Welcome to the end of the week (and for some reason, a three day weekend for me). It’s looking to be a busy weekend for the girlfriend and me, as we’re hoping to hit up a local brewery for dinner tonight, we’ve got tickets for brunch on Sunday, and a nearby neighborhood is doing their annual ice festival.
I was living in Chagrin Falls, and I’m telling you, and I’m driving up hills, and going up what you perceive as mountains and it looks like wallpapers everywhere. I just wanted to take picture of the trees and the color. I wanted to take pictures of people’s houses, and all of this, but it’s only 90 days. Ninety days of your best weather ever.
–Jameis Winston on Cleveland.
Still been watching Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, three more episodes dropped. There’s finally some actual nefarious things being added to Norman, the Lonnie/Tombstone arc feels amazingly rushed (so far, with what they’ve done with the character, I feel like him joining the gang should have been over a full season, instead of one episode), the Doc Ock changes work for me, and they really trolled the comics geeks with several references. One that got me (and had the girlfriend laughing at my reaction) was Norman saying “With great power comes great responsibilitypect”.
In local news, Democrats introduce serious bill for serious problems.
I’m not sure if this is overreach, overdue, grandstanding, or something else.
Where’s my shocked face?
Based on the stories I’ve been seeing (and sharing), it looks like the publishers are not learning this lesson.
On the other hand, Valve really does seem to just be the good guys.
This may be of [more] interest to the authors around here.
Stop eating your soap.
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Sorry, but this one is a bit of a nut punch. Intellectually, I knew things like this were happening, but it’s not really reported on here.
We did have the C-Store here for a while.
Going back to the history books to bring something pre-prohibition back into your recent memories.
Clover Club
- 4 part gin (2 ounces)
- 1 part lemon juice (0.5 ounce)
- 1 part raspberry syrup (0.5 ounce)
- 1 egg white (or 0.5 ounce of aquafaba)
This one is another simple one, add the ingredients into a shaker, and dry shake (no ice) for 10-15 seconds. Add ice, and shake until chilled and integrated. Double (or single) strain into a chilled coupe/cocktail glass, and garnish with some raspberries if you want to be fancy. A standard variant on this is to swap out the raspberry syrup with some grenadine (or any other fruit syrup).
Enjoy the rest of the weekend, if you so desire.
That sounds more like something Otto would have said when he was in Peter’s body (that was a story arc at some point, right… I’m not going mad more than usual?)
That would be the Superior Spider-Man.
As long as they didn’t go “Hentai Tentacle Mary Jane Parker”, it probably was an interesting one. Certainly made enough waves even a non-Marvel guy heard of it.
They’re just jerking around half the electorate now. What a bunch of wankers.
They don’t know jack.
I don’t know, I found it a very touching gesture.
See men, this is how the world changes.
They’ll just sock it to their citizens.
Well, as the far left would say in appreciation “Jizz hands!”
I feel like there is another body in the mix that the nice ladies are forgetting here.
I know, right? Who could have seen this coming with China being such a strong proponent and respecter of IP rights over the last 3 decades…. Ya think you know someone….
Yet, no info on how to get pirated media. 🙁
Yeah, I tapped out at “China”.
Which means “CCP” which means rogue state. If the rest of the world wasn’t so addicted to their cheap slave labor you’d think it would have had enough of their shit already.
To be fair — much like Bugthesda, the Civ games have been feature-lacking and buggy on launch until at least the 2nd big feature DLC for at least 3 releases now (I think IV was okay at launch… but it has been a while.. it predated the modern time of “we’ll patch it after we ship it!” so that doubtless helped). That isn’t why I have no real interest in VII — much more to do with my frustration at the game/balance choices they consistently make (I like huge maps and not to have the AI right next to me all the damned time… the eXplore part of the game still matters to me — and they prefer to let the “I see the whole map and can beat you to anything interesting unless you find me and go to war right off!” AI do that as one big reason… the whole “your civ is only in an age, changes when ages change — oh, and we’ll rubber-band the AI at each age start so your lead is irrelevant!” as I understand the mechanics is another…)
I don’t play AAA games so I mostly avoid this issue. The small handful that land in my Steam library are usually five or six years later and more than 50% off.
I mostly play “indie” games and 20 bucks is a lot for me.
In the old days patching wasn’t a thing so games had to be complete. Now they send out a beta, patch as they go, and DLC the shit out of it to keep the money stream flowing.
I don’t mind DLC for cosmetics, music, etc. But many games have key features as DLC.
The main reason for this phenomenon is to offload the cost of beta testing. Why pay for it yourself when you can make your customers pay for it??
Now I really, really wish they could pry Solitaire and the like from MS’s evil hands. “Let’s make the standard time wasters that have been part of Windows since 3.1 at least into mobile-wanna-bes so we can shovel MORE ADS at our paying customers!” Assholes.
Good on Valve though…. I haven’t encountered one that tried yet (my tolerance for EA sports games is limited to F1 mainly before they bought Codies… and since they started really messing with it in 2023, I’m just playing the older titles anyway).
I solved that by just buying a better Solitaire suite (Mah Jong too).
I wish pay television would hear this message.
Oh just wait — now the ones responsible for the cancellations are going to be going on about a moose that bit their sister — and then when they get cancelled it will be for some llama-crazy mariachi band.
Um… yeah…
Maybe DOGE should swing by there and remind them that soap is not Food?
Let me guess — said label is required for anything that might be construed as food by said FedGov? (And we call these people: “Idiots” who would believe that soap is for human consumption.)
Reeks of the whole “nice company ya got here… just got to let us get our beak wet and ‘inspect’ you or we’ll just have to shut you down” to me…
To what level is the question.
I’m perfectly OK with the state not putting out documentation in anything but English, but I know plenty of 2nd generation immigrants with parents that barely speak English that are/were currently productive citizens.
This. Imagine the cost savings of not having to print every document or supply interpreters for a hundred different languages anymore.
The only objection to this idea is from people who want to cause chaos. I used to be in the “overreach” camp but I’m leaning more toward “overdue” these days.
I didn’t get the impression that they were going to outlaw speaking or writing in anything but English, just require that all communication from (and to?) the government be (solely?) in English. Which I’m kinda in favor of. Also, getting rid of the requirement that some businesses have to have translators on call in dozens of different languages would be nice. They can if they want to, of course.
You want to live in America? Get going on your English lessons, or expect to have some difficulties. I think having a country where everybody can speak to everybody else is better than one where they can’t.
Is English not a citizenship requirement? My wife had a conversational English test with INS when getting her citizenship.
https://www.osasimmigration.com/are-you-eligible-to-be-a-u-s-citizen-without-speaking-english/
The article mentions several countries that have official languages. I would suggest looking at Germany or France and do what they do.
The reason we don’t, of course, is because we are held hostage by the same leftist thought around rAcIsM and xEnOpHoBiA that has been doing so much damage for so many decades.
So, after Pie made me aware of the SciFi cancellation kerfuffle last week, I bought Devon Eriksen’s Theft of Fire, and am enjoying it. Eriksen is a libertarian, and the book was a finalist for the Prometheus award for libertarian scifi.
I bought it too — but I’m still re-re-re-re-reading Jack Campbell’s Pillars of Reality at the moment because it is the literary equivalent of a warm fuzzy blanket and a cup of cocoa with marshmallows… once I get through those I’ll go read that one.
I’m reading 1919:The Romanov Rising. Kratman is not a warm fuzzy blanket but he’s my antidote to lefty nonsense lol
Thanks for the recommendations, Glibs.
Oh, and speaking of which, I hear rumors that The Hyperbole is thinking of reviving the Glibs “What Are We Reading” column. Show him some love, ppl.
He already did, unless my brain broke and I am misremembering.
I bought it as well, his tweets about the nonsense were hilarious. I haven’t started it yet though.
Must be for all your Starbucks lovers.
For some values of “care”
Those immediate impacts were a main focus of the hearing Thursday afternoon, when Hurson repeatedly asked attorneys on both sides to discuss the risks associated with allowing Trump’s orders to take full effect and continue limiting health care access. Hurson directly challenged the assertion that the president’s goal is to protect transgender youth.
“The order seems to deny that this population even exists, or deserves to exist,” Hurson said, noting that transgender people already face a statistically elevated risk of suicide, poverty, addiction and other hardships.
Disrupting their health care out of the blue could cause them “irreparable harm,” the judge said in announcing his ruling.
Strict impartiality, based on science.
OT – for you and other interested Glibs.
Porsche’s 6-Stroke Engine Is Genius!
It’ll be “genius” when they’ve actually built and run one long term. Still really interesting.
Unfortunately it might become illegal in Ohio.
Only the blow. The suck and squeeze is OK.
So, going for the big bang is OK then?
You ppl, always talking about stroking. Of course the Krauts would add a couple of extra ones at the end just to wring every bit of energy out of the system.
Driving 4 Answers had a good video on this a while back.
I’m not hearing much about the judge’s legal authority to substitute his judgment on risks and benefits for the President’s.
This person asserted, with no evidence whatsoever.
I think if I was feeling suicidal and somebody suggested I cut my dick off I might just question their fucking sanity.
Attorneys for the government argued that Trump, through his orders, was simply directing federal agencies to take lawful steps to carry out his policy preferences. They said the orders weren’t aimed at restricting health care access for transgender youth, but rather a decision from the president on how his administration would distribute federal funding.
But the plaintiffs’ attorneys said the orders are “unlawful and unconstitutional” because they violate antidiscrimination laws while infringing on the rights of parents.
Free unlimited medical treatments are a human right!
Since when do they care about parental rights?
“When the parents are useful idiots”
Parents have the right to mutilate their kids. They have no right to prevent the school from encouraging the kids to choose mutilation or the
sadistic pedophilesDoctors from performing the mutilations. You shitlords hate children!“they violate antidiscrimination laws”
The ones that outlaw discrimination on the basis of sex, and make no mention of gender preference at all? The ones where attempts to amend the laws to include gender preference have failed?
Those antidiscrimination laws?
More like “free unlimited radical medical experimentation that reputable, apolitical science has debunked is a human right!”
I just love it when the panicked problem rolls in just before end of day on the friday before a long weekend.
Just now wrapping up work.
I see you have the spiritual kin of our system testers who love filing 40 high severity issues such as “I don’t like these messages in syslog!” on Friday afternoon at 4pm.
It’ll be “genius” when they’ve actually built and run one long term. Still really interesting.
I’m not going to watch the whole thing now but it’s interesting. I assume he’ll get around to explaining how it provides a useful advantage. I can’t help thinking of that monkey motion Nissan variable compression nightmare.
You get 2 power strokes in 6 cycles as compared to 1 in 4 with a four stroke. So theoretically 1/3rd more efficient.
However, comparing similar sized 2 stroke and 4 stroke motors in reality the 2 stroke is 20-25% more efficient. So realistically 20-25% increase in power for the same displacement.
Variable compression? Why, that is almost like a V16 Cadillac!
https://www.nissan-global.com/EN/INNOVATION/TECHNOLOGY/ARCHIVE/VC_TURBO_ENGINE/
It’s adds a bunch of components and mass to the bottom end of the motor. Technically it does work, but it seems like it’s not worth the complexity trade off. Nissan came up with it to meet emissions before everybody else moved to direct injection which is much cheaper even with the carbon build up issues. Those can be eliminated with dual injection or simply required maintenance.
Speaking of Nissan, a clickbaity youtube about them dropping CVT popped up yesterday. Did not click.
One downside to this place…. I really, really have to watch my instincts now.
On a work “random crap” channel, referring to OMB after wailing about the AP being shut out of press conferences:
My first reaction is now “Calm your tits”. Thanks, Banjos! Most of these folks work in Seattle — but damn if they don’t sound like Portlandia often….
This sounds like the type of chick who will go up to random men on the street and demand that they ‘stop following them’.
Pretty sure it is a guy, believe it or not. Not going to ask for obvious reasons….
Of course, they get to talk about politics and the normies don’t.
I’m not hearing much about the judge’s legal authority to substitute his judgment on risks and benefits for the President’s.
He’s a juris DOCTOR, man.
I had no idea that gay convenience stores were a thing. I am not even sure what that means. Gloryholes? See, I thought you just bought gas, cigarettes, Icees and really shitty finger foods and left. Silly me.
About that shitty fingering…
Strange things are afoot at the Circle-Jerk.
I’m not clear on what is specifically gay about “kum and go”. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
They stock plenty of Ding Dongs and hot dogs.
JD Vance stuns Munich conference with blistering attack on Europe’s leaders
That it is all true is apparently not important.
Don’t say the quiet part out loud!
But there is a linked “explainer” that debunks everything JD said. I’d rather gouge my eyeballs out with a fork than read it but I’m sure it’s solid. It’s the Guardian.
I just read it, it seems to be mostly “technically true but we’re going to describe it in a different way and provide “context” and make it sound like a good thing actually and pretend he’s wrong.”
In England, people go to jail because of their fucking tweets. In Germany anything deemed “far right” can land you in jail, in which “far right” is basically anything that isn’t leftist approved. I don’t want to fucking hear it from those assholes.
I am confused…are they still pretending they respect any of those things? I thought the mask was well and full off.
Prior to this Team Blue and the vast majority of the US State Department pretended not to notice as long as they could get their beaks wet.
They still pretend. Every argument for free speech has a but attached.
And of course all of those “buts” are contra to the idea of free speech on any level. Yes, we believe in free speech so long as it isn’t “far right” speech. Same way they believe in free elections. So long as their guy wins everything is okay. If someone from the wrong party wins, however, they need a do-over.
UK prime minister: “Hey, I resemble that remark!”
What a great speech. Western Europe can fix itself or we’re going to cut them loose.
I’ve heard people predicting that we’ll be allies with Russia in less than a decade. Once you cut through the neo-con propaganda, we probably have more in common with them than the western Euros.
They are going bluster, seethe, and fail for a while over this.
Maybe — I would have heartily agreed with you more in the ’90s… but while I certainly think their support for the Orthodox Church and more traditional values is good, they’ve got one hell of a corruption problem and a love of despotism at their core. I’d hope for friendlier relations — but I think allies would be too strong.
Until the recent EU friendly party just happened to get elected in Poland (have to wonder about USAID there, let me tell you), I would have thought they would lead a break out of Eastern Europe and that bloc would be more our speed than Russia per se.
We’ll just see what happens, I suppose — but certainly I’m in favor of telling the current EU / UK assholes to jump in the Pond.
Until the recent EU friendly party just happened to get elected in Poland (have to wonder about USAID there, let me tell you),
None of them have any agency, and we just know they’d vote for the goodthinkful people if it weren’t for the foreign policy establishment’s tricknology.
Can nobody really believe that societies are divided, and that there’s enough of a swing vote to change who wins elections?
“they’ve got one hell of a corruption problem”
We’ve got that in common, at least.
“and a love of despotism at their core”
Still up in the air, here.
“Scam operations are our job.”
Speaking of Chinese scams, Temu will not let me shop on my phone with a browser. It’s insisting on the app.
Nope. I love you, Temu. I do. And I would do anything for love. But I won’t do that.
Never heard of it but if even Wikipedia mentions the “forced labor” I think there’s forced labor. Pass.
I buy craft things and interesting little gadgets that are still cheap Chinese shit, but overpriced on Amazon, Walmart, and elsewhere. If I’m gonna get cheap Chinese forced labor shit, I’m gonna get it cheap.
I’ve been doing Income Tax for the last few days. Why you ask is it taking me so long? I’m old and have a low stoic level, I need frequent breaks to calm down. I have trouble following instructions that don’t seem to written for geezers. I’m finally getting a handle on the Fed and not looking forward to the state.
I have always bought TurboTax on the disc, now it’s only available online. The disc seemed to be better at explaining what to do next. The past inflation didn’t help, I got bumped up on SS and other programs which moved my tax liability north. So in addition to the cost of living increasing the cost of taxation increased. I haven’t worked for over 30 years but the pound of flesh hasn’t been forgotten.
The good news is the price of bees hasn’t changed for the last 3-4 years…
I am starting to see foragers getting out and about. This makes me happy.
*You are going to pay. How much? More, that is how much. To make sure you pay we are hiring another 80,000 IRS agents and giving them guns. You are going to pay or we are going to kill you or if you are lucky just ruin your life and put you into grinding misery and poverty.
-Uh…I see. And all of this money you are extorting from me, where is it going?
*That is not your fucking concern. Now, pay up.
Despite the complaints I think Trump has taken us off of a certain path to a shooting civil war. I dont think a lot of people understand what that means. If he fails….God help us.
The bees went extinct in 2020.
/environmentalist from 2015
I say this as somebody that grew up in southern NJ and went to school there. Not me. Not that I do anything other than work in NYC. But if you forced me to live in either city I’d take a smaller place in NYC over Philly.
Philadelphia is the city New Yorkers want to move to most — yes, really
I would have thought it would lead to some rocky starts if they tried it.
I must be imagining all the NY plates in Greenville.
Depends on your income, of course. There are many nice sections of Philly – downtown and elsewhere – where you can live better than in Manhattan or Brooklyn and for half the money. There’s a lovely 5 story brownstone mansion, in decent repair, for sale on Rittenhouse Square, the toniest neighborhood in Center City, with a garage, and it’s been sitting there unsold at $5.3 million for years. Cannot comment on filth and homeless maniacs because I’ve nothing to compare it with. Last few times I was in Philly, I had an 18″ bayonet strapped to my belt so didn’t really feel unsafe.
What do you have against Fish Town?
You can own guns in Philly, and self defense is still legit there.
Problem is that the need for both is greater there as well.
Honestly, I really don’t like living in any city despite the fact that I can comfortably function in them.
Oh, I avoid Philly like the plague. I’d never, ever live there. Just pointing out a huge difference.
Funny thing is if I publicly criticize my CEO I’d expect to get shit canned or at least have somebody speak with me. I’d also expect it to have a negative impact on my career.
Meta censors internal dissent over Mark Zuckerberg cozying up to Trump: report
You, me and every sane human who works in the private sector, yeah.
Unemployment is entering its ninth week and Dad is having his first knee replacement next Friday. No news yet from Aldi, Walmart nor Kroger. More concerning is my general off-ness. I feel ‘there’ mentally, nothing noticeable, but my left hand’s tremors are fiendish. Nothing in my right hand, which is good, all things considered. My heart is going a bit strong; kinda odd seeing your pulse flex your wrist.
I am decisively not a fan. Sorry, I’m a bit dour. I hope everyone has a lovely evening with your loved ones, perhaps with a chance to enjoy the 3-day weekend. Parents snowbirded in FL and were in Seaside for a bit. We may watch The Truman Show tonight, which was filmed in the “master-planned community.” Tremendous film. Laura Linney is perhaps my favorite actress. I’m still upset I haven’t seen The Man on the Moon. It’s rather hard to find.
Evan, I hesitate to bring this up, but have you ever thought about applying for disability? I was telling my husband about your afflictions and adversities, and it occurred to me that maybe disability is your best course of action, at least for now.
No hesitation necessary! I have, but it was shockingly difficult, especially as The Incident was in Thailand. I *did* just apply again. Thank you, even if stating the obvious. I frequently need to be reminded ‘where I am’ inside my brain. (<– Actually not terribly common, but today has been 'stressful.') I still feel kinda punch-drunk from last Fri's seizure. Not so much the physical/mental effects, though today I do, but it's kinda like my brain is still just exhausted from it.
Still bruised and sore, but *fuck* my tongue is raw. Kinda gnawed a part of it off. That constant, painful reminder is a mind-fuck, completely unrelated to the Helen of Troy variety. I'm apparently to call and "speak with a representative from Hensley Legal Group, PC." I am unsure of how that'll go. They asked if I "expect to be disabled for 12 months," which is a requirement. I would be infinitely better off working, but I can't just wave a wand.
If anyone has any experience, I'd love and appreciate any info/insight. I'm not sure if there's anything I can really prepare for 'em. I suppose I have most of my medical stuff. I'm not sure exactly what to expect. Freely admit: Not knowing about shit beforehand is a really good way to stress me out. Everyone has long known to *NEVER* surprise me, perhaps especially a surprise party. Known unknowns aren't pleasant.
Y'all, legit, are the best.
The only thing I know about getting disability is it takes a few appeals and a sketchy doc who will sign off on anything.
There are other ways. But I wouldn’t exactly wish them on anyone.
Man on the Moon is available on Amazon, $3.79 rental. There is no free streaming option.
Sadly, that is the only problem I can solve for you from here.
Hey I’m watching Man on the Moon. Check it out now on Prime Video!
https://watch.amazon.com/detail?gti=amzn1.dv.gti.4aa9f7c2-33b8-8344-8e70-2bac862a3118&territory=US&ref_=share_ios_movie&r=web
I love that movie and Laura Linney. Enjoy!
ZWAK operation house sit status update: I am being relieved (hopefully) in a few hours, as the WIFE is coming to take my place for a few days. Which is good, as I am out of beer, beef, and have watched ALL of the porn. And I made a mistake in my description of this abode; it isn’t your G-moms, it is your spinster aunt’s swinging bachelorette pad. You know the one, she never quite settle down with a fellow, but loves her stuff, has a place for everything and everything is in its place, she is a little bit
gothbohemian, is aging well in some aspects (good job) but not in others (lonely), talks your ear off about things you don’t care enough about to give good answers back but wish you could, has a couple small dogs one of which is dying but taking it well, and is always trying to stay “cool” on the music front.All in all, your cool, weird aunt who you like.
You may have watched all of HER porn, but not all of THE porn.
Maybe there’s a universal subscription with dozens of monitors playing multiple streams simultaneously? Don’t underestimate the cool aunt.
I swear I’m not your spinster aunt but it sounds like I could be.
If your aunt had balls she’d be Rhywun?
These AirPods 2 pro are sweet.