It's interesting watching Elon talk about this for an extended period of time. For those interested in the tech the whole video is worth the 15 minutes.

One of the comments to the Forbes article: "Seeing situations from various perspectives brings greater love and under standing. Then all benefit from the realizations that occur. Life should be about win win for everyone and through hard work and consistent effort great things are achieved. Elon is a great and magnanimous person who has a lot of love for humanity a great and loving man. There needs to be a shift in the way he is viewed to much more positive he is a great leader and a great light. I pray for his protection that he be surrounded by a bubble of divine protection and love always." . . She could easily be talking about Chairman Mao!

Last week was in the 30s, 40s, with the right clothing, is tolerable. My wife is negative for Covid, so I'll give it a try in the morning, slow and easy.

Nothing from Thailand would help in the slightest. Quite the opposite.

@Copper said in The UK Invasion?: @Renauda said in The UK Invasion?: how a person perceives what is reasonable. For example, 4 unsayable, followed by 4 sayable That Donald Trump is not such a bad guy sometimes No problem and I am sure his wife and grand kids think the same Having a few guns in your closet shouldn't bother anyone Again, no problem so long as they are safely stored. Abortion is violence against women And I would say it is really no one’s and especially not the government’s damned business whether a woman wants an abortion or not. Immigrants want to follow the immigration rules Absolutely they should. The law is the law. 5-year-olds should explore their gender preference I cannot see any reason why they should or have need to explore anything other than their immediate surroundings. So the answer is no. Shoplifting should be legal No. Let's eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities I don’t believe Blacks as being oppressed. But then I don’t believe aboriginals are being oppressed either. I do wish though some white and black male Gentiles would stop playing the victim. Defund the police Nonsense, police budgets should be increased.

Letterman’s more recent stuff that I’ve seen has been really good entertainment. Typically he knows the person already, or at least gives that impression. I’ll need to give this a look.

I don't know that I agree we were lied to, at least not intentionally. Authorities were mistaken at times, but that was at a time where no one knew much of anything. I do believe the imposition of vaccines was way, way too heavy-handed.

Out of curiosity, I looked up how teapots are mass produced in a factory. Link to video In a mass production factory, it looks to me the way a tea cup is initially made into shape is very similar to how the solo teapot maker initially makes a teapot into shape, but the way the factory initially makes the teapot into shape is markedly different — it looks more like a n injection mold sort of process. (The teapot part starts at the 4:35 mark in the video.)

I harbor no illusions about the politics of Washington.

@89th said in Art Of The Day: @Catseye3 said in Art Of The Day: @89th said in Art Of The Day: Yeah that's pretty neat. 89th, do you know about wabi sabi? "Wabi sabi is the beauty of imperfect things. Of course, that would be overly simplistic explanation for such a deep and profoundly rooted notion in the Japanese spirit. Something between an artistic concept, a philosophy of life and a personal feeling, wabi sabi is everywhere in Japanese culture. Go here: https://japanobjects.com/features/wabi-sabi Pretty cool. Similar to the desire for stuff "with character". I love this kind of approach to living, including my living space. There is also great meaning to having your own handmade items in your living area, both indoors and outdoors. The process of designing, selecting materials, creating, and placing is all part of the enjoyment in working on art that you live with, including the pieces that are meant to be useful, not just for viewing. I especially appreciate the relaxation from certain steps of the process. Some parts of it are very challenging, and others are very calming, engrossing, even meditative. There's also a sense of personal growth as you see improvement in your skill set that's rewarding. Perfection is not the goal. There's so much more to it.

@George-K said in Not enough babies: such as the United States (1.6) 1.64 in 2020 1.80 in 2022 Growing fast With the new abortion laws and lots of illegals immigrants, the rate is ready to explode. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_dependencies_by_total_fertility_rate

That is a profoundly incompetent tiger.

Hmmm… maybe there IS such thing as bad publicly.

https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1600243583826554881?s=20&t=XNffdF8gS-MNfwjB638a4A https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1600243405841666048.html

@Mik said in What would you do? Go to the funeral?: Aqua, I did find at my MIL's visitation that I was extraneous. MFR and her siblings were the center as they should be. I did tell her in advance I would be keeping my distance. Thanks, Mik. I'm hoping that's also the case with my in-laws.

I have no problem with her outspoken disdain for Trump, her condemnations for him and his conduct, etc… Her involvement in the farce that is/was the January 6th committee is something else entirely. Anybody with voluntary involvement with that farce has disqualified themselves from ever getting my support.