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@Bernard said in In Minneapolis: Cool! I love the line of salt buyers. Link to video From the comments: Holy Moly I'm trapped in the house with a FOX News watcher right now and FOX is losing their damn minds over these peaceful protests so they must be effective.

I took a cold shower when it was 43°. The cold is freezing my brain. I wish I had a winter coat. I'd be wearing it now.

I did see a still photograph of the moment. It should be mass reproduced and plastered everywhere.

Mark Rutte, the Trump Whisperer. https://apnews.com/article/rutte-nato-trump-greenland-aaeec48ee94881ffd838a66d85e92c2e

@ShiroKuro said in New Year, new music? Ambitions?: 50 minutes one way is a lot! Especially if something starts in the evening. If would be many times more tolerable if I didn't have to drive! Driving puts the kibosh on reading, or knitting or whatever else.

Government employees union issues a statement. https://www.afge.org/publication/afge-demands-resignation-or-termination-of-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-and-deputy-white-house-chief-of-staff-stephen-miller-for-smearing-slain-afge-member-alex-pretti-as-domestic-terrorist/

Link to video Gaza. Why it matters. / The Axios Disingenuous Mode

@bernard I'm not going to hold my breath waiting for Schumer and Jeffries to stand on principle either. They keep folding. Why would they stop now? I used to write letters and call the offices of people in Congress, governors, and people in state legislatures. In all honesty, the only result I got from it that had any good outcome or any pleasant result was a heartfelt reply from a Florida State Senator after I thanked him for his vote on making my alma mater an independent part of the State system. I once expressed my dissatisfaction with a bigoted statement Hawaii Governor Lingle made by leaving a voicemail. I wrote to my alumni association about advisory votes they took several times. Each and every time they voted for the benefit of their careers instead of what would be the right thing to do for the College, its values, or any values. I excommunicated them, and to have a "vote" in their metric of % of alumni who give $1 or more, I ignored them. They sent me mail for a few years asking for $1 saying why it was important to them. We paid a lot of attention to data in those days. It might sound petty but it was the only action I could take. I won't have anything to do with them. They are unforgiven. Good luck. After everything I wrote, please don't think I intend this as sarcasm. I don't.

Love that show!

An ode to pot roast: https://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php%3Fdate=2014%252F04%252F11.html

@wtg said in Thoughts on portable electric heaters: @Daniel said in Thoughts on portable electric heaters: I considered buying a small indoor propane heater Those give me headaches. I would avoid. It would seem that the words “propane” and “indoor” should not appear next to each other.

The Nobel Committee has retaliated against Trump and what's her name. Or that video was AI in which case ignore.

@wtg said in What do you all think of this apartment?: Here are some units (of varying sizes) in and around the address of the building that you posted on Cove Cay. They have sold recently. https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-search/Clearwater_FL/type-condo/show-recently-sold?view=map&pos=27.936186,-82.723509,27.9336,-82.718313,17.89399999999999&qdm=true I figured out why the prices are reasonable. This is facing Tampa Bay. Prices in the West side of the County facing the Gulf are likely to be much higher. I don't think it would matter in terms of air quality. The land mass at this point is very narrow. Tampa is a railroad terminus, is a major US port, has one of the county's busiest international airports, and has piles of industrial waste related to agriculture following the coast as soon as you get out of the city heading south. Pinellas is an environmental paradise compared to Tampa. Tampa's air and water are terrible. I don't care what anyone says. I know this from experience. I'm obsessed with this building now. That doesn't mean buying there would be a good decision. But my mind works this way. It will lock on to something I like and want. I'm also obsessed with Andy's tower house. Thanks a lot, Andy! j/k

@CHAS Ha! I have never seen the movie, but that clip came up as I was perusing other movie dance scenes. Glad you posted it. What a delight!

I know what he should do! Investigate the BIS! I mean why stop now? How absurd.

@Steve-Miller said in Ok, I'd humbly like to ask...: @dolmansaxlil On your recommendation I used convert image for a long time and it worked great! But it doesn’t work anymore and I can’t figure out why. Any ideas? I’m glad it was working for you! Mine still works well - maybe delete the shortcut and try adding it again from my link above? Just going to post an image here as a double check that all is well… [image: 1769295769505-img_1626.jpeg]

Interesting piece about how some foods we eat enhance the nutritional value of others. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260116-black-pepper-and-olive-oil-the-ingredients-that-super-charge-the-nutrients-you-get-from-food

Happy anniversary, Mr. & Mrs. WTG. obviously, the weather didn't dampen your ardor. Big Al

@Bernard said in What happens after Minneapolis?: I appreciate that she is speaking out, but she defends an assault on the Capital, and has spent years being a disrespectful, hard line, nasty so and so. It's not like she's had a major epiphany, it seems to me. I don't trust her. Still, the more people like her who turn on the orange bastard and his fascist administration, the better. This is basically my take. It seems to me that we don’t get out of this mess without current Trump supporters figuring out that they need to stand up to him and stand against him. So yeah, MTG is a gross human being, but I hope she keeps speaking out against what’s going on in this moment.

Here's Gemini's description of an AI hallucination. They're real, and not rare. An AI hallucination occurs when a Large Language Model (LLM)—like the one I am—generates information that is factually incorrect, nonsensical, or entirely fabricated, yet presents it with high confidence. Because these models are designed to be fluent and helpful, they often "fill in the blanks" when they lack specific data, creating responses that sound plausible but have no basis in reality.