Ahuka

@Ahuka@octodon.social

I am contributor to Hacker Public Radio, Linux user, and generally interested in tech. I also have an RV to spend more time on the road. I love music of many kinds, and history, science, science fiction, and politics.

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johnwehrle, (edited ) to random

So, odds are decent Trump will be on trials (multiple) during November 2024.

What happens then?

Feel free to add alternatives but these seem the most likely to me right now.

Ahuka,

@dredmorbius @johnwehrle

I share your feelings on this one. One reason is that in every election the idiots underperfom.

Ahuka,

@dredmorbius @johnwehrle

While there are always exceptions, I would say that since the Kansas constitutional amendment last August the consistent trend has been for Dems to over-perfom and Reps to under-perform.

Ahuka,

@dredmorbius @johnwehrle

That is only good for Dem prospects.

Ahuka, to random

A dumbass of the highest order.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkK17hGE_Gg

Ahuka, to random

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/6/4/2173312/-Anti-vaxxers-said-we-d-all-be-dead-by-now

Ahuka, to random

@randynose ¡ Feliz cumpleaños, Randy!

lmorchard, to random

It's been a few years since I last tried using the NPR One app. Tried it today and wondered why everyone sounded doped up or drunk.

Then I remembered that I listen to NPR podcasts at 2-2.5x speed normally and I haven't listened to NPR on air in almost a decade.

Ahuka,

@lmorchard I have the same reaction!

Ahuka, to random

The truth about inflation

https://robertreich.substack.com/p/its-greedflation-stupid

lmorchard, to random

You know those videos where a cat comes home with something weird and the human’s like “where did you get that?!”

Well I woke up this morning with “SIMPLY HAVING A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS TIME” stuck in my brain and I was like “where did you get that?!”

Ahuka,

@lmorchard Are you A-Pauled?

Ahuka, to random

@craigmaloney I find I am as happy as I decide to be.

Ahuka, to random

https://theportalist.com/female-heroes-written-by-women

Ahuka, to random

We visited two of the Picasso museums earlier. This is blasphemous.

https://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2023/05/25

Ahuka, to random

Since 1981 I have lived in Michigan, home to the U.S. auto industry, and for many years I was quite happy to buy and drive U.S. manufactured vehicles. And I wish I could continue to do so. But in 2012 I had a contract with the State of Michigan that had me driving 3 hours a day in my commute, and my Dodge RAM 1500 used up so much gas I would have to refinance my house to keep driving it. I went to a local dealership, and said "I need mileage. What do you have that gives good mileage?" And this Ford dealer put me in a Mazda. Well, Ford had a major stake in Mazda, so it was kind of domestic, and the car was probably made in the U.S. And 11 years later it is still going strong. But I doubt I will ever again buy a U.S. car, simply because they won't make one that is reasonable. I don't want an SUV. I like my compact.

https://danafblankenhorn.substack.com/p/americas-two-car-markets

craigmaloney, to random

Me (tries to keep the number of Discord "servers" I'm keeping track of to a bare minimum of ones that actively bring me joy)

The Internet: "There's a Discord that just opened".

Me: "Goddammit".

Ahuka,

@Greg @craigmaloney The advantage of being an old fart is that you don't have to care about anything unless you really want to.

Ahuka, to random

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/5/19/2170086/-DeSantis-campaign-in-turmoil-after-Disney-refuses-to-repair-candidate

Ahuka, to random

Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming

https://www.theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nefarious-plot-to-undergo-years-of-m-1850433563

Ahuka, to random

One step further along the road to a Nazi takeover. This follows the 1933 playbook.

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dem-rep-connollys-staff-attacked-by-man-who-stormed-office-armed-with-a-baseball-bat

Ahuka, to random

@lauren I was asked to pass along greetings from VT Eric Layton., one of my *diaspora contacts.

evan, (edited ) to random
@evan@cosocial.ca avatar

How often do you lift weights?

Ahuka,

@evan Maybe they are larger because you left out the option for "Never".

Ahuka, to random

Now playing: Peter Gabriel "So"

Ahuka, to random

Spain 2023

Going Home 20230422

Up at 1am to shower, have breakfast, then off to return the car. We went to a parking garage next door to the Enterprise office, where they obviously had made an arrangement, and dropped the car off. Then the person on overnight duty there drove us to the airport. We had a 6am flight to Paris on Air France, which left on schedule. In Paris, we had to go through Passport Control, and the line was long and slow. I think we must have stood in line for 45 minutes just to get cleared to go to our connecting flight, but we had enough time. When we got to our embarkation gate, the flight was already boarding, but we got through, and took a bus to our plane where we had to walk up a flight of stairs to get into the plane. Then it as an 8 hour flight to Detroit. We cleared customs quickly with our Global Entry status, and Jo picked us up.

We were both very happy to be home. In hindsight, we could have skipped the last two days in Mijas and probably have been happier for it, but of course we had flight reservations that kept us there. Somehow, it is always exciting to leave on a trip, and by the end, we just want to be home and sleep in our own bed. In this case, that is literally true as the beds in our apartment were hard as a rock and we woke up sore every day from it.

Ahuka, to random

Spain 2023

Mijas 20230421

Our last day in Spain, and we have nothing particular planned. We have to pack and clean out the apartment, but otherwise we are taking it easy. We went for one last walk along the beach here, where the water is warmer than it is in the Atlantic, but of course here it is the Mediterranean. We walked along a very long boardwalk, and on the way back stopped at a beach-side restaurant where I had my last gazpacho in Spain. We have to leave here at 3am to return the car and get to the airport, so an early bedtime is indicated, and thus we went to bed at 8pm.

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjADgNv

Ahuka, to random

Spain 2023

Marbella 20230420

We had arranged to take a Free Walking Tour of Marbella, where free translated to generous gratuity accepted. But we waited 15 minutes past the assigned meeting time and saw no one, so we walked down to the beach, and found that our route took us by many copies of statues by Salvador Dali. So not a total loss. We checked out the beach, then got our car and drove back to our apartment. We are both at the point where we are done with the trip and would like to be home, but we have one more day here before we go home.

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjADbYh

Ahuka, to random

Saw a great show at the Ark featuring the inimitable Richard Thompson, founding member of Fairport Convention and great songwriter and guitar player.

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjADa2o

Ahuka, to random

Spain 2023

Torremolinos 20230419

Our activity today is in the afternoon/evening, so we spent a relaxed morning in the apartment. Then around 3:30 we set out for Torremolinos, where we took in the Horse and Flamenco Show offered by Ritmo a Caballo & Andalusian Night. We got to the first part, the horse show, early so that we could do a pre-show visit to the stables and see the horses close up. Then we went into the show. It was a display and Andalusian horses and riders, with some very nice equitation. We thoroughly enjoyed this, then it was off to the restaurant about 5 minutes away, where we had dinner followed by the Flamenco show. A man and a woman danced, accompanied by a guitarist and a singer, and this was also a great show. One of our table companions was brought up on stage to dance with the male dancer, and she seemed to be enjoying it. By 10pm it was over and we drove back to the apartment.

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAD4nA

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