This is a must read to understand the motivations & ambitions of Elon Musk, the richest person on the planet, who unfortunately also happens to be a greedy impulsive dangerous delusional fascist tone-deaf thin-skinned narcissistic megalomaniacal moron.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/elon-musks-shadow-rule

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Feeling marginally better today, so I spent some time in the garden with the Z8 and some fast glass and got this.

Purloined from #thesiteformerlyknownasbirdland

Regarding Musk's Latest Folly.....

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While I’m not sorry Russia has suffered an embarrassment with their failed moon landing, I do feel badly for the scientists and engineers —the regular people—who watched their efforts and dreams explode.

And they may suffer further bc of their angry/humiliated government.

😕

#space

#Russia #Ukraine

Oh dear.

Donald Trump is currently facing 91 felony charges in four different criminal cases and he's for damn sure going to be found guilty on at least some of those charges.

Every so-called "Constitutional Conservative" should be right now on every talk show and podcast demanding Trump be barred from ever holding office again.

The fact that they're not, shows you just how big of hypocrites they are and how little they care about either "law and order" or the Constitution.

SMFH

“Lucifer would have stuffed three fingers up your ass and bowled you into Hell”

Hey, it’s an unaired Christopher Walken SNL sketch. And it’s free!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A6WPTfkfAtQ

#SciFi Cover art by Vincent Di Fate, Bruce Pennington

YIKES.
BREAKING NEWS: National Weather Service Urges Preparation For Category 4 Hurricane Hilary
https://youtu.be/BjZzu8YAq-I

Elon Musk relaxes at his country estate after a long tiring day of tanking his own businesses.

New Essay up on Stonekettle Station: Baloney

https://www.stonekettle.com/2023/08/baloney.html

It's not some army at our border or some navy on our shores.

It's this rot. This corruption. This cancer. This failure of citizenship, that is the real threat to our democracy.

New essay (sort of) up on Stonekettle Station

https://www.stonekettle.com/2023/08/what-happens-in-vegas-doesnt-always.html