I am having sympathetic chafing just thinking about that.

Thank you, had forgotten about that one. (And now am remembering the "Mission Accomplished" photo op that followed a few months later)

Except it wasn't Pelosi. The sole Nay vote was Barbara Lee.

Some folk really like the complex games such that a kazillionty rules are a feature. The game may be great for them, but it may not be your thing.

Black Spaces?

What's the crockery situation like?

I can't remember who quoted this post, but I am now on book three and don't see this binge slowing down. Thank you!

Nah, you have a dog, @tkingfisher.com tends to let those characters survive with only trauma (but also over all the baggage left by exes)

No, that is just your elevator pitch to VCs for a start up that makes voice-over "skins" for audio books/spoken recordings.

No AI theft so no Anthropic-like lawsuit losses, set up to be bought by Amazon and integrated into Audible architecture.

I feel like that is something that could be done in a non-theft way: there exists an audiobook of Canticle for Liebowitz that presumably the Miller estate, et al. get royalties from. The DE voice actor could create a voice library/auditory skin that they get royalties from? Cadence might be off.

I feel like this is a sub-tweet..skeet. whatever. Do I want to know the source inspiration?

Idle survey: What is the smallest scrap you will use for Frankenbatting and do you have projects you won't use it on?

(I occasionally get into a mental spinlock over whether a scrap should be cut up for stuffing or used in frankenbatting)

While Laney is technically across the street, the active shooter was at the other corner of campus which is two blocks away and across a lagoon. So while lockdown was appropriate, I don't think we were at risk even not considering cement walls and no good internal sight lines.

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