"Ukrainian Navy" is meant tongue in cheek there. 😂

Sometimes ferries just explode. Natural causes. Not this time but sometimes.
"spokesman of the Ukrainian Navy, Dmytro Pletenchuk, confirmed the destruction of the "Conro Trader" and noted that the ferry is one of the important links in the chain of Russian military logistics."
#ukraine #politics
https://kyivindependent.com/satellite-image-shows-destroyed-ferry-in-russias-kavkaz-port-following-attack/

Solution to an old problem just poofed into my brain. Didn't know I was even still thinking about it. Thanks brain!
#brain.

Olenya airfield, Murmansk. 2,000 miles. That's gonna need explaining Vlad.
#ukraine
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/37804

holy heck, Ukraine hit an airfield above the arctic circle? I get this right?

#ukraine #politics

Very nice but also freaking me out. Where are all the storms hiding?
#hurricanes

Good news: social media ain't all that with respect to elections.
That's also the bad news.
#politics
Jeff Jackson, trying to reach voters: (2.5 min)
https://youtu.be/jo8EqrEPnt4

So Conde Nast which owns Ars Technica and a big bunch of other web and magazine stuff sold it's content to an LLM miner; predictable. Retroactively. Wow! Including comments and forums (which are prolific). No notice, no choice. Wait what?
I've subscribed for 13 years: well, it was a good run. Cancelled payment.
Oh but wait there's a chaser: Can't delete an account. Not possible. @sjvn for interest.

Budanov said Putin could expect deeper strikes; he wasn't kidding. “Eleven drones were destroyed” over Moscow and its surrounding region, the defence ministry said.

“This is one of the largest ever attempts to attack Moscow with drones” -- Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin

Can't wait to see them spin that.

#ukraine #politics

This is a CEO talking? Where's the wishy washy?

"You know, I usually don't like getting in front of the camera. I prefer that our products speak for themselves. I really fucking hate generative AI. I don't like what's happening in the industry and I don't like what it's doing to artists. We're not going to be introducing any generative AI into out products." --Procreate CEO James Cuda

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/08/procreate-defies-ai-trend-pledges-no-generative-ai-in-its-illustration-app/

Time for a COVID booster...but they're not ready yet. #covid
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/amid-summer-covid-surge-fda-reportedly-poised-to-approve-updated-shots/

US 19th Amendment was ratified Aug. 18th, 1920 after, "almost all of the major suffrage organizations were united behind the goal of a constitutional amendment." And Woodrow Wilson changed his position to support it.
#vote #unite
https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/19th-amendment

Ran out of space, here's the URL. Mind you it's .ru so wear protection:
https://visitkamchatka.ru/en/information/

Kamchatka's tourist portal --wait, let that settle in. They have a _tourist_ portal.

It's kinda fun! "Stay Safe: Basic Rules" and "Encountering a Bear: Safety Rules" are the top 2 entries.

FAQ: How many volcanoes?: "...about 30 active and over 160 extinct volcanoes in Kamchatka. But no one could tell the exact number because Kamchatka is called 'the land of volcanoes' for a reason."

"...makes sense to add helicopter evacuation and search-and-rescue to your insurance package"
Fun! Let's go!

Would that even get someone buzzed?

Sunburned, mosquito-bitten, dug-up-a-dozen-budweiser-tall-boys-from-the-70s how's your day going?

Seriously just drink everclear instead.

--WPA Federal Art Project, [1936 or 1937]

Allegory of the broken shovel. Still works fine.

#shovel