Yes, they do, sadly.
Weird New Spam
I’m getting messages like this, addressed to no one I’ve ever heard of, from someone I’ve never heard of, subject: “Out of Office”
"Thank you for your email! Please note that I will be out of the office (without access to phone or email) until August 26, 2024, and will respond to your email as soon as possible following my return. If you have a question regarding the CAP, CAPS or Clergy Care programs, or if you would like to complete an intake, please call our office at 905-528-0353. If you are in crisis and need to talk to someone, please consider reaching out to COAST at 905-972-8338, or calling 911. Thank you. Take care, Tom
I (and likely many others) must be on BCC. Any ideas what this is about?
[Update a while later]
I just got a reply to it from some other annoyed person asking to be removed from the distribution list. I haven’t done so, because I’m afraid it’s a phishing expedition to see if my email is real.
Is Kamala Drunk?
It’s not an unreasonable question.
[Update a few minutes later]
How to tell Kamala isn’t polling well.
[Update mid morning]
EXACTLY….THIS is Kamala Harris to a tee… 💯 pic.twitter.com/7nLq3RtUAd
— ❤️🔥 𝓓𝓪𝓻 ❤️🔥 (@DameScorpio) August 19, 2024
[Late-morning update]
Rumors Swirl That Kamala Harris Is Being Influenced By Russian Agent https://t.co/KNKAC2xmro pic.twitter.com/7QDQnesvqi
— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) August 19, 2024
Will They Do A Catch Attempt?
The latest from Starbase:
Still Walking Away
Brandon Straka, six years later:
6 Years Later: Why I Still #WalkAway From the Democrat Party
— Brandon Straka #WalkAway (@BrandonStraka) August 16, 2024
On May 26, 2018, Brandon Straka shared a video about why he was walking away from the Democrat Party. That video went viral and launched the #WalkAway Campaign, a movement that led to hundreds of thousands of people… pic.twitter.com/R4Q9Ivbiv7
Linux Problem
I changed my hostname. Upon reboot, neither Brave or Chrome will open. There is no obvious change to my /home directory. Any ideas?
[Update a while later]
After browsing on my laptop, I found the problem (that others have had). After deleting the lockfile in my .config directory that was pointing to the old hostname, they fired right up (Brave uses the Chrome codebase).
CommieLa’s Economic Plan
How it will go:
People need to stop overreacting about Kamala’s plan to reduce food inflation, as if it would lead to communism, mass starvation, and the end of America.
— Robert Sterling (@RobertMSterling) August 17, 2024
I worked in M&A in the food industry. Here’s a step-by-step summary of what would actually happen:
1. The government… pic.twitter.com/r6drzTFf1a
[Sunday-morning update]
Harris’s Kamunist agenda faces a harsh reality.
She’s a red-diaper baby who learned “economics” at her Marxist father’s knee.
More Federal Prosecutor Skullduggery?
Did they suborn perjury to get Trump?
It would hardly be shocking news, if true.
Barbie’s Final Joke
It may have spurred women to seek out gynecological health.
But I’m not sure I agree with this: “In the film’s final scene, after deciding to leave Barbieland for the real world, Barbie enthusiastically tells a receptionist, “I’m here to see my gynecologist,” a joke that could be based either on her supposed lack of genitals or her evident excitement for care many women find unpleasant.” Sénéchal and colleagues write in their paper.
I finally saw the flick on the plane to Miami last week, and that wasn’t my interpretation (spoiler alert). She had just talked to her creator, who told her that she could live in the real world if she wished to. I took her visit to the gyno to mean that, like Pinocchio, she had finally become a real woman. FWIW, I did find the movie an interesting commentary on gender and new-wave feminism and the modern relationship between American (or western) men and women.
The “Crisis In Cosmology”
The Webb telescope may have solved it.
I think it was actually more interesting when it was a clear disparity, because that might have been an opportunity to learn some new physics (and new physics will be required if we’re to venture beyond the solar system).