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  • wtgW

    Contingency planning

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    @Piano-Dad Yes, I know how to reach you. We do have some folks who signed up and who have either never posted or haven't posted in a long time. I don't want to pester them with updates unless they want to be pestered. You can choose the option to hide your email address from casual observers, but people with superpowers can see that info. Mostly I just wanted to know who wants to be notified if we have a major outage. Additionally, a few folks who signed up early might not have had to provide an email address to create a user ID because registration was open and didn't require authorization by an admin or mod. Eventually we locked the door and deleted all the spammers who had signed up while this was the backup site. I just wanted people to check their profile and see if they have an email addy where they can be reached.
  • wtgW

    Pinned threads

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    Great!
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    Faunascrolling--what's visiting where you are?

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    Just saved a life. And deprived someone of dinner. Went outside and heard a bird screeching. Looked over to my neighbor's front lawn and saw a Cooper's hawk on the lawn. Looked like it was holding something down with its talons. I walked towards it and it took off to the south. A now-free Northern flicker took off to the north. Human messing with nature.
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    Ugh. Accident.

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    BTW, the accident you describe sounds much, much worse that the little rear-ender I had last fall. I mean, it's hard to believe you weren't seriously hurt, especially if the car was totalled. I was hit in the driver's side while driving my Volvo, 45 years ago, very similar to the accident you describe, and found out only years later that I had suffered a concussion. I'm glad you are feeling okay. Sorry about your car, but boy we all would be much sorrier if it was you that was totalled.
  • wtgW

    Pulse-Fi

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    MikM
    Star Trek. Love it.
  • AxtremusA

    Medicare to Require Prior Authorization Using AI

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    If done well it will take that human incentive out of the picture. I’ve found Medicare, at least traditional, to be very easy to deal with and they already have some automated approval set up. Part C is a different animal and brings the profit incentive back into the equation.
  • wtgW

    How much will it cost for the Department of War rebrand?

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    There is a theory of management out there that states the best course of action when your company isn’t doing well is to change the company name. Seems legit.
  • wtgW

    Happy birthday, kluurs!!

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    @kluurs and @AdagioM Happy Birthday to you both! [image: happy-birthday-candles-picture-id1202880334.jpg]
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    Opera is not dead!

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    MikM
    It's alive and well in Cincinnati. Love it.
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    What’s cookin’ good lookin?

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    @AdagioM said in What’s cookin’ good lookin?: @RealPlayer There’s a good reason for that! So good. My version subs in cornmeal for 1/4 cup of the flour. Nice texture. That sounds like a great idea.
  • wtgW

    Will you be able to get a COVID vaccine?

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    The jabs are supposed to be most effective if you get them late September/early October, and I hope all the systems have caught up with each other by then.
  • wtgW

    LOLcritters (gardener cats edition)

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    These cats are so cooperative. Mine don’t like hats!
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    Happy birthday, AdagioM!

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    Happy Birthday!
  • wtgW

    Most financially stressed states

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    This is totally dumb. These averages tell you nothing about the political (red/blue) drivers of financial stress. Poor states have more people in distress than rich states. Just so happens that there are more poor red states than blue states. Duh. The people who write this stuff are usually weak journalists who have a shiny degree in communications or literature. The kind of people who will nod when they hear "correlation isn't causality" without having a clue what that means.
  • wtgW

    Starmer's mess

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    Farage is a millionaire posh boy backed by billionaires, yet pretends to be a man of the pint-drinking working class. Fought against European membership yet hypocritical enough to take a lifetime EU pension. Staggering self-assurance, worse than Trump, wanting to MBGA whatever that means. Worst politician we currently have, already backed down on his tax proposals from last year that helped win parliamentary seats. Like him or not, he's like a stick of Blackpool Rock, all the way through it's Nigel.
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    News sources?

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    @RealPlayer I dumped the Times after their "non-endorsement" endorsement of Cuomo, and their ridiculous decision to publish Andrew Sullivans diatribe against the gay community on the anniversary date of Obergefell. Totally tasteless decision. They aren't relevant to me any more. My sources: The Guardian, UnHerd (for alternative views), ProPublica, Joe.My.God for raw headlines (which I often ignore during the day because it's overload), Jen Rubin, Robert Reich, and Paul Krugman on substack, and Talking Points Memo.
  • AxtremusA

    China’s Military Parade

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    Short video with narrative (in English) focusing on the military hardware: Link to video
  • wtgW

    RFK Jr.'s next big announcement

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    Word association thread

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    wtgW
    Hawkeye
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    Meanwhile, in North Korea in 2019

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