But have you felt your sackbut today.
Ronan Farrow has an fascinating (and slightly terrifying) take on Elon Musk in the latest New Yorker. Top-level recap:The meddling of oligarchs in the fate of nations is not new. But Elon Musk’s current influence on global affairs is especially “brazen and expansive.” As Ronan Farrow explains in a deeply reported story from this week’s issue, Musk’s SpaceX is currently the sole means by which NASA transports crew from U.S. soil into space. The government’s plan to move the auto industry toward electric cars requires increasing access to charging stations, many of which are owned by another Musk enterprise, Tesla. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military has relied on Musk’s Starlink mobile Internet terminals for communications in its fight against Russia. “We are living off his good graces,” a Pentagon official said, of Musk’s role in the war. “That sucks.”Farrow added that it is easy to become distracted by the flurry of strange news and controversies that Musk invites and incites. “For all the arresting details about him, say, using ketamine and speaking with the Kremlin, I was in the end less transfixed by Musk and more by what his influence shows us about the systems around him,” he said. “There’s a lot to learn here about the consequences of extreme capitalism and the way in which declining state investment in important areas of progress has empowered private entities to fill new spaces—with consequences both positive and dangerous.”
The weather in the Bay Area is very humid and sticky today. It's been cloudy all day and it rained for about 5 minutes this afternoon. It's also been gusty windy, so no bike ride today. The ceiling fan in the apartment works quite well so it's not too warm in here today. If they wind wasn't crazy, I'd definitely go for a ride, I love to ride in the humidity and such -but gusty wind, no way.
Keith just got Wordle in two
River Walk photo I forgot to share. From last week.
Quote from: Jane on August 21, 2023, 09:24:40 AMBeverly Hills only had 3.14 inches.But they claimed it was 7.5 inches.
Beverly Hills only had 3.14 inches.
I canceled tonight's rehearsal because I didn't want 8 people my age and older outside driving around in 95 degree feels over 100 degrees weather.
Quote from: John G. on August 21, 2023, 02:48:13 PM But have you felt your sackbut today.Not that I'm aware of.Which reminds me of one of my favorite videos. You may not be able to make it very far.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWtvbXmWqz4&t=34s
I'm glad that they included a link to the original video.
Then I have to ship an item and if I have time I'll go to the Coral Cafe and have some pie.
