If you’re a podcast/audiobooks listener, avoid the Shokz OpenRun Pro 2. Horrible chirping (compression?) artifacts in the pauses between words. A complete disappointment after years of using Shokz products. Time to switch to a cheap knockoff brand.

Inside of a flower...there's a Groucho Marx joke lurking there somewhere.

Trump defends Russia diesel deal after bipartisan pushback: ‘I made the right choice’

So now AMERICA FIRST includes sending money to a brutal repressive regime that (among other things) aids the Iranians in targeting the American military. Got it.

Three weeks before the election Trump and his stooges decide to publicize a xenophobic immigration investigation against a sitting member of Congress.

I hate to think what bullshit he’s saving for the last week.

Just the skeleton of a teasel flower.

“Hole”

a hole in the clouds shows the land beneath

Trump decrees that anyone who uses the term Artificial Intelligence is now ‘The Enemy!’

I was sure this had to be satire, but no, he really said it. I shall wear my membership on the new White House Enemies List with pride.

“Walking Club”

Out on the trail this morning

Five wild turkeys strolling up the trail

“Let us strangle the last king with the guts of the last priest” - Diderot

“Let us strangle the last billionaire with the guts of the last AI executive” - 2026 update