It's in your hands now, California. Polls close at 8pm — and if you're voting for me, you're voting for this. Get out there.

Fuel costs are on people's minds these days. I made up a quick homemade bumper sticker to explain how I've been saving money on gasoline.

You can safely drop off your Vote By Mail ballot at Ballot drop boxes, Vote Centers, or you can vote in person at local vote centers as well!

California friends, June 2 is Election Day. 🇺🇸 If you've been hanging on to your ballot, be reminded that it is due tomorrow!

"The choice is stark: cut and slash deeper or find more money. There’s lots of money out there basically just playing financial games; it needs to be put to work doing something useful." https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2026/05/03/Life-During-Class-Wartime

Forgot to take a picture before slicing it! There were about 40 key limes in the bag and I had to use them all to get a cup of juice. My citrus press got a workout, but it was worth it.

"Old Dudes Who Get FAT In Winter Racing Team" Relatable

The UC Berkeley IGS poll is out! Becerra 25 Hilton 21 Steyer 19 Californians: it is your patriotic duty to vote for Steyer to give us a Becerra/Steyer matchup so we can depress Republican turnout for every congressional and down ballot race in the state. www.latimes.com/california/s...

Nobody wants to stop a billionaire from buying an election as much as ... other billionaires.

We are writing a book! globalreports.columbia.edu/books/our-he... Drops October 2026 with @abduwelia.bsky.social Reporting this book was such an adventure. This is a story I never thought I’d have access to, and I’m thrilled to share it w readers who watch either the Syria and/or China space.

First time I've felt uncomfortable about a newcomer cruising the neighborhood.

RE: https://sfba.social/@morgan/116648819205756143 "Burmester, encouraged by his companion, decided however to try to make the Fredericksburg brewery, between Santa Clara and San Jose, and there get beer and sandwiches to carry them through till breakfast."

A cool explanation of doing research on local history to authentically model industries on a model railroad set in Santa Clara, CA. http://vasonabranch.blogspot.com/2026/05/structures-and-stories-reproducing.html

A theme I experienced yesterday is the human need to make. https://dannyman.toldme.com/2026/05/27/survive-sketch-plane/

People complain about the record gasoline prices. People should be far more upset about the record heat waves and droughts.

"The last thing we need right now is a war that's 9,500 miles away." -DJT

JFC

-18 yr old high school student crying and saying she just wanted to graduate senior year -Pregnant woman unable to get full OBGYN medical support -Woman who had a miscarriage in the detention facility and left to manage all on her own (2/8)

As usual, let me point out how I know that the bad food is on purpose and not a lack of funding or competence: they won’t let anyone else supply better food.

Q: Why was it that Dick Cheney had a safe the size of a man in his office? A: Americans will do anything to avoid using the metric system.

Thighmaxxing

Cañon City Cañon City has a tourist railroad. I gave the Royal Gorge Route Railroad a pass. https://dannyman.toldme.com/2026/04/16/canon-city/

We all know Trump is making shit up again why is NPR breathlessly analyzing whatever deal is nowhere near completion?

New phrase to whisper in a lovers ear as you are making love

Charging a car and the dryer is running, our house is drawing 12 kW. That's a lot of energy. I pull up the state's grid status and see that the state is currently running at 93% renewables and batteries are charging. It is good to live in California. [1/2]

Hegseth: You can't throw your pronouns at the enemy. Ukraine: Yes we can. Periodic reminder that Ukraine has the gayest, transest, queerest armed service in Europe.

A young couple was chalking the sidewalk I ♥️ BIRTHDAY SE The girl couldn't keep a straight face Her friend helped along I ♥️ BIRTHDAY SE\ She finished the masterpiece I ♥️ BIRTHDAY SEVEN I ♥️ BIRTHDAYS SIX SEVEN

Give Kilmar Abrego Garcia the whole $1.776 billion and we'll call it good.

Easter Egg?

First and likely last time staying up late to watch a late night show. (I usually stream.)

Remember: it was purely a financial decision.

In high school I found there was exactly the essay I needed at the back of a cliffs notes but I disagreed with the analysis so I wrote an essay refuting that essay and I got an A. No idea what book it was about that I never read.

No you are not the only person who wonders why a German car company decided to put Hitler mustaches on their cars. https://www.reddit.com/r/BadDesigns/comments/1dztfjj/heil_bmw/

The news has become such a grind. A friendly face samples the day’s crimes, chews a few bites into a bolus of rage, breaded in wry humor with a tangy glaze of hopeful frustration, and pops it down my exhausted, slack-jawed maw. [1/2] dannyman.toldme.com/2026/05/21/t...

you can't have ointment without an appointment

Counting down the evenings!

Dude has a point. UP is underwhelming and that NS loco is hot. I admire goth girls on principle, of course.

Donald Trump says America needs a $1.7 billion slush fund to redistribute taxpayer money to pro-Trump felons, including financial criminals and January 6th rioters. His political opponents disagree.

This is a cat check point. Relinquish your most recent cat picture on your phone

The one history book every car technology fetishist should read ... and that the rest of us should read to better defend ourselves. My review of Peter Norton's excellent "Autonorama". humantransit.org/2023/06/the-...

CW: Child Abuse https://www.npr.org/2026/05/14/nx-s1-5821682/salmon-river-mohawk-children

If you're tired of 6D chess and just want a decent idea which candidate best represents your views: https://calmatters.org/california-voter-guide-2026/governor/quiz/

“In 2023 Mexico’s birth rate fell below that of the US for the first time — as, subsequently, did those of Brazil, Tunisia, Iran and Sri Lanka.” www.ft.com/content/fba3...

Last year's Trade War gave China leverage over the US economy. This year's Iran War gave Iran leverage over the world economy.

Next week's conservative talking point on the unreliability of solar power just dropped. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/solar-power-production-undercut-by-coal-pollution/

RE: https://mstdn.social/@DemocracyMattersALot/116579227765667435 My Paramount Plus subscription conveniently lapses in early June. When I filled out the cancellation dialog I clicked Other and typed the words "Stephen Colbert"

Not without mirth do I watch The Great and Mighty Donald Trump so openly grovel at the feet of the Emperor of China. I look forward to one day having a leader who believes in the United States.

BURGUM: When the sun goes down, solar produces zero electricity HUFFMAN: I want to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the secretary is unaware of -- it's a battery

This is why you need to mix iced tea with the lemonade.