Excellent clouds today.

Trump Hoarded Most Money He Raised For Himself

It is and always has been a grift. That is what he is; a grifter.

I continue to be flummoxed and confused about how the Republican party let him walk in and take “control”. But, if all you want is power, you will cozy up to anyone.

Excellent art by Tom Jung.

Darth Vader

Every winter, when people start sharing pictures of snow, I think fondly of The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan where there are people believe snow is a myth because it has never snowed where they live.

I deactivated my Twitter account yesterday because of this tweet

If you can’t read Elon’s tweet:

My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci

Don’t see this jackass taking Twitter in a direction I want to follow.

only murders in the building blocks

zip-lining above the forest

The Orion spacecraft is landing in the Pacific Ocean right now. Pretty cool that we went back to the moon.

Of course there’s a known bug with Pixel phones involving wifi hotspots that I haven’t encountered because I haven’t needed a wifi hotspot until today.

Remember:

Relax

Goes well with #3 on the Look After Yourself list:

3, Don’t compare

I was browsing around my Pinboard archive this morning while listening to Linken Park and came across this post from swissmiss from 2018

I think it’s a pretty good list of things to work on to take care of yourself … just like the post says.

I know I struggle with a few of the points and I plan on working on those in 2023.

Thursday morning thoughts.

Awake

Why do printers have to be so finiky to set up? At least it’s working now and I can send my returns back tomorrow.

I wonder if Frank Miller saw this work by Tim White when he was thinking about Mad Max Fury Road.

Vahalla

Good News Everybody!

We have a definition of woke by lawyers for Republican leaders:

woke

noun

  • the belief there are systemic injustices in American society and the need to address them.

My least favorite part of professional baseball (MLB): the offseason signing horserace reporting.

Team A signed player M for $X per year, so Team B signed player N for $Y per year.

🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱 big yawn emojis

How to have a good internet experience in 8 easy steps

Pretty simple steps to enjoy Social Media, not just the internet.

It’s a shame that social media has consumed how we talk about the internet in the last 10+ years.

China Operating More Than 100 Police Stations Abroad

Wait until the American people learn about all of our military bases around the world.

Whelp. Gotta put Trinity College Library to my must visit list.

Trinity College Library

I should start planning a trip to Ireland.

Do british autocomplete

Do british websites use biscuits

Got an actual LOL out of me this morning.

Biscuits.