad https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/582/435/111/630/541/original/91204299774b8290.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…ftal Living in Denver. A few days after the eruption, a light layer volcanic ash covered everything outdoors. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ This book is a terrific read, telling the story of how in Texas--yes, *Texas*--people are starting to realize that building more freeways only makes everything worse. #urbanism https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/526/157/115/640/512/original/19f47715bff4931c.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…xzjz Glad your loved one is getting good care from the VA. I am too. Feel so lucky to have an organization like this helping me. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…eqw3 I watched "The Big Liebowski" the first time never having heard a word about it, and not knowing anything about the Coen brothers. What a delight it was! npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…mf8r This is horrifying. But we should be equally horrified that it's already happened to people who were here legally, even if not citizens. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ #handsoff #SanDiego https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/289/984/057/707/329/original/8223010071418c11.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ At San Diego Civic Center Plaza now. Good weather, huge crowd, imaginative signs. #HANDSOFF #ChunderRoad npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…quqw Any idea what year this was? npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…skc4 We'll be ther in San Diego npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ They found a place to put the veep where he can't cause problems. #chunderroad https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/246/252/920/091/751/original/06a7f3778d27c244.jpeg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…qz4x has an unusual view of the Obama presidency. I'm afraid I agree with it. https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/26/not-me-us/ #ChunderRoad https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/114/230/995/111/578/329/original/e0aa03902d6941b0.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ I'm 75 years old and depend on Social Security, VA disability, and a lifetime of investment savings to support myself. I get medical care through the VA. Trump and Musk are threatening all of these things. #ChunderRoad npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ On the advice of Talking Points Memo, here's what I wrote to my Democratic congresscritter: Congressman Peters: Please do not vote for a new continuing resolution until Trump and Musk agree to stop and undo their illegal and unconstitutional actions. So far as I can tell, refusing to cooperate with Republicans on this issue is the last piece of leverage Democrats have to stop the craziness. Please use it. Regards, Lot_49 #ChunderRoad npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…z22s Here too. #Yoyo #CatsOfMastodon https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/964/679/022/303/129/original/589596cf06a36798.jpg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…eqw3 This is a parts issue, I'm told. It's a mechanical watch, no batteries at all. He's fixed it before npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…eqw3 1. I rally loved the movie too. Been a Dylan fan since my sister recommended him to me in 1965 or so. 2. My father's Hamilton square-face, which he bought in '57 and gave to me in '70, has been at the watchmaker's for 3 years now, but I'm still hopeful. Small world.... npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/807/189/166/087/789/original/1cb478ae84d0a2fa.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ #Music #Vinyl #ChunderRoad https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/805/381/560/597/827/original/1a9edce7d7ae2fb8.jpg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ You wouldn't lie to me, would you? snowleopard.org #cats #CatsofMastodon https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/659/183/845/170/271/original/f086c4f93b6d87d6.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…z22s @nprofile…pfmx Human ingenuity will not be denied. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/641/351/285/716/811/original/9b1575257d6ccc8a.jpeg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…ypxz That also explains the extraordinary depth of field in those images. Just beautiful stuff! npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…ypxz Those are some spectacular photographs! I'm wondering if you use available light and long exposures, or bring lighting gear when you shoot. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…hz70 Just like your Mistress of Science degree. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Listen to @nprofile…qz4x https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/21/policy-based-evidence/ https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/523/508/559/728/958/original/8f8a2a91a77ee1ab.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…taps It's worked for me for 55 of my 75 years. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @nprofile…taps Also you don't really need the hat. Or the screen. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1gzl…kk4u Beautiful. Where is this? npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ So I'm watching old an old X-Files episode and noticing again how gorgeous Gillian Anderson is. Looked her up on W'pedia and learned that her first husband was a man named Clyde Klotz. This is hard to absorb. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1sue…e5wf https://duckduckgo.com/?q=aspens+fall+colorado&t=opera&iax=images&ia=images npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1sue…e5wf Gibt es in Deutschland Espen? npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Snowleopard.org #CatsOfMastadon #Cats #MastoCats https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/165/965/950/054/273/original/8f1319d293fc87cf.mp4 npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Anybody know what you call these things? It catches rainfall overflow through a scupper from a patio surface and transfers to a downspout. Google image search is stumped. I'm trying to find a particular one but can't without knowing the *name*. #ChunderRoad #gutters #downspouts #drains https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/087/665/264/476/535/original/28322915c8677172.jpeg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1zle…38k8 Looks great. Is there a map of the existing/proposed system? npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Tough Boy is chilling today. As he does every day. #CatsOfMastodon #cats https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/113/024/811/849/160/277/original/ce68af5e6b74aac9.jpg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1dts…6798 Perfect npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1hyk…3p33 nails it. *AGAIN.* I don't know how he does it day after day. https://pluralistic.net/2024/08/19/apologetics-spotters-guide/ npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub18lj…80hq It's hard to imagine me (or anyone else) telling a bartender or waitperson, "Get me a tall, cool cocksucker, will you?" Also too, what a gross combination of candy-ass liquors. Probably looks like cum, tho. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Hey NYT copy desk, this hed didn't age too well, did it? #chunderroad https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/866/608/975/241/564/original/91b4c4a944a83d5f.jpg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1the…k9sg The humiliation is self-evident. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub16hm…xt0c Eagle owl in flight https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/824/154/317/989/735/original/10176123a184741a.mp4 npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ #Yoyo is calm, but prepared. #CatsofMastadon #cats https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/725/264/280/236/763/original/57e9ff5422cca063.jpg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ O the lamentations of those sad liberals! https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/713/196/378/860/268/original/1e27830296e92be8.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1su4…a0dw One disadvantage of using a local account is that you can't sync your computer with your phone. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Hey NYT, did Flynnie depart "under an "ethical cloud?" or as an admitted felon? https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/666/786/673/309/015/original/622a8c1ddc4a7639.png https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/666/788/502/100/589/original/a20c6ec654fa2797.jpg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub18ph…gd28 This is why the proper name of "pool" is "pocket billiards." The table shown is a billiard table, used for a much-more-difficult game played with only three balls and called, uh..."billiards." npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1l0s…pgrv You mean Vienna didn't look like this? https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/650/481/224/306/187/original/c488771407c34c48.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ They're coming for us. Let the orcas know. Odd that none of the reports says how tall it is, tho. #chunderroad https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mysterious-monolith-appears-in-nevada-desert-police-say/ar-BB1os04k https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/639/785/735/456/212/original/1f646bd9909140b3.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub108x…8n99 And since it's manufactured in Switzerland, it should only cost about €65,500. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Here's Trump-o-phile Nikki Haley writing a message to Palestinians on a 155-mm artillery shell Israel will launch into Gaza. This seems...bad. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/521/485/688/025/703/original/4576d1462def2d7a.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1mmf…eknq Damn that guy had a good arm. Also too: Bush II was surprisingly quick to duck. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ The orcas have recognized that the strait of Gibraltar is a strategic chokepoint and are focusing their anti-oligarchic activities there. Good. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cmm330y6d2qo npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Been reading The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S Grant and this passage reminded me so much of today's GOPers. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/425/476/751/737/795/original/91e66464beeb0b78.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1rkt…sqek It's a bitcinconvenient, but I just stay logged out of Google except when updating software. Of course I don't use Gmail either, because why would you? npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Galena kinda looks like the mineral she's named for.[gift link] https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/us/amazon-package-cat-utah-california.html?unlocked_article_code=1.oE0.aBPl.SdIQTntNTQcj&smid=url-share #cats #catsofmastadon https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/355/084/638/872/483/original/c911b8d5f70623f5.png https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/355/086/668/218/200/original/c5b40bce4a74817c.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1pwx…xk5j President Eisenhower had some thoughts on this topic. https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/266/341/992/257/365/original/0115941e4172fcbd.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ McMansionHell.com is in rare form. #chunderroad https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/250/694/558/021/093/original/192c98d629d90615.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ See the rest at https://prospect.org/power/2024-01-23-this-modern-world/ #chunderroad https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/168/590/393/266/530/original/416d1f2585877a8a.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub18ph…gd28 Got one of those keyboards with the function keys in two columns of five left of the arrow keys, so you could use one of these? https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/137/564/028/658/423/original/5ee811d50e5b15fb.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Hey if Trump needs half a bil pronto, maybe Jared could use some of the $2 billion MBS fronted him. It's not like Jared would've just stumbled on an opportunity like that. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ New frontiers in hubris: https://www.reuters.com/legal/legal-team-who-voided-musks-tesla-pay-seek-fee-worth-595-bln-2024-03-01/ npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub132h…f594 The prospect of a free public handjob from a woman with big fake boobs will win TFG's endorsement every time. #chunderroad npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ O! The humanity! [They kill trees for *this*? https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/112/026/811/739/239/489/original/09109b206fde9a1d.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1sfl…gczt It's not always easy to do the right thing. But what's right is right. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ These people scare the crap out of me. https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/02/getting-rid-of-birth-control-is-a-key-gop-agenda-item-for-the-second-trump-term https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/964/796/560/393/948/original/182e1130b96089a9.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Quakers fighting for peace, LOL NYT, do you even *try* to write headlines that aren't laughable? https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/942/026/068/044/754/original/b4ce809df203ac18.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ 23andMe is going to sell your DNA data to pharmaceutical companies because they can't think of any other way to monetize you, you loser. https://gizmodo.com/23andme-admits-mining-your-dna-data-is-its-last-hope-1851252582 npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1g0t…tvm4 @[email protected] @npub1kt3…5004 And if we don't.... https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/906/665/862/990/947/original/aaeb03a7616b4f8b.jpg npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1v2s…mqq5 And here I was hoping the entire "game" of professional golf would just disappear forever into the shifting sands of the Arabian desert. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1vyt…mgjn Wait--how big is that in hailstones? npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ You know what's worse than American government agencies spying on Americans? I'll tell you what's worse: American companies collecting, organizing and selling--to anybody--information on the behavior of Americans. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/nsa-finally-admits-to-spying-on-americans-by-purchasing-sensitive-data/ npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1tah…4mlz If you're an #audiophile, they offer many temptations npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1tah…4mlz Stereo Unlimited has all the used records you could ever want, in case you didn't already know. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ @npub1tah…4mlz Great store, although they package used records to look like new. The bar across the street's pretty good too. npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Ya think? https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/806/154/063/618/161/original/3e6acdd0dab3228f.png npub1tn2rm75sajvtr4ctqf67555z6dpvuxfp9aulgkrcdmg35rh0cqcsvzeumy Lot⁴⁹ Here's a San Diego sunset from a coupla days ago. Sorry I'm so jerky with the phone. #chunderroad https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/111/786/816/485/398/802/original/41e81b1062d5b427.mp4