Right now regular gasoline is $3.50 USD a gallon here and diesel is $5 a gallon, both up about 20% since the attack on Iran. The U.S. is now a net exporter of petroleum products, but here in Minnesota

I’ve lived in Minnesota for almost three-quarters of my life but didn’t grow up here so it’s not in my DNA like it is for many here. I did play some hockey as a teenager growing up in New Jersey but seriously

Is it a psyop, or is Netanyahu dead?

“He looked haggard and careworn, like a Borgia who has suddenly remembered that he has forgotten to shove cyanide in the consommé, and the dinner-gong due any moment.” — P.G. Wodehouse

very soon once they manage to get out of Iran Oxymoron of the decade. The hubris of these idiots never ceases to amaze me.

I suspect that it is not that permanent, if the next person opens up the US quickly. That might be true if we had a parliamentary system and the opposition could take over. But removing Trump just puts

I saw a poll saying that 27% of Americans support the attack on Iran and wondered Who are these stupid people? Trump hasn’t even tried to present a coherent rationale for this war of choice to his own

This won’t end well. Looks like Khamenei is dead but there are plenty of folks to take over. Trump’s already talking about “exit ramps” as if it’s entirely his call. Hubris is a dangerous drug.

I don't want to go on the cart.

@theycallmedan’s post about the potential of Hive A.I. was very enthusiastic but left me more than a bit confused so I asked Grok to summarize it:

any chance of longer versions? I ask myself that all the time. 😅 Must put nose to grindstone…

Now that we’ve all got a spammer telling us that the sky is falling and we should dump HIVE, maybe it’s a sign that the bottom is behind us. Blood in the streets and all that.

The Balanced Curator badge is a way to find folks who don’t do “too much” delegating. I know I don’t comment enough. It’s a growth area. 😎

Yes. Lived in St. Paul for most of a decade, then Minneapolis (where my son and niece still live) for another three decades. Now in a suburb of Minneapolis.

I really should get a life. 😂

I think that anyone who does not live in the Twin Cities cannot comprehend the scale of the viciousness, fear, and fascism that Trump has unleashed on us. Tens of thousands of protesters is a minimum response.

The real threat is Europe? WTF Western Europe understands that Russia must not win against Ukraine.