Events

Parker would have turned 20 today. Awww.

For reasons known only to my limbic system, I woke up way too early this morning, about 45 minutes before sunrise. I'm actually glad I did, because this was gorgeous:

The OAFPOTUS claims to have agreed a deal with Iran but, of course, neither side will reveal what the deal contains. One thing is known, at least: it's not going to be as good for the US as Obama's 2015 JCPOA, which the OAFPOTUS hated because a black man Obama did it. Other thoughts:

New Republic staff writer and author Monica Potts moved from Arkansas to Upstate New York three years ago. It didn't take her long to learn how a functioning, adequately-funded government is so much better than the alternative:

(Do we still call them mixtapes?)

For the next 10 months or so, I'm squeezed into 60 m² (646 sq.ft.) with about one third of my belongings. (Somehow all of Cassie's toys fit, though.) I have to say, though, this view is quite the salve:

[01] Steely Dan, Katy Lied (1975), "Black Friday" [02] Antigone Rising, True Joy (2021), "True Joy" [03] Portugal. The Man, Woodstock (2017), "Live In the Moment" [04] Sia, 1000 Forms of Fear (2014), "Chandelier" [05] Sara Bareilles, Kaleidoscope Heart (2010), "Not Alone" [06] Tori Amos, Unrepentant Geraldines (2014), "Trouble's Lament" [07] The Civil Wars, The Civil Wars (2013), "The One that Got Away" [08] Red Molly, The Red Album (2014), "Clinch River Blues" [09] Sting, Dream of the Blue...

Today's SpaceX IPO has temporarily made the "human Ponzi scheme" (aka the Clown Prince of X, aka Elon Musk) the first trillionaire. In itself this is a sign that the arc of the moral universe is completely bent, and yet somehow the fraud and grift goes so much deeper.

The Social Security Administration released its annual report this week, and right on cue prominent Republicans started shaking their heads slowly and lying about needing to cut benefits to "save" it.