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Thats a good point. I was bummed when Prince died. Tom Petty too.

Agreed, all crimes should be prosecuted. Except for the miserable who went to prison for a long time for stealing a loaf of bread. That right there is messed up. Late edit: Chicago is about to put some reader into the fetal position!: Homicides in Chicago: A list of every victim | Chicago Sun-Times (suntimes.com) Sincere question, is everyone all ate up over these murders too?

We hosted the annual Easter dinner at our house this year (groan) and it turned out great. I always go last at the food line and by the time I got my plate there was only one tablespoon of mashed potatos left! I must have peeled over 20 potatos! Bastages.

c. People like to get butthurt over randos dying. In the time it took you to read this sentence, around 9 people went belly up: World Death Clock (medindia.net) I hope this doesnt ruin peoples day.

Paizo's First Draft of Its Open RPG License is Done and Public (gizmodo.com)

Whoa, thats high praise to me. I checked out the trailer and it looks fun. Ill try to convince my wife to watch it with me. If you havent already seen it, Ali Wong has a pretty funny stand up on Netflix too Ali Wong: Don Wong.

Thats not a leak, thats a heroic whistleblower. This person should receive a commendation.

"The boat, with 222 rooms, has been refurbished since it was criticised as an "oppressive environment" when the Dutch government used it for asylum seekers. Bibby Marine, which owns the barge and will lease it to the government, said there was a laundry and a canteen on board - and all the rooms have a window, bed, desk, storage and en-suite." Sounds pretty nice to me. We should float a whole bunch of them of the coast of San Francisco and Portland to help out the homeless.

Ocean Cleanup removes 200,000th kilogram plastic the Pacific Ocean (interestingengineering.com)

A floating concentration camp? Innovative!

Welcome back.

Project VENOM will see F-16s converted into highly capable drones (interestingengineering.com)

Would rivets do the trick?

The near future is going to be very interesting as drones become smaller and more swarm coordinated. I love the Trophy system (Trophy (countermeasure) - Wikipedia) for conventional AT weapons, but something like the Stryker Leonidas (Stryker Leonidas – General Dynamics Land Systems (gdls.com)) will need to be incorporated into armored brigades to handle the drones. Imo, lasers arent the answer. Maybe for ballistic/supersonic/cruise missiles, but not for drone swarms.

I wouldnt want to be a tanker in WW III. Lifespan measured in hours or days.

Finland officially becomes 31st member of NATO alliance - Breaking Defense

"Telehealth"? FFS, use the $50K and buy everyone a phone.

We did our taxes yesterday and got back a decent return. I was feeling froggy so I was going to upsize my gold purchase to a 2g bar, but then I notice a small link: "$500.00 minimum order in effect" due to some bank collapse, and now I couldnt buy it because it costs less than $500.00 and I didnt feel like spending that much. Goddamnfatcats!

Trojans.

Were going to need bigger tear gas launching drones.

Murder Mystery We watched it in anticipation of Murder Mystery 2 releasing today and it was pretty funny. I enjoy most of Sandler's movies and Aniston is still a total smokeshow. She must live in a hyperbaric chamber while not out and about because she hasnt aged in 25 years.

For some reason that edit hit me right in the funny bone and immediately reminded me of this scene:

Yeah same here. I cant remember the last time any Chicago public transit was improved. What do you think about the Alameda base redevelopment? Sounds like they are planning new residential areas there: Base Reuse - Alameda Point (alamedaca.gov)