How many times have you had COVID (that you know of)?

(Boosts are fine)

So it needs an iron, it only has one pocket because of the side zip and the lettering on the butt bit didn't really come out as clear I would like. However I now declare, what I'm calling the Shimoda skirt, done.

#sewing #startrek #greatestgen

New Blog Post: Executive Function Theft

http://hedgehoglibrarian.com/2023/08/14/executive-function-theft/

In which I seek to name something I keep encountering...

As foretold in the ancient prophecies!

#bear #bears #animal #animals #weirddog #IKnowItsABear #humor #humour #funny

#ClimateChange -driven disruptions are going to challenge the state structure in a few important ways:

- People are going to move to new places, away from the worst-hit places to also-hit places that already have few resources to address the needs of people who already live there.

- A lot of them are going to be hungry, thirsty, hot, and angry.

- Investment in future economic activity will be worth less as climate becomes less predictable, especially in places that already depend heavily on agriculture and pastoralism for most incomes. Elites will be a lot more focused on grabbing whatever they can, now, than in investing in the public to extract more later.

- Expectations will be thwarted more rapidly. Anyone expecting that *this* coup will be the one that finally fixes the mess of the last administration will rapidly become disillusioned, so surely the *next* coup will follow in short order.

The old state system that the world has taken for granted as an a priori obvious fixture of the global stage is already fatally broken across the Sahel and the Levant into Iraq. Mexico and Central America are in bad shape. Judging from climate models, the Indian subcontinent should be next.

Watched the #StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds musical episode tonight - I kind of hated it tbh. Actors did a great job - that's a hard thing to pull off what they all did; however, it was by far my least favorite #SNW episode. I think it also tipped the S2 scale to a direction where most of the cohesion/balance that S1 had has been replaced patchwork of inconsistent tone/direction. It's a shame because they had a near perfect "out there" episode just 2 weeks ago.

I'm glad others enjoyed it though.