Meanwhile, saw a pallet of solar panels yesterday at a construction site. Just a big ol' box of power. Neat.

The Trump administration has sought to accelerate permits and cut red tape for big-ticket [oil] projects...

That effort has failed so far, and may even have made legal challenges easier, because rushed permitting paperwork has caught the eyes of judges. ".

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pipelines/end-of-an-era-series-of-u-s-setbacks-bodes-ill-for-big-oil-gas-pipeline-projects-idUSKBN2491M5

ohhhh bringing out psyops, stoking paranoia. This ad has a target audience of one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bk6d4TgO2NY

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-pipeline-energy-transfer/u-s-court-orders-dakota-access-oil-pipeline-to-be-shut-emptied-idUSKBN2471TQ

Only sorry this took so long and cost so much misery. Look forward to watching the rest of the petro industry dispatched bit by bit.

taking notes from the masters

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/04/hidden-language-hong-kong-security-law-residents-wordplay

and so does this guy

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vH_T4-503VU

dunno he sounds pretty sure

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vtk_zcbVAeE

Mexico is closing the US border.

So...is this a good time to ask them again about footing the wall bill?

The full 500+ page report by the House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis looks...great? Job creation, carbon at 1.5ppm.
Where do I sign?

https://climatecrisis.house.gov/sites/climatecrisis.house.gov/files/Climate%20Crisis%20Action%20Plan.pdf

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-so-far-atrocities-1-759

"...note these horrors, to remember them, and to do all in our power to reverse them."

What else do they use that fails 96% of the time.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/detroit-police-chief-admits-facial-recognition-is-wrong-96-of-the-time/

All true before the pandemic:

Ten Ways to Improve Work After COVID-19 Pandemic

https://centreforfuturework.ca/2020/06/03/ten-ways-to-improve-work-after-covid-19-pandemic/

#7, Just In Time (Thanks WalMart!) is a race to the bottom for gainful employment and environmentally unsustainable.
Local jobs please.

Good news! Jared is taking over the 2020 campaign!

https://thebulwark.com/newsletter-issue/a-victory-or-a-landslide/

#MiddleEastPeace
#PPE
#Khashoggi
#NeedIGoOn

<rant>
wikipedia editors can be narrow-minded, axe-grinding, ignorant savages.
</rant>

sigh. Reference works are always subjective.

I will try to sweetly enlighten.

buzz

chirp

growl

moo

plop

purr

put (or get)<jk>

snort

#TootMigration

Maybe I don't use Adobe software often enough but I find their UI/UX dreadful. Hard pass.

Nonetheless this could be of interest to Photoshop-ers looking for a free and capable alternative with a lowered learning curve:

https://m.dpreview.com/news/0571119899/photogimp-for-linux-puts-a-fresh-coat-of-photoshop-esque-paint-on-gimp-photo-editor

"I dare not put words in a Baptist minister’s mouth, but it sounds like he listened to what the President of the United States had to say, then decided just the opposite would be true."

“It does sound like that,” Reverend DeWitt agreed.

https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/dan-rodricks/bs-md-rodricks-0619-20200618-re2obahhbzbddojazrkf65gdoq-story.html