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PJ_Evans

@PJ_Evans@mastodon.social

retired map reader; amateur genealogist since 1974; knitter since 1969; SF fan since 1961.
Cactuses (but not opuntias) are fun!

Location: Los Angeles

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lauren, to random
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BREAKING: Helicopter carrying Iran's president crashes, details unclear.

PJ_Evans,
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@lauren
I read elseweb that "search operations are ongoing". That's not good news.

GottaLaff, to random
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More packing today, so I'll be MIA for the most part.

Have a good Sunday!

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
The last week is insane. The last day or so, especially!
Remember to take breaks and unwind.

Sheril, to random
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Do you see a series of sunken rectangles or 16 circles?

This is The Coffer Illusion.

Our brains are geared toward identifying objects & here, “pixels” are grouped to form edges & contours, shapes, & objects. The image is inherently ambiguous so there is no “right” grouping.

Rectangles dominate first for most people - including me, but keep staring & the image may flip to circles.

PJ_Evans,
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@Sheril
Rectangles at first, then circles.(I can flip them.)
Unfocusing a bit, or focusing past it, I get the 3-D effect, though the second row isnt' as good that way.

GottaLaff, to Canada
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Ugh, totally wasted open house. Lookee-loo City. I'm so glad this was our last one before we leave. The rest will be after, and the house will be vacant.

Sigh.

So, with that, I'll perk myself up (and hopefully you) with another dopey gif.

I can't believe it'll be a week from tomorrow!

Have a good evening, everyone!
🇨🇦

video/mp4

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
Pools require constant maintenance and are a PITA. You did well in not having one.

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
We moved into a house that had a disused pool, the kind that's a redwood box with a sand bottom and a plastic liner. Liner had been removed at least a year earlier, judging by the weeds. We filled it with dirt (two dump-truck loads!) and used it as a container for our turtles. Added a couple of fruit trees and a patch of grass. It was more useful that way than if it were a pool.

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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When people show me hostility, they often speak in the first person plural.

(I blocked this person, so don't pile on him.)

It's group think. It's also mob-like to think that a group of citizens can change the pace or outcome of a criminal investigation.

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@Teri_Kanefield
They have to have someone to blame, and Garland is the target because he's AG, not because he has anything to do with the cases they where they want convictions last year.

dangillmor, to random
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Social media disappointments:

  1. Journalists are still actively participating at exTwitter, thereby actively supporting Musk, who is helping extremists bring down democracy and, by extension, a free press.

  2. Reddit got away with stomping its volunteer moderators and users, and its execs are cashing in on an IPO that in a more just world would have flopped.

  3. Writers I respect decided to stick with Substack despite arrogant, extremist-friendly investors and leadership.

PJ_Evans,
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@dangillmor
They just redid a bunch of stuff that I had been able to avoid, so it's worse than it was.

RickiTarr, to random
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Saw this in the bathroom of the Queer Friendly Coffee House:

PJ_Evans,
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@RickiTarr
Boys who want to cook and sew, and girls who want to drive tractors and graders.
(One of our neighbors, when I was a kid, did sewing for his family.)

GottaLaff, to random
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Oh look.

Via Aaron Fritschner:

Justice says his wife Martha-Ann Alito had an altercation with neighbors about a "'Fuck Trump' sign that was within 50 feet of where children await the school bus in Jan 21."

Except... FCPS and ACPS were all remote in January of 2021. No children were waiting for buses

Washington Post 2 EDUCATION ‘I'm so glad you're here: Students return to Fairfax County classrooms for the first time in months ' By Hannah Natanson February 16, 2021 at 7:12 p.m. EST
EDUCATION Alexandria City Public Schools sets date for reopening: Arlington refuses to follow suit ' By Hannah Natanson February 5, 2021 at 3:25 p.m. EST

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
Citations/photos needed of the sign, too. Because I've never seen one that said what he claims it said.

GottaLaff, to random
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Man convicted of attacking ex-Speaker Nancy ’s husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years https://apnews.com/article/b41b6c776fb27f62913e3754afa1ceac

PJ_Evans,
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@thepoliticalcat @GottaLaff
There are state charges of, among other things, elder abuse. This trial was about the federal charges.

GottaLaff, to random
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I parked near some asshole who had a big Trump bumpersticker, and a smaller one that read: "Trump was right about everything."

It took every ounce of self-restraint to not deface it.

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
I felt like that at the supermarket yesterday, looking at a big truck advertising something-or0-other, and a small "F--- Biden" sticker on the back left corner.

Snowshadow, to food
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Solution to Food Waste

.. launched by students to save groceries from the landfill. They’re helping to cut food bills & climate emissions.

"a lot of produce doesn’t make it to grocery store shelves when fruits and vegetables are considered to be misshapen, not the right size or slightly damaged.
.... the problem of oversupply, when too much of one food item is grown or distributed and doesn’t match market demand"- it is dumped!!

#Food #Poverty #News

https://thetyee.ca/WhatWorks/2024/05/14/Boxing-Up-Solution-Food-Waste/

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@Snowshadow
People who have never seen a fruit tree or a vegetable fresh from the garden/field want perfect. Those of us who have been closer to production are less picky.

sundogplanets, to random
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Here comes a thread on light pollution from satellites, with a concrete action that you all can take to help push for regulation of satellites in orbit!

Astronomers have been worried about light pollution from satellites (if you've been following me for more than 24 hours, you've perhaps heard a bit about this). Astronomers spent SO much time and effort begging and pleading with Starlink to make their satellites fainter, with mixed results.

PJ_Evans,
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@sundogplanets
The FCC has no clue about astronomy and what these satellites do to it. They also don't understand Kessler, or the Carrington event. They're used to dealing with telephone and television and radio. They aren't qualified to handle satellites at all.

GottaLaff, to random
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He blamed “Mrs. Alito”!🤦🏻‍♀️

At Justice ’s House, a ‘Stop the Steal’ Symbol on Display

An upside-down flag, adopted by supporters contesting the Biden victory, flew over the justice’s front lawn as the Supreme Court was considering an election case.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/16/us/justice-alito-upside-down-flag.html?unlocked_article_code=1.sU0.Ul57.KzkpFSD-0V_Z&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
Not accidental. And, I understand, not just one day. He absolutely knew about it at the time.

gbhnews, (edited ) to fediverse
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🌞 Hello ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 3mi.

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the way the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is financed, a win for the watchdog agency.

Renters rallied at the Mass. State House for rent control and a higher minimum wage.

A kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, speaking in a commencement address, panned checks notes women working outside the home, LGBTQ people, and IVF.

PJ_Evans,
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@gbhnews
My grandparents were ferocious scrabble players, and I grew up with the rules being "if the biggest dictionary in the house says it's not a proper noun, and abbreviation, or a foreign term, it's legal". I remember going out one time to get my grandmother a new Word Book, because hers was literally falling apart.
I don't play - not good at that stuff - but I know the basics.

GottaLaff, to legal
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🧵starts HERE.

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

Running a little late, so some preamble included here.

1/… Via Rupar: Trump wraps up his morning rant by attacking one of the prosecutors, Colangelo, which is a flagrant violation of his gag order

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
NFL
The entourage showed up, got seen, and left again. Is Congress on vacation this week?

GottaLaff, to random
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Oooo! Our first PODs is coming in 10 minutes!

(Next week will be the second)

So, we'll be breaking our backs loading boxes in today, my posting will be minimal unless big news breaks.

Yes, we'll be careful, yes we use a hand truck/dolly for the really heavy stuff, so no unsolicited advice necessary. 😘

See you later.

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff @spocko
When I moved time before last, friend taught me how to pallet-stack boxes.

flexghost, to random
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“I do have a lot of surrogates and they are speaking very beautifully”
-Trump

Imagine being a sitting United States Senator of the speaker of the house and choosing to help Trump break his gag order over representing your constituents

Winning.

PJ_Evans,
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@flexghost
Imagine thinking it was a good idea in the first place!

GottaLaff, to random
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Wow. Good for you @atrupar, who tweeted:

Nate, almost murdered during a last cycle by rolling up on the stage as a biological weapon. Norms and traditions went out the window long ago.

Nate Silver:

You're supposed to be the candidate who stands up for norms and traditions and now you're ducking this tradition?

"The President will not be participating in the Commission of Presidential Debates' announced debates."

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff @atrupar
The CPD didn't handle the debates well in the last TWO cycles.

GottaLaff, to maryland
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Decision Desk HQ projects Sarah Elfreth wins the Democratic primary for 's 3rd Congressional District.

DecisionMade: 10:00pm ET

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
Dang, I wanted Harry to win.

GottaLaff, to random
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NYT just now on Mastodon:

"Trump’s Defense Cast Michael Cohen as Untrustworthy"

Trump trusted him for, what, 10 years?

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
They have to stay on the good side of the guy everyone in NYC knows is a criminal.

GottaLaff, to random
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Emptywheel:

Tommy Tuberville says he went to Gotham to help an accused felon threaten a judge's family.

Via David Lurie:

Tuberville is a bad co-conspirator.

Aaron Rupar:

Tommy Tuberville admits on Newsmax that "one of the reasons he went" to NYC yesterday was to "overcome this gag order"

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff @JustJen
State court, so not DOJ.

gbhnews, (edited ) to fediverse
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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Congrats to Mr. & Mrs Punxatawney: the weather-prognosticating groundhogs welcome 2 kits, Sunny and Shadow.

3 men charged in the killing of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger now have plea deals.

The Biden administration announced that it will raise tariffs on some imports including EVs from China.

Today:

PJ_Evans,
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@gbhnews
L.A. is approaching summer - nighttime low clouds (AKA fog), but sunny during the day.

GottaLaff, to legal
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🧵starts HERE.

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

1/…More color from Pagliery:

Eric Trump just swapped seats with Rep. Donalds just in time for the congressman to appear in photos behind Trump's defense table.

That's what this trial is now for Trump, a political photo opp.

More...

PJ_Evans,
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@Grant_M @GottaLaff
NFL
She's his stenographer.

GottaLaff, to random
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Back to regular life... the Open House, although filled with positive feedback on our house, was a dud.

Again.

It's so disheartening. We're priced right, the house is beautiful, in great shape, great neighborhood... etc etc.

So we wait.

PJ_Evans,
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@GottaLaff
My parents needed months to sell their house, in 1980. It was priced below the other houses in the area, and still is less. (It's a conspicuously different house.) They carried the second mortgage themselves, to get the sale.
(They'd bought it as a foreclosure, getting a better price by telling the bank we'd do the fixing-up ourselves. Turned out to need stuff the bank would never have found.)

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