In a plane near Putin.

My dog.

Stop being so hard on yourself.

Unless you're a sociopath, nobody gets up in the morning intending to screw up. But we all do. Because we're human. We're not perfect. We fuck up.

So stop being so hard on yourself. On any given Thursday, you're doing the very best you can. Shit happens. Move on. Forgive others when they hurt you just like they forgive you. Forgive yourself. Because nobody's perfect. You're doing the best you can.

Stop being so hard on yourself.

Had anyone actually seen him since the mutiny? Or is this just Russian way to tie up loose ends...

You'd think with all the meds floating around in this country at least SOME of the crazy would be toned-down just a notch...

Trump gutted the EPA. Chevron is, it seems, taking full advantage of the weakened watchdog.

BBC article dances all around but does not say it was suicide. No outlet has said it was suicide. (It was most probably suicide.)

Dictating. First stop on the World Dictator Tour.

The Age of Plastics, y'all.

aka The End Time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_time

That ship has sailed ... it is this way. Adapt or die.

CNN's credibility is pretty questionable these days ... I'll wait for better vetted evidence, thanks (and, from the sounds coming outta Mr. Smith's office, there's plenty).

They build, sell tickets, and launch from somewhere ... OceanGate is run from offices in Everett, Washington, USA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OceanGate

It should have been avoided. Facts tell us very clearly it could not have been: there has been zero regulatory appetite for this activity, in the U.S. or elsewhere. And adventure-seekers will amuse themselves even at the expense of other's lives. Amoral profiteers abound. Caveat Emptor.

Blue collar workers in Michigan are not the Blue Wall they once were (just over half ~56% voted for Biden over Trump in 2020, better than what Hillary got at ~53% - but in the good old days, that would have been close to 100%) And they're <15% of those who are employed in the state now compared to >25% as recently as 1989.

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-increased-share-michigan-union-vote-1545097

https://www.bls.gov/regions/midwest/data/unionmembershiphistorical_michigan_table.htm

Oakland County is where nearly all the Michigan auto executives live (and nearly all vote Republican). They are pushing the accelerated move to EVs based on market and regulatory conditions worldwide so their companies can stay in business into the future. Pretty amazing that TheDonald chose this particular venue - a fundraiser - to piss on their shoes...

Our mastador, Agie, was our 25th wedding anniversary gift to each other. Big black dog I wanted to name Silver but husband vetoed (our friends already think I'm a bit 'special') so Agie it was. Most recent Newfoundland we named Skadi. She loved winter but couldn't hunt worth a lick and was only fierce with snowballs stuck between her toes. She was a love muffin...

Nearest Target to me is an hour away. I really thought our one local bank surely had wifi (no, of course a bank doesn't have wifi, silly, security too big a risk, duh). It's our little teeny 1930s public library or nothing. So this San Francisco story hit me square in the chops as something like that here would take away our only free access point. Why would anybody do that?!?