He says a lot of stuff. A lot of it isn't true. Why not lead with that?

Happy Birthday!

We saw Debbie Gibson in the list and felt seen/attacked.

Yes. Showing people how government can work for the people would be an incredible step in the right direction.

Always bring a plan when you're breaking bad news, or risk disaster and recriminations.

I presented the news with a plan to roast slices of turkey that I could carve off of the bird. It mostly worked and kept us on time, but with me on fairly constant roasting duty through the first half of dinner.

It ended up being a funny story, but a lot of panic in the moment. (3/3)

Now, my ex-wife was very proud of her organization and planning for this event, and very invested in having things go well. When I got the status of the turkey at the store, I was... concerned... about breaking the news.

I broke the news, and it wasn't so bad... (2/x)

My now-ex-wife and I were hosting Thanksgiving in our home for both our families for the first time. She ordered what she thought was a fully-cooked turkey from Wegmans. I was sent to pick it up about an hour before our appointed dinnertime.

I get to Wegmans, and the turkey is... thawing... (1/x)

A sad day.

As long as it wasn’t on the “Eye-Closing Reads” list, nice.

I feel seen/attacked.

I don't know that KARR was really trying to destroy humanity. It was just really just trying to survive in a world trying to kill it off.

As a Gen X nerd, I can’t offer a meaningful response to this. But, yes, there’s a reason all of our most insightful speculative fiction has a take on AI that involves it destroying humanity in some way.

Except Knight Rider.

We do what we can.

"St. Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go
I owe my soul to the company store"

And in VA, even deep red districts moved left. My ancestral homeland went +38 for Sears, but that was still a 7 point or so shift left.

Based on early returns I thought a pickup of 10 seats. This is incredible.