I’m perfectly happy to pretend Trump is on the November ballot, along with each and every one of his boot-licking, ass-kissing, sycophantic enablers in Congress. Seems to me the Republicans have discovered a potent foot-gun here.

I hear on the news the emperor has promised more bread and circuses. I’d like to hope the plebes aren’t stupid enough to believe him.

“Texture”

monochrome detail of a concrete bridge in the sun

A new phone for roughly the cost of my annual electricity bill? Hard no.

And that people are finding this a reasonable thing to consider is just further proof of the K-shaped economy.

Fall must be imminent. My yard is all grown up in mushrooms again.

#dailyphoto #oregon #eugeneoregon #mushroomphotography

“Cosmos”

Can’t hurt to start the day with a bright flower.

a single cosmos bloom

Microsoft Plugs Nearly 1,000 Security Holes

I realize some of this is because they are a huge attack surface, but I’m still glad that I walked away from Microsoft decades ago and never looked back.

Tesla says first responders may need to push new Cybercab with no steering wheel

What a shitstorm. “Move fast, break things” should not pretend to be a plan when it’s screwing around with safety on the public highways. I will not be visiting any city that allows these things on the road.