Morose Barnacle

Twelve hangry men.

You could probably get serious distance with a panini with cheese.

A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women

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This is brilliant

From Octavia Butler, “Parable of the Talents”:

An underpass with murals and mosaics of a fireman and sego lily flowers.

A mural of 4 heads in different styles by Chuck Landvatter.

Big mural of Neptune and a shark on a parking garage above a train station.

Underpass mosaic of a miner and a construction worker.

Photos from my walk around the neighborhood this afternoon.

A pink rose.

A white rose.

Our Lady of Guadalupe sitting outside a yellow brick church.

An underpass with a mural of a hand broadcasting corn seed.

From today's walk around the neighborhood.

So stupid.

A small kid would have to eat like an entire big tube of toothpaste to get fluoride poisoning, and even then, they'd barf it up, not die. No damage whatsoever except an upset tummy.

There's no cumulative harm in taking fluoride long term.

I needed an onion but couldn't bring myself to pay $6 for a net bag of 5 onions from the bougie grocery in my neighborhood, so I kept walking to the Mexican grocery.

OMG.

14 CENTS! For a huge yellow onion!

So much produce. It all looked good and they stocked fruit/veg I've never heard of, too. 🇲🇽😍

I've now seen 2 separate social media posts of people who painted like a hundred small rocks all cute to hand out to trick or treaters.

Please don't let this become a trend.

Worst case scenario some kid will try to eat it.

Less bad scenario is a kid will launch it at a window or a sibling.

SNAP benefits are designed to be the bare minimum so stockpiling isn't possible.

Besides, have you seen grocery sales lately? It's all "buy 5" to get the lowest price, or coupons with strict purchase limits. You have to spend extra $ to be able to save a little $. There's no extra in a SNAP budget.

I just had a fortune cookie with no fortune in it. Seems ominous...

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR

supportjamaica.gov.jm

None of this is a policy failure... it's just their policy

Hurricane Melissa: Jamaica braces for world's strongest storm of 2025 - BBC News Three reported dead in Jamaica as meteorologists warn of "life-threatening winds, flooding and storm surge".

Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness... "You have been warned. It's now up to you to use that information to make the right decision," and to CNN "I don't believe there is any infrastructure within this region that could withstand a Category 5 storm..." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Screenshot of headline reading: Measles spreading beyond the center of the Utah-Arizona outbreak Cases are now popping up in more touristy areas of Utah, according to a health official.

Measles was declared eliminated in the United States in 2000.

RFK Jr. must resign.

Welp. Got my notice for next year's ACA increase: 52% higher. It's not much dollar-wise, but it's enough to hurt.

I already cut the few subscriptions I had--$ of everything's up, so had to trim the budget. This increase is 2x the cost of those subscriptions.

I keep trying and can't ever get ahead.

A small umbrella plant that's not dying but actually putting out new leaves.

This is a silly realization after so many plant deaths over the years, but instead of watering all the houseplants every time, they're far, far happier if you check the dirt in each plant with your finger and only water the dry ones!

For Halloween (and LGBTQ History Month), a weird tale of a Clive Barker typo. 🧵

It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.

I don’t even know what to say anymore except that his sense of impunity with regard to the use of lethal force will likely eventually inform his actions toward us as well.

“oh so you think the east wing being demolished is worse than-“ it’s a synecdoche, man. a visual metaphor. there’s a reason the aliens in Independence Day don’t aim a huge laser at SNAP benefits

I'm watching a 1972 (I think) episode of Columbo. He mentions that he makes $11k a year.

I've no idea how accurate those online inflation calculators are, but that's $85k today.

That seems like a lot. Is $85k a lot for an LAPD detective salary?

I've no idea the relative cost of living there.

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This is a blast from the past, but I think WordPerfect is AI-free.

I'm considering dropping Microsoft and switching. I'm not sure of its markup abilities, but it's compatible with MS Office. (My 25-yr-old WP files open fine in Word.) Might be worth checking out the free trial.

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I like how the NYT tried to do a “some experts say” framing, and the expert was like, you do not need an expert opinion to see this is bad.

It’s also really great because they have the most amazing technology anyone could ever ask for in the holodeck, they use it, but then they’ll also show up for their robot’s cat poetry night because they realize it’s important to be present with those you love and that technology isn’t a substitute

Trump earlier today when asked about the construction of the new ballroom:

“It won’t interfere with current building. It won’t be. It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.”

This is how it was left now overnight ⬇️

I hope the ghost of Dolley Madison is cooking up something big.