Season 1 of _The Pitt_ went into the long-term effects that the initial surge of Covid-19 had on emergency rooms. I haven't seen season 2 yet, but I wonder if aspects of health care funding will become a plot point in it?

(By the way, season 1 was incredibly good)

I think you're more accurately describing the game Modern Art. In Adel there's a benefit to being contrarian, if you use that term to mean stealing from others who think they're just going to be displaying their art.

A reminder, you can get contact info for your senators and representative here: www.congress.gov/members/find...

[image shows the words "HAPPY HOLODAYS", in the Star Trek font, above a montage of characters as they appeared in holodeck episodes of ST:The Next Generation, mostly in formal attire]

Heh, I checked that out of the library yesterday. So I too will soon be finally watching it!

The protagonist of One Piece. Seems like today's Connections-setter is somewhat younger than you are...

Is it surprising that *this* is the video that finally convinced me to support you on Patreon?
Thank you for continuing to be the funniest electrical engineering explainer on the interwebs!

Thank you! I do love that Mr. Freberg!

I've always been fond of ice machines, and am sad to think that such an otherwise nice person would want to crush one.

Someone on SpaceWeather uploaded an aurora photo they took in *El Salvador*, at 13°N latitude:
spaceweathergallery2.com/indiv_upload...

I agree with the white flag in the lower left corner.

(missing the words "are an abomination", oops!)

I'm older-than-thou, but I will follow into battle anyone who thinks DVD menus, especially ones from previous decades, that make you sit through an animation every single time you make a selection or move to a submenu.
We're not watching the disc for your cutesy menu-animations.

Aha! So it's still not too late to call the US version 𝑀𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑝 (after giving @joeyjroo.bsky.social a hefty royalty payment, of course)

Also potentially of interest: while it's clearly showing me your book, it has neither the same cover nor the same title as the image you posted: