What has caused recent valuations to be so high? Is it reasonable to expect them to drop back to circa 1980 levels?

I would guess some struggling towns , maybe even whole MSAs, have a surplus

I’m surprised every state has a shortage

It has been a while since I read Long Earth; I forget if I read all 5.

Thank you again for the discussion 😃

I forget, were there any other Earths with technology and/or population comparable to or greater than Datum? Or does more or less everything branch off of Datum?

Why would they occur at different times?

Wait, Murderbot is a show now and I missed it? The books are great

Ah , Apple TV. I’ll have to sign up for it again.

I’ve never watched the podcast on YouTube. I typically listen on a walk or bike ride; it would be undesirable to walk into a tree or bike into the river…

(Listening on a bike ride now, currently on my mid-ride brewery break)

Jasmine tea would be my pick here

It takes real effort to ruin pancakes

Gotta have Teal in there somewhere.

Avoid Middleton WI, home of the mustard museum.

I’m walking through the woods listening to Joanna talk about walking through the woods! That means something! … or maybe not. Probably not…

(It means the weather is finally nice enough for a walk in the woods)

Just a banana, thank you

Hey, don’t talk about our president that way!

Bah, that should say til July, not in July…

I can’t get it July in the US ☹️

It may not be possible to take a picture of Mizuki in action that does not look like the greatest Baroque painting EVER