I was completely unaware, but it makes perfect sense.

I’m honestly just surprised he didn’t recommend Jared or Baron

I have cats that puke everywhere and my life is a bit better after getting a bissell green machine. I got my original one several years ago and the tubing cracked so I got a new one recently. Every update has made it even better. I hate pulling it out because it means a gross chore, but it’s a bit less gross (and generally more successful) because of this tool.

I am thinking about doing a reread of The Fifth Season. I think k there’s something that will hit a bit differently now that I know Jemisin’s writing style.

Just started listening to Fabulous Bodies by Chuck Tingle.

Also reading a Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine which I’m pretty sure was recommended around here.

Edit to add: I think I read it so fast it didn’t get mentioned but I loved it and really want to mention

I just finished To Ride a Rising Storm by Moniquill Blackgoose.

Freyja who names herself is on the left, Atlas is to the right.

Relevant xkcd?

https://xkcd.com/320

Progressive muscle relaxation. I’m not sure if it’s the actions I take or that it’s enough to keep my mind on but kind of boring.

I named my cat by seeking suggestions like this and then saying a few to her a few times a day. Her name is the one she woke up from a nap to mew about. She clearly knows that it is her name and responds to it (even if the response is to shut her eyes more so she can’t hear me).

You can’t buy a house by stating you own SpaceX, they want cash.

Actually, you can say that SpaceX is worth x million dollars and offer it as collateral for a loan and because its an extremely large amount of collateral you'll get an amazingly low interest rate and never have to use cash for anything. This is pretty much exactly how the Twitter purchase went down.

The relative amount of spending that rich people do to their net worth or whatever is much much smaller than the amount of spending middle class and poor people do.

If you think of a minimum wage worker who rents, nearly every dollar they make is back into the economy nearly immediately.

I on the other hand have maybe a third of my yearly income sitting in a high yield savings account.

Someone calculated that the amount that musk spent on the elections was the equivalent of a minimum wage worker spending like $30. He’s not doing that daily so he’s not using the equivalent amounts of money.