Better, actually, because the light is coming in at a shallower angle and therefore passing through more atmosphere, leading to getting more of the red wavelengths. Though it's a fairly minor effect, as the reason they appear read in the first place is them coming in at a shallow angle as the planet rotates and the sun comes over the horizon. Also, even drier than normal.
But dust and smoke are what make for the ultimate sunrises and sunsets, particularly when you're in a nice empty place. Best sunset I've ever seen, hands down, was on a motorcycle in 2002, heading west through the middle of Arizona somewhere on I-40, at a time when there were lots of fires in California. Most of a rainbow of the spectrum, from a deep brick red right at the horizon, rising over me through orange and yellow, deepening into deep indigo and then black above and behind me with the stars peeking out.
I don't see them very often, so I can't say for sure, but today was the first time I'd seen anything like that. (Normally there's no clouds maybe?) And maybe 5 minutes later, the effect was gone. So even if it does happen every day, it's only for a few minutes.
Seems like that Arizona Highways publication was based on a lot of gorgeous sunsets and painted rocks. Now it’s harder to see the sunsets and sunrises because so many buildings are interfering.
What made me happy this week? We went to the town yard sale and I found a whole pile of pure Norwegian yarn in a gorgeous sort of rosewood color and I'm busy making myself a walking-on-the-rail-trail poncho.
But I've had an awful thought related to your yesterday's post and I need some moral clarity. Must I [sobs uncontrollably] now boycott Marmite because of what them British government scumlords are trying to do to all the free world? I don't know if I have the strength...
Also--off-topic call for the readership's kind assistance: Can anyone explain GamerGate to me in a concise neutral way? I asked a very dear liberal friend to do the same and I thought he did a pretty good job, considering, but I think there may be more nuance to be had so...
I'm curious, would you like to share your liberal friend's neutral version? Obviously after some others have taken a stab at it.
I find it difficult to stay neutral about that subject. Both as a gamer and a man, I found the female "gamer's" reaction to being treated like every other gamer quite immature.
I would prefer not to until you share yours; I don't want your reaction to what he said but your own response.
But first thing I'd like clarified: Is Zoe Quinn a man pretending to be a woman as Brianna Wu is? Or is Zoe a woman pretending to be "nonbinary?" An autistic woman who doesn't know what the hell she is except for being a game enthusiast?
Background to my interest here: Cernovich on X and some replies to his post referred to GamerGate as the event from which MAGA grew. i.e. a profound cultural moment with seismic effects (my words). I'd heard of GamerGate and read the Wikipedia article on it but went back to read it again after Cernovich's post the other day, and it sure clarified nothing for me, especially since I don't know if it concerns any women at all.
OG GamerGate began as so often these do with some barely-related human drama. A bitter ex (IDK for cause or no) claimed Zoe Quinn traded sex for Gaming Press reviews, promos, and awards. The response to the original inquiries was a full court press across all MSM gamer rags and online platforms like Kotaku that male gamers were icky lying icky pigs.Who hated wahmens. And minorities.
(I heard about the fuss via Syrian Gamer Girl. #NotYourHumanShield being an OG gamer girl myself & mom of same)
So the weaponised autists in the 'chans got involved to dig in and lo and behold there's Journolist, an online journalist coordination & racketeering group.
Meanwhile running parallel to this Anita (expletive deleted) Sarkesian was running around pretending to be a gamer while making money off of playing damsel-in-distress from all the terrible, terrible misogyny she pretended to experience. Many other abusive narcissist of the female, or female adjacent types also made bank off the phenomenon. It didn't help that guys had, traditionally been embarrassingly welcoming to any gals with a genuine interest who showed up and so initially took all the claims of the colonisers at face value.
My two cents: Somebody in the useless degree holier-than-thou SJW cohort discovered that games were a multi-billion dollar entertainment product and decided to colonise it.
The natives organised and fought a guerilla war against the invaders which continues to this day via memes, comics, etc.
Keep in mind my life doesn't hang on getting this information. But I am very interested in as factual a recounting as can be managed. Since I read zero liberal sources these days, I try to figure out which conservative sources are more often accurate than not.
Exactly. I remember it had something to do with sex-for-reviews and then some sort of sexism claim when the whole thing blew up, but it's been a long time since I've read about it.
The accident-prone dogs were hilarious, though not so much in real life when they slip their leash and take off suddenly on an icy sidewalk, causing you to desperately run after them, slip and break your wrist. Happened to my daughter last year.
How about forcing big pharma to provide absolute proof that ANY of their drugs and vaccines really work. They can't so they won't and millions will continue to accept the poisons as their savior.
The dog coming in the living room with the hose was marvelous.
COVID Clarity: COVID is a Corona Virus , same as the Common Cold. So, why would a natural borne virus be cause for expediting a vaccine for it ? And why would therapies of long approved pharmaceuticals be banned? How did “ they” know those therapies would not work? They didn’t. But they do know that COVID was a tweaked GOF virus. And we have not deserved this five year long soap opera of bullshit. The arcane machinations of facts and figures where the truth seeking heroes are vilified and the villains are the heads of Pharmaceutical Companies and Government health officials continuing to hide the truth with the help of the media minions. Until, we are told the truth about the origin and purpose of the virus, we remain manipulated pawns.
I can certainly sympathize, but, ICYMI, you might consider Hanlon's Razor:
Wikipedia (old link below): "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
Of particular note in that old version is this description of a famous 18th (?) century painting:
Wikipedia: The Court of Foolishness of Gerard de Lairesse. The accused, pursued by Hatred, is led by Calumny, Envy and Perfidy before a judge with donkey ears, surrounded by Ignorance and Suspicion.
Both of which seem like a fairly accurate summation of the Covid Crisis ... 😉🙂
But, en passant, one of the saving graces of Wikipedia is their archive of previous versions so one can see the evolution of any given article. Or degeneration as the case may be, particularly on anything to do with gender.
I was not familiar with this saying . I can see how it would applicable in many cases, but with this sudden push to oust RFK Jr, I don’t see ignorance as the driving force. I see their own involvement in graft and deception being exposed that has them pulling the fire alarms….
But, as I argued in another comment in this thread of yours, much of the Covid clusterfuck of several years ago seems to have been a case of the blind leading the blind, not malice but pigheaded or panicked ignorance even if rather self-serving. Reminds me of another quip in the same vein from Upton Sinclair:
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his NOT understanding it.”
More particularly, and if I remember correctly, the CDC changed their minds several times about the efficacy of masks. But many other sources -- Forbes for example -- provided solid evidence that it had some benefits, even if rather limited ones:
However, much of the Covid clusterfuck seems to have been a case of the blind leading the blind, not malice but pigheaded or panicked ignorance even if rather self-serving. Reminds me of another quip in the same vein from Upton Sinclair:
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his NOT understanding it.”
More particularly, and if I remember correctly, the CDC changed their minds several times about the efficacy of masks. But many provided solid evidence that it had some benefits, if limited ones:
WE have to put a toddler lock on our kitchen cupboards when we go on vacation, as our male, Dash, has figured out how to open and crawl in but hasn't figured how to get back out! I didn't want the kitty sitter to have to look in all the cupboards if she couldn't find him! Smart little buggers... great videos!
Two of our kitties are the same!!! They could easily pry open the cabinet doors to get in. Yet couldn't figure out how to push on the door to get out of the cabinet. I couldn't find child proof cabinet locks to fit for my cabinets. I found some bungee cords that work purrfectly!
SC - Thanks for the yuks and Spunky update - too cute for school.
> Spoiler alert: We’re all feds.
Hey! I'm not a fed!
*looks at who ultimately signs paychecks*
Well... fuck.
Great sunrise photo!
The dog with the hose!
My favorite, too!
me also. I laughed out loud.
Are the desert sunrises like that year-round? Maybe in winter they're subdued due to less sunlight.
Better, actually, because the light is coming in at a shallower angle and therefore passing through more atmosphere, leading to getting more of the red wavelengths. Though it's a fairly minor effect, as the reason they appear read in the first place is them coming in at a shallow angle as the planet rotates and the sun comes over the horizon. Also, even drier than normal.
But dust and smoke are what make for the ultimate sunrises and sunsets, particularly when you're in a nice empty place. Best sunset I've ever seen, hands down, was on a motorcycle in 2002, heading west through the middle of Arizona somewhere on I-40, at a time when there were lots of fires in California. Most of a rainbow of the spectrum, from a deep brick red right at the horizon, rising over me through orange and yellow, deepening into deep indigo and then black above and behind me with the stars peeking out.
I don't see them very often, so I can't say for sure, but today was the first time I'd seen anything like that. (Normally there's no clouds maybe?) And maybe 5 minutes later, the effect was gone. So even if it does happen every day, it's only for a few minutes.
Seems like that Arizona Highways publication was based on a lot of gorgeous sunsets and painted rocks. Now it’s harder to see the sunsets and sunrises because so many buildings are interfering.
Another good on SC. Thank you. Loved the doag and feline clips.
Trump is teeing up yet another assault on the pharma cooperative (the progressive idiots), putting them between a rock and a hard place basically.
The Pharma shills have a lot less support today than they did 4 years ago......wonder why.......
"Hey, did I mention that there's a wolf over here? Help. Help. Why aren't you running over?"
Good ones , the mischievous dogs were great. The Jesus one had a lotta truth there ….. but my priest would not be happy 😉🫣🫠🤫
Isn't the Bee run by Christians?
The parrot has the right idea
But.....those naughty puppies....
This was a great round-up.
What made me happy this week? We went to the town yard sale and I found a whole pile of pure Norwegian yarn in a gorgeous sort of rosewood color and I'm busy making myself a walking-on-the-rail-trail poncho.
But I've had an awful thought related to your yesterday's post and I need some moral clarity. Must I [sobs uncontrollably] now boycott Marmite because of what them British government scumlords are trying to do to all the free world? I don't know if I have the strength...
Also--off-topic call for the readership's kind assistance: Can anyone explain GamerGate to me in a concise neutral way? I asked a very dear liberal friend to do the same and I thought he did a pretty good job, considering, but I think there may be more nuance to be had so...
I'm curious, would you like to share your liberal friend's neutral version? Obviously after some others have taken a stab at it.
I find it difficult to stay neutral about that subject. Both as a gamer and a man, I found the female "gamer's" reaction to being treated like every other gamer quite immature.
I would prefer not to until you share yours; I don't want your reaction to what he said but your own response.
But first thing I'd like clarified: Is Zoe Quinn a man pretending to be a woman as Brianna Wu is? Or is Zoe a woman pretending to be "nonbinary?" An autistic woman who doesn't know what the hell she is except for being a game enthusiast?
Background to my interest here: Cernovich on X and some replies to his post referred to GamerGate as the event from which MAGA grew. i.e. a profound cultural moment with seismic effects (my words). I'd heard of GamerGate and read the Wikipedia article on it but went back to read it again after Cernovich's post the other day, and it sure clarified nothing for me, especially since I don't know if it concerns any women at all.
OG GamerGate began as so often these do with some barely-related human drama. A bitter ex (IDK for cause or no) claimed Zoe Quinn traded sex for Gaming Press reviews, promos, and awards. The response to the original inquiries was a full court press across all MSM gamer rags and online platforms like Kotaku that male gamers were icky lying icky pigs.Who hated wahmens. And minorities.
(I heard about the fuss via Syrian Gamer Girl. #NotYourHumanShield being an OG gamer girl myself & mom of same)
So the weaponised autists in the 'chans got involved to dig in and lo and behold there's Journolist, an online journalist coordination & racketeering group.
Meanwhile running parallel to this Anita (expletive deleted) Sarkesian was running around pretending to be a gamer while making money off of playing damsel-in-distress from all the terrible, terrible misogyny she pretended to experience. Many other abusive narcissist of the female, or female adjacent types also made bank off the phenomenon. It didn't help that guys had, traditionally been embarrassingly welcoming to any gals with a genuine interest who showed up and so initially took all the claims of the colonisers at face value.
My two cents: Somebody in the useless degree holier-than-thou SJW cohort discovered that games were a multi-billion dollar entertainment product and decided to colonise it.
The natives organised and fought a guerilla war against the invaders which continues to this day via memes, comics, etc.
I very much appreciate you posting this response to my inquiry. Very clearly and usefully summarized.
I'll have to do more reading, I was going off my memory when it first happened.
Keep in mind my life doesn't hang on getting this information. But I am very interested in as factual a recounting as can be managed. Since I read zero liberal sources these days, I try to figure out which conservative sources are more often accurate than not.
Exactly. I remember it had something to do with sex-for-reviews and then some sort of sexism claim when the whole thing blew up, but it's been a long time since I've read about it.
That brings in a third woman (or the only woman?) I think.
IIRC there was one woman in the center but I couldn't tell you her name. Maybe I'd recognize it if I saw it.
Love it all!
Blessings
The accident-prone dogs were hilarious, though not so much in real life when they slip their leash and take off suddenly on an icy sidewalk, causing you to desperately run after them, slip and break your wrist. Happened to my daughter last year.
YIKES!
You are back up already?
Gotta get up early so I'll be ready to pass out at a regular hour tonight.
WOW these were great videos today. I needed them. Thank you for sharing them
I can't pick a favorite.
I am so so sick of liberals. I am sick of leftists, sick of stupid ppl. etc
Happy Tuesdeeee
^^^ This a thousand times.
yes. You are feeling it too. :-8
How about forcing big pharma to provide absolute proof that ANY of their drugs and vaccines really work. They can't so they won't and millions will continue to accept the poisons as their savior.
The dog coming in the living room with the hose was marvelous.
Revert the FDA to the Bureau of Chemistry, with the mission of enforcing label accuracy.
Wishing you sun, fresh air, and trees.
COVID Clarity: COVID is a Corona Virus , same as the Common Cold. So, why would a natural borne virus be cause for expediting a vaccine for it ? And why would therapies of long approved pharmaceuticals be banned? How did “ they” know those therapies would not work? They didn’t. But they do know that COVID was a tweaked GOF virus. And we have not deserved this five year long soap opera of bullshit. The arcane machinations of facts and figures where the truth seeking heroes are vilified and the villains are the heads of Pharmaceutical Companies and Government health officials continuing to hide the truth with the help of the media minions. Until, we are told the truth about the origin and purpose of the virus, we remain manipulated pawns.
Ask Ralph Baric. He knows but won't $ay.
Oh yikes! Dr. Evil……and the hubris of certain but not all humans
I’ll google him. Not familiar
I can certainly sympathize, but, ICYMI, you might consider Hanlon's Razor:
Wikipedia (old link below): "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."
Of particular note in that old version is this description of a famous 18th (?) century painting:
Wikipedia: The Court of Foolishness of Gerard de Lairesse. The accused, pursued by Hatred, is led by Calumny, Envy and Perfidy before a judge with donkey ears, surrounded by Ignorance and Suspicion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon%27s_razor
Both of which seem like a fairly accurate summation of the Covid Crisis ... 😉🙂
But, en passant, one of the saving graces of Wikipedia is their archive of previous versions so one can see the evolution of any given article. Or degeneration as the case may be, particularly on anything to do with gender.
I was not familiar with this saying . I can see how it would applicable in many cases, but with this sudden push to oust RFK Jr, I don’t see ignorance as the driving force. I see their own involvement in graft and deception being exposed that has them pulling the fire alarms….
"covering their butts" is probably a large part of the situation now -- "retconning" for fun and profit:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retroactive_continuity
But, as I argued in another comment in this thread of yours, much of the Covid clusterfuck of several years ago seems to have been a case of the blind leading the blind, not malice but pigheaded or panicked ignorance even if rather self-serving. Reminds me of another quip in the same vein from Upton Sinclair:
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his NOT understanding it.”
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-get-a-man-to-understand-something
More particularly, and if I remember correctly, the CDC changed their minds several times about the efficacy of masks. But many other sources -- Forbes for example -- provided solid evidence that it had some benefits, even if rather limited ones:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/07/10/ask-ethan-what-is-the-science-behind-wearing-a-mask/?sh=8c49c345f3c2
Hanlon's razor is an intellectually lazy crutch. It allows the uninterested to write off things they SHOULD be doing their due diligence about.
Edit: I meant this as a generality, not as any dig against you Steersman.
Certainly maybe somewhat charitable at best.
However, much of the Covid clusterfuck seems to have been a case of the blind leading the blind, not malice but pigheaded or panicked ignorance even if rather self-serving. Reminds me of another quip in the same vein from Upton Sinclair:
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his NOT understanding it.”
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/21810-it-is-difficult-to-get-a-man-to-understand-something
More particularly, and if I remember correctly, the CDC changed their minds several times about the efficacy of masks. But many provided solid evidence that it had some benefits, if limited ones:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2020/07/10/ask-ethan-what-is-the-science-behind-wearing-a-mask/?sh=8c49c345f3c2
Amongst several; most predominantly rhinovirus. Get your rhinovirus vaccine! (Even supervaccinator Dr. Leonard McCoy didn't suggest that.)
Send Jack Dorsey, Linda Yaccarino, and Elon Musk to Mars; no life support!
And PS… my comment is in response to this sudden push to fire RFK Jr… c’mon man! Really Bernie Sanders, et tu? Time to check his campaign donors….
What a shock to find alleged Epstein clients have funded Bernie and most of congress too. Minus Massie.
WE have to put a toddler lock on our kitchen cupboards when we go on vacation, as our male, Dash, has figured out how to open and crawl in but hasn't figured how to get back out! I didn't want the kitty sitter to have to look in all the cupboards if she couldn't find him! Smart little buggers... great videos!
Two of our kitties are the same!!! They could easily pry open the cabinet doors to get in. Yet couldn't figure out how to push on the door to get out of the cabinet. I couldn't find child proof cabinet locks to fit for my cabinets. I found some bungee cords that work purrfectly!
Love, hugs, and PERSEVERE always!
Give that quat a file.
Glad you liked them! Have a great day!