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I actually enjoy watching How It's Made. It's very calming; must be the predictability of its presentation and how everything progresses logically.

Today in... wha? The Bleach Community Is Ready for RFK Jr. to Make Their Dreams Come True So... do I need to worry about what's in this Fall's influenza vaccine?

The way the two sides are(n't) talking at each other, this all seems to be heading in a really bad direction. *sigh* If this ends up in a civil war, I suspect it will be along, brutal guerilla war that will ultimately destroy the nation. There aren't going to be clear-cut front lines, and we won't recognize the country when it's over. But we will be a great (third-world) nation afterward. So, congratulations MAGA.

Simon & Garfunkle classic

The delta seems to be various small tweaks. The one I did notice is that the half-elf and half-orc are not in the new SRD. WTF?

I finished watching the Andor series; overall it was really good, probably the best star wars sequence I've seen, even counting the original trilogy. The curious thing is that watching Rogue One at the end only made that movie seem rushed. There was much less character development compared to Andor, and the result was the ending didn't feel that tragic. I wonder what it would have been like if Rogue One was season 3 of Andor? That would never happen, of course, because it was an expensive series. But then I also wondered what made it so expensive? Was it all the expansive sets they built? It was well done and felt very organic to the setting. I don't think I saw any half measures.

Unlikely; he's got enough sycophants feeding his ego. I do think that repeated deployment of the US military to quell protests will not go over well. Unfortunately, we could see a repeat of the Vietnam War era where our soldiers were disparaged. I'm not sure I'd want to join the military right now.

Where's Tank Man when you need him?

Live updates: Pentagon says deploying Marines and National Guard to LA will cost $134 million What you get with a president who treats everything as a battle is considerable wasted resources, whether lawyers, accountants, or military resources.

To focus down on this, yes I do support ICE doing their job legally. It's the legal aspect that makes this all a bit dodgy (under DJT). When you push the boundaries of what is legal, more mistakes get made, rights are violated, and people here legally get deported.

A Japanese Spacecraft Has Crash-Landed on the Moon—Again These commercial missions seem to be having a lot of trouble trying to stick the landing. By comparison, the old US Surveyor landers did pretty well: they successfully landed 5 out of 7 using a fairly simple system by today's standards.

Don't forget the BLM protests also happened under Trump. Part of a pattern. In this instance it's not widespread violence; it's in one city and the LAPD and state governor were already handling it. The latter has the ability to deploy the National Guard as needed. There was no need for the Executive branch to step into the foray.

The administration has deployed military troops to LA using emergency powers. There's your sign. The legal issues raised by Trump sending the National Guard to L.A.

The fact that this fued even matters is why this is now an oligarchy.

The limit is one per alternate reality.

He'd just spend a few billion to build an impenetrable bunker habitat. I think the guy just needs to lay off the drugs and go cold turkey with the social media sewage system.

Trump v. Musk Who didn't see that one coming? Two huge egoists trying to work together? Ha! The only surprise is it lasted as long as it did. My speculation is Musk is trying to recover Tesla now that the market has dropped out of his firm. The only quick way to do that is to win back his buyers by going after DJT. The logic of psilocybin, ketamine, and ecstasy, I suppose.

No CAPS at all? Clear English writing with no rants? Are we supposed to believe that was written by DJT?

I see El Jefe has gone with the "Yes I am a crime lord" look for his official portrait. At least it doesn't look "distorted". Heh. It fits with his theme of pardoning despicable people. Trump pardons former sheriff convicted of bribery

Ruh-roh

I'd read it was an underwater explosion, which should be more effective if done right. Yet the bridge is apparently still standing.

Targeting strategic bridges seems like an efficient form of asymmetrical warfare, if Ukraine is looking to further disrupt the Russian economy. Bridges are expensive to put up (as are strategic bombers).

....and finished. In retrospect it probably wouldn't work as a live action series. It's pretty brutal, a lot of the dialog is internal, and the landscape is pretty bleak for much of the story.

My political hat suggested that Josh Shapiro would be a decent Democratic candidate, since he hails from the critical state of Pennsylvannia. However, he has three strikes against him: he's white, he's male, and he was raised Jewish. He just doesn't check enough Democrat party dogma boxes. Buttigeig is at least gay. Check. But he comes from a smaller state. His being intelligent and having served in Afghanistan probably doesn't help much in the primaries.