NOTE: “veggie” yes, “vegetarian” not yet. As a kid, I hated plain yogurt. However, after a period of eating fruity yogurt until it was as delicious as ice cream to me, I found that I’d also developed a taste for plain yogurt and was able to enjoy plain unsweetened yogurt…

On this particular day Batman had to get the Batmobile’s oil changed, Wonder Woman was sweating through her Pilates, Hulk was taking an online anger management course, Mr. Stark was rolling out operating system updates, Superman was shopping for Dr. Who style retro phone booths and so on, down the list, everyone had something better to…

Another Wave of COVID Tearing Families Apart In the first wave of COVID, families were torn apart by isolation and quarantine. Now, different views about whether or not to get vaccinated against COVID are keeping many families apart. I’m still just beginning to get to know Gemma as a fellow resident of the Permaculture community I live…

California has about Five (5) million more Democratic voters than necessary to win against Republicans in a presidential race. New York has about Two (2) million extra Democratic voters. Look at the charts in the link below to see how easily Biden beat Trump in these two states in 2020: 2020 Popular Vote Tracker | The Cook Political Report Edit descriptioncookpolitical.com …

Morning. Hospital. My masks are in the other car. Box of masks by the door empty. Same story at all the doors. No humans at the front desk. No receptionist in the office. Dozens of people wait. Just an iPad on a pole to check in. AI is your only, but not really, friend. Finally, the ER in the next…

There’s a thread you follow. It goes among things that change. But it doesn’t change. People wonder about what you are pursuing. You have to explain about the thread. — William Stafford, “The Way It Is” [1] Human history is a cacophony of stories about people banding together over shared…

Given the current dearth of viable options inside and outside the Democratic party (at least at the presidential level), the only strategy that excites me right now is the possibility of putting progressive initiatives (aka “propositions”) on the ballot in every state that allows them in 2022. We know the…

If reality’s a quantum computer simulation as pop Silicon Valley gurus suppose we may find artifacts of compression and “spooky actions at a distance” Such are the “tells” that computing power is not wasted on unseen out-of-frame pixels and data exists everywhere instantly (because it’s on the simulating computer not…

It’s easy: Question narratives of the powerful out loud. Expose evidence of wrongdoing by the wealthy and well-connected. Cast doubt on the basic assumptions that cause people to remain trapped in the lose-lose game we call “the economy”. Teach people how to get along without the goodies the rich use…