Getting a fresh dryer tomorrow, as replacing the heating element in the nearly 20 year old one would cost nearly as much as the new one we have picked out including delivery, install and hauling away the old steel carcass.
Bernie Sanders and AOC aren’t holding rallies so they can run for president in 2028.
They’re holding rallies so SOMEBODY can run for president in 2028.
Other languages have phrases like “rightie tightie, leftie loosie” to remember which way to turn screws/lids/etc , too.
In Spanish, the phrase is: “La derecha oprime, la izquierda libera.” or: “The right oppresses, the left liberates.”
(Now I kind of want to put this on a t shirt)
I was thinking, “Oh, a dark dramatic version of Red Dwarf would be great,” then realized that’s Silent Running.
Bald eagles in my In-laws neighborhood
#photography #baldeagle #nest
Quoting a friend on my friendly neighborhood discord-
‘I hate how every trashy or tragic event gets turned into a TV show these days and usually within weeks. No, I don’t want to watch your hastily cobbled together exploitative “Last Days of Gene Hackman” bullshit.’
Fire on 311 is contained, but still a pretty scary sight.
In more accuracy and tech destroying news, weather forecasts will now be less accurate.
There is a very real legal argument to make about whether training AI with established works constitutes Fair Use under the law. That’s for the courts and Congress to decide.
But Meta pirated millions of books without paying. And that, my friends, is not up for debate. That’s several million crimes
Too bad for MacReady & Co. , but I suppose the rest of us are safe. They never should have let that dog into camp.
#news #thething #antarctica #kurtrussell #wilfordbrimley
https://www.newsweek.com/antarctica-south-africa-assault-sanae-iv-2046979
Oh, yeah, good luck with this, by the way.
https://www.newsweek.com/antarctica-sanae-iv-south-african-national-space-agency-sansa-2047122
**Note: These pictures are all from the fire yesterday (3-21-25) on Route 311 in the Masons Cove area of Roanoke County.
Updated Information on that fire as of 3-22-25 at 1:30 p.m. After having walked the entire perimeter of the fire, the fire is estimated at 83 acres and not 200. The fire is 60% contained. About 36 people from RCFRD, Virginia Department of Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service are on scene to continue fighting this fire. Two bulldozers are also on scene to help build containment lines. A helicopter is staging in Blacksburg if needed. No structures have been threatened and there are no injuries or displacements.
Shot of the fire in Catawba, Roanoke, Virginia
Fire on the mountain today-
Roanoke County Fire & Rescue says the fire near Route 311 in the Hanging Rock area is now 50 percent contained. The fire has burned more than 200 acres.
Pearl has a box and a sunbeam. Happy girl.
