Matthew Yglesias summarized the #IranWar as the United States: "Using air power to make daily life miserable for civilians in the target country, hoping that will induce them to overthrow the adversary regime." Chances of success are between slim and none.
#mismanagement #PoorPlanning #military

Sears was a very good chain of stores. This is why Sears is failing:
"Why Sears’s Last Great Hope Was a Promise That Never Materialized. Only five Sears stores remain in the country, with the end likely near for what was once the mightiest American retailer":
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/business/sears-seritage-edward-lampert.html
#mismanagement #PoorPlanning #ConflictsOfInterest

They cut down two lovely red cedars to put in another box house. It's so stupid: increase the hardscapes on a hill, dig a big hole and destroy the soil structure, in a rainy season, increase the runoff, etc etc. Seattle keeps destroying its trees and wondering why there are landslides.
#BadConstruction #PoorPlanning #SeattleDestroyingTrees

North Korean Scammers Are Doing Architectural Design Now

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/north-korean-scammers-are-doing-architectural-design-now/

Headed to Trader Joe’s on Sunday afternoon - wish me luck! #poorplanning #foolserrand

Spending 10 days in #Italy's #Abruzzo region in #Ortona where the water is being turned off from 7pm to around 7am because of a shortage partly due to lack of meltwater and partly due to leaking water supply infrastructure #ClimateChange #poorplanning

Me: ooh, my local butcher has free range stewing hens on sale in packs of ten! (Orders ten chickens)
Me, two minutes later: oh, I may have to rearrange the freezer. Me, confronting a completely packed freezer: Well, bugger.
#cooking #poorplanning