“We don’t need to generalize, we don’t need to say let me explain the whole world to you as an artist. You don’t have to do that. Just tell the truth about your own life, what you’re experiencing, what you’re seeing and dig into it. Don’t be afraid of it, confront it. Let’s see where it comes out. Let’s describe our most intimate relationships with the hopes that other people can see themselves in our work.”
Steven Van Zandt — https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebaltin/2020/10/18/qa-e-streets-steve-van-zandt-and-nils-lofgren-on-the-making-of-the-new-bruce-springsteen-masterpiece-letter-to-you/#7bc47c7877e3
Diversions
PSA (public service announcement) – Ring Doorbells are on Fire!
Amazon has announced a massive recall of a version of its Ring doorbell, according to a notice posted on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) website. The recall involves the Ring Video Doorbell (2nd Generation) with the model number 5UM5E5. The reason for the recall is because the “video doorbell’s battery can overheat when the incorrect screws are used for installation, posing fire and burn hazards,” according to the CPSC.
350,000 Amazon Ring doorbells recalled after some units catch fire
Fast Company
Quote for Today (and for a better tomorrow) – 11.08.20
You can’t build a healthy economy on a sick population.
Kim Henry -executive director of Sarkeys Foundation https://www.sarkeys.org/ and Oklahoma’s former first lady — Source: https://oklahoman.com/article/5675776/opinion-you-cant-build-a-healthy-economy-on-a-sick-population
Every tomorrow starts with today.
Take a Break (from Covid, the US election and from whatever else you need a break from) – 11.06.20
Quote for Today – 11.06.20
We come together on this special day
Earth Wind & Fire
Sing our message loud and clear
Looking back, we’ve touched on sorrowful days
Future pass, they disappear
You will find peace of mind
If you look way down in your heart and soul
Don’t hesitate ’cause the world seems cold
Stay young at heart, ’cause you’re never, never old
Tonight I traveled back in time 45 years to a world full of peace, love, and understanding. Nowadays we can do better. We must do better.
U.S. Election Discussion Thread — Climate Etc.
by Judith Curry No words. The only thing crazier than the U.S. election is this morning’s hurricane forecast. I have no words re the election. For a diversion, here is my hurricane forecast for Eta. Summary: current: TERRIBLE. forecast: CRAZY Latest from NHC (7 am EST): 145 mph max sustained winds, min pressure 936 mb, […]
U.S. election discussion thread — Climate Etc.
I am re-posting this article by Judith Curry. Yes, the headline is somewhat misleading but I’m glad I clicked and read her post. There’s another hurricane coming.
Admit it. We all need a diversion from the election.
Take a Break (from Covid-19) – 10.16.20
Not the ordinary house cat. This cat is ready to defend the house and its occupants. Impressive.
Take a Break (from Covid-19) – 10.13.20
Imagine 2020
Quote for Today – 09.19.20
Higher education committed suicide with its dual racketeering model. First was the college loan racket, in which schools colluded with the federal government to jam too many “customers” through the pipeline who didn’t belong there, and who buried themselves under a lifetime debt obligation they could never escape. The second was the intellectual racket of creating sham fields of study that contaminated all the other “humanities” with poisonous bullshit theory, and eventually even invaded the STEM disciplines. Covid-19 screwed the pooch on all that, scotching the four-year party-hearty in-residence part of the deal. For now, who needs an online class in Contemporary Sexual Transgression ($2000-a-credit) when you can just click on Porn-hub for free? Hundreds of colleges and universities will be going out of business in the years ahead.
James Howard Kunstler — https://kunstler.com/clusterfuck-nation/things-going-by/#more-‘
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