Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You know it’s bad when the Project 2025 people have to create training videos on “How To Be Normal”.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

People are weird.

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

The way to stop violence is to stop manufacturing the hatred that fuels it.

Not all heroes wear capes.

Republicans do not trust women.

There are more Russians standing up to Putin than Republicans.

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

Their shamelessness is their super power.

One of our two political parties is a cult whose leader admires Vladimir Putin.

Speaker Mike Johnson is a vile traitor to the House and the Constitution.

I would try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

No offense, but this thread hasn’t been about you for quite a while.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

You can’t attract Republican voters. You can only out organize them.

People identifying as christian while ignoring christ and his teachings is a strange thing indeed.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Let there be snark.

Not loving this new fraud based economy.

So very ready.

Reality always gets a vote in the end.

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  2. 2.

    la caterina

    It’s nice to hear that things seem to have calmed down a bit, Cole.  Enjoy the sunshine. And post more Prescott pics!

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    Urza

    I would guess things are more expensive than W. Va. pretty much anywhere with population density.  But given food is one of the most inflated things of late I would expect that to show up almost everywhere eventually.

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    CaseyL

    Holy hell, John, I missed the first chapter of this story.  Just read it, and: Holy hell.

    I devoutly hope all is smooth sailing from this point out.  Treat yourself to something wonderful: a mani-pedi, a fabulous meal, whatever.  Anything.

    You’ve earned it.

  5. 5.

    Amir Khalid

    @something fabulous:

    It’s an Apple doohickey that you attach to someone/something so that you can track their/its whereabouts and/or movements with an iPhone app. Useful if you have small children, pets, or objects that might tempt the lightfingered.

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    Another Scott

    @Amir Khalid: But kinda useless if one finds a dog running around with one and doesn’t have an iPhone, no??

    (There was a dog out of its yard following us on our walk one evening.  It had one of those tags on its collar, and nothing else.  I didn’t want it following us far from its home, so I took a chance and knocked on a door, and fortunately guessed right.

    Yeah, I guess the kids let him out…))

    Sometimes non-digital things are actually best.  ;-)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

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    Anne Laurie

    Glad you’re feeling better, Cole.

    Shit is *always* expensive in resort towns — good thing you know how to cook!

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    bcw

    Apple co-opts everyone’s iphones and other apple devices to collect air tag locations. When an air tag’s blue tooth connection encounters an apple device, that device broadcasts its location and the tag id to apple which sends it to the person who owns the air tag. After some time, the apple device will beep to tell the iphone owner that it’s tracking an air tag for Apple – this inadequate feature is designed to warn people that there is an airtag nearby in case the air tag is not tracking a dog but is hidden in the iphone owner’s car, bags, clothing or other property and is being used to stalk the owner of the iphone. (The idea is that if the tag is moving with the iphone owner so tag and iphone stay linked for a long time it means the tag is following the owner and not some passing dog.)​
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    Yutsano

    @Amir Khalid: ​That reminds me: while I’m up here in Vancouver I got to sample some Malaysian food. I got roti canna, kare laksa, and pulut durian. An Indonesian friend helped me yet didn’t seem too irritated I went Malay for my meal. It was quite delicious!

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    Starfish

    @WaterGirl: These devices can be used for stalking, so there is an app called AirGuard so you can see if any AirTags are following you when they shouldn’t be.

  27. 27.

    BruceFromOhio

    Am also in the Great Fascist State. We get fresh seafood from various local markets and grill with vegetables. Last night did Thai takeout to the delight of all. You can save a ton of dinero cooking “at home” and mix it up with some to-go when you don’t feel like cooking but you already know that. Seriously, get yourself some fresh stuff and have at.

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    realbtl

    The Villages has been crawling with custom golf carts for years; Street Rods, Hummers, you name it.

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    Amir Khalid

    @Yutsano:

    Indonesian food is actually a lot like Malaysian Malay food. It’s essentially the same ethnic community with the same culture. And yes, Malaysian food is fantastic, anywhere in the world you find it.

    @Faithful Lurker:

    Did you have a favourite state cuisine while you were here?

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    pat

    Just came to this thread, glad to hear things are going better, but

    WHERE ARE THURSTON AND STEVE WHILE YOU ARE CHASING OTHER DOGS IN FLORIDA????

  53. 53.

    Another Scott

    @Steeplejack: Thanks for the pointer.

    Hmm…

    “If you find someone else’s AirTag, touch the white side to your phone to see a phone number or message from the owner of the AirTag.”

    Of course!  How intuitive!!

    :-/

    :-)  Thanks!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  54. 54.

    different-church-lady

    @Another Scott:

    “If you find someone else’s AirTag, touch the white side to your phone to see a phone number or message from the owner of the AirTag.”

    “STOP LOOKING THROUGH MY UNDERWEAR!!”

  57. 57.

    something fabulous

    went out and came back to all these brilliant & informative replies! thankee! i seem to have become an age i should get one for my glasses. sigh.

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    Martin

    @WaterGirl: To add to the description, because the utility is hard to understand – the location of an AirTag is broadcast to you by *any* iPhone that is in range of it, or any Android phone with the AirTag software on it. Given how common iPhones are, it basically means your AirTag location is updated about every 60 seconds, even if it’s nowhere near you.

    For older iPhones it relies on Bluetooth to ping the AirTag, so anyone who gets within 50-100′ will ping it. For newer iPhones it’ll use Apple’s UWB and ping it about double that range.

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    Chris T.

    @Amir Khalid:

    Indonesian food is actually a lot like Malaysian Malay food. It’s essentially the same ethnic community with the same culture. And yes, Malaysian food is fantastic, anywhere in the world you find it.

    Yes, but: NO DURIANS!

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    NotMax

    Shit is expensive here and we will not be eating out much.

    Three words in Floridian vernacular: Early Bird Special.

    If you don’t mind eating a full dinner with a bunch o’ geezers at 4:30.
    ;)

  63. 63.

    Gvg

    Next weekend you can go to a garden show festival of chocolate fairchildgarden.org/miami-botanical-garden/a-festival-of-chocolate/

    I have decided not to grow chocolate plants as chocolate is poisonous to pets but it has tempted me. I would certainly go see how they are grown, fermented and processed. Instead, I am tempted by the various plants that have a chocolate scent. Anyway chocolate fruit are the wierdest looking alien fruit I have ever seen pictures of.

  65. 65.

    bbleh

    Consensus is that significant relaxation requires FOUR days — even a long weekend isn’t quite enough — and REAL relaxation requires TEN.  Stay the course and everything’ll be fine.

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    Steeplejack

    I must have missed it—do we know roughly where Cole is? Not the secure location itself, just the general area.

  73. 73.

    PaulWartenberg

    John, I saw your tweet yesterday about massage services in Palm Beach County, and I suggested either a sports massage place or a Hand & Stone Spa in your area.

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