What the world will look like in 100 years…

 …from 100 years ago.

[Links to Library of Congress.]

But anyway…

 Meet the Massachusetts State Dinosaur: Podokesaurus holyokens

 The information we have about the Podokesaurus is limited to one skeleton, which McMenamin said was “sadly destroyed in a fire in 1917.”

…we are not deterred.

Wear

 

When you're a hammer everything looks like…

…well, you know what everything looks like, don't you.
 

"At YouTube, we're working every day to fight misinformation."

–YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki

Salem, of course

Satanic Temple asks to fly flag at Boston City Hall following Supreme Court ruling

The Salem-based group tweeted a request filed Tuesday with the city property management department to raise a flag marking “Satanic Appreciation Week” from July 23-29. 

[Emphasis mine.]

Tax rant

I read in the Globe this morning Massachusetts has so much money on hand — an "unheard of amount," according to the governor — that there's talk of "tax relief" or tax breaks among the Boston bros. 

Meanwhile, in this very left-leaning state, UMASS has announced a tuition increase for next year.

 

Why?

If we claim to want cheaper or free college education why don't we have it? Why do we feel we can't  have it unless the federal government does it for us? 

We can. We just don't.

That's the answer.

With state coffers overflowing, Senate leader joins Baker in calling for tax relief package - The Boston Globe

Afternoon

 

And the rain

 

Overflowd

 

Resolve

 

This morning's kitchen window

 

Along the tracks

 

When politicians downplay the importance of polls…

…it's a sure sign things are not going well.

 "According to Gallup polling that dates back to President Eisenhower, only President Trump had a lower approval rating [than Biden] at this point in his tenure.

"A top adviser for Biden downplayed the importance of the polls…"

And this from the May 2 Boston Globe:

In 2020, Biden was a political juggernaut in Massachusetts. A new poll shows voters have soured on him. A lot.

Benched

 

War is Hell

 Or at least, hard to understand.

Seize & sell Russian oligarchs’ yachts, art, homes in US to help Ukraine: Schumer

I hope we can agree it's not a good thing to bomb civilians' property.

 

But apparently it's OK to steal it and sell it?

 

Sounds a little creepy to me.

I stopped at Wendy's and ordered a Frosty

(It's not much of a story. It's an exceedingly rare event. But it's a warm sunny day.)

The guy at the register rang up 1 Small Fries.

"Chocolate," I said.

He gave me a briefly strange look and then said, "They all sound the same."

Imagine a job like that.

The red