I have decided this is my year of long books. Just finished The Power Broker, and before that was Brothers Karamazov and before that The Magic Mountain.

All very good.

Once we get closer to the midterms, I will be doing lots of canvassing for the dems.

Look at that thawing. So wonderful.

Exception: the couple I saw on the red line in the 2010s who were plucking each other’s nose hairs with tweezers.

Everyone else though!

Devastatingly sad story; I hope for a peaceful resolution.

Old video but interesting comparisons here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx5k...

I would consider this “more likely an artifact of image processing than anything fishy” until more definitive evidence comes to light either way.

Very grainy images go through a lot of processing, and that processing leads to a lot of detail being lost — the algorithm basically guesses if something is a detail or noise and can guess wrong. The image on the right is darker and more processed.

You can see hints at the line across the chest.

Unrelated, but reminds me of my favorite construction fuck up when I worked on Goose Island. Cops were supposed to close only westbound Division traffic on the eastern bridge, but one summer afternoon they let traffic in from three directions, but only out one. Gloriously confused delays.

Man I had a room almost identical to this.

i love european olympics opening ceremonies. the second the ioc names a european host city the prime minister calls the culture minister into their office and says "find me your strangest homosexuals. give each of them a period of our great nation's history, a kilo of cocaine, and Ten Million Euros"

Is this just the lighting or does one state salt and the other doesn’t?

Chili peppers freeze if you don’t use them frequently and I am not sure you can get fish sauce to spoil. Do these folks buy every ingredient from scratch for every single meal?

I really enjoyed The Magic Mountain earlier this year. Maybe I’ll have to try this too!