I got my second #shingles vaccine yesterday. Today I feel like I have a severe #flu. This is the suck. But it’s better than shingles. Please comment with pictures of cats. It’s what I need today get through today.

You all do realize #swearing in #Grijalva doesn't matter, right? The bill will pass the House. It likely won't pass the Senate, but even if it does, it will be vetoed. And there's no way there are the votes to override a veto. The #Epstein files won't be released this way. Someone's gotta leak.

Okay, presuming that the government re-opens and there's nothing that can be done about it, does that not mean the House must go into session? Does that then mean we get our 218th signature and a vote in seven days? #epstein #house #shutdown #discharge #vote Right?

Sitting on a plane headed home, Miami to Seattle. I’m working on code, using a remote LLM as a wingman. My watch thumps me as my daughter sends a photo. I’m living in the future I envisioned when I was ten.

Grijalva is the legally elected and certified representative. “Swearing in” is a ceremony. She can take any oath on her own by declaration. She should just show up and start doing her job. Democrats should support this. Anyone who doesn’t like it can sue.

California Prop 50 Passes!

$130 million “donation” 1.3 million active duty military. Paycheck: $100 each. Not even enough for gas.

I honestly think the day I finish my todo list and have all my shit together is the day the political situation crosses the line and it all comes tumbling down.

We should stop saying “ #antifa “ It sounds like an organization. It sounds abstract. Say “Anti Fascist.” Call it what it is. Make the #fascists call it what it is. Make them say, “I don’t like Anti Fascism.”

What we need is a General #Strike on Black Friday.

I think the thing I regret most about the current political situation is that because of it, we will now never call this decade the "roaring 20s."

Have a judge swear her in. Just do it. Then she signs the petition. Put MAGA on the defensive for a change. Just do it.

The new official White House portrait of #King #Trump and his jester, #Vance.

Today was National Coming Out Day. I remain sad that I must note that I'm about as vanilla cis-het as they come, as my gay friends seem to be the coolest of people. And to remain so in light of the struggles is even more of an endorsement. I'll just stay in my corner and dream of Anne Hathaway ;)

It is said that #Trump is going wild, and #Congress won’t stop him. Speculation is that Trump has something on almost everyone. What if it’s the other way around? What if #Vought and #Miller and crew have something on Trump and the Congressional leaders, letting THEM run wild?

The #insurrection won't be televised, because there is no insurrection.

If you can refuse to bake a gay wedding cake, you can refuse to feed #ICE agents or let them use your #restroom. The law of unintended consequences.

Everyone seems to think the #Epstein #files are this huge bombshell that is so damaging that we’re getting all these huge distractions. But didn’t thousands of low-level FBI staffers scrub the files? And not a single one has leaked such a shocking bit of them? What am I missing?

#Washington teen claims #Build-a-Bear refused to name a bear after #Kirk. But they will, of course, have to bake her a gay wedding cake, I hear.

Apparently, a beard is now an unapproved form of self-expression. But nazi tattoos are just fine. In case you were unsure.

I wonder if that IRS audit is done yet, so we can get his taxes disclosed already…

I suppose one of my biggest disappointments these days is the realization that #aliens aren’t here and #UFOs aren’t real. There is no way #Trump could keep that a secret.

It's been a while. Has anyone checked in with Susan Collins to see if she's concerned about any of (waves hands) all of this? #susan #collins #is #concerned

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San Diego next week to visit Verisign.

A poem, based on a theme by @muellershewrote.com www.facebook.com/thedogberry/... (Linking to my Facebook - like a good GenX does - as it's too long for BlueSky)

Kimmel is not fired, he is "suspended." That's a distinction without a difference. Or is it difference without a distinction? So hard to tell these days. Me? I'm going to give it until Tuesday. If he's not "unsuspended," will be cancelling my Disney+ bundle. Yes, that means no Star Wars, and Hulu.

Galileo and Kepler say hello!

I am now receiving spam texts promoting right wing violence. Spoofed number. No attribution.

What if #Trump is so afraid of the #Epstein files because once a large number of those named in them are exposed, Trump loses most of his leverage ( #kompromat ) on them?

I got three vaccines yesterday. Flu, Covid, and shingles. Today I’m sore and achey and generally wiped. Totally worth it.

#Trump saying he is disappointed in #Putin is like Susan #Collins being “concerned.”

My guess is Venezuela.

To those saying that the pictures of #Trump are a body double. I get it. They do look odd. But consider, there is NO WAY that such a thing could be kept secret for long. I don't care how irrational these people are, you don't do that KNOWING you'll be caught. I'm certain something is up. But fakes?

Hmmmm.... #WheresTrump?

I just finished my monthly meeting with my future self, and I brought myself a copy of Taylor’s breakup album after her divorce in 2031. It’s really good. #taylor #swift #engagement

If you solve the problem of superconducting at room temperature and pressure, you save the world. Literally. You solve the water issue. You solve power. You solve hunger. You eliminate the need for fossil fuels. Oh. That’s why we don’t have it yet.

The economy is like an earthquake fault, building pressure. I have a credit score over 830 and very low debt. Yet my new rate is 33.49% This fault is going to build and slip. #economy #rates #inflation

Do androids dream of electric sheep? My LLM, HAL, snoozing. #hal #llm #ai

Why does 47 want to eliminate mail-in voting and go strictly to same-day tabulation and then close it off? Because that's how he won in 2024, if you believe the reporting that Musk and team had control of the tabulators, and that there was undeniable evidence of this. Do you believe that?

Side by side, apples to apples comparison of GPT 5 vs. Claude 4 Sonnet for coding this weekend. Claude is kicking GPT’s ass soundly. This isn’t a contest. But it was fun to find out.

Happy Caturday from Kepler!

Breaking: #Trump announces tariffs on Canadian #wildfire #smoke being illegally imported by air. National Weather Service says yeah, whatever.

@katmabu.bsky.social - this vacation doesn’t suck. #kat #diesnotsuck

Nothing compares to the last day of a vacation. All day at the beach on a tropical island. Then tomorrow is travel 4000 miles home. Then one extra day off because you ALWAYS do that to reorient yourself. And then start thinking about the next one. December. #vacation #cruise #royalcaribbean