Can you imagine how intense the news coverage would be, and how compleeeetely unelectable a *Democratic* candidate would become, if in the span of a week they were publicly rebuked by the VFW, VoteVets, and ***the United States Army itself***?

And also, can’t rely on ChatGPT generated accuracy until something is vetted, so…don’t quote me on it! If you’re a guru on this stuff and it’s incorrect, let me know.

I hadn’t previously tried to find data to back that up, until really just a curiosity whim and the ease of creating custom tables of public data with ChatGPT led me to do it this week.

The premise is not one I thought would be more than comic booky bloody fun — but it’s refreshingly different and way better than that. Don’t want to put it down.

Grabbed ‘The Book of Elsewhere’ by Keanu Reeves (yes) and China Miéville (the ‘City & the City’ author), mostly based off eye- catching cover art and familiarity with Miéville.

The most extreme precipitation in the Northeast is seeing the fastest growth. Days with more than 5 inches rose 103%, @eroston.bsky.social@bloomberg.comwww.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Extreme Rain Is a Growing Climate Threat to the Northeastern US

Heavy precipitation is on the rise in New York, Connecticut and neighboring states, increasing the likelihood of damaging flash floods.

Same impression. Seems like he got past the “you need to buy expensive new ropes to protect the right whales” hurdle which was a big $ challenge for him a couple summers back.

My cousin’s partner lobsters commercially out of Yarmouth, ME. I’m now armed with plenty to talk with him about at the next family cookout! 🦞

This inspired some reading! Apparently there are still 97 commercial lobsterers here but I imagine few/none rely on it exclusively. Maybe commercial catch dropping allows a little rebound for recreational. Plz do this and share how it goes! www.uri.edu/magazine/iss...www.ripbs.org/news-and-cul...

Lobster Population in Rhode Island Dwindles Amid Warming Waters

'It's tough work and there's easier ways to make money nowadays'

Are they readily gettable? I remember years back hearing (commercial) lobstering in R.I. had dwindled (none now?).