In the next Congress…

Energy Projects Needed Across the U.S. Face Local Hurdles

A March Pew study found that 72% of Americans believe the federal government should encourage the development of wind and solar projects, but the infrastructure needed to support that goal often faces strong opposition at the local level out of concerns they might disfigure landscapes, endanger wildlife or threaten natural resources.

…somebody should propose a Let's Make Up Our Freaking Mind Act,

 Seems to me.

(Of course, it will raise an uproar and get voted down. But still.) 

Maybe we should just retire the word, "amateur"

Big Ten Strikes $7.5 Billion Deal for TV Rights

The conference’s partnership with Fox, CBS and NBC represents an NFL-style approach to spreading its content across multiple platforms

Just because it's (still) there

 

The New Puritans rejoice

Airbnb is rolling out new screening tools to stop parties

Airbnb said the screening system that it is rolling out for listings in the United States and Canada has been tested since last October in parts of Australia, where it produced a 35% drop in unauthorized parties.

Hey, I wouldn't want to rent my house out for a wild party either—if I had a house.

So, the Eagle Reduction Act?

Wind energy boom and golden eagles collide in the US West

CODY, Wyo. (AP) — The rush to build wind farms to combat climate change is colliding with preservation of one of the U.S. West’s most spectacular predators — the golden eagle — as the species teeters on the edge of decline.

August

 

What's going on with the walls around here?

Walls close in on Alec Baldwin as his gun lie falls apart

Always closing in. It's like we're living in a short story by Poe.

In the interest of mental health…

…I've decided to unfollow all the accounts I follow on Twitter (except yours) and follow Lake Superior instead.

Ukraine is now worn out as a photo-op

China announces new drills as US delegation visits Taiwan

Meanwhile…

Washington says it does not support independence, has no formal diplomatic ties with the island and maintains that the two sides should settle their dispute peacefully — but it is legally bound to ensure the island can defend itself against any attack.

Of course.

(Am I being too cynical here?)

Wind

 

For students of 20th Century advertising

 Lint

From the Institute of Official Cheer in our Work Avoidance Hall of Fame.

Don't push that button!

I'm hanging around in front of Wendy's waiting for them to open so I can get something to eat and I figure I will just respond to a couple of txt messages while I'm there so I'm dictating (I'm marginally better with that than with thumbs) when a guy walks up and we get into a conversation. And the mic is still open.

And I look down and by now the message I was working on is maybe three or four syllables short of War and Peace and some of it is stuff that could be, shall we say, easily misunderstood. Whew.

Eventually I did push a button, but it was the delete key.

OK, it doesn't take much to be an exciting event around here.