Dusty Chalk

So...yes and no. I wouldn't say it moved further than the book, so much as...expanded everything -- character development of every single character, the detail of side quests, the cinematography, &c. You got some necessary updates, but also TV shows have to do TV show things, so every cast member has to be in every episode (mostly). At least, for the duration of the story arc. It has gotten quite meandery, and somewhat slightly bloated. At least it doesn't fall into the trap of Westworld, where it gets so abstract I'm not sure what the intention was. And yes, Ian McShane gets to sing in one episode again, just like he did in that one episode of Deadwood.

Which Rick Beato video? I love U.K./Bruford.

I doubt I got a security ping, it's just a meme. It says, "The American government could take every billionaires' assets the same way they stole Venezuela's oil".

Apparently, "blurple" is a freak of nature that took the recessive genes from both parents. As nature is wont to do on occasion.

From memory: Yellows -- happiness Reds -- energy Blue -- cool, calm Purple -- Royalty Greens and Oranges -- psychoses 🙃 Black -- self-harm, depression, death And now, testing my memory: I like how it felt obliged to raise its voice in defense of green and orange, but didn't defend black at all. Also: a more serious -- albeit Joan Rivers, fashionista -- take on colours for 2026: https://www.domino.com/design-inspiration/fixr-2026-color-trends/?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

Honestly, yellows >> greens

...and just as legally.

That's my fault. I love/LOVE/LURV everything Sheena Ringo/Tokyo Jihen, so that's probably why it showed up on your feed. LOL, never mind, I was confused. Unrelated:

Trump would repeat that we could until you made it true.

Okay, but the oil is still there and ours for the taking, isn't it? @naamanf you can fly a helicopter on crude oil? I thought you said we can do that./T

Yeah, shawarma is good stuff. I've had the Wegmans pre-marinated stuff, restaurant made (today, even!), and it would have disappeared faster than light with me around, too. Yum yum yum, gnosh gnosh gnosh, yum yum yum

Interesting that he has abandoned his trademark plain black leather jacket in favor of a snakeskin (?). I wonder if he will use the word, "molt".

Yeah, he's really just a shill for Skynet our soon-to-be-bot-overlords. That said, I was still very interested in everything he said about Vera Rubin. (The hardware platform that he just introduced.) Their usual rule is only change one or two things. They threw that out with this iteration and completely redesigned everything. My theory: they == AI. I don't think they actually were directly involved with the design. Having spent most of my life working in the cleared sector, no-one in the government that I knew would let this pass muster. Additional editorial note: The only way we are going to be able to defeat Skynet AI-used-for-evil is AI-used-for-good. And we are way behind with that. We are so fucked as a planet.

...it's getting good? I've got some bad news for you... 🙃

Happy birthday, Renato! (party favour noise)

Happy birthday, Dan! (party favour noise)

I don't think we need to declare war. I think if the world perceives the US as committing an act of war against a country, then we're at war. And the world will definitely perceive this as an act of war. Yay, we elected a total villain for president. Well done, MAGAts.

I endorse this message. https://www.maangchi.com/recipe/buldak

Late picture, and a little burnt, but it was delicious.

Buldak with cheese (which I made)

Aw, too fucking hip, that's amazing! Yay science and your nephew!

(sends airhugs) Condolences, both about your aunt and your veganism. No, seriously, you're a better man than I.

@Knuckledragger I'm sure you've heard this before, but I was triggered by this video to listen to the whole song