Notices by Bruce MacDonald (rationaldoge@hachyderm.io)

@inthehands @lcamtuf I worry about this because I am not that savvy when it comes to circuits.

I've found it better to fall back on old textbooks such as The Radio Amateur's Handbook or The Art of Electronics.

@inthehands Right. I don't know how to moderate my reaction. On the one hand we have neighbors placing big handmade signs on their front doors warning ICE away from their property and their neighbors. On the other hand, I'm reminded to shovel my sidewalk and dig out the trash cans. Serious cognitive dissonance at a time when we should be looking forward to the holidays and generally living our lives. Hard to know what to do.

@inthehands Frog or mammal.
Badgerland Birding have a video that helps explain why Merlin didn't pick it up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXhn_Lw95L0&t=51s

@inthehands "Guiding principle: You are expected to take responsibility for what you do and don’t do, as well as for the consequences of your decisions."

@inthehands Ears Up!

@inthehands Paul, a Tesla passed us on the interstate and I noticed a subtle decal on the rear where the "Dual Motor" crow-phrase would have been. Instead, in a similar font and size, it read, "Anti-Elon."

People feeling the sting, I reckon, and I empathize with early adopters, not knowing the future.

Now, just between you and me, I hope that the leadership of Fuji Heavy Industries Limited doesn't do anything foolish.

"Journalist killings are rare in the United States, and this marks the first time that a current or former U.S. official has been convicted of killing a journalist."
https://www.voanews.com/a/former-nevada-official-found-guilty-of-murdering-journalist-/7762931.html

#journalism

@inthehands I remember when the period discussion came to our Middle School classroom (we called it Junior High back in those days).

The girls were spirited away and instructed separately; we boys were not to badger them or discuss it further when they returned from their unprecedented sequestration.

I, of course, had informants who filled me in on the substance of the lesson. And that was that!

It was all very interesting, memorable, and good to know.

'The ruling distinguishes between the ability of a government entity and a private business to restrict political speech.

'“More important here, whether the city has an ordinance that restricts political speech is not relevant to Life Time’s right as a private entity to restrict political speech on its premises,” the appeals panel wrote.'

Candidate’s gym membership termination upheld by Minnesota appeals court
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/08/26/candidates-gym-membership-termination-upheld-minnesota-appeals-court

So long (eventually) to the place where I learned about William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, and Charles Dickens.

Hard to find the entrance to the Humanities Building but it didn't take long to find your way around.

Always thought it was a quintessential modern university building because it was kinda funny looking.

The columns, especially, look like they fall short of a safe slenderness ratio.

But I was a journalism student not an engineering student so I didn't mind.
https://madison.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-tear-down-ugly-failing-monstrosity-in-heart-of-uw-madison-campus/article_cc7bfcd0-616a-11ef-9602-5b3a5948e30c.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

Lesser Minnesota in the news.

"The prevailing anecdote in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and the unrest following George Floyd’s murder was that droves of people moved out of Minneapolis. But it wasn’t true."

New survey debunks myth about migration out of Minneapolis
https://www.startribune.com/new-survey-debunks-myth-about-migration-out-of-minneapolis/601128917

#Minneapolis #Minnesota #Hinterlandia

'I would always call the Observer, because I knew them. … I would call them, totally indignant and enraged by what was happening that week in the Capitol, and I’d be like, “You guys need to get over here and write about this.”

'I think they got so tired of me calling that they said, “Well, why don’t you just come and work here?” I took like a $10,000 pay cut and went back to journalism.'

Observing the Borderlands
https://www.texasobserver.org/observing-the-borderlands/

#journalism #Texas #borders

@inthehands I just broke out into song: the final number in Bernstein's "Candide."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DROkQJc_F0

@futurebird Well put.

The membrane control panel is the only quibble I have against our induction range; we're used to exquisite sensitivity on our self-phone screens and the membrane just doesn't compare.

Also, having to reach above a pot of boiling water to poke at the panel is sub-par.

That's a design consideration I wish I had thought of when I was purchasing. I'd go with a front panel with rotary knobs if there's ever a next time.

Various expensive foodstuffs are one of the principal draws of the State Fair; others include

• crop art and seed bags
• creative activities
• heritage recipes
• newspaper museum feat. hot type
• 4H exhibits
• DNR building
• school kids' artwork
• corn roast
• home improvement nonsense
• Christmas trees
• antique tractors
• free music
• cows

Politicians. Who knows? maybe you'd run into future governor Peggy Flanagan.

The #MinnesotaStateFair is arguably the best in the country; don't miss it.

As cheap [frugal] as I am, I would not resort to this. But it's good, and a bit surprising, that one could do:

"Food costs can get pricey at the fair, especially for families. If you don’t mind skipping out on fair food, preparing your own is a great way to save money. The fair allows guests to bring outside food and coolers, as well as nonalcoholic outside drinks."
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/08/15/minnesota-state-fair-101-guide-great-minnesota-get-together-2024

#MinnesotaStateFair

@inthehands @aburka As the inscription on the sundial at the Lake Harriet Rose Garden says, "Count only the sunny days."

Your observation that incentive pricing didn't work well surprises me. But electricity already seems like a pretty good value around here and maybe the savings were not that Big?

Anything to forestall peaking generation and transmission woes, though.

I'd like to build a dashboard for my meter and keep a cold eye on it.

@inthehands Dang it Paul I've been running my dishwasher after midnight!

I got that idea when Xcel started talking about maybe someday trying time-of-day pricing in Minnesota, something that would Save Big Money.

(Economists say people respond to incentives. I'm just incredibly cheap.)

Seriously though I've found that my many years of individual quirky behaviors have not mattered ONE WHIT.

Discouraging. Some days I just want to say, Eff it. I'm hopping on a plane, to roar over my house.

Oh, Cory.

'[Rothman] contrasted that [$55,000 threshold] with the new Minnesota State Promise program that waives tuition and fees for students from families with adjusted gross incomes under $80,000 per year.

'“So they have made a commitment to educate, quite frankly, more of their students,” Rothman said.

'State Sen. Cory Tomczyk, R-Mosinee, countered by stating, “I wouldn’t worry too much about Minnesota, because it won’t be long and they’ll be bankrupt…'
https://www.wpr.org/news/uw-system-president-jay-rothman-legislative-council-study-committee

Will Bunch: "Officials predicted it would benefit at least 15,000-20,000 current students while hopefully enticing more — especially when combined with a similar benefit for the state’s tribal members, a funding boost for academic programs, even increased child care for students who are parents. No wonder public enrollment in Minnesota jumped 2% last year while it dropped elsewhere, with a bigger surge likely this fall as the North Star programs takes effect."
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/tim-walz-jd-vance-higher-education-policy-20240808.html