I remember reading about how Bush 2 was kind of paranoid about a pandemic and had plans made while in office. And that during the handover to Obama it was one of the things Bush told Obama to not ignore for the safety of the country. The admin after Obama ignored everything.

[Insert Archer gif of “do you want ants? Because that’s how you get ants.” Bonus if “ants” marked out for “pandemic”]

Anyway, I think about this a lot. Especially with the CDC gutted and measles outbreaks popping up. And now the Andes hantavirus strain.

I just realized “dearth” is one of those words I’ve heard but never seen written down.

Usually it’s the other way around.

Now I’m tripping that it looks perfect and wrong at the same time

It was very similar to this!

I watched my grandma take this test at 80 something. She did good on parts of it.

But the clock? She got the circle. But she bunched up the numbers and the hands. She knew how to read a old school analog clock, had helped me learn when I was a kid.

Because she was in the room and thought she nailed it, I didn’t get a chance to know what that meant. (I also can’t rule out she was gaslighting after because she was an decades long gaslighter extraordinaire)

I chalked it up to her eyesight at the time, as she was also slowly going blind.

Anyway… my point being, even knowing the analog clock isn’t enough to pass this part.

Maybe there should be another two questions to every question:

A- How much time did you take to think about the answer this question?

B- Which was the other answer you were considering chosing?

I just watched this week’s episode of The Boys. Homelander already did this. These episodes were filmed months ago.

Did someone leak the scripts to the current admin and someone at the WH is reskinning them as a political playbook?

A you tube downloader program

Dumb question… how are they burning them? I thought controlling lithium battery fires was difficult?

And where I live, we frequently have burn bans due to dry/windy weather. The city will pick them up if piled properly and make mulch that can be bought.

It’s easy to end up with too much debris and not enough places to put it if you prune like you should. A little mulcher/chipper would save some space, be easier and quicker to compost…

I don’t understand, if humans aren’t needed for labor, teaching, or arts, then the humans can’t make money and spend money. And can’t eat. Won’t reproduce.

So who will the billionaires and corporations sell stuff to? Each other?

Will the Epstein class just abuse and eat the humans?

Oh, and I almost quit Angel multiple times back when it was a new episode every week. The first one because the actor died, I understood and it was sad but not worth quitting. The next because Charisma got pregnant? (Even though I didn’t know why Cordy was killed off then) Then the character of Fred, but at least she got a new character that I grew to really like. But hated how Wesley’s death happened. Darla’s death was pretty epic though. That show was so all over the place.

There’s an anime in its 3rd season right now, that when a character death from the manga happens… I’ll stop watching soon after. Does that count?

So far I like the world, the magic. I like Dresden so far, in spite of the m’lady stuff. I’m expecting monster of the week mysteries with some over arching mystery. Like Buffy or Supernatural in book form.
I’m hoping the mystery payoff doesn’t suck or be too Scooby-Doo-esque when it’s solved.

Love this one! His Zoe Ashe series is really good too. He writes under Jason Pargin now if anyone searches for his newer stuff

I just started this series! I’m halfway through Book 1. I’ve heard they get a ton better.

A lot of artists don’t change their legal name. They sign contracts with and their IDs have their government name.

My brain came to a full stop here. One of those “have I ever seen these two in the same room” moments.

For anyone else like me: Sentience is the ability to feel and perceive things. Sentient is the adjective form.

Sapience is the ability to think and acquire wisdom, and the capacity for intelligence. Sapient is the adjective form.

Sentient is often misused for any living creature that thinks, when sapient would be the correct word.

Modern humans are classified as homo sapiens.

I think the confusion is summed up by a quote by a park ranger talking about the design of trash cans in National Parks: (paraphrased) There’s a lot of overlap between the smartest bear and the dumbest human.

So if I understand, both are sentient. But they vary widely on sapience.

Sentience is recognizing the trash can is there. Sapience is being able to figure out how to open the lid to access the trash and keeping the wisdom to open the next one easily. Sentience is feeling either frustrated or happy based on the level of success.

Unless I messed it up.

And the other 1/3 were accused of being hyperbolic and/or hysterical.

I’m not from the UK or living there. So grain of salt and all… But I read this not so much as a punishment, but closing a loophole so he can never ever be in a position of royal power or benefits. And it would hold even if he wins in court.

If we in the US had closed some loopholes 2021-24, we would be at least 50% less fucked.

And maybe 90% less if we’d done it after Nixon.

It’s not enough. But it’s not nothing.

Very shaky, every time? Not an emergency room visit, but you need to see a doctor to rule out possible health issues. People have already brought up some serious possibilities that can become major problems if ignored.

Are you on any medications that could be causing it if you take it on an empty stomach?

It could be something you can just manage by keeping some bite sized Snickers available. (Literal suggestion from my doctor 30 years ago when I had something similar I was working through lunch and getting angry)

But my doc ruled out other issues with bloodwork. The miniature candy bars were to even out my blood sugars until I could eat properly.

I had to learn to manage it better so I didn’t snap and get fired.

For people who don’t know: Snickers candy is peanuts, caramel, and nougat covered in chocolate.