How many physician appointments, how many imaging tests, how much lab work? What pain score? Number of tea spoons of various shades of phlegm? Fever high enough to require ice bed? The miracle drug isn't coming. Another bone cracks. Someone asks if you feel safe at home.

Then the first illness is comorbid and an invasive surgery required. A year later. There is post-surgery complication. A third illness. Specialists (every special kind) with no answers. And the original terminal diagnosis has progressed.

No question. Looked for pop-up pantries in the county. Someone said something about food equity... in my zip code. And it's Tuesday.

I blocked my calendar so that Thursdays are populated by very important meetings. Then I bought silver needle tea and started a new book, as in book. It's called sacred reading day.

At least since people wasted their leisure time and candle wax.

The four IA specials this year have been in eastern Iowa and western Iowa; rural Iowa and urban Iowa; Dem districts and Republican districts.

And they've all seen very similar overperformances: 22, 24, 25 & 26 points. This is not good news for the GOP's hopes of holding #IAGov & #IASen.

Also: @tamigraph.bsky.social et al's Climate, Tech & Justice work at @datasociety.bsky.social

I hope that explains the thread.

My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good

I've come to the conclusion that Orwell lacked imagination.