I can understand Bob Ross because he’s always got that sweet tone in his voice the dog would hear as

“Yes, you’re being a good boy, aren’t you? So am I. We’re both good boys and I’m painting a nice place for you to run around in. How about I put in a tree for you? You could pee on it and dig under the roots. Here’s a nice big tree, and here’s another to be its friend. You and I are friends too, yes we are.”

Come to think of it, that’s a big part of why I like watching Bob Ross too.

Screwworm? A serious pest?

Yeah, I think he’s President.

It said I have both inside me! So yes. If I only have one, I’ll build. Then I can go confront fascists and count on my inner coward to shit bricks I can throw at them

ICE by its very existence is a Public Nuisance.

They’re both perfect

Outofcontextsentences, lol

The bars are mostly to prevent people from sleeping on the benches

The Bremen Town Musicians!

Spellingestapo here,

coincidences

She should get the entire slush fund.

I’d be interested in how “from the area” is defined. Given the percentage of the general population that’s originally from elsewhere, I’m pretty sure it’s not been limited to “born here.” Fair enough . But there’s a study from USC that seems to indicate a lot of homeless people who came from elsewhere initially stayed in someone else’s home before becoming homeless. Would that put them in the “from the area” group when they wind up on the street? Are we talking about years? Or months?

Separately, I’m interested in how many foster children age out of the (minimal) support system and into homelessness.

“allowing”?

Sensible! I use two on both hands, but that could either be because I live in a warm climate or because I’m old.

Hmmm… In the article, ‘alarming’ (as written in the headline) turns out to be a direct quote from Dr. Sanjay Basu. But as you say, fuzzy.

Agreed, except in the US we (edit: usually) use quotation marks for that, unless the whole thing is already in quotation marks.

ICE detainees are dying by “suicide” at an alarming rate.

I’m aware many other places use apostrophes, but ICE is a US peacecrime.

Tangential question, how many fingers do people use for “finger quotes” (‘finger quotes’) where you live?

(If he was) it makes me glad to know he got at least some kind of consequences he found painful. Since the $20 fine just made him smug.

“Deal”

There was never a deal.

The shooter is dead, shot by security, but also “a bystander was wounded.” That use of the passive voice seems to indicate a high likelihood the bystander was shot by the security guards and not the dead guy. I’m not seeing any stories yet that tell for sure though.

https://alchetron.com/Saint-Ursula

This link is to the CalFire Incident Map, which lets you see all current wildfires, with evacuation zones, plus the aircraft fighting them. The defense against the Sandy Fire isn’t being run by CalFire but it’s still shown.

https://www.fire.ca.gov/incidents