Monday Meme Dump!

Deterrence?

Tucker Carlson was against getting involved in Iran, as is Marjorie Taylor Greene, Steve Bannon, and indeed 53% of Republicans in a recent poll. Of course Rep. Massie and Sen. Paul have been breaking out in full libertarian dudgeon.

We'll see if they all toe the line now.

Hegseth repeatedly talked about deterrence in his briefing this morning, but as I've said before on a more personal defense scale, the other guy gets to decide how deterred he feels.

I hope that it is indeed a limited strike that incentivizes Iran to concessions, and doesn't provoke any retaliation, but that's not how I'd bet my lunch money.

PS: Oh, and don't forget that we've just RIF'ed whole swathes of our intel apparatus.

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Meme Dump!

Ugh.

Yesterday's high temp here in Indianapolis was 91°F, with a dew point of 74 degrees, which translates to a heat index of 101. Thing is, with the dew point that high, sweat doesn't evaporate. This is New Orleans or Houston weather (fortunately air conditioners are more common in Indy than salt trucks and snowplows on the bayou.)

Today they're calling for 94 degrees with a similar dew point to yesterday's, so it's gonna be like the devil's armpit out there. By comparison, it's only supposed to get up to 88 in Miami, a daily high we won't see again until Saturday if the weather gnomes are to be believed.

I say again, ugh.

The people I really feel for are the folks who are still without power from the storms last Wednesday. Apparently there are 600-some-odd AES customers still without electricity scattered around Indianapolis.

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Tab Clearing...

• Droughts affecting global food prices.


• U.S. big tech firms losing business in the EU.


• Photographer Dave Jenkins waxes eloquent about his trusty Canon EOS 5D. I love the EOS 5D Mark II so much that when I sold mine to help fund the purchase of a 5DS, I wound up going back and purchasing another 5D Mark II to serve as backup for the megapixel monster. (h/t to Jim Grey)

5D Mark II photos:

Weekend Meme Dump!

The Longest Day...

...is not actually June 6th, but today. Also, summer does not start on Memorial Day weekend, but tonight at ten something o'clock.

Happy Summer Solstice!

Almost like Mother Nature can read a calendar or something, it's supposed to be hotter than Satan's stovetop here tomorrow, and through most of the next week, too.

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Meme Dump!

QotD: Ghost In The Machine Edition...

On the predilection some people seem to have for getting driven bonkers by extended use of LLMs...

“What does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation?” Mr. Yudkowsky asked in an interview. “It looks like an additional monthly user.”

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That sucked.

The storm that blew through yesterday afternoon knocked out the power here at Roseholme Cottage at about 5PM and it didn’t come back on until a bit after four in the morning.

Lotta branches down in the neighborhood, but no trees that I saw.

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Monday Memeishness!

Gratuitous Gun Pr0n #256...

Wrapping up the review of the KelTec PR57. This is going to be one of the most complex reviews I've ever written.

Meme Dump!