Tower

I know that all the big stars hate me to say this, but I don’t want to risk 80 peoples’ jobs just to say I got big huevos on The Tonight Show, because that’s what happens. I think a big star just sprained an ankle doing a stunt, and 80 or 180 people are out of a job.

We have stunt people who do that stuff, and if they get hurt, I’m sorry to say but they just need to put a mustache on another Mexican and we can keep going. But if I get hurt, everybody’s out of a job. So I don’t choose to do that.

• Danny Trejo, 2017 interview

Here's the thing you have to understand about Ted Cruz, I like Ted Cruz more than most of my other colleagues like Ted Cruz. And I hate Ted Cruz.

• Al Franken

Yup, experienced this at EDC 2017. Rates went from ~$120 per night before the dates were announced, to over $300.

Only way I've found to beat the price hikes is, if you know roughly when a festival will be, put in reservations for multiple weekends before the actual dates are announced. Then, after you know which reservation to keep, you cancel the other ones.

Example: EDC happens in early- to mid- May. So book reservations for every weekend in from late April to late May, then cancel the others once the dates are announced.

heatwaves everywhere.....

Agreed. Some numbers for Phoenix this year -

70
The number of days this year of 110° or hotter, which is a new record. The previous record was 55 days, set in 2023

138
The number of days this year of 100° or hotter. The current record is 145 days, set in 2020. We are going to cool down a bit after the weekend, so we'll be sitting at about 142. But, the latest we've ever had a 100° day is October 27th, so we've still got an outside shot at setting a new record.

113
The number of consecutive days this year of 100° or hotter. The previous record was 76 days, set in 1993.

16
The number of current days in a row of setting / tying a new all-time high each day. This streak started on September ~~25th~~ 23rd and is expected to go through Monday, likely putting the total at 20. The previous record anywhere in the US for a streak like this was 14, set in Iowa in 1936 during the Dust Bowl.

"This city should not exist - it is a monument to man's arrogance."

• Peggy Hill

Holy shit.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/23/409003419/cleveland-officer-not-guilty-in-fatal-shooting-of-unarmed-suspects

For those interested in more info about the Dominionist views: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/peers-of-pope-francis-criticize-steve-bannons-apocalyptic-worldview/

Gilbert Gottfried played the part well

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8evpg4

Yeah, I'm neurodivergent and have a terrible memory. My life is full of alarms and notes and reminders for everything, otherwise nothing gets done.

While I'm well aware of the insidiousness of tech's ever increasing privacy violations, I also look forward to things like AI being able to function as a full blown personal assistant to help me run my life.

Number 3!

Yup. For those that don't know, that's essentially how utf-8 works -

https://youtu.be/MijmeoH9LT4

Get a LaserJet, then you don't have to worry about not using it often. I bought a used black and white one for $50 when I needed to print legal paperwork (~100 pages, multiple drafts, and then needing to file in triplicate meant it was muuuch cheaper to buy a printer than to go to a print shop). The toner cartridge is about $20 and lasts over a thousand pages.

There's one in Arizona heading north between Phoenix and Tucson that says 951 miles behind you.