@Mary-Anna I can let you know when pharmacies here have them in stock. Shoppers Drug Mart is the general go to for both flu and COVID vaccinations - in Quebec it is called Pharmaprix.

but maybe they could have them practice on things that are not cakes

Scathing resignation letter from Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Demetre C. Daskalakis MD MPH (he/his/him) https://x.com/dr_demetre/status/1960843433473376602 Better link for those who won't do Twitter, also includes other resignation letters from the exodus at CDC today https://open.substack.com/pub/insidemedicine/p/breaking-news-read-three-top-cdc?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

The painting has gone missing. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn84mld1gr9o

All very beautiful!

Finally much needed significant rainfall this evening, tail-end of some US storm I guess. Why our council workers this morning were out in force mowing and spreading clouds of brown dust, goodness knows.

From what I've seen of Trump's dealings with Putin, he should get the Noballs Peace Prize

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.

Denmark's foreign minister had the top U.S. diplomat in the country summoned for talks after the main national public broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland. On Wednesday, Danish public broadcaster DR reported that government and security sources, which it didn't name, as well as unidentified sources in Greenland and the U.S., believe that at least three Americans with connections to Mr. Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in the territory. It said its story was based on information from a total of eight sources, who believe the goal is to weaken relations with Denmark from within Greenlandic society. DR said it had been unable to clarify whether the Americans were working at their own initiative or on orders from someone else. The network said it sources believed one of the Americans has been compiling lists of Greenlandic citizens for and against Mr. Trump's overtures, in a bid to build a list of citizens on the island who could potentially be recruited for a Greenlandic secession movement. The other Americans, according to DR, "have tried to cultivate contacts with politicians, businesspeople and citizens, and the sources' concern is that these contacts could secretly be used to support Donald Trump's desire to take over Greenland." https://www.cbsnews.com/news/denmark-us-greenland-trump-covert-influence-operations-report/

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.

Link to video

@wtg that's really wonderful!!! It sounds like a great program too, with the session about ESL as well. That's great!