I had a most excellent day. I actually got up with my alarm and had time to run by the bank and the library on my way to the Silver Sneakers exercise class at LA Fitness. The only parking at the bank was on the street so I actually parallel parked. Not bad for someone who stopped driving in June and who has only been back at it for a week! Then I drove to have lunch with my Mom and I was able to beat rush hour home. Had lemon pepper wings for dinner. Played with the cat. Now I'm watching this most excellent MNF game in my pajamas. Good times.
"...people who cared about immigration knew they had to do something eye-catching that would get covered — such as a mass march to the border crossing followed by a mass application for asylum."
With all due respect, why would people who cared about immigration think this tactic would work? They knew they were dealing with ignorant, fearful people who were told to be afraid of immigrant hordes, and they gin up a caravan to do... what? Allay their fears? That was never going to work.
My insurance company uses Uber and Lyft for the Med Rides. One trip to see the surgeon, my Lyft driver was listening to Ozzy Osbourne "Bark at the Moon" when I got in the car. I remarked that this was a tape I had to buy in secret and listen to only on headphones when I was a kid, the parents Would Not Approve.
The driver replied that he was older than Ozzy and Elvis when they passed, and figured he was next.
"It's the oldest human problem and it's the difference between good and evil. Evil can be unscrupulous, and good can't. Evil has nothing to stop it doing what it wants, while good has one hand tied behind its back. To do the things it needs to do to win, it'd have to become evil to do them." --Philip Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth
I like cats as much as the next person, probably more, but why does Substack suddenly decide all I am allowed to see is pictures of kitties?
It’s especially unnerving because I am currently on a break from Mr. F, staying in a little tiny Airbnb in Asheville, a couple hours away from our house in Charlotte. This evening he called and said our 18-year-old cat had gone outside to lie in the sun, which, no, and then allowed that he wasn’t sure if she had come back in, and now he’s not answering his phone. If anyone’s wondering why we’re on a break, see above.
reportedly his favorite tree. his vision for the ongoing Lafayette Square redesign includes having exactly 47 maple trees planted in the park. Vermont, New York and Maine are blue, especially when susie collins loses.
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Demigod-King learns that the only immortality available to humanity is the legacy of what we build. It starts and finishes with Gilgamesh reflecting that he built Uruk, the great and first city.
Trump does seem aware that he has built nothing good.
People around me have suggested something called a Happylight to battle Seasonal Affective Disorder, or just the plain old holiday blues, should they arise. Apparently, it's effective.
I have no idea why, but I am in a mood to start Christmas shopping for Mrs. Hero. I have several gifts in mind, just gotta remember to write 'em down, because I have Swiss cheese for a memory.
We checked with the kids, and suggested we just get them gift cards this year, unless we stumble upon something we think would be an extraordinary gift. For example, Oldest Lad, 17, has a car and a license, so gift cards to Auto Zone and/or a local gas station might be to his liking. The kids were okay with it.
So off I dig, because shopping moods never last long with me.
My wife and I have an Amazon Christmas list that we put things in all year. How it works is you drop something in your own list but you can never look at it... you can only look at the other person's list. You almost completely forget everything you put in, so you are surprised when you get something and then you can have a game about when or even why you put it on the list in the 1st place. Makes you careful with your wishes...
I had a most excellent day. I actually got up with my alarm and had time to run by the bank and the library on my way to the Silver Sneakers exercise class at LA Fitness. The only parking at the bank was on the street so I actually parallel parked. Not bad for someone who stopped driving in June and who has only been back at it for a week! Then I drove to have lunch with my Mom and I was able to beat rush hour home. Had lemon pepper wings for dinner. Played with the cat. Now I'm watching this most excellent MNF game in my pajamas. Good times.
That sounds awesome!
Oh, nothing ... 😱
https://bsky.app/profile/peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social/post/3mwmp6n5ras2g
https://bsky.app/profile/peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social/post/3mwmpgws6wc2g
Wonderful.
OpenAI just ran an ad targeting the disability community, pitching that it could help.
OH FUCK NO. this is a janky ass robot that thinks people have six fucking fingers.
DO NOT FUCK with that community. They have lawyers that will fuck you right the fuck up.
"...people who cared about immigration knew they had to do something eye-catching that would get covered — such as a mass march to the border crossing followed by a mass application for asylum."
With all due respect, why would people who cared about immigration think this tactic would work? They knew they were dealing with ignorant, fearful people who were told to be afraid of immigrant hordes, and they gin up a caravan to do... what? Allay their fears? That was never going to work.
Axios always gets the scoop.
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀
"𝘐 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘕𝘖𝘛𝘏𝘐𝘕𝘎! 𝘈𝘹𝘪𝘰𝘴' 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘏𝘖𝘈𝘟... 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘐𝘔𝘔𝘌𝘋𝘐𝘈𝘛𝘌𝘓𝘠!"
how many bullet points and incomplete sentences did they need to convey that information?
Rejoice people!!
He's dying in front of our eyes!!
REJOICE!!!
not fast enough
What’s taking him so long?
Problem is he's only mostly dead.
My insurance company uses Uber and Lyft for the Med Rides. One trip to see the surgeon, my Lyft driver was listening to Ozzy Osbourne "Bark at the Moon" when I got in the car. I remarked that this was a tape I had to buy in secret and listen to only on headphones when I was a kid, the parents Would Not Approve.
The driver replied that he was older than Ozzy and Elvis when they passed, and figured he was next.
How does one reply to such?
There's an old joke.
"I'm 82 you know!"
"Not long now then."
"Oh! you're doing so well."
why does he think he is in the same line as them?
Thinks for a moment.
Don't do what Elvis and Ozzy did?
"It's the oldest human problem and it's the difference between good and evil. Evil can be unscrupulous, and good can't. Evil has nothing to stop it doing what it wants, while good has one hand tied behind its back. To do the things it needs to do to win, it'd have to become evil to do them." --Philip Pullman, The Secret Commonwealth
"... evil will always triumph, because good is dumb." -- Dark Helmet
https://youtu.be/5WEjz2YoH80?si=mD-N9T-eIpdZiDUa
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
I like cats as much as the next person, probably more, but why does Substack suddenly decide all I am allowed to see is pictures of kitties?
It’s especially unnerving because I am currently on a break from Mr. F, staying in a little tiny Airbnb in Asheville, a couple hours away from our house in Charlotte. This evening he called and said our 18-year-old cat had gone outside to lie in the sun, which, no, and then allowed that he wasn’t sure if she had come back in, and now he’s not answering his phone. If anyone’s wondering why we’re on a break, see above.
I'm sorry!
"SCOTUS Boosted Donald's Voter Suppression This Week. Legacy Media Shrugged." - Democracy Docket
https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/this-week-at-democracy-docket-the-supreme-court-boosted-trumps-voter-suppression-legacy-media-shrugged/
Strict Scrutiny
https://youtu.be/94j_FO3O8cc?is=Cbb2spfnvsipOelS
Legacy media is well paid to ignore it.
Case is making a solid case he should be #2
Now it's a monument to dereliction of duty.
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗞𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘂𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/15/trump-kennedy-center-name-ruling.html
Fine by me. No one wants to play there now anyway. Let it sit idle for the next two years and then finish the remodeling once he’s gone.
is he planning on planting maples to replace the weeping willows he had cut down?
Nah. Too Canadian.
reportedly his favorite tree. his vision for the ongoing Lafayette Square redesign includes having exactly 47 maple trees planted in the park. Vermont, New York and Maine are blue, especially when susie collins loses.
That's a big improvement. Last week he was fixin' to tear it down.
"I'm taking someone else's ball and going home!"
. . . he's going to hold his breath unless . . .
Profiles in Sewage.
"All glory is fleeting".
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the Demigod-King learns that the only immortality available to humanity is the legacy of what we build. It starts and finishes with Gilgamesh reflecting that he built Uruk, the great and first city.
Trump does seem aware that he has built nothing good.
Better to have the arts in hibernation now than to have them infected by that vile virus.
Sleep on our dear national arts center... we will awaken you when the virus is dead.
Totally not what a baby would say . . .
YOU DON'T GET A MEMORIAL FOR WRECKING ONE
Apparently he feels the same way about the reflecting pool.
He'll try to stay in DC forever, including illegally running for reelection in 2028.
Unless he croaks - which he undoubtedly will - before then.
And we will slowly fix the various monuments, and knock down anything that It half-builds along the way. With great gusto!
and he can fuck off into the sun.
Greg Feathers
https://www.texastribune.org/2026/09/28/houston-ice-lorenzo-salgado-araujo-shooter-identified/
People around me have suggested something called a Happylight to battle Seasonal Affective Disorder, or just the plain old holiday blues, should they arise. Apparently, it's effective.
I have no idea why, but I am in a mood to start Christmas shopping for Mrs. Hero. I have several gifts in mind, just gotta remember to write 'em down, because I have Swiss cheese for a memory.
We checked with the kids, and suggested we just get them gift cards this year, unless we stumble upon something we think would be an extraordinary gift. For example, Oldest Lad, 17, has a car and a license, so gift cards to Auto Zone and/or a local gas station might be to his liking. The kids were okay with it.
So off I dig, because shopping moods never last long with me.
I have one of those lights, and if I could remember to turn it on I’m sure it would help.
My wife and I have an Amazon Christmas list that we put things in all year. How it works is you drop something in your own list but you can never look at it... you can only look at the other person's list. You almost completely forget everything you put in, so you are surprised when you get something and then you can have a game about when or even why you put it on the list in the 1st place. Makes you careful with your wishes...
On the other hand, it's Amazon.
Rachel just had Ted Boutros on - counsel for MSNOW, CNN, and Politico - who's about to drop a new filing on the court on the 1st Amendment case....
I'm waiting for David Corn. Rachel's intro to Matryoshka's disinformation activity is alarming.
He told us back in 2016
People who weren't paying attention then are going to need to catch up