The Univision Town Hall. Winning hearts and minds.

#ScaryBugz

Beautiful looking, but the spotted lanternfly is a real problem. Feeds on many plant species and is responsible for serious crop losses in some, notably grapes and fruit trees. Estimated annual losses in Pennsylvania alone at $554 million. We don't have it here north of the border yet, but it has been intercepted multiple times this year.

#insects

' Astrophotographer climbs Mount Etna to capture jaw-dropping image of Comet C/2023 A3 '

🤔 pedal to the metal.

https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news/comet-c-2023-a3-mount-etna

A post from the #HarrisWalz2024 campaign:

Voter: Why did you use your influence to tell Republicans to kill the bipartisan border security bill?

Trump: *refuses to answer*

Angela Lansbury (in costume for “The Court Jester") eating lunch with Basil Rathbone in the Paramount Studio commissary during a day of filming,

#CoSoMovies

Will Stancil:
This moment has gone viral because it's the most important question of the election. What's incredible is that it had to be asked by a construction worker because the political press refuses to focus on these questions or hold Trump's feet to the fire.

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Rialto Beach, Washington

—Mathew Nichols

Detroit

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/oct/17/netanyahu-weapons-biden

I'm sorry, but these people are idiots who seem to want to cut their own throats.

LET'S SHOW HARRIS HOW MAD WE ARE AT BIDEN BY HELPING TRUMP WIN!

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jill-stein-harris-michigan-gaza-palestinian-rcna174668

Trump is challenging another Jack Smith filing being unsealed before the election arguing and I quote:

'The public has a right to NOT have the filing unsealed as it might impact the way they vote."

CNN tried to find the makers of Trump’s new ‘Swiss-made’ watches. We ended up at a shopping center in Wyoming
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While [Mark] Pierce defended the rights of his clients, including the makers of Trump watches and sneakers, to keep their details private, he said the former president’s track record as a businessman should lead to caution for those interested in purchasing a product he sells.

#Trump #TrumpWatches #Politics #Grifters

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/17/politics/trump-watches-wyoming-invs/index.html

I guess that this is as close as I am going to get with seeing the comet! 🤣

A single query to ChatGPT uses ten times the energy of a plain old web search.

"HAL, stop using ALL the power!"
"I'M AFRAID I'M UNABLE TO DO THAT, DAVE."

https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/AI-poised-to-drive-160-increase-in-power-demand

The Biden administration has now canceled loans for more than 1 million public workers. https://apnews.com/article/student-loan-cancellation-forgiveness-debt-774b0ee69f911f68f646a066031ee604

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I've been on a zombie kick of late and wanted to know what I'd look like as one of the shambling undead so to Microsoft Bing AI Picture Creator I went. The way I figure it is, I'd have a perpetual hunger for honey and hugs rather than flesh.

In the backyard, with no filters, by the light of the silvery moon…#cosophoto #comettsuchinshanatlas #goodnite