Capitalism lets the corporations take your input and data and turn it into AI that then takes your job. People should be compensated for the use of our data! Cut work hours and give everyone UBI to make up the difference. I'm all for AI, but fair is fair.

Me, every Halloween growing up: We didn't really get any trick or treaters last night. My friends: Which house is yours? Me: You go past the cemetery at the end of town, about a quarter mile up the lane, then we live at the top of that hill... Oh well, more Good and Plenty and Almond Joy for us!

My low-key Halloween decor

Been watching Task, by the same creator as Mare of Eastown, and it also takes place in Delco. The accents are seriously so good with one huge exception. It's LANCaster, not LanCASTer. That's the CA pronunciation! They've got "wooter" down pat, and there was even a scrapple reference. Come on, guys!

My least favorite aspect to living in AZ. We have snake proofing but this guy must have gotten into the garage when it was open. It was literally on the doormat that leads from the garage into the house when he stepped out over it. He only saw it when he had one leg on each side of it.

Today I wasn't in a big hurry after my ten mile bike ride so I agreed to let the pharmacist give me the 4 vaccines I was eligible for. After he finished the last one he said "Yeah, you might not be feeling great tomorrow."

Costco is beloved for many reasons, not least a particularly stellar food-court deal: a hot dog and soda for $1.50. When a reporter asked the company’s former C.E.O. what it would mean if the price were raised, he replied, “That I’m dead.”

We haven't been to the Big Island in twenty years and we are headed back in December. We tried to find the place we stayed last time and guess what? It no longer exists. That whole area is under lava now.

"A lot of fun" is quite a descriptor for a man who raped underage women at Epstein's so-called massage parties

-Today, Prince Andrew gave up his royal title because of his ties with the child-rapist, Jeffrey Epstein. -Tomorrow, millions will be protesting against a slobbery, abhorrent man with ties to Epstein, who Republicans think should be king.

Me, to my BIL: Wow, your sisters sure are chummy all of a sudden. My BIL: Yeah, it's been hard since Mom died, but I think they are going to try Ozempic. Me: Uhm, what? ... Me: Did you actually think I said they were "chubby"?

The way our house cleaners hang up our towels looks spooky!

Salt Lake City peeps--if you know someone looking for a great house in Cottonwood Heights, we just finished getting my mother-in-law's place ready to sell, and it is great! www.utahrealestate.com/2117675?st_i...

Is this when democracy died?

This is what happens when I go to Fry's

Calvin (gray cat) committing hate crimes against Susie (tortie). She's not amused by his leg to the throat action designed to keep her away from cuddles.

Met up for a family dinner tonight at a place that used to be called Wang's Express but due to the font and spacing it always read like Wang Sexpress

Still waiting for an answer on this one. Dear MAGA: why would Donald consider pardoning Maxwell, a sex trafficker for Epstein? Again a reminder, Biden is not president and you guys called for the release of the files repeatedly. So… why?

Every marketing conversation I've ever had: Me: I'm just not getting a good ROI. You cost more than I'm getting. Them: I hear you, but have you considered giving us MORE of your money?

Florida's 1,100 natural springs face threats from reduced flow, habitat loss, and excessive algae. Many popular springs are impaired by pollution, despite $357 million spent on restoration since 2011. A geographer explains how to restore them:

Great promotion. Would you like add a soda to your soda?

Nice

If you take the idea of demons literally, I have to conclude that you are either: 1) psychotic, or 2) at a really fun slumber party

Tonight's Head and the Heart concert in Phoenix

Best nicknames I've heard for Pete Hegseth so far: Whiskey Leaks Pete Kegsbreath

I listened to Nineteen, the 80s dance mix by Paul Hardcastle about the Vietnam War: 1) it's basically wikipedia set to techno pop, 2) that song still slaps www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVlC...

Oklahoma just got a little bit more OK with this change

1) That's an extremely flattering statue of Trump looking young & fit, and 2) please please please let the statue be called "the wonderful secret"

Anybody else not super pumped about seeing the LDS church join with Evangelicals to bar trans people from becoming a protected class? This is designed to support that canard that religious bigots are the real victims here. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." George Orwell

I can't wait until 25+ years from now when school children are required to watch Succession as part of their civic instruction on how democracies die. **That presumes that at some point, the US moves on from demagogues and sanity is restored.

So, are there restrooms? Are they sorry??

Just saw a section in the menu for "fur babies" and it took me a minute to realize it wasn't veal etc, that it was for pets. And that's the difference between restaurants in Oregon and Arizona. Gotta say, I haven't had a bad meal here yet, nor a good ice cream.

Judging by their rulings, the conservative justices of the Supreme Court believe that the use of race to improve political and economic outcomes for minorities is intolerable, but using race as a proxy for who does not belong in this country is permissible.

Remember that one time when a podcaster with no credentials fired a top Utah FBI investigator, then had to find an assassin without her help. How'd that work out?

Just got this instruction about the Airbnb we are headed to tonight

According to this the south didn’t have slaves, only 4 million unpaid interns.”

This could legit be a poster at BYU, the headquarters of Tobias Funke accidental double entendres

This reminds me of when we were eating lunch in a cafe in Greece, and a French woman went inside to get her husband a cold cut sandwich. There was a very skinny stray kitten begging from all the patrons. She fed the meat to the cat, then told her husband "Sorry, they only had tomato left." Respect.

And likewise, Mike Johnson using a Christian "accountability" app with his son is just him being an FBI informant on his son..for God.

Good one.

We adopted a cat whose owner died, and sometimes she licks my arm, then eventually takes a little bite, and I keep wondering just how long her previous owner was dead before they found her.

So are we going to just ignore the fact that every episode of Season 3 of Strange New Worlds is a rehash of an existing episode of original series? These updates are not inherently bad, but we can't really have run out of ideas already, right?

These little guys.. So pure

"History will remember [Trump] as America’s least convincing con man — a greasy orange sideshow who thought he was Caesar but came off like Mussolini if Mussolini had been cast in a porno spoof filmed in a strip-mall tanning salon." @jojofromjerz.bsky.social nails it every time

"Expressed frustration" is basically on par with the profiles in courage of the founding fathers in 2025. Also peak courage in 2025: "Huffed audibly" "Rolled his eyes" "Testily shuffled papers" "Waved a hand while raising an eyebrow" "Texted SMDH to like-minded colleagues"

Anyone else ever think about how the Union won the Civil War, but apparently the Confederacy was just playing the long game?

"Their tears flowed for the loss of a father and a friend, though their hearts rejoiced in the thoughts of being left to their own disposal.” Jane Austen wrote that at age 12. AGE TWELVE.

Living in Phoenix, we generally don't get tornadoes, volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes or tsunamis, but we do get haboobs.

Every time someone refers to The Dark Knight, I always think they are talking about A Knight's Tale