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  1. On top of all the backstabbing, Shitstain is threatening to place 25% tariffs on EU imports. The Western Alliance is flatlining.
  2. If anyone is curious about the MMR vaccine rates for Kindergartners in their county, I slapped together this homemade map based on data from Texas DHHS that someone posted yesterday. https://www.fox7austin.com/news/measles-vaccination-rates-texas-central The darkest shade is 100%, and each lighter gradation of green is one percentage point down. Shades of yellow and orange are below 95%, which is what they say is needed. Gray = no data. It's pretty crazy how it varies so much from county to county, especially out in West Texas, where you have some at 100% butting right against some with less than 90%. Admittedly, in a couple of those small population counties, you might have 2-3 kids unvaxxed in Kindergarten, and they could be more than 10% of the kids. Still, though.
  3. You know how they say "a picture is worth a thousand words?" Just look at that expression of disbelief, exasperation, and exhaustion on Zelenskyy's face.
  4. I don't blame you. Below are screenshots of NYTimes updates. They're not exactly in order, because I'm not going to do each and every one individually, so make sure to look at the "minutes ago" timestamps.
  5. Woke up and couldn't go back to sleep. Wordle 1,350 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ ⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #628 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1131 9️⃣🟥 7️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
  6. Wordle 1,349 4/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟨🟩🟩 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #627 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1130 5️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  7. Wordle 1,348 4/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #626 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1129 7️⃣4️⃣ 8️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
  8. Cool. I'm just curious if my wild guess was correct. Let me know what Alebmhunert means when you get the chance.
  9. Wordle 1,348 4/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ ⬛🟨🟩⬛🟩 ⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #626 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🙂 Daily Quordle 1129 7️⃣4️⃣ 8️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
  10. Living back in the Permian now, believe me, I know. I was just mentioning the one and only thing keeping them afloat with any kind of real opportunity.
  11. The formatting is fucked up because you continue to insist on NEVER posting a shit in plain text, so I'm only going to guess that the enlarged, italicized font is the actual deleted post, to which I can only respond by saying that poster is a fucking bigoted asshole. The automatic assumption that 90% white means no crime (complete horseshit) belies the lived experience of people, such as myself, who live in communities Anglo-minority ones who still keep doors unlocked without any concern, at all, that some pack of wild minorities is coming to get them at night. Don't get me wrong, though, I'm not advocating people leave their doors wide open, but all I can say is that it's some fucked up, paranoid thinking. It's the exact same type of divisive indoctrination that got us where we are today. Divide and conquer.
  12. More or less, yeah, except for the towns with oil, but that's going to go away, too (at least as an industry with job prospects). Something to keep in mind is that, in some weird ways, small towns might actually be the canaries in the coal mine. Harbingers, so to speak, of the eventual changes to the labor market as AI hits the White Collar class and replaces more of those automated or back-office kinds of jobs in the cities and suburbs (obviously, there are risks to more jobs than those). But don't worry; this isn't a treatise, pompous lecture, or grand theory but only a thought to seriously consider. It's more or less the same concern that leads to grappling with the possible necessity of UBI over the long-term.
  13. That word looks like a slangy, kind of a kids' way of saying "eleven hundred" in German or how it might sound like, but it got no hits on Google.
  14. KUT goes out and talks to some Austin/Texas Tesla owners. A couple of the comments are hilarious. Oh, and the head of the Tesla Owners Club of Austin interview above who thinks Elmo's a genius?
  15. PSA: It looks like the full season (6 quick episodes) drops tonight after 11pm.
  16. Yeah, we've covered the Mennonite stuff pretty thoroughly, although I'd characterize them more as Germans. Yes, they migrated to the steppe around the Volga River centuries ago, but they were never "Russian." This particular group resettled some time ago in Canada, and then they moved to Chihuahua state in Mexico at some point. And, now, since the 1990s, a bunch of them are in parts of West Texas with the highest concentration in and around Gaines County where they likely make up about half the population. I've been there; it's a weird on-the-ground social and cultural dynamic.
  17. Trump is trying to create plausible deniability by having someone like Elmo insert himself into everything to take the blame, while Elmo has announced he's using AI to make decisions on whom to cut and is, therefore, himself unaccountable. This is only one piece of the "governance through mafia tactics" Trump political philosophy.
  18. For the last 30 years (at least), the Republican playbook has primarily consisted of only three plays: Deny Deflect Distract
  19. Hey, it's how the mob works. They've just automated it for greater corruption efficiency.
  20. I get a chuckle, too, at your handle saying "Roll Left" when you actually Roll Reich. Hey mods, can we get a name change for the Nazi behind this account?
  21. They don't want to be held accountable, so they have the AI make decisions and wash their hands of it.
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