22 July 2023

StackOverflowed.  The techies have their own mental health support system.  Or is it just a place to vent?  (Color me paranoid, but the Internet is not the place to let it all hang out, you know?)

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Big chunks of asbestos are strewn in the Parkrose neighborhood around the burned-down K-mart.  When will Portlanders have had enough?

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Even Portugal, Portland's role model, is rethinking their response to the drug problem.  Seriously, who thought this was going to work?
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City of Portland will stop funding the Regional Arts and Culture Council.  Great move.  I mean, look around.  We have plenty of art work from under-represented people, don't we?  I see it on the overpasses and fences everywhere I look.  Why do we need to pay a council for this "artwork"?

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There's hope for the younger generation after all.

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Seattle's going up in flames, and Mayor Harrell is silent.  Another example of how diversity is Seattle's strength.  When will Seattlites have had enough?

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Nobel laureate John Clauser has had his planned speech cancelled.  He doesn't believe that there is a climate crisis and was going to present the science as to why he thinks so.

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The new silicon-based speakers sound exciting.  I've been meaning to try out the AirPods Pro 2.  Guess this is the sign that I needed.

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