It was the cult of Kali that got things started by murdering oil executives.

No, no - this is the forever chemicals in your blood. The plastic in your balls will be a whole other thing!

I'm about half way through The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera. It's an interesting blend of fantasy and sci-fi and a decent read so far.

Correct, that is the full process. Even if the Senate is unlikely to convict, that doesn't mean the house shouldn't Impeach. It elevates the issue, brings attention to it, can dig up more information, and at least shows that some measure of accountability is being sought.

I've been playing Palia. It's a chill MMO focused on resource gathering, NPC quests, and crafting.

Balls

I'm not sure how I feel about it, but I heard the argument made that AI maybe would be better for killing. People mess up all the time and misidentify threats which causes collateral damage in conflicts often. AI in theory could be much better at this identification process.

It's kind of the same argument with self driving cars: we freak out whenever they get in an accident, but people causing thousands of accidents a day doesn't cause an outage.

Not saying I necessarily agree with either argument, but they do make me question how we think about and evaluate technology.

Both my kids (4 and 7) use fire tablets and we have the subscription with it to get them access to lots of free apps.

I put memory cards in both, as what they come with is insufficient. The older versions we had were a little janky, but we haven't really had any issues with the current ones.

The parental controls could be better but work okay. In the kids version of the interface you don't really see ads, just app recommendations. Some of the apps still have gated content, but it hasn't really been an issue.

Thanks for the recommendation. I was wondering what else to try as I sure as hell don't want to use YouTube and it doesn't seem like you can have a separate podcast playlist in Spotify.

Our monthly game with another family hasn't met since September due to cancellations from sickness. With the holidays, we're not even trying again until January 😞

Trump already lost the civil case, the judge found him guilty of fraud. Everything in the case now is just about damages and penalties.

At least flash mobs bring a group of people together in real life to do something together in community. Far more value than influencer.