Meeting with JD Vance fucking killed him.

And who among us can blame him?

I would not want to meet with JD Vance but I’d probably try to kick the bucket before rather than after, so clearly there is a causal effect. IJS.

I am bummed about the pope though—not perfect but a lot better than the last one and I fear they will go hard-line for the next one.

Feeling that, Tep. Maybe dying after Easter is some sign that Francis is really special, as when RBG died during RH. I've been glad to know, even as a lot of my extended fam were pretty emphatic about being Not-Catholic that somebody at the Vatican seemed to understand the assignment...feels weird to be me and think I'd miss a Pope, but if I can, it's Francis.(There were things I did and said to my Catholic then-stepdad that I feel were a little narrowminded and I wish I could take them back, but he wasn't doing a Christian soldier's duty picking up online skanks on the sly, so maybe by now, it's a wash. ) AI: Was kind of embarrassed for Scott Pelley on 60 minutes talking to one of those CEOs for the second time and being all "Gee, Mr. Wizard," especially about stuff that doesn't seem like it's, well, there yet. Even if it were, let's try to learn something from all the Musk fawning, shall we?(Why do they want machines that can learn from mistakes and people who don't?) That guy straight-up said it "could cure all disease"(one day, I'm assuming, not while the robot's playing chess and all that bullshit) but I, beam of sunshine that I am, was like, "We're gonna have to die, so I think not.) I'd be worried about Nature being like "Fuck all y'all," and coming up with new ones to restore the balance.

I'd be worried about Nature being like "Fuck all y'all," and coming up with new ones to restore the balance.

Right? My consistent reaction to just about anything these techbros say is that they have not read enough science fiction because the scenarios they float have been written about and flaws both obvious and not brought up

yes, even though I haven't read tons of SF, either. Very up on the George Jetson "Stop this crazy thing!" continuum, though.

My consistent reaction to just about anything these techbros say is that they have not read enough science fiction because the scenarios they float have been written about and flaws both obvious and not brought up

At long last we have created the torment nexus ...

At long last we have created the torment nexus ...

Heh!

My new glasses arrived and I love them: [link]

EM came over this morning and instead of getting Matilda up, she crawled into bed with Matilda and they talked for an hour.

I did finally extract Matilda from bed by noon, though she is yet filled with crabby grievances and probably will be until she gets un-jet-lagged.

Did my Monday morning Pilates and my body is still baby beginner on most of the moves and I'm still learning the names and what they do, but I'm also making improvements in flexibility and strength already.

When I started my legs were too tight to do the high step up to the Wunda chair, and now I can, and my roll-up actually gets me sitting up (with use of a foot strap).

Yeah, that too, but also all the Inventing the Bus Again they keep doing.

This "Golden Dome" I am hearing about, is it different from Reagan's Star Wars Defense? The part where the US would have to subscribe to it is different, I'll grant that...