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When we talk about affordability, the big three are food, homes, and automobiles. Americans, being the suckers that they are, are foolishly letting American corporations squeeze them to death. Here’s an example of how this is happening in the automobile industry. NY Times shared link.

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From Cheyenne WY to Lincoln NE. Miles and miles of miles and miles. Much needed Zero Day tomorrow.

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I think I have eaten one too many Hampton Inn free breakfasts.

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@rscottjones Back home to Western NY. 7 days on the road, one zero day in Lincoln NE. I5->I84->I80->I90. A little too homesick to stop anywhere along the way.

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@drwalt Does FU stand for Fold Up?

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Looking at another XC road trip starting tomorrow. The odessey continues.

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Got 8 hours of solid sleep last night. Almost at normal.

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A small sign in Yoyogi Park, which houses Meiji Jingu. You can use Google Translate to read the sign.

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A little jet-lag induced insomnia last night. Went to bed feeling sleepy, but just laid there until 5 AM. Warm milk got me about 4 hours of sleep.

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The teahouse at Hamarikyu Gardens, the former Imperial Gardens of Japan. This was the teahouse where the Emperor would entertain visiting dignitaries.

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Breakfast in the USA. Journey’s end.

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The Noh National Theatre, Tokyo. Missed yesterday’s matinee.

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@drwalt Yes, they do! That’s when they get the cracker.

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Deer under a cherry tree in Nara Park. The deer are everywhere mingling with the people. They beg for food. The tradition is that you bow to them, they bow back, and you feed them some cracker crumbs. The deer back home are far more impressive IMO.

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Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 5.15 - The \"Road Trip Two\" Edition: apoorplayer.blog

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Osaka Castle Museum. Getting 15-20K steps in per day.

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Hiroshima. Emotionally shattering.

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It’s not all high culture

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@jimmitchell It’s the only way to take a 2-mile walk.

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@Miraz I wish I could shoot wildlife like that. Gorgeous!

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The crossing bridge at the Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine in Osaka. I was lucky to catch the reflection.

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The Golden Pavilion, Kyoto Japan. The light was not good for the reflection.

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it’s been difficult keeping up. We start our day at 5:30 a.m. then go until about 8:00 or 9:00 p.m., then crash. Doing my best!

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Bucket list item achieved! Japanese baseball game! Yakult Swallows v Hiroshima Carp. Extraordinary experience!

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Mt. Fuji taken from a bullet train traveling at 170 MPH (274 KPH)

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Two Japanese women enjoying lunch. it’s cherry blossom season in Tokyo.

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The adventure begins!

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@rscottjones As I wander around the country completely questless, the ingenuity of your missions offers hope I may one day indulge in a minor quest of some sort. We did, though, manage to track down the elusive ice cream potato as well as two places serving finger steaks in Idaho. Small triumphs.

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For anyone who is a Rebecca Solnit fan, her latest post will offer you many links to her most recent media interviews as she begins promoting her new book.

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Notes from the Aisle Seat Episode 5.14 - The \"Road Trip One\" Edition: apoorplayer.blog

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From 34 miles north of the Mexican border to 119 miles south of the Canadian border in 9 days. From 90+° heat and sun to 50° rain and clouds. No more driving for a few days. Time to prep for a long haul flight. Not looking forward to that right now given current circumstances.

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Final leg of the journey: Pendleton OR to Tumwater WA. Next stop - Tokyo!

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@bethanyh It’s one of those things I’ve felt more and more lately everywhere I go. People are becoming mere objects for profit in this economy. It’s slowly stripping away our dignity. I’ll bet you experience this every day in your line of work.

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@JimRain I tried a couple hours of paying work when I first retired. It soon become just a job I didn’t want to go to. Plus it put me in a higher tax bracket. I re-retired.

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@rscottjones It sounds even longer when you say “half a century.” 😉

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@mwerickson Casablanca, The Graduate, Ran, Network, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. B-List: The Maltese Falcon, The Magnificent Seven, The Godfather, Midnight Cowboy, Tampopo. Inquiries welcome.

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@markstoneman I’ve heard of that extension, but I use Brave. Maybe there’s a version for Brave. Or maybe switch to Safari and install it. The more I read about this, the more I’m re-thinking my switch away from RSS

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@drwalt Fuck no!

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@manton I just took the feeds off my timeline and put them into Inkwell. Might actually work better for me, but no sharing for others.

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@rscottjones I’ll actually be in AZ until the 22nd of March. A couple of days re-visiting the Grand Canyon, then to Ft. Mohave to see my brother. On 3/23 we’re off to the PNW to see my daughter, never to return (until next winter). Hope that helps at least a bit.

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@manton I think I should be a little more specific. When an external feed such as Ed Zitron’s Where’s Your Ed At appears in my timeline, in the past no summary would accompany that, just a link to his post. I’ve changed nothing on my end, no settings at all, but now the first few lines of the post show up. I’ve never seen that before. I prefer no summary, just the link to his (or anybody’s) post. But I am unsure how to fix that.

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@manton I notice that the feeds that I have in my timeline now feature a summary below the post. This appears new. Is it a new feature? Can one disable it?

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@drwalt Gas prices.

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@rom Reminds me a bit of the “You got Scroogled” ad campaign that Microsoft ran when the Chromebook first came out.

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@mroutley And also kind of stupid! Don’t give me too much credit!

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@rscottjones Hope you both feel better soon. Just FYI I’ll be on the road quite a bit after the 15th, and out of the country from the 31-20 April.

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@rscottjones That sounds sweet. I saw you were looking for testers for these things? If I can assist, let me know.

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@mroutley I’ve spilt the beans. Check it out.

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@isaacgreene Ironic that a place that requires you to take in so much water has so little to offer. @rscottjones believes the desert is only trying to defend itself and prevent you from killing it, but I have my suspicions.

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@rscottjones In due time! Gotta nurse the saddlesores!

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@drwalt This is even more chilling to me.

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As well as this:

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Dario Amodei, Anthropic’s chief executive, says his company won’t help the United States surveil unwitting civilians or deploy killer drones. He worries about what will happen when artificial intelligence becomes too powerful — and says the decision to kill people must remain a human one. Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, says contractors don’t get to tell the government how to do its job; they just need to comply with the law, which he says his department already follows. If Anthropic doesn’t unlock its model for the Pentagon, Hegseth says, he could label it a risk. -NY Times

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