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  1. I haven't worn it in about ten years. If you can find it shoved in the back of some drawer back at the casa in Austin, you're more than welcome to it. You'll have to guess my address though.
  2. Drove out to West Texas for the next few days. Just after 6 pm when I was getting ready for an HEB run, the temp was 49F. By the time I got in a spot at 6:35 for curbside pick-up, it'd fallen to 31F, and the wind was blowing. Currently, the temp reads 25F and, apparently, the winds are about to go crazy. Expecting to get down to 9F by 9 am (real feel of -9F) tomorrow morning.
  3. Delta-8 doesn't do a whole lot for me, but Delta-9? Holy shit.
  4. Wordle 938 3/6 ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 🟨🟩🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #216 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Quordle nearly got me, because of bad guesses in the eastern quads. Daily Quordle 719 8️⃣5️⃣ 9️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 719 4️⃣5️⃣ 7️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨🟨🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, January 13 Letters: A D G R I N T My score: 371 points My longest word: 11 letters 🌻 🌺 🌸 🏵 🌹 💐 🌷 💮 🌼 🌻 🌺 #Worldle #722 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr #travle #395 (9/15) ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ https://travle.earth Waited too long for a "T" that never showed, so left tons of points on the board. ClickWord.org Daily 343: 532 points (top 20% 🎊) 11 words: ⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟥🟥🟨🟨🟩 💪 Best word: 136 points 🔥 Streak: 1 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily343
  5. I read that and was wondering if you had an opnion on whether she was decent/fair as AG.
  6. I'm cautiously optimistic they'll reschedule based on the fact they don't have cover from the scientists anymore. This is the head of the DEA. @Bullneck How was she as AG of NJ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Milgram
  7. Anyone know Matthew's Surly handle? Federal Scientists Recommend Easing Restrictions on Marijuana In newly disclosed documents, federal researchers find that cannabis may have medical uses and is less likely to cause harm than drugs like heroin. Marijuana is neither as risky nor as prone to abuse as other tightly controlled substances and has potential medical benefits, and therefore should be removed from the nation’s most restrictive category of drugs, federal scientists have concluded. The recommendations are contained in a 250-page scientific review provided to Matthew Zorn, a Texas lawyer who sued Health and Human Services officials for its release and published it online on Friday night. An H.H.S. official confirmed the authenticity of the document. The records shed light for the first time on the thinking of federal health officials who are pondering a momentous change. The agencies involved have not publicly commented on their debates over what amounts to a reconsideration of marijuana at the federal level. Since 1970, marijuana has been considered a so-called Schedule I drug, a category that also includes heroin. Schedule I drugs have no medical use and a high potential for abuse, and they carry severe criminal penalties under federal trafficking laws. The documents show that scientists at the Food and Drug Administration and the National Institute on Drug Abuse have recommended that the Drug Enforcement Administration make marijuana a Schedule III drug, alongside the likes of ketamine and testosterone, which are available by prescription. The review by federal scientists found that even though marijuana is the most frequently abused illicit drug, “it does not produce serious outcomes compared to drugs in Schedules I or II.” Marijuana abuse does lead to physical dependence, the analysis noted, and some people develop a psychological dependence. “But the likelihood of serious outcomes is low,” the review concluded. The review also said there is some “scientific support” for therapeutic uses of marijuana, including treatment of anorexia, pain, and nausea and vomiting related to chemotherapy. Federal officials cautioned that their analysis was not meant to suggest that they had established the safety and effectiveness of marijuana in a way that would support F.D.A. approval, only that data supported some medical uses of marijuana. These conclusions apparently led the F.D.A. to break from decades of precedent last August and advise the Drug Enforcement Administration to recategorize marijuana, a move first reported by Bloomberg News. That recommendation is being considered by the D.E.A., which is expected to formally announce its decision within months. The reclassification will be subject to public comment and debate before it is made final. The scientific assessment has prompted tensions between career employees at the D.E.A., a famously conservative law enforcement agency, and the researchers and health officials who support reclassification, according to two senior administration officials. Xavier Becerra, the health and human services secretary, said in an interview this week that his department had stayed in touch with the D.E.A. about marijuana’s status and had “communicated to them our position.” “We put it all out there for them,” he said. “We continue to offer them any follow up, technical information if they have any questions.” Advocates for the marijuana industry have hailed a possible rescheduling as highly significant, a powerful way to get marijuana businesses out of the shadows and operating on the same tax footing as other major United States corporations. Other experts are more circumspect. They note that any long-running study of marijuana that the federal authorities have reviewed may not account for the escalating strength and increasingly frequent use of marijuana, which has been tied to psychiatric problems and chronic vomiting among users in recent years. For years there was the promise, ultimately unmet, that marijuana could be used to combat opioid abuse or treat mental health problems, said Keith Humphreys, a Stanford health policy professor and a former federal drug policy official. “As the science has gotten better in the intervening decades, most of the therapeutic claims about cannabis have been debunked,” he said. “And the evidence that cannabis can in fact be quite harmful has gotten stronger — yet it is now that the federal government has decided to call it a medicine.” President Biden urged federal officials to “expeditiously” re-examine marijuana classification in October 2022, when he also issued pardons for those charged with marijuana possession under federal law. Mr. Biden cited the disproportionate rates of arrest and prosecution of people who are Black and Hispanic for marijuana-related crimes, despite similar rates of use among white people. In December, Mr. Biden again issued pardons for people who had been convicted of simple possession and use of marijuana on federal land. Federal data shows that marijuana is popular: An estimated 52 million people in the United States reported using it at some point in 2021. Fewer people, about 36 million, reported marijuana use in the previous month, trailing alcohol and tobacco use. “Decriminalization and legalization is as popular as it ever was,” Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado, a Democrat, said in an interview last year regarding his state’s early legalization of cannabis. “None of the horror stories materialized,” he said. “Underage use is down in Colorado. We regulate marijuana like alcohol, effectively. Responsible adults can choose to recreate with alcohol or marijuana in our state as long as they do it in a safe way and don’t drive, don’t show up at work inebriated.” In 38 states, marijuana is legal for medical use; it’s legal for recreational use in two dozen states and territories. Its pungent scent has become common in many communities, wafting from car windows at intersections in California and hanging over the crowds in Times Square. Changing the way federal officials regard marijuana has long been a subject of fierce debate. In 2016, the D.E.A. rejected a petition to reschedule marijuana, citing federal health officials’ stance at the time: “Marijuana has a high potential for abuse, has no accepted medical use in the United States, and lacks an acceptable level of safety for use even under medical supervision.” Last month, Michael D. Miller, a Justice Department official, defended the D.E.A.’s prerogative in making the final decision on the administration’s position. “D.E.A. has the final authority to schedule, reschedule, or deschedule a drug under the Controlled Substances Act, after considering the relevant statutory and regulatory criteria and H.H.S.’s scientific and medical evaluation,” he wrote in a letter to Representative Earl Blumenauer, an Oregon Democrat who has pushed the D.E.A. to reconsider marijuana.
  8. The bullseye for freezing rain is now over Palestine/Jacksonville/Rusk. South Austin 5-10% chance of accumulation; North Austin 10-20% chance. https://origin.wpc.ncep.noaa.gov/pwpf/wwd_accum_probs.php?ftype=probabilities&fpd=72&ptype=icez
  9. I was very intentional with my words. The only huge leap I see is yours. Don't attribute to me shit I didn't say.
  10. It's not a joke, but it's also not in Austin. That's Portland. While the concept might seem ludicrous at first blush, they're testing out concepts for when there are natural disasters such as earthquakes (it is the West Coast, and there are some big ass volcanoes nearby) and roads are blocked or there are fuel shortages. In that photo, it's just a demonstration of what they're going after.
  11. Well, that character is Russian, so it's totally believable. I bet the dude even faked a Russian accent for her during foreplay.
  12. Certainly feels like the Wordle puzzles have gotten more difficult since last week. Maybe it's just a rough patch or maybe I've gotten dumber.
  13. This is one of those "I want to believe" type situations. From my perspective, it'd be both scary and cool, even if it's not alien. Just a fascinating observation of technology, especially if it's us, i.e., the US. Unsettling as fuck if not -- whether its maker is China or Mars. Since none of us on this site, presumably, is in the know, we can only go with what our eyes see in the clip and the interpretations of the images that our minds can conjure. And, to be honest, it does look like something extraordinary, so it's easy to go down that rabbit hole. Speaking of which, I browsed that subreddit referenced above, and someone zoomed in on the video where it looks like one of those dangly bits from the UAP seems to shift back and forth. So if it was a smudge or something like that on the lens, then it was sort of messy and droopy. If it's not a smudge AND not a wholly digital rendering on the film, then I'm willing to entertain that what we're looking at is an object cruising around with a propulsion system that I certainly don't understand. (This is a noisy clip, so keep it muted or the volume low.)
  14. I chose poorly. Wordle 936 5/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟨🟨⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟨🟩🟩🟩⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Thought they were going with slang for something cool in the second row. Connections Puzzle #214 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟦🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Now with Quordle, it's a rather inauspicious start. Daily Quordle 717 4️⃣6️⃣ 🟥5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟨🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Cool. I generally have three starter words for Quordle and Daily Sequence. Today, one of them was belatedly revealed in the SE quadrant. Daily Sequence Quordle 717 4️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, January 11 Letters: E G H I L S T My score: 329 points My longest word: 10 letters 💮 🌹 🌻 🏵 🌷 🌺 🌼 💐 🌸 💮 #Worldle #720 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr #travle #393 (3/7) ✅✅✅ https://travle.earth ClickWord.org Daily 341: 588 points (top 10% 🏅) 12 words: ⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟪🟥🟥🟧🟧🟨🟩🟩 💪 Best word: 218 points 🔥 Streak: 2 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily341
  15. Something, something Christ.
  16. All five at least have medical. It's getting tougher break new ground. Although, North Carolina and Georgia seem ripe for the pickings.
  17. Played like doo doo on Connections. Wordle 935 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟩⬛⬛🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #213 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟩🟦🟪 🟦🟦🟩🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 Daily Quordle 716 8️⃣4️⃣ 7️⃣6️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 🟨🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟨⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨🟨⬜🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 716 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Blossom Puzzle, January 10 Letters: C E M N O S U My score: 312 points My longest word: 10 letters 🌼 🏵 🌻 💮 🌹 💐 🌷 🌸 🌺 🌼 #Worldle #719 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr #travle #392 (8/14) ✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅ https://travle.earth ClickWord.org Daily 340: 545 points (top 20% 🎊) 12 words: ⚛️🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪🟥🟧🟧🟧🟨🟩 💪 Best word: 132 points 🔥 Streak: 1 days #ClickWord #ClickWordDaily340
  18. No time for Blossom and Clickword today. Wordle 934 3/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛🟨 ⬛🟩🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #212 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 Daily Quordle 715 8️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣4️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 🟨⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ Daily Sequence Quordle 715 4️⃣6️⃣ 7️⃣8️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ 🟩🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #Worldle #718 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr #travle #391 (3/7) ✅✅✅ https://travle.earth
  19. https://businessofcollegesports.com/name-image-likeness/important-clues-from-the-irss-letter-on-501c3-nil-collectives/
  20. Damn. I guess Fort Worth really is exploding. (wishing all those affected the best and rapid recovery)
  21. It seems those Serbs never heard the expression "never meet your heroes". In this case, it's especially true since their biggest hero is Russia.
  22. Whatever happened with the much ballyhooed Cline shale play on the far eastern end of the Permian? Wasn't there supposed to be 20-30 barrels in it or was it just a big bust?
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