@lopta

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I walk around and plug things in.

The great thing about abbreviations and acronyms is that you can reassign the expansions of the letters to meet your current narrative.

For instance, the "S" in "AI" obviously stands for "Safety," "Security," and "Sanity," and the "R" stands for "Responsibility" and "Respect."

Gros Morne: Walk on the Mantle

At Gros Morne National Park, you can walk on the Earth's mantle. This UNESCO site in Newfoundland features the Tablelands, a massive slab of rust-coloured peridotite rock forced up from deep within the planet. This barren landscape, where few plants survive, is a visible lesson in plate tectonics and stands in stark contrast to the park's lush, green fjords. #Canada #GrosMorne #Geology #Newfoundland πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gros_Morne_National_Park

Now that is one hell of a cover.
I turned right instead of left on my lunchtime walk only to discover Boston is being attacked by Kaiju. It’s not AI. It’s public art! https://www.winteractive.org

The bizarre, self-inflicted partial shutdown of U.S. continues β€” immigration, airport security, FEMA, and many other services are on life support.

Meanwhile, in Canada...πŸ˜‚

Showing my son some Sinclair Spectrum games on the YouTube. #speccy
Is there a rule of thumb for #bicycles that don’t get used often where the tires should be changed out after so many years?

I keep seeing framing like THESE ARE RECORD STORMS/FIRES and even if they attribute it to #climatechange, it's still "this is an outlier" not "this will get worse and worse" much less "this will get worse in ways we can't actually predict."

And almost zero sense that we should *prepare*.

Oh no! Looks like an iMiEV was damaged in the storm. :-( #ev