Sex with robots is more common than most people think.

Spike ,'Lineage'


Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Laura - Dec 04, 2024 8:30:18 am PST #3819 of 3943
Our wings are not tired.

That was my first thought, meara. Insurance companies can and do bring on the rage. No idea if this was the case, but I can see a grieving person thinking this way.


-t - Dec 04, 2024 8:51:29 am PST #3820 of 3943
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I had to dig through emails to figure out that the insurance plan I will be switching to in 2025 because the premiums are cheaper than Kaiser is, in fact, United Healthcare (it's only referred to by initials most of the time and I was honestly only registering "Kaiser and not-Kaiser" as I went through Open Enrollment). If someone was able to figure out that the insurance company they had a grudge against was this one, and worked out who the CEO was and where he'd be and how to get away with shooting him...well, I guess that's not impossible


Tom Scola - Dec 04, 2024 9:25:49 am PST #3821 of 3943
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

I can’t get over the fact that the gunman’s plan hinged on his leaving his bike unlocked and counting that it wouldn’t be stolen while he lurked outside a hotel lobby.


Cashmere - Dec 04, 2024 9:36:35 am PST #3822 of 3943
Now tagless for your comfort.

I can’t get over the fact that the gunman’s plan hinged on his leaving his bike unlocked and counting that it wouldn’t be stolen while he lurked outside a hotel lobby.

Ha!

I did not think the break down of the rule of law would be quite so fast and dramatic

Right!

A great narrative that sums up what went down in South Korea. Great writing. [link]


Tom Scola - Dec 04, 2024 9:38:28 am PST #3823 of 3943
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500

She was one of the people I was following on BlueSky yesterday!


Cashmere - Dec 04, 2024 10:11:05 am PST #3824 of 3943
Now tagless for your comfort.

She was one of the people I was following on BlueSky yesterday!

Witty tech writer. She also deferred from being interviewed by other media saying, “I’m not the best one for on camera interviews.”


bennett - Dec 04, 2024 10:25:58 am PST #3825 of 3943

Courtney Milan has a thread on BlueSky about why UnitedHealth is so problematic: [link] . Not, of course, that this justifies assassination, but still ...


meara - Dec 04, 2024 12:14:28 pm PST #3826 of 3943

Tom it sounds like he uses a Citibike? So maybe that makes it not a stolen opportunity? (Seems easily traceable but who knows)


-t - Dec 04, 2024 12:33:07 pm PST #3827 of 3943
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I can’t get over the fact that the gunman’s plan hinged on his leaving his bike unlocked and counting that it wouldn’t be stolen while he lurked outside a hotel lobby.

That is amazing.

For lunch today I followed the microwave recipe for congee (that I have made before with success) using the last of my bones from the turkey carcass, some chicken stock that has been in the freezer for probably less than a year, and kasha (instead of rice) that I cooked yesterday for this very purpose. Also leftover gravy and droppings. It came out a bit soupy, but pretty tasty. Would probably benefit from a bit of cranberry sauce, but I don't have any


erikaj - Dec 04, 2024 12:52:30 pm PST #3828 of 3943
Always Anti-fascist!

Gotta say I'm with Chris Rock and "not excusing, but I understand." There must be a list of suspects like a "Murder She Wrote" victim.