It’s not even 6:00 AM and I’m hearing lots of emergency sirens in the distance. This can’t be a good start for the day.
I never want to hear or read the names Johnny Depp or Amber Heard ever again.
Notice how Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been real quiet and not in the news since he insulted Israel and Putin had to apologize?
Supply Chain and Offshoring File. I heard this on the radio. HIBT Lab! Armbrust American: Lloyd Armbrust Podcast Guy built mask mfg in USA during pandemic. He found USA has lost basic knowledge of mfg techniques. Interesting.
So how is that supply chain where everything is made anyplace but North America and only by one or two factories for the entire globe, working for us?
Yeah I thought so.
This might make me rethink my commitment to stay on Twitter. Musk says he would reverse Twitter’s ban of Donald Trump Is there a way that I can block seeing Trump or any mention of Trump on Twitter? That would help.
Advertising: three things that we should have never allowed to advertise in America.
Lawyers
Doctors
Prescription Drugs
Some truth here: The Anglosphere is saving Ukraine while the EU is saving itself USA, UK, Baltics were able to act decisively to help supply Ukraine before the war started. Truth is EU has no backbone under French and German leadership. EU will not replace NATO any time soon.
Video: Military enlistment (and draft) office in Russia being torched with Molotov cocktails. I’m thinking young males want to destroy draft records so they don’t have to go to Ukraine.
Okay, so today I’m going to take everything oh so seriously.
Seriously.
Except for Giant Land Squids.
Mmm. Morning coffee today is Sumatran dark roast.
An eight layer phone menu tree ending with a voice mail is not a substitute for a real live human answering a phone. Your a professional office during normal business hours, operate your office professionally.
From C-Span: Trevor Noah reminds us about freedoms we too often take for granted. Watch the video.
Read: Good Article. Meet the publisher bringing JRR Tolkien and military manuals to Ukraine’s readers
Also, I’ve read Maj. Hans von Dach’s mid-century guerrilla warfare manual, Total Resistance: mentioned, and highly recommend it.
I’m completely giving up blockchain for the month of May. My blocks can roam on their own. #freerangeblocks
I love this: Dream On - Postmodern Jukebox ft. Morgan James (Aerosmith Cover) Of course I love the original but Postmodern Jukebox’s rewrite into jazz is astounding. Also Morgan James is amazing. Worth the watch.
Holy Texas Tea Batman, it just cost over $73 to fill up my medium sized pickup truck!
Putin’s long table looks like cheap Ikea furniture.
I keep getting SMS messages purporting to be from the USPS. Each has a link they want me to click. I smell a rat. No clicky from me.
I’m not quitting Twitter because I have friends on Twitter. I’ll only leave if it becomes untenable.
The first cup of coffee in the morning just might be the best part of my day.
I’m watching the flow of refugees from Twitter go past my window on Mastodon. Just a reminder, there is also Micro(dot)blog which is a great social network to be on.
Looks like there is an exodus underway. People leaving Twitter and signing up at Mastodon.
Early voted today. Primaries. No line, I was the only one there.
I remember this. Old Skool D&D: How to run an old-school open world D&D campaign like Gary Gygax Both videos are worth watching.