2024 Big Important Things Wish List
- The US should start phasing in bans on single use plastics.
- We need to supply weapons to Ukraine and quit the incrementalism that keeps Ukraine from striking Russia.
- A serious passenger rail for the US. Quit building new highways and repair what we got.
I’m getting tired of US Senators and Congresscritters holding stuff hostage. We had some dink holding up military promotions for months. We can’t get urgently needed military aid for Ukraine approved or even voted on. Worms.
A lot of people I know are coming down with Covid-19 and others are coming down with some sort of crud illness that might be Covid but they don’t have a Covid test kit to confirm.
Today is Frozen Pizza Friday a weekly habit/celebration I started during the Covid lockdown and it stuck.
No amount of browsing on Amazon is as exciting as paging through the old Sears Wish Book catalog around Christmastime. Just saying.
Random: If we could get corned beef and cabbage in microwaveable pouches, that would be cool.
Take a look at photos of living rooms from before the television era and you will see we arranged the living room furniture differently before TV.
I just ordered an air fryer. (Insert rationalizations here.) We’ll see how this goes and if I really end up using it.
It’s painful watching the slow death spiral of the social network formerly known as Twitter. It’s almost as if Musk is purposely trying to sabotage it. Does he get a tax write-off if it goes under?
Black Friday and Thanksgiving leftovers ,,, Pfft. These must not interfere with Frozen Pizza Friday which is part of the natural order of things
Mastodon just keeps getting better. It’s not the software, it’s about finding the right people and hashtags to follow.
I’m not looking forward to 2024 as an election year. It will be like crawling on broken glass. Every. Single. Day.
On AI Conspiracies and Disinformation
I’m betting that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will be better at creating crazy, convoluted, conspiracy theories an...Today must be telemarketer day as I’m suddenly getting a lot of calls, some robo and some human. Both types are sales calls but I definitely categorize the robo calls as scams.
Anyone remember Girder and Panel sets? This let you build a city of International Style skyscrapers. Always wanted a set but never got one. #NewUrbanists need not apply.
Daycares in Finland Built a ‘Forest’, And It Changed Kids’ Immune Systems www.msn.com/en-us/new…
Pro Tip: Places for Americans NOT to visit for vacation or work -
North Korea, Iran, Russia, Myanmar, China, Afghanistan, Florida and Texas.
Vivaldi integrates Mastodon in its desktop browser. vivaldi.com/blog/viva…
Why colds and flu viruses are more common in winter | CNN www.cnn.com/2022/12/0…
I was never a fan back in their heyday, but the lyrics are really beautiful.
Listening: Bon Jovi - Bed Of Roses (Official Music Video) - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch
From my misspent youth. Listening:
Little Feat - Down on the Farm - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch
How to Weave the Artisan Web | Whatever
Yet Another Study Shows U.S. Broadband Users Are Being Ripped Off By Local Monopolies | Techdirt
I guess this is a shopping weekend. I dimly remember when rural county seats had a Woolworth’s Dept Store and a Sear’s Catalog store. Small towns had a grocery, plus a hardware store that also sold one brand of kitchen appliances.
I could go back to that.
Listening: Nico Santos “Play With Fire”