I hope they can multi task. Accountability is one thing but they need to be pushing amazing policies for Republicans to and trump to oppose and never stop yelling about it.

I've been canvassing for Troy Jackson in Maine. I've had a lot of good conversations with former Collins supporters voting blue for the first time. I'm cautiously optimistic.

and unicorns are real.

I know a Doctor at an Nvidia backed biotech company that is working with generative AI to find new drug formulations to test. Allegedly they have some promising ones that are in testing. The thing is even if they are successful and the models generate a viable drug this shit won't be free. They've sunk so many billions into processing power they'll justify charging $100k a dose to pay back their Nvidia loan.

and nobody stopped to ask if we needed a weather app on our desktops.

I'm voting for Troy Jackson in Maine hopefully he beats Collins. Going to go out canvassing and call some people so that if he loses I can't say I didn't try.

I ordered a pair of boots from Mexico, they were shipped with all of the correct paperwork and should not have been tariffed at all. It added ~$60 to the original cost of $170.

When you submit a tariff refund request they warn you multiple times that if your submission is rejected you will be charged $100 per submission. It can be rejected for making a mistake on the paperwork even if they find the tariff was applied incorrectly. I almost didn't submit for it, and a lot of people won't but I decided to risk it. That was a few months ago and I still haven't heard back.

The Kik thing wasn't that serious. Most people would just go on tinder or another dating app to cheat but living in rural Maine that's a recipe for getting caught. He probably used Kik for its global reach, not because he's one of the awful users you hear about. Even more relevant to Platner, there are sub Reddits dedicated to meeting other consenting adults via Kik (Or at least there used to be, I haven't checked in years).

People are the worst.

I get the idea of risks being managed but when the risk is my cat dying an early death I do not think it is ever worth it. I had outdoor cats for most of my childhood when I lived somewhere with less car traffic and a manageable level of risk. The longest my cats ever lived was maybe 8 years, and she'd had multiple run-ins with other cats that left them scarred and beat up by the end.

I just don't think the danger is worth it when the danger is the premature death of a loved one (cat).

Oh jeez I forgot about gators, we got fuckin dinosaurs hunting outdoor cats in some states.

I live in Maine, the primary killer of outdoor cats is cars #1 followed by trucks then the weather. A little north from me bears, bobcats and lynx become a problem.

I'd like to defend the Americans who keep their cats indoors and strongly oppose outdoor cats. If you live in most areas of the US your cat has a good chance of being eaten by a larger predator. It's pretty normal for cats to be attacked by coyotes, bobcats, feral dogs, birds of prey and even raccoons. All of those predators and worst of all humans in cars, we have a lot of them and we go fast. I am part of a couple community FB groups and they'll get a post a week of a dead cat found on the roadside. If it sounds like our roads are just covered with dead animals, you are right. There is death on every shoulder.