So much for read along with Tom Sawyer.

I like Vance OK, but he's vulnerable. His association with Trump was the fast track to a potential WH bid, but it comes with a whole lot of baggage. The GOP also has a far deeper bench of attractive candidates.

AI is a supersonic tsunami, as Elon says.

Claire Lehman for the win. https://x.com/clairlemon/status/1990187910893801563?s=46

@89th said in A good day for Mason Rudolph: Rudolph reminds me of Trent Green or, more recently, Kirk Cousins. A talented backup that never much of a chance earlier in their career but seems to have the arm to lead a team if he's given enough of a real chance (i.e., a multiple games). He was given an opportunity in Tennessee last year, but it was a real cluster **** of a situation.

Exact thing happened to a doctor driving on 680 while I drove that same road commuting to and from work. It is a chilling anecdote. I think I posted about it at the time. https://www.ktvu.com/news/internist-at-john-muir-hospital-dies-after-tree-falls-on-i-680-in-danville

Don’t know what the time limit is for each chess move. If there is a lot of time allowed per move, the best boxer can win just be going really slow during a chess round (doing just enough to avoid a checkmate), then go for a quick knockout in the subsequent boxing round.

Could be Monopoly money that can be used to help when you land on Boardwalks with a hotel. You just need to broaden your thinking.

Worth the time. (Which is admittedly not much). The crispy prosciutto really makes it. https://www.today.com/recipes/pumpkin-rigatoni-t300659

@89th said in Very Substantially: Of all of the people I trust to solve a debt problem, it’s not gonna be the guy who has bankrupted most of his companies due to debt. Actually that’s how you solve a debt problem in extremis.

Sure, changes the meaning of when I do “the robot” on the dance floor.

Yeah … when people complain why their smartphones don’t come with more powerful batteries, sometimes I ask them how big an explosive they feel comfortable carrying around in their pockets.

‘Only’? November 30th is two weeks away. https://x.com/sentdefender/status/1989887616142250332?s=46

Here’s the 2nd part of that first video. The launch pad. It is really mind blowing, the size and scale. Even the propellant tubes that are along the midsection, have to be able to be flexible based on the pressure… imagine telling an engineer that they need to design proponent tubes for 300 feet, but also maybe 320 feet. Just insane. All of it! Link to video

Yeah I’m sure she’ll do the right thing when he wants to confiscate ballot boxes in 2026 and/or 2028.

@89th said in Birthrates by age: Saw this on reddit. Some notes/comments seen: access to contraceptives for kids 12+ much easier under ACA starting in 2012 Since 2010 an increasing number of kids were being chemically castrated, too. That might have had an effect…

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@Doctor-Phibes said in Faroe Islands in the World Cup?: Now you've got me thinking about kippers, which for some inexplicable reason don't seem to have caught on over here. To further the tangent, I’m surprised the Italian dessert “Granita” hasn’t caught on more here. It’s essentially shaved flavored ice served with a little warm cream. Absolutely delicious and nutritionally not terrible compared to most desserts.

Wish I knew. I think the simplified version is it was a mine site that had waste water being pooled or dammed up, but the actual mine location was getting too close to where the water retention was, resulting in the collapse of the retaining “wall”. No joke one TV show I’ve watched consistently year after year is Gold Rush on Discovery channel, and this is a common problem to deal with the downstream waste water