If Israel has taken control of the Rafah crossing then the only albeit eye-wateringly-expensive way out of Gaza has now been destroyed.

I’ve been saying for months that they are just getting started. It’s going to get much worse now.

Nothing can come in and no one can leave.

Opening up the oceans for deep-sea mining is one of the “stupidest ideas” imaginable, according to an eminent marine biologist. "This is wrong on a scale that is unprecedented."

https://archive.ph/2024.05.06-125207/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/deep-sea-mining-one-of-stupidest-ideas-ever-says-leading-marine-biologist-wdf6sbhdk #Mining #Renewables #DeepSeaMining

Fact of the day: John Goodman should be in more scenes of everything so he can steal them

@somcak hoping for a successful recovery!

My 2 yo daughter was using these blocks as “chocolates” for me and I started asking her what letters were on them and she took my plate gently and says “no more chocolates.”

A cool trick you can do to feel extremely broke these days is attempt to buy food for your family for the week.

The significant uptick in frequency of my Spotify randomly playing “Generals and Majors” by XTC is curious. 🧐

pro tip: it's not about the money. It never is.
"Means testing" is about order

@somcak good luck! Not sleeping is The Worst.

Until I moved from the dead bird site to Mastodon I never realized that I had so much pent up civility.

5 year old: Mom! You fixed my iPad so you’re an OSS (Spy Kids) agent now.
My husband: Uh, bud, your mom isn’t really an “agency” person. She’s pretty much the opposite.
5: ????
Me: I guess you can offer me short term contracts, I mean, I gotta eat.

@erickolb there was an immediate increase in having even less together.

My husband just told our daughter in all seriousness to “get it together” if you wanted any insight into how parenting twin toddlers is going.

@SallyStrange sure is! Not long before Swingers, iirc.

@SallyStrange it used to be on Comedy Central like three times a week in the late ‘90s.
As a result, regardless of his directorial success, Jon Favreau will forever be Gutter to me (said “stoner guy”.) The inimitable late Jessica Walter also featured.

@GetCarter lying down on the job. Tsk tsk

You think you’re all young and hip and then one day, you find yourself shopping for copper patina rain chains.

@CoachMark hi! He’s great, the kids are bonkers 🤪
How are you and yours doing?

I am really *really* fucking scared about the ruling the Supreme Court is likely to bring down on the New Jersey herring fishermen case. They’re likely to cut the EPA off at the knees, as well as scads of other regulatory bodies.

We are so screwed unless we actually take action as a people who presumably like potable water and breathable air.

@rhedreen @lisamaesie bluesky is some of the most annoying aspects of Xitter without the edifying and enjoyable exchanges. Do not like!