Maybe people should not be so picky about things that really don't matter much.

Also today's Krugman blog post: https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/why-arent-markets-freaking-out?publication_id=277517&post_id=172134133&isFreemail=true&r=53zo0e&triedRedirect=true

It's allowed in the ornithological sense. Fanny pack is a bum bag here. Like Daniels sling bag. We still use underpants(boxers/y-fronts/nickers) but have lost (the quite obvious use of) pants as you commonly use the word. Rubber is still used in art contexts. I say condom. But then, I'm getting a bit long in the tooth.

AI is getting quite good at music composition. There was a music history teacher who asked me, decades ago, why I chose another major field study other than music. I wonder what she would say today.

jon, I contacted company, told them their package was a week late, that I didn't want this package, and that I want the same product in black. Their customer service skills were great.

@jon-nyc said in Universal Cancer Vaccine: We solve cardiovascular disease and cancer that means everyone who doesn’t get hit by a bus dies of dementia. Until we solve that ... Unless the GOP keeps us stupid.

Waiting for a quote on putting basement back together, house was painted early this month, huge window will be replaced 9/18 and we made big progress in the garage yesterday. We will get both cars in this winter!

Lovely!

This is wild! I had no idea the technology had progressed this far. Huge potential here.

@Amanda Well, it's a joint Federal/ States program. The states actually run it by subcontracting it to private insurance companies (classic neoliberalism). It has been my understanding that Medicare and Medicaid, are under the same bureaucratic Federal umbrella (there's a name for that agency). Any negotiation on price is truly piecemeal and kind of a joke compared to what real negotiation across the board would be. Florida's Medicaid program pays 100% retail for drugs, but only offers generic, and denies authorization for some (many?) drugs. The elephant (sic) in the room is that drug companies were exempted from Federal anti-trust law in the '40's and nothing has been done about it. There are huge disadvantages to Medicaid in Florida. PCPs have a heavy disincentive to make specialist recommendations. You'd practically have to fall down in front of a PCP and break an arm or a leg to get one. Florida pays for Medicaid prescriptions on the assumption that almost all Medicaid receipts have literally no money. Of course, we'll have to see, if we live long enough, what effects Trump cutting almost $1 trillion from Medicare, Medicaid, and the ACA will have in the immediate and long term. I think it's a two party set up (I'm cynical that way) but I confess Trump II has been a wrecking ball the likes of which I did not predict.

Yeah, that’s pretty sad. I mean, that’s not a genre of music I normally listen to but it does nail the angsty self-involved thing.

Every day for the next week below 90 as low as 83 as high as 88 a single day. Lots of rain. It definitely feels like the climate has changed somewhat. I'd have to say after this month long heat wave with no rain and no wind, the fact it was a dry heat only made it worse.

Thanks all - I had a nice day with family on a beautiful sunny Chicago day!

I want this platinum bracelet. https://7879.co/products/forte-chain-bracelet?variant=45074201182385&metal=platinum Notice the links are oval and the top and bottom of each link is flat. This is my favorite style of chain. Notice it has a lobster claw clasp and Is 4 mm. The 7.5" platinum bracelet is around $1,700 with the discount code. I don't know why I have experience taste. The 18 kt gold one is $3,000 before the discount. People seem to want gold badly these days give the economic system is thought to be under threat by many people for multiple reasons. I don't know how close to market price per weight these pieces might be. I haven't looked at it. I think it's something of a gimmick.