Prepping for another Dark Lord Day in NW Indiana. The weather is clearing up nicely. In the distance is Teibel’s. I believe you need to be 93 or older to enter. #bskybeer

On another economic note - retail sales figures are NOT adjusted for inflation. Inflation’s effect on prices can drive perceived increases even though actual activity may be flat.

On my Bloomberg feed: 10:15 Iran has roughy 10% of drone, missile capability left: Cooper 10:21 Ship sunk inn Hormuz Strait after suspected drone attack: WSJ

Some clarity on today’s news headlines: The Producer Price Index, ex food and energy, was up 5.2% year over year. The headline number was 6.0% year over year. BUT, if you annualize the month over month figures from this morning, you’re looking at nearly 17% and 12%.

1/2 Birds today at Nayanquing - tree swallow, sandhill crane, goldfinch, Savannah sparrow, ring-necked pheasant, song sparrow, swamp sparrow, barn swallow, red-singed blackbird, sore (heard), Canada goose, killdeer, pied-billed grebe (heard), Sora (heard only, but we looked hard),

I'm fairly certain there aren't any experts "wondering." apnews.com/article/cdc-...

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The Pentagon is releasing more UFO files today. Announcements like this make me even more glad I’m not on Twitter so I don’t have to see “those” posts.

I Robot. 75-85 years ago. I’m re-reading it for the first time in a very long time. It’s a more timely book today than when I first read it over 40 years ago. Asimov was a bit of a prophet.

As someone who has been all over the finance business for 30+ years, where do people think those gigantic bonuses come from? It's NOT performance of the investments. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Yard work. Spring cleaning. Car washing. It’s too nice out to simply work all weekend. I’m old and sore. #bskybeer

Not sure why I’d post this now, but the last time we removed trade restrictions AND raised income taxes on the highest earners, we had the best economy of our lifetimes.

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I don't want to promote stereotypes, but I actually eat about seven bananas each week.

Burning winter debris. Will take all day. Fire and alcohol make a safe mix. Thank you to Moody’s for the insulated cup so I can keep the ashes out. #bskybeer

What are the odds of a nuke hitting Iran at 8:45 PM this evening? This is the insane shit nobody had to even think about 18 months ago.

Grand Rapids,MI #nokings

As gas pushes above $4 here, all I can say is this EV is amazing and so fun to drive. I even made the conscious decision last year to NOT buy the SS version because I knew I wouldn't behave myself. (0-60 in 3.3 seconds=bail money.) If you haven't tested an EV yet, do it.

A celebration of Chuck Norris’ life must include . . . m.youtube.com/watch?v=K2_S...

Video of me driving home today in my EV.

RFK Jr. Urges Americans To Grow Lots Of Pubes To Keep Bugs From Crawling In Cockhole https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-urges-americans-to-grow-lots-of-pubes-to-keep-bugs-from-crawling-in-cockhole/

Me driving past all of the gas stations in my EV this morning.

Timely. “Padded with power here they come, international loan sharks backed by the guns of market hungry military profiteers, whose word is a swamp and whose brow is smeared with the blood of the poor.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz-X...

Out with the bad, in with the, ah, fuck.

Rant time. I do NOT want or need a thinner, lighter laptop. Make it four times as thick and three pounds heavier so it can hold four batteries instead of one.

Haven’t been drinking much at all lately. Forgot I had this one. Lighter than most barrel-aged stouts. By that I mean it’s not as thick and treacally (sp?). Pretty good.

I'm trying to imagine the response if a country actively killed the Pope. Do you think the Catholics of the world would just sit back and say OK, we give up? This is going to get ugly. (Let's ignore the pedophile protectionism for the sake of this argument even thought it's ridiculously timely.)

"Please turn off your ad blocker!" And this is what I get.

Shingrix #2 done.

They could have come to Michigan instead. arstechnica.com/science/2026...

What a game. Wow.

Zero minutes. This is amazing.

US is lucky this is still 1-1.

20 minutes.

Today's response to "what'd you do in school" from my natural-science-major child: "Sedated fruit flies"

@drjengunter.bsky.social This just slid across on another site I occasionally hit. Classic.

A Valentine’s Day cartoon for @newscientist.com

You can’t tell from this picture, but that’s not a squirrel with a corncob. That’s a squirrel with a stick of butter.

Should I be investing in the stocks of dildo manufacturers? Are there any domestic dildo manufacturers or do the buyers end up funding tariffs on dildo imports?

Super Bowl Sunday deserves a beer that last all evening. #craftbeer #bskybeer

Revolution brought back this BA Scotch Ale that I didn't try last time they had it. Very good. #bskybeer

Dark Lord Day tickets went on sale a couple of hours ago for those who are interested. Much easier to get tickets than ten years ago. #stouterday #craftbeer #bskybeer

I went to check if CBS had shifted on the graph yet and noticed this. Charlie Kirk (may he rest peacefully in hell) is listed as farther right and less reliable than InfoWars. Than InfoWars. app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/intera...

After today, I figured a non-traditional, overly sweet, non-import, American made beer from a company that makes lot of barrel-aged stuff was the appropriate choice. Sigh. #craftbeer #bskybeer

Another reminder of why the McCaskeys shouldn't own a football team. www.espn.com/espn/feature...

Happy birthday to Phil Collins. If memory serves, he was discovered after a pairing with internationally renowned comedic genius @emophilips.bsky.social on Miami Vice. Then he made some albums or something. m.youtube.com/watch?v=jci5...