Shiny Math Rocks

Perimenopause is like playing Russian roulette with your feelings while your body slowly implodes. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

(This post brought to you by my desperate need for a vacation and the desire to roll over and cry for no reason. I just need a hug and some HRT.)

Illinois is the first state to ban AI therapists Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed a bill banning AI therapists into law, the first in the nation.

Illinois has banned AI therapy, making it the first state to regulate the use of AI in mental health services.

www.engadget.com/ai/illinois-...

two men are standing next to each other holding guns in a field . ALT: two men are standing next to each other holding guns in a field .

"Bluesky is dying"

Oh yeah? Then explain why this GIF always does numbers.

🇨🇦 lower left is feeling good, has promise 🇨🇦

Mister Notabot told me that chupacabras can balance my hormones and reduce my cortisol levels. I got my cortisol levels tested and it came back 404: patience dead lol.

So now I am in chupacabr’as detox for cortisol and I never felt more fork.

You can trust Ms. Notabot.

The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump. “The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”

The nation's landmark voting rights law just turned 60. It may not survive Trump.

“That’s the power grab. The long-term game is to repeal the Voting Rights Act.”

A brief thread on something which continually puzzles me:

Why does Jared Leto keep getting work?

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Instagram post from the nsgov Instagram account. Black and red text reads “STAY OUT OF THE WOODS”; the foreground is a black silhouette of trees

obsessed with this vague notice from the government of Nova Scotia. Like it’s definitely about the new fire restrictions, but it also looks like a poster you’d find yellowed and curled on the bulletin board of a diner in a town where locals won’t talk about their missing kids

As it turns out, one of my favourite movies (Pump Up The Volume), was written and directed by a Canadian. No wonder it resonates AND features Leonard Cohen.

Okay, Medium Bob is in J-shape, which gives me a moment to reflect on when these chrysalises will hatch.
Looks like three on August 8, four on August 9, one on August 10, and then Medium Bob on the 11th.
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Damn.

There’s a sequel?!?

I’m doing my best, Lana. Jeez.

I have met my neighbor, Lana, who notes I got a lotta weeds but otherwise she likes my garden.

elmo is standing in front of a fire with the words `` so it begins '' . ALT: elmo is standing in front of a fire with the words `` so it begins '' .

Medium Bob has ascended to the top of his enclosure!!!!

You may not realize that Cybertrucks have protective coatings on their body panels to prevent damage from the environment. That’s why it’s perfectly fine to wash them (in spots, on the body panels) with saltwater and lemon juice. Environmentally friendly, safe to use, ideal for cybertrucks.

I checked in on the monarchs: 8 chrysalises, 1 J-shape, and Medium Bob was wandering around his enclosure AWAY FROM FOOD. Is this it? Is Medium Bob ready to J-shape?!?

11,000-year-old settlement in Canada could rewrite history of Indigenous civilizations in North America The discovery of an 11,000-year-old village in Saskatchewan could rewrite Indigenous history in central Canada.

Discovery of an 11,000-year-old village in (Feb 2025) Saskatchewan could rewrite Indigenous history in central Canada.

The village and artefacts are older than the pyramids, older than Stonehenge.

We have ALWAYS been here.

www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

7 chrysalises, 1 j-shape, 1 guy making a silk anchor, and Medium Bob. Medium Bob believes his 9 siblings were raptured, which depressed him. I explained that there would be a rapture 2.0 as long as he was good and ate his milkweed, so he napped all and then started eating like cat possessed.

I don’t have a “good approach”, I have just “AN approach”. Will it work? I don’t know. Probably not.

Four chrysalises, one monarch caterpillar in J-shape, three making silk anchors, and one absolutely FURIOUS one that got relocated to a new enclosure after trying to build a chrysalis on a DOOR FLAP. (This is why you’re endangered, monarchs.)

And then….. we have Medium Bob.

A journalist in Northern Ontario posted these FYIs about talking to reporters. And they’re all true of course - but I had a conversation with a Native writer yesterday (before seeing this) - and every point is a rule we talked about breaking in First Nations communities.

Yeah, that’s really true. Why does this facade not add up? Human choices or AI nonsense?

In this county, the bylaws say you can put shutters in HALF of your windows and no more.

We have never liked having a single light above our garage… it didn’t cast much light, and it drew the eye up to the weird rectangle of vinyl siding above our garage door. Changing to lights on either side of the garage draws the eye away, and is soooo charming in person.

Unrelated: these are my sweetpeas. Please enjoy.

Four idiot monarch caterpillars (of my ten) are now in the process of becoming chrysalises. Why are they idiots? Oh, because three out of the four tried to chrysalis inside a test tube rack. They had 1” of space to work with, which would have constricted their chrysalis form.

Rasmus Jarlov on Twitter writes: "There is nothing to celebrate. Moving from average tariffs of less than 2% on trade between the USA and Europe to 15% under today’s deal will inevitably lead to inflation. Almost everything will become more expensive in both Europe and the USA, and we will all be worse off. The economic illiteracy in the White House is doing serious damage to the West." Stylish Skunk replies: "I have a feeling you have 0 idea what you're talking about. In fact I know you do." Rasmus Jarlov responds: "Of course. I am former minister of trade in Denmark and you are an anonymous Twitter profile. You probably know a lot more than me. For sure."

lol

How far I got. (Ended up conversing with spouse, watching South Park, and then starting a doc on the Yorkshire Ripper.)

Kitchen Laundry Laundry Study
or
Kitchen Laundry Laundry Quilt
or
Kitchen Laundry Doom Scroll
#choices

Tent B: these five caterpillars have been assigned these pronoun: them/her/it. Why? Because monarch caterpillars have no clear gender markers, so I am doing whatever I want.