yes, the post is “a day late and a dollar short,” but….
YUM! This is one of the best reasons to be in a body!
There are 200 crabs in that photo on the right – all dungeness – with a single red rock crab on top (the red rock crab is also known as the pearl of the Pacific).
Fresh roasted crab is heaven on earth!
Thanks to Kai for braving the Pacific Ocean to get us some crabs. The Pacific fought back – he was so seasick, poor thing.
Thank you for reading today's post. Have an InterStellar Day! ~PrP
You should be more understanding of the problems the I*/7 are facing trying to work on the planet earth. Due to their world’s circumstances. They are like earth’s Crepuscular animals that are most active during twilight (the period of dawn, dusk, or both) instead of being primarily active during daylight hours (diurnal) or the depths of the night (nocturnal).
You would do better to employ their talents keeping in mind this data.
Yum, yum, Can’t wait to try this.
The root of the problem lies in our constitution, once held to be an inspired document, now revealed to be hopelessly weak and quaint. Our founders were visionaries, but they were idealists – they never envisioned an age bereft of honor. Their idea was to pick the very wisest, most honorable citizens whose loyalties were to the nation for Justice positions – only now we find the monied interests of the nation own the politicians who approve prospective justices, and they approve those whose rulings are expected to serve the bottom line and agendas of those who lay the most money on the table. It’s entirely corrupt, entirely ideological, and there’s not an iota of honor to be seen anywhere in the process. Small wonder that the end result was the court averring that $$$$$ = “speech,” meaning whomever has the most cash owns the political system outright, and everyone else can just deal with it. That was a knife in the back of the Republic…
The document was “hopeless and quaint” because it was selfishly drawn up for white men only. The Constitution was never meant to apply to women or non white men. It was flawed. And the country still hasn’t come to terms with that. We as a country continue to pretend that the Constitution is some kind of special document that was drawn up for “We, the people.” The elephant in the room is that the “people” it was talking about were only white men. Until we recognize that it was a flawed document that we have over the years begun to perfect so that it represents ALL “the ‘people” of the United States of America, it will continue to be abused by those who couldn’t care less about those Americans who don’t share their morals or skin color.
Boom!
How true it is, yet how inconsistent…that while we all desire to live long, we have all a horror of being old! —Fanny Burney, Cecelia (1784)
Or:
Everybody wants to go to Heaven, But nobody wants to die.
What’s the human body made from, how is it work?
And how could be in the best shape.
💰 FTX businesses owe more than $3 billion to big creditors. (FT)
🎁 Americans plan to buy fewer gifts and donate less this holiday season. (WSJ)
🏥 How medical inflation is ensnaring big employers.
22Nov2022:
💰FTX bankruptcy filing shows a $1.24 billion cash balance. (Bloomberg)
⬇️ Media layoffs spike amid recession fears.
😷 China’s anti-virus curbs lead to fears of global economic impact. (AP)
23Nov22
💰Credit Suisse shareholders approve a $4.2 billion capital raise. (CNBC)
🏫 Pause on student loan payments extended to June 2023.
📲 Apple workers in China clash with security over COVID restrictions. (Bloomberg)
22Nov2020:
Oil prices whipsawed yesterday as news about what the OPEC oil price cartel would decide at its meeting next month sent traders scurrying, Matt writes.
Driving the news: News!
A story in the Wall Street Journal, suggesting that OPEC was considering a 500,000 barrel-a-day increase in production, jolted the crude oil markets at around 9am ET.
U.S. benchmark crude oil prices fell more than 5% in response, to about $75 a barrel.
Context: The news came as a surprise to oil industry observers, especially in light of the fact that just last month, OPEC and its petro-ally Russia announced plans to cut oil production sharply in an effort to prop up prices.
But, but, but: A statement from Saudi Arabian authorities later in the day seemed to knock down the Journal’s reporting.
What they’re saying: “The current cut of 2 million barrels per day by OPEC+ continues until the end of 2023,” Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman said in a statement issued by the Saudi Press Agency.
Oil prices promptly reversed course and surged, briefly going positive before ending the day down less than half a percentage point, at just under $80 a barrel. (They’re up another 1% this morning to about $81.)
The bottom line: If the trading activity is any indication, the actual announcement from OPEC and Russia after a meeting on Dec. 4 in Vienna could be a real market mover.
He gave her his devoted passion. He offered her a lasting relationship. He promised her a secure future. She thought he was all she ever wanted. Until she met everything she ever desired: the perfect body… on the perfect man… with a perfect opportunity for having a secret affair with a total stranger. Haunted by guilt, she was drawn uncontrollably into the powerful, beckoning arms of illicit lust and feverish obsession. But like a moth lured to the candle, the fire that she allowed to control her could be the flame that one day may consume her.
He did not “cheat” on her because he did not know how. He did not know how because he did to want to. Since he did not know what cheating was, he would not hold it against her. It would be her choice to stay with her choice or return to him. None have the right to interfere.
Mastodon has emerged as one of the fastest-growing and highest-profile options for people looking for an alternative to Twitter in the wake of Elon Musk’s erratic changes, Axios’ Scott Rosenberg writes.
The big picture: Mastodon says it had more than 1.8 million users active over the past month — more than triple the tally number it had on the day Musk took over Twitter.
But Mastodon isn’t simply a Twitter clone — and isn’t trying to be.
While much of Mastodon looks and feels a lot like Twitter, there are some key differences.
There’s no algorithm promoting posts that have drawn heavy engagement from other users. You see a chronological list of everything that users you follow have posted.
There’s no one list of trending topics across Mastodon, though individual servers can have their own lists. And while you can retweet (“boost”) other users’ messages, you can’t “quote tweet.”
The service’s lack of polish and additional layers of complexity have left many Twitter users feeling confused or lost when they hop over to Mastodon.
Some Twitter communities — among them, science Twitter and journalism Twitter — have shown heavy interest in Mastodon. Others, including Black Twitter and MAGA Twitter, appear to be holding off.
💭 Felix’s thought bubble: For most of us, the value and utility of Twitter have been built up over more than a decade of deciding which people to follow — combined with the fact that a huge proportion of the world’s most interesting people are (or were) on the platform.
Starting from scratch on Mastodon, therefore, feels doubly daunting. There’s no real way of saying “please follow everybody I follow on Twitter” — and even if there were, most of those people aren’t on Mastodon.
The intrigue: Mastodon is not a company. It’s a social media app that, like Twitter, allows users to share brief messages in real time — but, unlike Twitter, there isn’t one giant system run by a for-profit company.
Instead, Mastodon is a network of privately operated servers that run on shared open-source code.
Mastodon has thousands of “instances” — individual servers — that users join as their home bases. These servers are “federated” into a network so that, once you’ve picked a server, you can readily follow posts from users based on other servers.
There are also many different choices of which app to use to read your feed. All of them are janky to a greater or lesser extent.
😎 For a trendy dinner, consider one of the three San Francisco restaurants to make Esquire’s latest list of the 40 top new restaurants in America: San Ho Won, Le Fantastique and Shuggie’s.
Note: It looks like San Ho Won is fully booked this weekend, but you can join a waitlist in case people bail, or try to walk in which is usually the most successful strategy when they open at 5pm or for their last seating at 9:30pm, the restaurant said.
We need rain. Can you not practice your weather making skills?
Okay we will bring the rain.
Ty. Practice makes perfect.
History is the truth they want you to remember.
Legends are the truth. They push too far.
Myths are the truth they want you to forget.
There is Truth in all things.
Mercedes-Benz Puts EV Performance Behind a Paywall
Pay a yearly fee for faster acceleration.
NOV 22, 2022, 10:48 AM EST | 1 min read
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The era of subscription fees and having to pay for features that used to come standard on cars is officially here, and it’s not slowing down. In select regions, Mercedes-Benz will now charge a yearly fee that’ll improve electric car performance and acceleration for owners.
As spotted by DriveTeslaCanada, Mercedes-Benz is getting ready to lock features of several EQ models behind a paywall. The company is calling it the “Acceleration Increase.” Similar to how you can opt to pay for a faster internet speed from your local internet company, now you’ll be able to pay Mercedes $1,200 a year for a quicker electric car or SUV. It’s gross.
According to Mercedes, the Acceleration Increase package will unleash enhanced performance on its EQ electric cars and SUVs. The online purchase will add changes to the motor characteristic curve, torque, and other output adjustments. It’ll make most models go from 0-60 mph about one second faster. So instead of a 6-second time, it’ll be closer to 5.1 seconds.
The yearly subscription fee increases select cars’ performance output by roughly 20 to 24 percent, and owners will notice real-world improvements. The vehicles are readily capable of these speeds, but Mercedes controls it with software, and you’ll have to pay to enjoy it.
Mercedes isn’t the only one doing these micro-transactions. BMW will charge you a monthly subscription for basic car features, and Tesla has a similar acceleration boost to unlock performance. However, Tesla’s is a one-time fee and transferable with the vehicle. Toyota Will Make You Pay Monthly for Your Key Fob’s Best Feature. Mercedes wants to make this an annual purchase at $1,200 per year.
MB didn’t mention a release date for the performance enhancement, but the website says this option is coming soon. Unfortunately, we have a feeling this isn’t the only thing that’ll be behind a paywall.
“Those move easiest who have learned to dance.” —Pope, An Essay on Criticism (1711)