Not a Brit. Sorry.

Well, there’s this story:

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/12/britain-single-market-rules-uk-eu-reset

A lot of people buy new cars with dealer financing at perhaps the worst interest rate possible, for a car that will lose 10%-15% of its value the moment the contract is signed and the vehicle is driven off the dealership’s lot.

¯\(ツ)/¯

They could have done this forty years ago. And a moonbase is a waste of money and time. And it’s all moot because Trump just nuked another $14B off NASA’s budget anyway.

I’m just glad the thing didn’t explode on launch or come flying apart on reentry.

NASA’s problem is that their goals get derailed every time the executive changes hands, so they serve no strategic purpose. The moonbase idea is idiotic. Getting bots out to explore asteroids for potential mining is not. NASA should be building the infrastructure for that.

Appalachian Roulette: You have to drink a shot of potentially poisoned moonshine every time a mountain daughter is impregnated by her father.

That was more skin than I ever wanted to see outside a NSFW instance.

Matrix remains my favorite. Warts and all.

“THE ORIGIN OF THE FAMILY, PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THE FRONT DOOR STEPS”

I know librarians are still much the same.

She may dress conservatively and act prim and proper, but behind closed doors librarians can get freaky!

I find ebooks from the library to be very useful.

It expires after two weeks. You can extend, just like borrowing a physical copy. Or return early, in which case it expires upon return.

My local library allows borrowing ebooks. It’s incredibly useful. I own two kindles and haven’t spent a dime at Amazon for ebooks. I do buy physical books now and then from there, but only if I really need it and can’t find elsewhere.

Scrivener

Drop it to ten minutes a run plus walking, but up it to four times a week. You’re better off taking it slow and working up. Easier on your lower back and knees. Good shoes also matter. Might want to add some free calisthenics too. Body weight squats, pushups, dead hangs at a pullup bar, etc.

“God works in mysterious ways.”

Jones approves.

Sure wish we were a province of the United States. Then nobody would be buying pickup trucks as passenger vehicles! I mean, who in America has a pickup truck in their driveway?

I like the Ionic.