Victor R. Garza

“A House of Dynamite” is all too plausible. I’m a nuke expert - and it scared the heck out of me.

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A mesmerizing time-lapse of the Sun in ultraviolet light, captured by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft over a month.

-Credits: NASA

Beef prices are at record highs, and industry experts say could stay that way into 2026 and beyond.

Ground beef averaged $6.12 a pound in June, up nearly 12% from a year ago, according to federal data released this week.

Steak prices jumped 8% year-over-year, per the latest Consumer Price Index.

Listen closely as Carl Sagan explains how regular people can create change!

Playing around with a close-up B&W edit of the best footage I have ever captured on this Earth. Hoping compression doesn't prevent y'all from seeing the incredible rain of debris.

Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala (March 2023)

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The United States tried presidents who were smart, decent, and capable of empathy, but decided it wasn’t for them. It just didn’t reflect them.

a while ago someone said all men think about the roman empire every day. i only think about the romans a couple times a week max but I think about the 1988 john carpenter movie "They Live" at least once a day

how we envisioned the dark future: you wear leather and buy brain stims from a small store in an alley. your wrist computer helps you hack

actual dark future: your $89 pants rip after 8 wears. adderall shortage. your wrist computer makes you stand up hourly and buzzes with email from your boss

covid threw into high relief how many working class people are absolutely necessary to keeping society functional, and rather than that sparking a renewed commitment to an economy that rewards such workers, we've seen an elite backlash against even modest increases in their market power

When he typed this, S&P had just downgraded the US bc of GOP govt shutdowns.
Yesterday, Moody’s downgraded the US bc of GOP govt policies.

4 new words added to the script. I want my lawyer. Every day is shut the fuck up Friday

The 80-year recipe stoking America’s Prosperity:

1) Free-market capital investments in brilliant ideas…
2) enabled by Engineering Innovations…
3) based on Science Research in Universities…
4) funded by Grants from the US Government.

It’s time more people understood this.

Gonna be a big boom...

I don't drink alcohol. Never have. In 6 decades of life.
I've been pressured to drink more times than I care to admit. By friends and strangers alike.
I wouldn't think of telling you what you can and can't have with Mex food.
Demanding others do something because they do is manipulation.

As an amputee because of a riding mower, I approve this message.

Beethoven, but make it ‘purr’fection. #Cats hitting the notes, channeling their inner Ludwig Van 'Beeth-o-vin'!

Perspective changes everything.
[Ars Mathermatica]

As far as I’m concerned, #Caturday iz everyday!😂😂

Counterclockwise. Please don't normalize anticlockwise. But, thanks, now I'll always think of anticlockwise when I want to think counterclockwise.

As a hourologist, I approve this message.

Relevant XKCD:

xkcd.com/1319/

YouTube video by FiDiTanzer528 Schubert: "Die Forelle" (Fischer-Dieskau, Moore)

I don't know why my washer and dryer sing a song about trout when they finish their jobs, but it brings me joy so I appreciate it nonetheless.

Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk Older adults in Wales who had the jab were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia that those not vaccinated Researchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination reduces the risk of developing the devastating brain disease. Health records of more than 280,000 older adults revealed that those who received a largely discontinued shingles vaccine called Zostavax were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over the next seven years than those who went without. Continue reading...

Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk

This hits hard…

“Then she was fired by a Fox News weekend host.”

You know what else hits hard? The fact that voters thought it was a good idea to hire a reality show host/bankrupt businessman as President of the United States.

Eggs and Milk and Gas Oh My Are we really better off under a Trump Administration?

eggsandmilkandgasohmy.com

Baby steps...starting here...not a GOD DAMN PENNY SPENT BY me + 1

I’m so tired of him as well.

Picture: Ukrainian soldier with mud on their face, staring straight into the camera. Title: Person of the Year, Ukrainian Defenders.

I would love to be in Kyiv when the last Russian leaves Ukrainian soil. Holy hell, what a nation-wide party will be held! Afterwards, in honor of the fallen and the legacy of Jimmy Carter, I would to strap on a tool belt and help rebuild.

#SlavaUkraini
#DefendDemocracy
#NATO
#NAFOFella
#JimmyCarter