WTF-Beta

How are you doing, Jodi?

@ShiroKuro the rhetoric is so over the top. The notion of sending the national guard to our cities unasked, after being explicitly told no by the mayor is illegal and mind boggling.
"War ravaged"?

I agree with AdagioM. I spent several hours downtown today, got my hair cut, strolled through the Portland Market. A gorgeous day. Lots of joking about living in a war zone or in hell.
It's crazy.

I may be the last person on the planet to have discovered this book (the 2024 novel by Monica Wood), but I highly recommend it.
It's not a gripping intellectual tour de force. It is a very well written, non-saccharine book about personal redemption.

Bonus: a lot of it is set in a parrot cognition lab, modeled after Irene Pepperberg's research, which is fun in and of itself.

Ugh. I hope you feel better fast!

We've discovered cosmic crisp apples this year. I'll admit, other then a few standbys, I only started paying attention to apple varieties since we moved to the PNW. It seems like every year there is a new one to try.

@wtg they're getting their passports ready

Remember "compassionate conservatives"? Yeah, me neither.

I'm here. Sure glad I didn't sell all my stuff.

Not me, but I have a surprising number of friends who have stories of running into him in various towns in Utah, particularly Park City. All say he was a genuinely nice, unassuming guy. And unbelievably handsome. RIP.

That's really disturbing.

I can get it under the geezer exception. But the idea that some worm -eaten science denier is making these decisions makes me want to scream.

Yikes! Hydroplaning is scary, as is turbulence. I'm glad everyone is home safely. It is beautiful, though.

I listened to Land of Make Believe about a thousand times. It introduced me to Esther State field, so a bonus. RIP.

Great job, it looks absolutely beautiful!

@wtg said in What’s cookin’ good lookin?:

Anybody tried the Fishwife line of tinned fish? Happened to catch the rerun of Shark Tank where they appeared. Their stuff looks fabulous but definitely not cheap. Tiny tins are $11-12 each.

https://eatfishwife.com/

We've tried fishwife. It's pretty good, and I'm not one for canned fish in general. I like their anchovies, mackerel with lemon, and they've just added mussels that I'd like to try. But they are spendy so not on our steady rotation.

I can't tell from this brief blurb. Did he do this with or without the parent's knowledge? Either way, wtf?

It's everywhere. I'm philosophically opposed to making our lower case l liberal arts colleges and universities reduced to tech schools on steroids. I'm a big fan of STEM education, but we need arts along with sciences. People who go to uni to get a degree in, say, music theory or art history should know that they're not necessarily going to get jobs directly on their field, and that shouldn't be the only measurement of success for higher ed. These so-called "outcome measurements" are being used to cancel programs everywhere.

I expect many Trump voters are rapidly entering the FAFO phase

@wtg said in Impact of immigration policy:

Ice’s ‘inhumane’ arrest of well-known vineyard manager shakes Oregon wine industry

https://www.diningandcooking.com/2134742/ices-inhumane-arrest-of-well-known-vineyard-manager-shakes-oregon-wine-industry-us-immigration/

Too late for thousands of people.