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I (now) live in IL. I love IL AND my gov! But...
The ONLY legit State Fair butter sculpture is in MN, where Princess Kay (and her court of the Milky Way) sit in the freezer to be immortalized!
Good opp for @governorwalz.mn.gov and @govpritzker.illinois.gov to compete on butter sculpture supremacy...

man... gotta confess, as I watch my mother's final decay into the deepest hell of Alzeheimer's, I am seriously tempted to start shelling out $22 for 100 caps of lithium orotate.

especially in August!

Happily, no! Just difficult work stuff. I actually moved my mother into a memory care facility two weeks ago. That, too, was a hard day, but it has resolved what were very difficult ongoing security and medical problems.

Christ, it’s been a long day…

um... could we be sure to launch the fuel rods on one of those rockets that DON'T blow up in the atmosphere?

The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations “In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...

"Listen here, my good bitch. Writers have been using me long before the advent of AI."

dorm rooms must be WAAAAY too comfortable!

Huh. 6 Blackhawks headed north up the lake front.
Wonder what THAT's all about.
Show of force for Lollapalooza? 🤷‍♂️

Wordlebot analysis showing player (me) solving in 2 what instead took the bot 5 steps to solve

It is a good day when you carpet bomb the #Wordle bot by 3... 💪

and people wonder why us atheists look so askance at faith...

and that top-floor view of St. Anthony Falls when the snowmelt has the Mississippi at max volume.... #unforgettable

it's the whole cumin seeds and vinegar that really took it to the next level 🤪

feeling mildly proud of having taken an apple, two leftover hot Italian sausages, a half head of red cabbage, leftover roast yellow squash, quinoa, and yellow lentils, and somehow made an interesting meal for spouse that I am claiming guilelessly is Silesian in origin :-)

Motherfucking wind farms…

(sigh) had targeted an outdoor run for this morning, but the 150+ AQI has convinced me that maybe the (boring) treadmill is the better option...

Sister, have you heard the good news of Pastafarianism...?

Comparison of Wordle outcomes showing player completion (mine) in 4 guesses while the Wordlebot was unable to solve in 6.

which does not reduce my satisfaction when...
I ANNIHILATE THE EVIL DEMON!!!!

Worldebot analysis showing player's guess (my guess) of CLADE being identical to what the bot would have guessed (and thus scoring 99 skill level) with that selection being made by 0% of other players facing same scenario.

me and the bot. we're tight. :-)

Merlin, a medium-haired gray tabby with whiskers to die for, sits loaf-like atop a red computer bag that barely accommodates him atop a wooden dining room table while peering into the camera puzzled at the incomprehensible information that has just been shared with him.

"'It's a computer bag, not a cat bed'? What the hell does that even mean??" #CatSky

Last week, a Lyft driver asked me to confirm that I was going to "Reagan" and it took my brain several seconds before I understood what he had said...

It's obviously a storage box of the International Electrotechnical Commission!

The First Planned Migration of an Entire Country Is Underway The Pacific island nation of Tuvalu could be submerged in 25 years due to rising sea levels, so a plan is being implemented to relocate its population to Australia.

The first planned migration of an entire country due to climate change is happening! Tuvalu, a Pacific island nation, is at risk of being submerged under rising sea level, so it has signed an agreement with Australia to allow 280 Tuvaluans to settle in Australia as permanent residents each year.

“I prefer to not know what drugs will do to me anyway.” Heidi Keohan, Staple Separator

FDA Drug Approval AI Generates Fake Studies
theonion.com/fda-dru...

ayuh

yes, 1497

I'm usually a two-vowel person (including Y) with the goal that the word be chosen by <1% of players

I’m on team random starting guess, too. Keeps it more interesting…

amusingly, my randomly chosen starting word got me home in 4 with a 99, 99, 99 skill rating thanks to making the same guesses as the bot at every step. still was mildly disbelieving, though, when process of elimination left me no choice but to guess today's answer.