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Sometimes, you get some great character moments and wonderful activity or action, but most of the time he's kind of this weird creeper and Kes needs to get a restraining order.

My oldest daughter is binge watching Star Trek Voyager, and has burned through a season and a half. In the last few days. I've been in the room in the enough to realize I'd forgotten just how inconsistent the writing was for Neelix in the early seasons.

New Month, New Murders Dianna Gunn published a post on Ko-fi

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Disturbing considering the generally untrustworthiness of those summaries, like anything else produced by "AI". There are better search engines that don't seem to manipulate my results and a couple of them seem to not even do ads.

A piece at a time, I'm trying to divest myself of some big tech influence. Liking Vivaldi browser so far and experimenting with a couple of non-US search engines.

I'm fine with minor stuff that includes things like drywall patches and swapping out a light fixture. But we bought this house (albeit 20 yrs ago) knowing that two different previous owners had done the wiring themselves, one in aluminum and one in copper. Professionals were called.

On the rocks beside a shallow river, a young Saint Bernard who's just been for a swim looks to the right at something off-camera. In the background, holding the leash, a man in an orange t-shirt.

Riker approves.

Trying to relax and build the strength to just let today's political wreckage wash over me. But experience has taught me, in the immortal words of Howard Jones, time will wear away the stone.

Would that have convinced her to have children?

Hanging out in the local Service Ontario to get an official answer I already know.

Spam robocall as I was trying to type this. I feel like that illustrates why I don't answer the phone unless it's identifiably someone who's a close friend or family member. And I'm far too old to be Gen Z. That age range takes in my kids.

I joke sometimes that I've aged out of a lot of pop culture. It is a joke because things still grab me regularly, but it's getting a lot rarer on the big screen.

Completely ridiculous in the context of a cheesy superhero movie, and I've watched a lot of cheesy superhero movies going back decades.

I'm a geek in my 50s. I suspend my disbelief six times before breakfast, but it took at least that many suspensions to make it through the movie. I can't put my finger on a single overall reason but (no spoilers from me) there were a number of key plot points I just found completely ridiculous.

I may be too jaded for a cheesy cinematic superhero romp. The messaging is great. I enjoyed the soundtrack, the casting was good, the acting solid, the effects excellent, the writing… well, the casting was good, the acting solid, and the effects excellent. And the messaging is great. #Superman

Elon Musk's Grok Chatbot Goes Full Nazi, Calls Itself 'MechaHitler' Elon Musk's Grok chatbot has unleashed a slew of antisemitic commentary and praised Hitler after apparent change allowed to be 'politically incorrect'

xAI has disabled Grok, deleted a slew of its antisemitic and neo-Nazi posts, posted a statement, and are evidently rolling back the prompt that made it identify as "MechaHitler," but this new low for Elon Musk's chatbot will live in internet infamy:

Apparently, today is the 49th anniversary of the first public performance by The Clash. I wasn't there, but somehow it makes me feel old.

Middle aged bald fellow graduating from university.

How I spent my afternoon.

Although that might help one understand the relevant theory better, although I've got sciences in mind there.

This is seriously good advice, and not just for writing, I think, but for any endeavor, whether it's perceived as creative or not. Writing, science, martial arts, you name it. Suck, put in the work, get better. That middle piece is important.

So I'd like to be shocked at the giant step the Orange Menace has taken us all towards WW III, but I'm not.

Donald Trump bombed Iran tonight, not because they are about to have nuclear weapons (they are not), but because he needed a distraction from his tanking poll numbers and his deeply unpopular "Big Beautiful Bill."

He doesn't care who gets killed, Iranians or Americans, to help HIM.

Partially filled wine glass and bottle of dandelion wine, translucent orange in colour.

So dandelion wine is a thing I can make now, but gods is it sweet.

Morgana, a grey short-haired cat, lying on a striped towel inside the carrier.

At the vet this morning with one of the Feline Overlords. She is not happy about the peasant uprising that had her wind up here but refuses to dignify the situation with a reaction, instead staying in the carrier and waiting to be carried home again.

Based on how he's been treating his own country, should it be there already?

Official titles aside, C-5 is the bill to fast track projects "of national interest" without giving a shit about consultation, the environment, people, or any existing laws or regulations.

Frame 1: Moe tossing Barney out of bar. "Canada voting to keep the Conservatives out of power." Frame 2: Moe stands in doorway, squinting to make sure Barney isn't coming back. Frame 3: "Carney immediately teaming up with the Conservatives to bass Bill C-5." Barney sppears behind Moe.

This is my shocked face. #CdnPoli

I don't watch a lot of actual TV, but sometimes when you're stuck in a hotel and your eyes hurt from staring at the computer screen for too long, you need to look at something farther way.

And seriously, how is hockey season not over yet?

I have a variety of uncomplimentary things to say about plenty of the members of the government at several levels in my own country, too.

And I'm likely to continue to do so, as well as about various other members of the regime that I know far too much about as a Canadian.