Not over yet though. Last week vs this week.

This is one of many reasons why we don’t need any additional data centers/golf courses/

Upon rereading Fahrenheit 451, I feel that a modern title could be “I Blame Our Screens” or “TikTok Wrecked Us.”

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deer flyby

whoopie pie skunk


went to radford, visited a couple of neat spots. hot wheels store, paper assembly, and a creative reuse spot. picked up a couple of art cars, lots of art supplies.

Came home,  watched a bit more nautilus,  enjoyed some Arnold Palmers with BHK, and we read a bit, recharged a bit

Just sold off some excess grapes from the vines- made $100, and we still have plenty to snack on and jelly this season.

Kept mostly the green grapes,  as they dont sell as well, but are still delicious. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nautilus_(TV_series)

Probably better than it had any right to be, honestly.

It took quite a few liberties with the source, but not so many that it is a crime against nature. (Fair to good acting, nice sets and FX, nice anti-imperialist message.)

Nemo is a little young (I always pictured him as 40-50 in the book), and his personality isn’t really the same as I remember. I miss the much larger crew, but they had some other characters to add for various reasons. I’d say it is more of a prequel, sort of a “two decades before the book” kind of thing.

https://archive.org/details/warnerbros.cartoonspecialnormannormal1968videodailymotion

Warner Bros. Cartoon Special Norman Normal 1968

deer flyby

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An audiobook listing for “The Communist Manifesto” written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. On the left is the book cover featuring a sketch of Marx and Engels. On the right, the text reads “The Communist Manifesto,” followed by the authors’ names, and “Narrated by Adam West.” Below the title details, icons and text indicate it is an audiobook, unabridged, with a duration of 1 hour and 19 minutes, and eligible for a benefit or credit.

deer and birds

This is pretty neat, going to try it out later.

xpiatio.github.io/Hearthwave/

Hearthwave turns any home server into a shared radio station you reach from any browser. It transcribes what comes over the air and speaks what you type — so no one is left off the channel.

Via Wonder Woman #777 (2021)

— Scottobear (@scottobear.bsky.social) 2026-08-10T21:08:32.679Z

This is some garbage level reporting, with the AI formatting on top to take bad/incorrect information and make it into an unreadable,  useless bit of text that only shows how little the Rambler now cares about content curation and fact checking.

AI can be a useful tool, but the way that article was slapped together and implemented was an embarrassment to news media.

rocket the baby skunk(speedy baby) and angel skunk (has scapula and head marks) aug 12 2026

#backyardzoo #roanokeva #skunk

Do you ever think about how certain types of stones make certain Pokémon evolve and how you probably haven’t touched every kind of stone on Earth yet?

Food for thought.

Stills from the intro of Snoopy, Come Home (1972) dir. Bill Melendez

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murderbot_(TV_series)

Maybe in my top two favorite overall shows of the year.( I loved widows bay, but the end of the season got a little soft at the bottom.  Still solid A material though)

Murderbot, while not as brilliant as Widow’s Bay at its best, was consistently solid entertainment throughout. I hear there is a series of books, and I will likely investigate them before season two comes out (if it comes out, in these uncertain times)

Audiobook

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https://soinformed.substack.com/p/the-majority-of-states-in-the-us?r=27mhps&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true

Some U.S. states designate clergy as mandatory reporters of child abuse, but 32 states explicitly exempt religious leaders from reporting abuse if the information is learned during a protected confidential rite, such as a sacramental confession. These exemptions protect the religious privilege of confidentiality, though legislative debates and legal challenges continue nationwide.

Yeah, no. Believe in whatever spiritual thing you like, but commit earth crimes on kids, freedom of religion can get waived on that, in my opinion.

To put this into perspective: when you see a therapist or other mental healthcare professional, for example, you work with them under “therapist-patient privilege”. This means that what you share with them cannot be shared with others; it creates a standard of trust.

However, if you disclose to your therapist that you have harmed or intend to harm another person, or have been the victim of child abuse, your therapist must report this.