I've been thinking kinda obsessively about Suzuki's "units of survival" for awhile now. My husband and I moved to London a couple of years ago - a combo of "I have wanted to live in London since I was 15" and "maybe the heating won't be as bad in the UK" - and WHOOOOOOO BOY was I wrong about that last part. It was 35C in Kew Gardens yesterday. That broke the last record (set last year) by 2 degrees Celsius (don't quote me, but it was BAD, y'all).
Whatever the climate's gonna bring us, I think the only safe bet is that it will be worse than we think.
I suppose in a way it's still a message of Hope, it's just saying forget being able to rely on the institution of the nation-state as you have for the last 500 years, instead rely on family, friends and neighbors as you have for the last 10,000.
This guy has been an influential thinker. I don't know if what he's saying is been reported here with the nuance necessary to understand what he was really trying to say.
But if it is more than 50% despair, then it doesn't sound like him. But if for some reason he's tipped over into despair, that doesn't change the fact that fatal resignation is a one-time act of living suicide while hope is a daily, or even moment-to-moment life-sustaining practice.
It's good to know that in this era when one cannot trust engineering or science, one cannot trust public policy or administration, when one cannot trust basic Civic institutions, we can rely on the laws of physics to be unchanging.
I explained the origin of MC 900 Ft. Jesus' name to a younger friend, and they ended up going down a rabbit hole of weirdass evangelical superstar grifters and how ridiculous some aspects of the 80's were.
$20, same as the total cost of a trip downtown when riding train A at a rate or $1.25 per mile for the first 2/3s of the trip, and then train B which is $100 per mile.
Bell's palsy did that. I've never really liked looking at myself in the mirror, and having half my face droop wasn't helping. Eventually I just thought it was funny.
LOL, not healthy or well-functioning at the moment. My IT band in left leg is highly annoyed and has put me on the injured list. All week, no improvement. Fed up!!
totally normal to be mad at that. happens to me all the freaking time,
Remember, injuries always always always take us longer than we think they should to recover from. My rule of thumb, when I was young and spry, was whatever amount of time I thought was a reasonable recovery period plus two-three weeks.
Arrrggghh. Husb-House-Medic is off to get crutches, morosely, resentfully, as he is far more suited to being a guitar professor, as in, lacking empathy and selfish, but whatever. Mine have gone missing.
Does this mean I have to be a lot more careful? I guess so. I guess so. >:(
"OK, Marco you get out there and convince everybody that the BS deal I'll get with Iran is way, way better than that one Obama had. I know you can do it 'Little Buddy!"
My brain has apparently decided the best way to deal with being torn between doing more chores before it gets hot again or finally letting myself make some art is to sit here doing neither and feel guilty about both. At this point, I should probably just flip a coin or something.
Scheduled myself a half shift today at the hospital - actually to give structure to the day and time off later this week. ALSO did it because sometimes 3 day weekends do me in - Sunday scaries get me sometimes - but MONDAY SCARIES on a three day weekend can be worse for me. AND I’m exhausted from my work and when I don’t do one thing on the third day (let’s just say I am a DEM IN DISARRAY) - - - - I go into a negative spiral. Instead I have made salads for lunches for the week.
While you are important to all of us, just once a day, tell yourself: I'm not that important. It'll help! None of us have a real clue about why we are alive or what we're really supposed to do. We haven't known since we crawled up on land. Hell, since we first started splitting cells. Something urges us strongly to continue, but what the hell is it?....
So they had the "Enhanced Games" in Vegas. There was big prize money up for grabs. Turns out PEDs don't help you win if you're just not that good to start with. The 100 meter race winner and the 50 meter backstroke winner were competing "clean" and they won the big cash.
For years, I've thought that a Doping Olympics might be pretty interesting. How much weight can a person lift before their muscles pull their bones apart?
Turns out, the doping Olympics aren't that interesting and the level of competition doesn't seem to have gotten much of a boost.
Some dumbasses read about PEDs in big-time sports and dream of going from schlub to world-class athlete in 90 days or less. Apparently, no one loved those dumbasses enough to sit them down, show them a photo of Elon "Jews! Will Not! Replace Us!" Musk shirtless and tell them, "This is what happens when you take PEDs and can't be bothered to work out."
If you're already a world-class athlete, by virtue of genetics, a spectacular work ethic, and the good fortune to have access to top-notch coaching and equipment, PEDs might - MIGHT - make the difference between consistent top ten or top twenty finishes and winding up on the medal podium from time to time. Ain't gonna help dumbass schlub at all.
Trump is damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't. Re-opening the Strait would calm the markets some, and likely make some dent in The Affordability issue. But the ayatollahs would still be running the country, and likely still be sitting on their store of enriched uranium. That does not sound like total victory.
Hypothesis: trump doesn't care one diddle about transgender issues. He may not even know what transgender means. But he's intent on keeping his base to protect his sorry ass and he believes that this is an/the issue that will keep the fundamentalist evangelical godbotherers tethered to him.
As I have written before, we have a transgender granddaughter, and I loathe trump with the heat of a thousand furnaces for using this issue in this way. But that evangelical crowd who think they are the authority on all that is Christian also get my loathing.
I've been thinking kinda obsessively about Suzuki's "units of survival" for awhile now. My husband and I moved to London a couple of years ago - a combo of "I have wanted to live in London since I was 15" and "maybe the heating won't be as bad in the UK" - and WHOOOOOOO BOY was I wrong about that last part. It was 35C in Kew Gardens yesterday. That broke the last record (set last year) by 2 degrees Celsius (don't quote me, but it was BAD, y'all).
Whatever the climate's gonna bring us, I think the only safe bet is that it will be worse than we think.
https://climaterevolutionnow.substack.com/p/units-of-survival-it-will-be-so-much
David Suzuki, the world's smartest Canadian! Best regards, science explainer guy!
Trump Honors Those Who Helped Others Avoid Service at Tomb of the Unknown Podiatrist
Andy Borowitz
May 25, 2026
https://borowitzreport.substack.com/p/trump-honors-those-who-helped-others-3ef
I suppose in a way it's still a message of Hope, it's just saying forget being able to rely on the institution of the nation-state as you have for the last 500 years, instead rely on family, friends and neighbors as you have for the last 10,000.
This guy has been an influential thinker. I don't know if what he's saying is been reported here with the nuance necessary to understand what he was really trying to say.
But if it is more than 50% despair, then it doesn't sound like him. But if for some reason he's tipped over into despair, that doesn't change the fact that fatal resignation is a one-time act of living suicide while hope is a daily, or even moment-to-moment life-sustaining practice.
I choose hope.
Tabs up!
Garden Grove chemical tank no longer threat for catastrophic explosion, officials say
An all-night operation confirmed a crack in the tank in relieving atmosphere and pressure, OC fire officials say
https://www.ocregister.com/2026/05/25/garden-grove-chemical-tank-no-longer-threat-for-catastrophic-explosion-officials-say/
Thank God for metal fatigue.
It's good to know that in this era when one cannot trust engineering or science, one cannot trust public policy or administration, when one cannot trust basic Civic institutions, we can rely on the laws of physics to be unchanging.
Metal fatigue, for the win.
A very polite tank.
Off to sell my brains, like a common Math Harlot.
MC 900 Ft. Jesus "If I Only Had A Brain" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eqtwjgvNGc&t=11s
I explained the origin of MC 900 Ft. Jesus' name to a younger friend, and they ended up going down a rabbit hole of weirdass evangelical superstar grifters and how ridiculous some aspects of the 80's were.
$20, same as the total cost of a trip downtown when riding train A at a rate or $1.25 per mile for the first 2/3s of the trip, and then train B which is $100 per mile.
I regret that I have but a single updoot &c.
<chef's kiss!>
Is it....... normal, to be mad at a body part? Am I crazy?
Bell's palsy did that. I've never really liked looking at myself in the mirror, and having half my face droop wasn't helping. Eventually I just thought it was funny.
Had a friend who eventually had the same reaction. What the hell else can a person do?
Life goes on. Vertigo sucked, though. I was stumbling around like Liza Minelli in Arrested Development. LOL
Depends? I've certainly been mad at my toe right after stubbing it, for example.
But being angry at a healthy body part... ehhh. And persistently? 😬
LOL, not healthy or well-functioning at the moment. My IT band in left leg is highly annoyed and has put me on the injured list. All week, no improvement. Fed up!!
Dealing with IT is a pain, and I'm saying that as a techie. :P
totally normal to be mad at that. happens to me all the freaking time,
Remember, injuries always always always take us longer than we think they should to recover from. My rule of thumb, when I was young and spry, was whatever amount of time I thought was a reasonable recovery period plus two-three weeks.
Arrrggghh. Husb-House-Medic is off to get crutches, morosely, resentfully, as he is far more suited to being a guitar professor, as in, lacking empathy and selfish, but whatever. Mine have gone missing.
Does this mean I have to be a lot more careful? I guess so. I guess so. >:(
Sometimes just parking your behind for a minute helps. I know. Just try it. Read a book or listen to some music. Something like that.
That's what I do most of the time besides work out! I read for hours a day. It's a week now. I'm still not sure what the hell I did to cause this.
"OK, Marco you get out there and convince everybody that the BS deal I'll get with Iran is way, way better than that one Obama had. I know you can do it 'Little Buddy!"
"Want some shoes?"...
https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u2pr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fmedia_upload%2Fcomment%2F5140378c-3514-48db-9cd9-e32dd43000b0%2Fa8bbc1d0-f8c9-405c-ad5d-ec5972cea70a.jpeg
My brain has apparently decided the best way to deal with being torn between doing more chores before it gets hot again or finally letting myself make some art is to sit here doing neither and feel guilty about both. At this point, I should probably just flip a coin or something.
GTFO of my head.
But it’s so cozy.
New TABS!
Scheduled myself a half shift today at the hospital - actually to give structure to the day and time off later this week. ALSO did it because sometimes 3 day weekends do me in - Sunday scaries get me sometimes - but MONDAY SCARIES on a three day weekend can be worse for me. AND I’m exhausted from my work and when I don’t do one thing on the third day (let’s just say I am a DEM IN DISARRAY) - - - - I go into a negative spiral. Instead I have made salads for lunches for the week.
While you are important to all of us, just once a day, tell yourself: I'm not that important. It'll help! None of us have a real clue about why we are alive or what we're really supposed to do. We haven't known since we crawled up on land. Hell, since we first started splitting cells. Something urges us strongly to continue, but what the hell is it?....
So they had the "Enhanced Games" in Vegas. There was big prize money up for grabs. Turns out PEDs don't help you win if you're just not that good to start with. The 100 meter race winner and the 50 meter backstroke winner were competing "clean" and they won the big cash.
https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/enhance-games-beef-steroid-free-22275118.php
For years, I've thought that a Doping Olympics might be pretty interesting. How much weight can a person lift before their muscles pull their bones apart?
Turns out, the doping Olympics aren't that interesting and the level of competition doesn't seem to have gotten much of a boost.
lol
Some dumbasses read about PEDs in big-time sports and dream of going from schlub to world-class athlete in 90 days or less. Apparently, no one loved those dumbasses enough to sit them down, show them a photo of Elon "Jews! Will Not! Replace Us!" Musk shirtless and tell them, "This is what happens when you take PEDs and can't be bothered to work out."
If you're already a world-class athlete, by virtue of genetics, a spectacular work ethic, and the good fortune to have access to top-notch coaching and equipment, PEDs might - MIGHT - make the difference between consistent top ten or top twenty finishes and winding up on the medal podium from time to time. Ain't gonna help dumbass schlub at all.
Bingo. Also, it's just cheating!!!
HA.
HA. HA. HA!!
This gives me joy.
CBS, the Bari Weiss show: "Iran says obstacles remain, but acknowledges deal taking shape with U.S."
BBC: "Deal with US not imminent, Iran says"
Who to believe ...
Why can't we have reporters and news journalists like the BBC? You know, the ones who ask pithy sarcastic questions and followups....
https://bsky.app/profile/willbunch.bsky.social/post/3mmomdrt3vk2m
Please read noted thought politicer Frank Luntz on the subject.
Not imminent...
So somewhere in the time frame of 47 years.
Two weeks!...
Trump is damned if he does, and damned if he doesn't. Re-opening the Strait would calm the markets some, and likely make some dent in The Affordability issue. But the ayatollahs would still be running the country, and likely still be sitting on their store of enriched uranium. That does not sound like total victory.
I'd insist on a trade. No nuclear weapons for Iran if Israel would give up theirs. I think a deal could be made...
Like Bibi showed, simply unleashing "maximum lethality" is not the winning strategy they thought it would be, in this day and age.
or pretty much ever...
The other is military action which would anger pretty much EVERYONE in the US.
CBS: Can't Believe Shit.
Or where to "C" "BS" news
Yep, it's all out there. First nice day of projected ten nice days. I need my lawnmower back from repair guy!...
TIL: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺—𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱’𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦, 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘥, 𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘥.
https://transequality.org/news
Hypothesis: trump doesn't care one diddle about transgender issues. He may not even know what transgender means. But he's intent on keeping his base to protect his sorry ass and he believes that this is an/the issue that will keep the fundamentalist evangelical godbotherers tethered to him.
As I have written before, we have a transgender granddaughter, and I loathe trump with the heat of a thousand furnaces for using this issue in this way. But that evangelical crowd who think they are the authority on all that is Christian also get my loathing.
they don't care, either. It's just one more issue to fleece their sheep....
The Keyport naval museum had a very good exhibit about trans people in the submarine service. In the dumpster now, I'm sure