We made it through the night without dipping below freezing which will make my drive to Swim classeasier this morning.
My mood seems better today. I took the afternoon off to think and just let my head clear itself yesterday. The problem is my Austin boyfriend. He has such a power over me. It is both wonderful and horrible. He's a mega hot mess and says things like, "I want you here all the time," but that is in fact simply how he feels, it's not what he wants, and when he says stuff like that, I get so sucked in and then let down when I remember.
Uhg, it's just painful being so out of control of my heart. Seriously, do not fuck with crazy, it will make you crazy.
To be fair, I'm not big on the idea of "purpose bound" money. But what he's bitching about, that the gummint can just take yer monies, well, they already can.
A photographer trained two rats to take photographs of themselves. They didn’t want to stop.
When Augustin Lignier, a professional photographer in Paris, was in graduate school, he began to ponder the point of picture-taking in the modern world: Why did so many of us feel compelled to photograph our lives and share those images online?
It was not a novel question, but it led Mr. Lignier to a surprising place, and before long he found himself building what was, in essence, a photo booth for rats....
The rodents quickly became enthusiastic button pushers. “They are very clever,” Mr. Lignier said. (He named the white rat, which proved to be the cleverer of the two, Augustin, after himself. The brown and white rat he named Arthur, after his brother.)
But after this training phase, the rewards became more unpredictable. Although the rats were still photographed every time they hit the button, the sweet treats came only once in a while, by design. These kinds of intermittent rewards can be especially powerful, scientists have found, keeping animals glued to their experimental slot machines as they await their next jackpot.
Indeed, in the face of these unpredictable rewards, Augustin and Arthur — the rats — persisted. Sometimes, they ignored the sugar even when it did arrive, Mr. Lignier said, and just kept pressing the button anyway.
Birthdays: John Hancock, Edouard Manet, John Browning, Randolph Scott, Django Reinhardt, Ernie Kovacs, Gil Gerard, Rutger Hauer, Mariska Hargitay.
Obituaries: Arthur Guinness, William Pitt the Younger, Max Nordau, Anna Pavlova, Alexander Woollcott, Edvard Munch, Alexander Korda, Paul Robeson, Jack Oakie, Samuel Barber, Salvador Dali, Nell Carter, Bob Keeshan, Johnny Carson, Jack LaLanne, Hal Holbrook, Larry King.
Some time ago somebody pointed out that, in our day-to-day actions, our most prominent experience of group decision-making--companies--are by and large not run as democracies, and that it's consequently unsurprising that we are not good at democracy in our politics.
Employee-owned/run companies would be a great mechanism to habituate people to democracy's basic functioning, and there are quite a few of them, but the fact that corporations are fighting so hard to keep any kind of democracy from taking root within their own domains is a good indicator of what their politics really are.
The year is still young, but this has to be considered as a contender for Stupid Headline of the Year, Non-Republican Category
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Are you a Stanley or Hydro Flask person?
The brand of water bottle you carry says a lot about you. Hydration vessels, some marketers say, may be this year’s ‘most covetable, most fashionable accessory.’
You want to be a badass? Bring a protein shake to a meeting.
Not a veggie shake or probiotic or any of that stuff. Bring a protein shake and tell your soon-to-be-minions that this is what Arnold drank between workouts.
Wow. It's just before 5am it's 32 degrees above.
Rats dancing to "Heat Wave".
We are at 30 degrees. I rode my bike yesterday to take eBay stuff to the Post office.
You are out of your mind!
The coldest I have ever ridden a bicycle in was -40.
Yes, I was in full polar gear.
We made it through the night without dipping below freezing which will make my drive to Swim classeasier this morning.
My mood seems better today. I took the afternoon off to think and just let my head clear itself yesterday. The problem is my Austin boyfriend. He has such a power over me. It is both wonderful and horrible. He's a mega hot mess and says things like, "I want you here all the time," but that is in fact simply how he feels, it's not what he wants, and when he says stuff like that, I get so sucked in and then let down when I remember.
Uhg, it's just painful being so out of control of my heart. Seriously, do not fuck with crazy, it will make you crazy.
Did they win?
"𝘚𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺," 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘞𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘉𝘋𝘊𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩, 𝘕𝘦𝘸 𝘏𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘰𝘯 𝘞𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺. "𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 – 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯’𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮."
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘌. 𝘑𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘊𝘉𝘋𝘊 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 "𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘺𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘺."
𝗙𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝗹𝗮𝗺𝘀 '𝘁𝘆𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗻𝘆' 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲-𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗯𝗶𝗱
Talking points echo those of Ramaswamy and DeSantis as they drop out of the race
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/22/trump_cbdc_comments/
Somebody want to tell him?
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EYaBnwCU4AgoZw6.jpg
To be fair, I'm not big on the idea of "purpose bound" money. But what he's bitching about, that the gummint can just take yer monies, well, they already can.
No tyranny, no tyranny.
YOU're the tranny
So, show me the modern industrialized economy that has a better track record of success than America's controlled by the Federal Reserve.
I'll wait.
Steven Mnuchin in charge, obs! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Have fun with "cash". LOL
A pocket full of fiat.
In honor of Bob Keeshan's birthday (of death, that is) and NH Primary Day (Go Joe!) I give you....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5sKgsozegdI&t=44s
When I was short I loved Captain Kangaroo much in the same way my girls loved Mister Rogers when they were small.
And I wanted Mister Moose to be my partner in crime.
I may take Mr. Moose as my stage name. Mr. Bunny Rabbit is my hero. He is so expressive without saying a word.
Good morning!
#Worldle #732 3/6 (100%)
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#Worldle #732 4/6 (100%)
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𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐎𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬
A photographer trained two rats to take photographs of themselves. They didn’t want to stop.
When Augustin Lignier, a professional photographer in Paris, was in graduate school, he began to ponder the point of picture-taking in the modern world: Why did so many of us feel compelled to photograph our lives and share those images online?
It was not a novel question, but it led Mr. Lignier to a surprising place, and before long he found himself building what was, in essence, a photo booth for rats....
The rodents quickly became enthusiastic button pushers. “They are very clever,” Mr. Lignier said. (He named the white rat, which proved to be the cleverer of the two, Augustin, after himself. The brown and white rat he named Arthur, after his brother.)
But after this training phase, the rewards became more unpredictable. Although the rats were still photographed every time they hit the button, the sweet treats came only once in a while, by design. These kinds of intermittent rewards can be especially powerful, scientists have found, keeping animals glued to their experimental slot machines as they await their next jackpot.
Indeed, in the face of these unpredictable rewards, Augustin and Arthur — the rats — persisted. Sometimes, they ignored the sugar even when it did arrive, Mr. Lignier said, and just kept pressing the button anyway.
https://substack.com/profile/157455618-wobbly/note/c-47909685?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2lqtj6
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/23/science/photography-rats-selfies.html
When my undergrad program got their first rat lab, I was their caretaker. They learn to press buttons very quickly. My first rat was named Algernon.
Morning all! ☕️
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GM!
Starting to get wibbildy wobbildy, ready for more sleeps.
That's precession. You should stop spinning. (Physics joke. Sue me.)
To turn, turn will be our delight,
Till by turning, turning we come 'round right.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘭𝘢𝘴 [𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦], 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 2019, 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘢 – 𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴, 𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴, 𝘰𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘪𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘧 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘳 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘳𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
𝗘𝗙𝗙 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗯 𝘀𝗼 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝘄𝗵𝗼'𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺
'The federal government has almost entirely abdicated its responsibility'
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/22/eff_privacy_atlas/?td=rt-3a
"Aspirationally Jewish” is a great name for Elon's new rocketship landing barge.
I boggled a bit at that before shrugging. Sunk Mole will go full anti-Semite in a day or two.
He'll go fash-ish.
"Go"?
That sort of ascerbic perspective makes me wish it were appropriate to simply join up.
Comings and goings:
Birthdays: John Hancock, Edouard Manet, John Browning, Randolph Scott, Django Reinhardt, Ernie Kovacs, Gil Gerard, Rutger Hauer, Mariska Hargitay.
Obituaries: Arthur Guinness, William Pitt the Younger, Max Nordau, Anna Pavlova, Alexander Woollcott, Edvard Munch, Alexander Korda, Paul Robeson, Jack Oakie, Samuel Barber, Salvador Dali, Nell Carter, Bob Keeshan, Johnny Carson, Jack LaLanne, Hal Holbrook, Larry King.
"So, millers mill, woodworkers work with wood, carpenters carpent. So what does a hancock do?"
Obligatory:
< removes hat, holds over heart >
RANDOLPH SCOTT!
(townsfolk, as angelic choir) RANDOLPH SCOTT!
𝘖𝘯 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘫𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘳𝘫𝘶𝘯𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘭 𝘌𝘹𝘹𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴.
𝗘𝘅𝘅𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘀 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀
https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/22/exxon-sues-activist-investors/
Of course this shit was bound to happen.
"How dare they bring a conscience here!"
Some time ago somebody pointed out that, in our day-to-day actions, our most prominent experience of group decision-making--companies--are by and large not run as democracies, and that it's consequently unsurprising that we are not good at democracy in our politics.
Employee-owned/run companies would be a great mechanism to habituate people to democracy's basic functioning, and there are quite a few of them, but the fact that corporations are fighting so hard to keep any kind of democracy from taking root within their own domains is a good indicator of what their politics really are.
Agricultural co-ops are a good example. Not many of them left, sadly.
How dare the people who own fractional bits of a multibillion-dollar Evil Mega-Corporation not follow their betters' dictates?
IK,R?
They are acting like the own the place or something..
WILL NO ONE THINK OF THE BOARD MEMBERS?!??!??
Huh. And they always seemed so nice and caring.
Me, coming home from school and hoping Mumsy told the housekeeper to cook up a big batch of chilled cricket bisque, for my afternoon snack.
https://substack.com/profile/117657568-opposite-of-oligarch/note/c-47909062?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=1y1t5s
You should try Simba's Cicada Chowder.
Anyone here know GTK?
I have a thorny problem I'm trying to sort out in a client's embedded application..
*backs away slowly*
The year is still young, but this has to be considered as a contender for Stupid Headline of the Year, Non-Republican Category
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Are you a Stanley or Hydro Flask person?
The brand of water bottle you carry says a lot about you. Hydration vessels, some marketers say, may be this year’s ‘most covetable, most fashionable accessory.’
You want to be a badass? Bring a protein shake to a meeting.
Not a veggie shake or probiotic or any of that stuff. Bring a protein shake and tell your soon-to-be-minions that this is what Arnold drank between workouts.
I say it is the use of the phrase "hydration vessel" rather than water bottle that says a lot XD
So grateful my kids don't care about such things. I don't know how it happened, but they love thrifting and don't 'need' the newest hot whatever.
I'm just going to assume that there are $149 designer "vessels" out there.
This may be the best headline of the year
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Why Arizona Republicans love to play dress-up
Cowboying has virtually disappeared in the state, but Western drag has a political purpose now
https://substack.com/profile/157208883-sojourner-truth/note/c-47909192?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=2llj5f
?????
Think of Reagan's prop ranch or Boots DeathSentence.
And so the Mad Max style water wars start. Not with a bang, but a whimper.
"Hydration vessel".
Let's go, Giant Meteorite!
Whatever I got as a spiff from a trade show.
Yup. Though I was gifted a real Yeti coffee mug that fits in the car.
I carry a goat bladder.
I had mine implanted.
You keep wine in it yes? How do you squirt it down your throat if it's implanted?
I had my original bladder replaced with a goat bladder. So artisinal.
That sounds so chic.