A Spotlight on School Book Bans
11,982 books banned during the last school year. The idiots out there are trying to ensure that the next generation are idiots too.
Crypto super PAC to back candidates in 32 House races
A handy list of people to vote against. As far as I’m concerned, crypto money should be as toxic as AIPAC money has become.
Along the trail up the north side of Tire Mountain. This is part of a popular mountain biking loop, but fortunately nobody was barreling down it while I was hiking up. The trail gains about 1000 feet of elevation in two miles, so not as steep as some
Dave Winer has been blogging for 32 years.
As near as I can figure at this point, my first blog postings were a bit over 27 years ago. Though my run hasn’t been continuous. Certainly Dave & the invention of RSS did a lot to get me on the web. Others will have to decide whether that’s a good thing.
Before that, there was the Frogpond, on the Microsoft Network during the Windows 95 beta. And before that…well, I ran a dialup BBS on Puppy in the mid-80s. Pretty sure all trace of those things had vanished, but I’ve been chatting online since the 300 baud modem days.
The top story here is actually about AI, not food.
I suspect Google is using AI to pull together its news stories :)
“Blue”
I missed this when it started in August. NYT has a story today about how it’s driving pediatricians out of practice in the state. I really hope Texans have the sense to not send this fuckwit to the US Senate.
There are days when I suspect the same thing myself, NYT. I recommend you go out and touch some grass instead of stressing out over Javascript and IP addresses.
Browsing through Meatless Monday recipes. Ran across “Sweet potato and black bean chili.”
I’m pretty sure my Texan wife would kill me.
“Bear Tree?”
I’m not sure, but I don’t know what else around here would be shredding it.
