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Oh good, the police want deadly drones. http://www.fox5ny.com/news/244994462-story

Perhaps the fine folks over at Warner Bros. Pictures will finally be able to make a decent superhero movie. Don't get me wrong, the Dark Knight trilogy was good, but all their other films have been lacking. #Batgirl http://variety.com/2017/film/news/batgirl-movie-joss-whedon-warner-bros-1202018544/

I had a woman last night try to tell me the "pale glow" portion of the visible moon was the "dark side of the moon" and she was just excited she had a chance to witness it because it doesn't happen every day. Originally shared by EarthSky When you see the crescent moon after sunset this week, notice the pale glow on its unlit portion. http://bit.ly/2ociSQI #earthshine

From the man who said, "When you are given immunity that means you've probably committed a crime." The question is, is the info worth the immunity? No one's talking about that yet. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mike-flynn-willing-testify-return-immunity-n740836

Life imitating art. #Sharknado http://gizmodo.com/australia-hit-by-real-life-sharknado-1793810727

So, apparently Blogger has some new (cleaner) themes.

If you're truly worried about the new bill passed by the #GOP in both chambers of congress that will allow your ISP to sell your browsing histories, you can always confuse such profiles by filling them with noise . Make Some Noise => https://slifty.github.io/internet_noise/index.html https://www.wired.com/2017/03/wanna-protect-online-privacy-open-tab-make-noise/

Tomorrow marks two weeks since I broke my OnePlus-1. I've spent more than a few hours reading reviews and watching YouTube videos on a number of replacement devices. It's been a whirlwind of a journey as I debated one feature over another, what is most important to me and what will hold up the longest. There were some caveats, of course. Such as, due to financial restrictions, the device couldn't cost too much and it should work well on my cellular provider's network. The thing is, I like being unique. My truck isn't very common, my motorcycle isn't very common - nothing I do is "follow the pack." When everyone was buying iPhones, I was an early Android adopter. When everyone else had Motorola Razr phones, I had a Blackberry Pearl. Before that the popular phone was the StarTac flip phone and I was sporting the Nokia. I've also always preferred production devices over entertainment ones. I need a powerhouse that allows me to be functional, not p

#HAHAHA I'm loving this guy's sense of humor. Great stuff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6mrWkA6EWQ&feature=share

Notice: a vast majority of these riders going down are too cool for their gear. Helmet and gloves, sure; but jacket? Pants? Boots? I'm just glad the people I ride with don't do asinine shit stuff like this. https://youtu.be/oaPCmAhvIN8

Let me get this straight, Verizon is going to start force-downloading bloatware onto devices? They're going to force this app on their subscribers so they can collect and sell their information, just as the #GOP wanted? https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/28/evie-verizon-sidescreen/

Sounds like the Trumps are trying to skirt the intention of the law by having non-paid Federal employees in the White House: (c) An individual appointed, employed, promoted, or advanced in violation of this section is not entitled to pay, and money may not be paid from the Treasury as pay to an individual so appointed, employed, promoted, or advanced. - https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/3110 Let's think about this, though: Secret Service and DOD pay ridiculous fees to Trump properties in order to the keep the President's family safe. Those fees then pay #DonaldTrump, who has not divested from his companies. Donald Trump then pays Ivanka and her husband from his company's accounts. In another world, this would be called money laundering. Originally shared by NBC News In an emailed statement to NBC News, the White House said the administration was "pleased that Ivanka Trump has chosen to take this step in her unprecedented role as First Daughter in support of th

New look coming soon, apparently. #Google

I'm currently smartphoneless so I can't enter, but if you're interested, here you go: Originally shared by Jeff Sullivan Outdoor Photographer Magazine assignment: Smartphone + Instagram Enter the Outdoor Photographer Magazine assignment "Smartphone + Instagram": http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/assignments/assignment-282-smartphone-instagram/ Tag entries #assignment282 and @OutdoorPhotoMag on Instagram. Their sample photo is my winning entry form their September 2015 contest. #iPhone5S #ShotOniPhone http://www.outdoorphotographer.com/assignments/assignment-282-smartphone-instagram/#.WNwWQlsSmgs.google_plusone_share

I didn't find this hilarious at all, but rather, Shakespearean, like that Romeo and Juliet movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes: https://goo.gl/xvv77r #BohemianRhapsody Originally shared by Liz Quilty this is hilarious! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJO7bcRVPvI

This is nice and all, but going back and hitting "Caps Lock" or manually changing caps to lowercase, and vice versa, gives the writer a chance to look at his/her work again, thus catching any errors. Yes it's cumbersome, but it's also beneficial. https://plus.google.com/+gsuite

Orange Kitty in #BlackandWhite Taken just a few minutes ago in #BW mode on my #Pentax. Kitty was not happy being my model, less so than the dogs quite possibly. I keep trying to get photos of his teeth because he has two sets of upper fangs (canines. Seriously, are they canine teeth on a cat?), but he almost never smiles. He's ten years old and this is his third home. From what I understand, he belonged to a family and when the parents broke up he went with the father to live with his brother. The cat's owner either (1) moved back in with his ex-wife or (2) found a new girlfriend to move in with. Regardless, the cat was left with his brother. My roommate met the brother a bar who told her he was trying to find the cat a home since he didn't really want it around. So, she took it. She calls it "Butters," short for "Butterscotch." I call it "Orange Cat" because it's orange. It had a completely different name before.

Another staying safe online post. https://medium.freecodecamp.com/tor-signal-and-beyond-a-law-abiding-citizens-guide-to-privacy-1a593f2104c3#.rouhl2kbf

Personally speaking, I don't have a fascination with Mars or Mars related stories. I mean, aside from reading Stranger in a Strange Land and watching The Martian . Stranger be a great story, not because of Mars, but because of society's reaction to a new religious philosophy and The Martian due to it being a story of human perseverance. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/this-is-why-we-love-stories-about-mars/

The last few minutes of #StarWars: Rogue One and the first few minutes of A New Hope were edited together for those of you who can't picture it in your head. http://unshootables.com/someone-edited-end-rogue-one-start-new-hope/

Could the failure of the #AHCA be a boon for #DonaldTrump? Per this article, it may be since a break from the #GOP agenda frees Trump up for other causes he campaigned on and yet we have to take to heart Trump's severe lack of anything considered presidential, such as his inability to "make a deal" and "win so often we'll get tired of winning." And there's the new rumor Trump will be turning over much of the Executive Office's agenda to his son-in-law, Jared Kusher: a non-elected, not Congressional vetted appointee taking over the responsibilities traditionally reserved to the Vice-President's office. Originally shared by The Atlantic What If the Health-Care Collapse Saves Trump's Presidency? http://trib.al/4o0fNRn http://trib.al/4o0fNRn

There's good news out there to suggest that showing facts to the facts-less Fox News watcher has a good chance of helping them change their beliefs. Originally shared by Kaj Sotala Via Slate Star Codex: apparently the "backfire effect" of political facts isn't necessarily correct: > First described in a 2010 paper by the political scientists Brendan Nyhan and Jason Reifler, the idea is simple: If someone believes something that’s false, and you present them with a correction, in many situations rather than update their belief they will double down, holding even tighter to that initial belief. [...] > Two new upcoming studies of the backfire effect call into question its very existence. These studies collected far more subjects than the original backfire study, and both find effectively no backfire effect at all. And unlike the original study, the subjects in these new ones weren’t just college students — they were thousands of people, of all ages, from all arou

The new #JusticeLeague has dropped. I'm not 100% sold, yet. https://youtu.be/3cxixDgHUYw

My neighborhood is in a white/non-colored zone and I still think it's too loud because we can hear the highway most days. Surprisingly, the state park I live across the street from is in an orange/pinkish zone. Probably due to the airport just to the south of it and the flights constantly flying over. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/23/521227214/how-noisy-is-your-neighborhood-now-theres-a-map-for-that

And if you needed more #JusticeLeague in your life, here are some teaser posters and video clips while we wait for the trailer. Originally shared by Chris Fink so much awesome in one article!! http://io9.gizmodo.com/get-an-even-better-look-at-the-justice-league-ahead-of-1793570778

#JusticeLeague is also getting it's own poster release. Originally shared by Chris Fink look at that hotness! beautiful!! http://batmannotes.com/post/158788396053/together-at-lastnew-justice-league-poster

Only four more months! #SpiderMan Originally shared by Chris Fink Spider-Man: Homecoming Posters – It’s Not Easy Being Peter Homework can wait. The city can’t. #spidermanhomecoming source: http://screenrant.com/spider-man-homecoming-poster-homework/

How many of you use Twitter as well as Google+? What about Facebook or LinkedIN? Since I spend most of my time on G+ I've created a habit: content creation here, then sharing to other social media networks. It's sort of what we see daily with people sharing tweets here, except the other way around. I find it a good way to demonstrate the G+ community as well as showcasing the lack of 140 character restrictions. For the record, Facebook doesn't pull in the content (images) from G+ like Twitter (usually) does.

Well, if that doesn't look like a "grey" then nothing does. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_alien https://twitter.com/denversky/status/845128049225957377

I cannot verify the claims made in this article and the embedded video ( https://youtu.be/b6ME88nMnYE ), but if true, this is amazing. Imagine an engine that could be powered for thousands of years propelling a spacecraft from our galaxy to Andromeda or beyond? Or, if your concerns are more mundane, imagine a cell phone that doesn't need to be charged every day. Originally shared by World Economic Forum It could last thousands of years. http://wef.ch/2nfJVcm

110% #NSFW in any way, shape or form. But, that's #Deadpool for you. Stay 'til the end, or at least skip the credits to 5:17 and you'll be fine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptKgRecPi1I

This is just a beautiful painting. #NiagraFalls Originally shared by The Public Domain Review Illustration of the intense Leonid meteor shower over Niagara Falls in 1833. More historical images of comets and meteors, from the 11th to 20th centuries, here: http://buff.ly/2ngf2EV

Reading this article about what the Germans researchers are working with and I couldn't help but think of Archimedes' Death Ray: http://web.mit.edu/2.009/www/experiments/deathray/10_ArchimedesResult.html Which may, or may not have, been debunked by the television show, MythBusters. They were, of course, using guesstimations for some of their measurements. https://www.engadget.com/2017/03/23/german-researchers-built-a-molecule-splitting-artificial-sun/

Does everyone see the same #TopicstoExplore in their Streams? And do yours change? I've been seeing these same suggestions for ... well, for as long as I can remember seeing this card. The thing is, I've never shown any interest in DoctorWho and very little in Machine Learning or Crowdfunding, so I'm not sure where Google+ is getting it's suggestions for me from.

Because ... I don't know. #Colorado Originally shared by 9NEWS When you think of Google shopping searches Coloradans make more frequently than other states, products associated with outdoor recreation may come to mind.          http://on9news.tv/2nI7Cew

Eagerly awaiting the bog screen adaptation of Ghost in the Shell starring Scarlett Johansson? Here's the first five minutes to hold you over until the release date. http://geektyrant.com/news/the-first-5-thrilling-minutes-of-ghost-in-the-shell-have-been-released-online

The Way of Kings is one of those books that defines epic fantasy . If you read this sort of stuff and haven't given this a shot yet, here's a #free e-version for your pleasure. Originally shared by Brandon Sanderson I have some great news for all the US and Canada readers: in preparation for the Oathbringer release later this year, Tor.com is offering a free download of the ebook edition of The Way of Kings, the first volume of the Stormlight Archive, today and tomorrow (March 23rd and 24th, 2017). You can see all the details using the link below: http://giveaway.tor.com/ — Please take note — This free ebook download will only be available for 48 hours. You can only download the file between 12:00 AM ET, March 23 and 11:59 PM ET, March 24. Note: This offer is only available in the US and Canada. We apologize for the geographic restriction, unfortunately it is required for various legal reasons. Last week Tor.com revealed the cover for Oathbringer, the third volume in the Storm

For #nationalpuppyday I bring you; Rufus.

Oh, come on, Google! This has got to be one of the most annoying websites ever.  Let me explain: We all have that (annoying) red bar at the top of our pages. Saddled between the "SEARCH" bar and our account profile pic are the 9 squares set in a 3x3 formation. Clicking this box opens up shortcuts to Google services. Easy peasy, right? Sure. Unless you're looking for something not there. So, you scroll down and click on "Even more from Google" which opens up the page linked to below.  Great! Right? Well, no.  You find the product you're looking for and instead of clicking on it, thinking it's going to take you to the associated page, you have to know to use the "Getting Started" link below the associated service, then choose for web , for mobile , etc. Click on "Getting Started" And worse yet, not even all products are listed! Where's  +Blogger ? Or Google Voice? Under "Stay in touch"

And in your #WTFReligion news for the day, a principal at a religious school suspended a 12 year old for selling a water snake wigglies toys to other students. Apparently, the principal couldn't tell the difference between this fun child's toy and an adult sex toy. I'm guessing this teacher also isn't very good at "dog toy or sex toy" game: https://www.buzzfeed.com/abagg/dog-toy-or-sex-toy Originally shared by Brian Harrod RELIGIOUS EDUCATION NEWS: Christian school principal suspends 12-year-old girl for selling kids' toys in class because he mistook them as sex toys. "In your wildest imaginations, no adult could possibly view this as a sex toy, this is a water-filled bag" ...Parents may recognize the toy in question. They are called "water snake wigglies." The girl claims she had permission from a teacher to sell the children's toys. However, the principal at Trinity Lutheran School accused the student of selling what she thought w

I never watched the TV show, but this actually looks hilarious. "You're not cops" and "Why does she always look like she's running in slow motion?" #HaHaHa Originally shared by Martin Mendoza Now this is just ridiculous. https://youtu.be/xYNMGdpNznA

Some good advice in here for anyone who witnesses a crime on Facebook Live, or any live streaming app, for that matter. Originally shared by Amber Mac Given the recent tragedy in Chicago, a timely reminder of what to do if you see a crime being committed on Facebook Live... http://buff.ly/2n9dTx4

Is there anyone the Conservatives don't hate? http://reverbpress.com/discovery/living/entertainment/sesame-street-autistic-character-conservatives-leftist-agenda/

Years ago - more than a decade - my go-to jacket was a textile one that could be unzipped to a breathable mesh. It had some basic armor in it, but nothing else; was comfortable in the summer time and protected from the elements well enough in the spring and fall. Then I read an article somewhere (I can't remember) about leather versus textile, or ballistic nylon, jackets. As soon as I could I went out and bought my first leather jacket, a Joe Rocket Blaster III, if I remember correctly. I got a really good deal on it. For me it boiled down to durability, protection and longevity. My current leather jacket is an AGV and no matter how hot it is outside, I'm always wearing it. A few of my riding buddies don't wear leather because they say it's too hot when the temperatures are above 85°F. Personally, I'd rather be a little hot and sweaty than covered in road rash. What do you wear? Leather? Textile? Ballistic nylon? Titanium reinforced steel plating? Just your skin? ht

I don't know if you're using the Rever app at all, and this is by no definition an endorsement of said app, but if you are, are you participating their their monthly competitions? Sadly, you must have an account in order to see the details so I copied them here: Details Riding your motorcycle is awesome, but what if you had a chance to win prizes from some of motorcycling’s great brands along the way? Rever's ODOminator Challenge will be a year-long challenge with rotating sponsors each month. Each month the mileage will reset and random winners will be selected from the top-25 participants during that period. This month the challenge is sponsored by KLIM, check out the fantastic prizes that are up for grabs. Prizes _The first ODOminator Challenge will run through April 30, 2017. Winners will be randomly selected from the top-25 riders on the ODOminator Challenge Leaderboard. Prizes up for grabs include: KLIM TK1200 Helmet: KLIM has created the worlds first Grand-Touring he

Do you Apple? Many people across the globe Apple every single day and a collective of hackers have claimed to have gained access to over 300 million of those persons. Are you one? https://www.macrumors.com/2017/03/22/apple-ransom-300m-icloud-accounts-claim/

I post a lot of photos and., from time to time, post screenshots that have been cropped down using the Paint.NET app, which I absolutely love. Unfortunately, Paint.NET defaults to PNG for saving newly adjusted files and I wanted to know, is PNG a better file type to use than JPG, especially for posting on the web. Turns out, it depends on what you're posting. https://www.labnol.org/software/tutorials/jpeg-vs-png-image-quality-or-bandwidth/5385/

Image For No Reason Whatsoever Life without a cell phone has been pretty good, actually. I find myself paying attention to the people around me as well as the TV instead of catching up on headlines or perusing social media. There were a few times, while watching TV, I missed having it around when I wanted to look up an actor or the veracity of a statement made in the show. On Saturday, while out walking Rufus, we came upon a coyote drinking out of the creek. While we didn't get close enough for a great photo, it would have been nice to record video of Rufus barking at the animal. And then there was Sunday. I took the dogs to the dog park, located on a state park, and was harassed by the park volunteer before she called the rangers with some sob story about my behavior being out of line. Sadly, I couldn't record the affair without a cell phone. It was then that I truly wished I had something with which to document the exchange. Luckily there were about a dozen witnesses,

I'm not a huge fan of the "emotive" eyes in Tom Holland's Spider-Man's costume. Give me the wide white lenses that we saw in ASM2 and let the Web-Head's mouth dictate his emotions. Originally shared by Chris Fink Emoting with a Spider-Man mask on has never been so seamless. http://nerdist.com/somebody-made-a-real-life-spider-man-mask-with-shutter-lenses/

Have you been eagerly awaiting the The Flash movie? Well, it might be time to test your patience skills. http://io9.gizmodo.com/so-what-is-actually-going-on-with-the-flash-movie-1793348969

Watch carefully. What they did to Obamacare and other agencies is what the #GOP will do to ever more: make them fail and then run a campaign on the failure of government. That's their modus opernadi . They've done this for decades, with the Department of Education, EPA and others and just like destroying the Matrix, they've become exceedingly good at it, especially since the American electorate's attention span is about equal to that of a fruit fly. #TrumpNation http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/republicans-obamacare-problems_us_58cc48e3e4b0be71dcf4d685

Let me preface this by saying I grew up long before cell phones were in everyone's pocket. In fact, I didn't have my first cell phone until I was in my twenties, so I know a thing or two about living without having the world's knowledge at my fingertips. My first day without a cell phone was both frustrating and liberating. It began as all things do - in the beginning: My alarm didn't go off. As it turns out, like many of us, I use my cell phone as an alarm clock, which is convenient since it's on the charger all night next to the bed. Normally in the mornings I'll check for any emails that came in overnight, check the headlines to make sure no one has started World War III and then, maybe if I'm not in a rush, I'll flip through social media to see who's doing all the exciting things I'm not. Or look at pretty pictures. The real inconvenience came when I realized I had no reminder for an appointment. Luckily for me I knew the appointment

How in the world could someone do this to a dog? http://www.9news.com/news/local/owner-surrenders-extremely-skinny-dog/423170215

I titled this "Oops" as though I this was an error. No, this was not an error. This is what happens when your frustrated with a (Google) app constantly not working right and a touchscreen that has decided to have dead spots - spots on the screen that no longer reacted to touch.  Yeah, this was no "Ooops" but rather the result of not having a hammer or rock nearby. I really would have preferred a sledge hammer. So, now I'm in shopping for a new inexpensive phone and have my eye on a 2-2 1/2 year old BlackBerry just because it's cheap (and has a physical keyboard. Oh, how I miss having a physical keyboard!) Heck, I'd even consider the new Nokia if they were out already. In the meantime I'm phone-less. Luckily most people have my Google Voice number where I can send and receive SMS messages, check voicemails and even make and receive calls from my computer. TMo Rep Said They Couldn't Fix That

What do we know about Niel Gorsuch, #DonaldTrump's nominee to the #SCOTUS? At least one thing, it would seem: he's not interested in whether someone dies as long as they obey their boss. http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/03/this-is-how-neil-gorsuch-thinks.html

I don't always ever reshare content where the original poster didn't both commenting themselves, but this was too funny not to share. In a Wal-Mart parking lot, no less! Seems not everyone is happy in #TrumpNation. Originally shared by Ed Christian

I got so pissed at #GoogleVoice earlier than I broke my phone in half, cutting my hand pretty good in the process. So, does anyone have a late model device they want to send me?

I looked at About Chrome and it started updating right then and there. Either that's a hell of a coincidence or, if you look at About Chrome, it goes ahead and updates. Originally shared by Harold Chester This should improve laptop battery life. https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2017/03/chrome-57-background-tab-suspension-download/

I remember way back in the days of Google Buzz, when Google was in the news for removing the account of someone under 13, saying that Google needs to create a tier-like system for children's accounts. In short, my idea was to allow kids to have email accounts, but they would have to be tied to a parent's account until the kid turned whatever age Google decided was appropriate. Now we have Apps GSuite for Education where many kids do get a Gmail account attached to a school and this new Family Link which is, apparently, mobile only and very restrictive. Originally shared by Lane Greer Thank you, Google!. Fantastic idea! As a father of a nearly 2 yr old boy, I'm now less scared of his first tablet! http://buff.ly/2nbefpz

Always a good reminder to check your settings. Originally shared by David Dickens Security professional gives access to his account from an app, app is used to hijack account. Everyone likes what third party apps can do to increase the value of services like Twitter (or Google). But because of how these apps access your account, they often bypass, or at least mitigate, the stronger security settings available from the account provider. You might want to check to see who you've given access to. In Google you can usually find that information here: https://myaccount.google.com/security?hl=en#connectedapps https://www.grahamcluley.com/sorry-nazi-spam-twitter-account/

Waaaay back in elementary and middle schools we were taught to use the Oxford comma, but by the time I reached high school the "serial" comma had grown out of favor. I distinctly remember one of my teachers critiquing one of my papers and when I responded with the "but that's how we were taught to do it" I was met with the rules changed, we don't do that anymore. Originally shared by Paul M Edwards Oxford comma FTW! https://qz.com/932004/the-oxford-comma-a-maine-court-settled-the-grammar-debate-over-serial-commas-with-a-ruling-on-overtime-pay-for-dairy-truck-drivers/

What's at issue here is not just asymmetrical polarization but asymmetrical news consumption. The left and the center avail themselves of real journalism, however flawed it may be, while the right gorges on what is essentially political propaganda — all the while denigrating anything that contradicts their worldview as “fake news.” ~ http://news.wgbh.org/2017/03/15/politics-government/major-new-study-shows-political-polarization-mainly-right-wing I think we can all agree that this exactly how #TrumpNation is playing out. via Bodhipaksa http://www.cjr.org/analysis/breitbart-media-trump-harvard-study.php

Without the threat of veto, the goal of the ultra-conservative Republicans to remove science from public discourse might actually come to fruition. https://newrepublic.com/article/141227/republicans-war-science-just-got-frighteningly-real

Am I the only one who gets asked to "participate in a quick survey about our site", agrees to provide feedback and then gets annoyed when the content is gone and the survey is up? Not only that, but when the survey is loooong and when you're finally finished with it there's no link back to the content so you have to close the browser window. I'm looking at you, The Guardian. That was friggen annoying and I decided reading that particular article wasn't worth the hassle. I've also decided not to fill out any "helpful" surveys for you in the future. In fact, I may avoid the URL " https://theguardian.com " for a few days, too. https://theguardian.com

So now we need to start vetting lawyers by asking if they're flat-Earthers? To potential lawyer: "Are you a flat-Earther?" "Do you believe Scientism is destroying society?" Originally shared by Seth McMullan This is what Arcane Logos​ actually believes. https://youtu.be/NOWZGky6Rc0

Remember those old "company towns" where a company would pay a worker, let's say, $500/week then charge them $1000 for rent in the company house, then groceries, utilities, etc? When all was said and done those who broke even were considered the lucky ones, the rest were forever indebted to the company. This sort of reminds me of that. Have you ever been to a strip club? I promise you, the markup on liquor is more than enough to pay for bouncers and DJs, especially when the dancers aren't getting paid in the first place. http://www.9news.com/mb/money/business/dancers-sue-strip-clubs-say-theyre-forced-to-pay-for-their-work/422678707?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=gplus

We've seen this Corgi just about every day at the dog park recently. Charlie is having none of it, but the Corgi doesn't seem to care what his opinion is. #GooglePhotos made a gif out of a shot video.

Have you been seeing less quality sites showing up in your search results? I personally haven't, but I tend to type in the URL of the site I want instead of generic searching. My Google Now/Assistant is showing me some, let's say, odd choices in the side or menu though. http://searchengineland.com/googles-fred-update-hit-low-value-content-sites-aimed-revenue-helping-users-271165

Those of us paying attention saw this coming. Sure, some who voted #Republican will claim repealing #Obamacare is still the right choice, but many more, those who risk becoming the uninsured masses and those who will see their rates double or triple under the #GOP offering, will have to question whether #DonaldTrump and the rest of the Right is looking out for their best interests. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/opinion/the-original-lie-about-obamacare.html?_r=0&referer=https://www.google.com/

So, I haven't been blogging that much lately. There's no one to blame but myself. I think it's because I was trying to keep up with too many blogs at once: a motorcycle blog (but I didn't ride that much last summer), a photography blog with nothing but pictures I took and maybe a few words about why I grabbed that particular shot and why I chose that particular post-processing effect and a personal one where I shared some of my thoughts if I thought someone might be interested. And yet, I covered all these bases in social media (Google+ mostly), which was easier to post to from mobile. As far as I was concerned, blogging is about long form content. But then I started thinking in long form content. Not that I'm not always consumed with large galaxy-spanning thoughts, but I was thinking quick posts to social media just weren't cutting it anymore. And yet, I let the blogs fade into the background. A month, maybe two, ago I decided to consolidate all my Blogge

Fox News​ just told their viewers that it is possible that Obama wire tapped #DonaldTrump without leaving any trace. By placing the onus on the British intelligence community they're essentially declaring Trump right and his detractors wrong. How? By placing proof upon a foreign nation's intelligence community - which they won't admit to. http://insider.foxnews.com/2017/03/14/judge-napolitano-why-there-may-never-be-proof-even-if-obama-spied-trump

It's probably fair that an article about an OS named Fuschia has an ad for TMobile running on it. Originally shared by Android Community Google’s secret ‘Fuchsia’ operating system gets a new logo, tweets to the world http://buff.ly/2mly6xB

Do you use Allo/Google Assistant? Have you seen any sort of glitches in what's seen on one end or the other? http://www.recode.net/2017/3/13/14912394/google-allo-search-history-privacy-messaging-app

“We have freedom of religion here, but they don’t have the right to bring their Sharia law overreach on our constitutional laws,” Idaho Republican Rep. Eric Redman said of his bill, according to the Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash. Apparently Rep. Redman doesn't see the irony here. #GOP #Republican http://au.org/church-state/march-2017-church-state/featured/states-of-emergency

Do you Skype? I have an account but no one I know uses it, much like a plethora of other messaging apps (BBM comes to mind). And yet, I'm always hearing how people are contacted over Skype or how they conduct interviews and podcasts over the service. I'm really surprised Microsoft hasn't integrated Skype into LinkedIN yet. Or have they and no one told me? https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-expands-chrome-extension-to-add-a-bit-more-skype-to-your-life

#Uptime seems really interesting. Didn't Hangouts, back when Hangouts was part of G+, have a video sharing features? While Uptime may be a 'mobile first" approach, this don't exactly a new idea. http://www.androidauthority.com/googles-uptime-app-offers-unique-way-watching-youtube-videos-friends-756274/

Twenty million people have healthcare thanks to #Obamacare, but the #Republicans want to trim that number by 52 million. Yes, that's a 32 million person difference. Originally shared by The Atlantic CBO: 24 Million Fewer People Would Have Health Insurance by 2026 http://trib.al/5rVlRby http://trib.al/5rVlRby

So, apparently there's a grassroots effort to recruit #BernieSanders to lead a People's Party .

Wow. The #GOP is in panic mode right now over their own #ACA replacement! They're actually afraid passing it might result in midterm election losses. Talk about party psychosis. Originally shared by **** Cotton said the bill as it is cannot pass the Senate, adding that it would have "adverse consequences for millions of Americans." #ACA #OBAMACARE #AHCA #GRINCHCARE http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/323571-cotton-the-bill-probably-can-be-fixed-but-its-going-to-take-a-lot-of

Remember, folks: dogs are always better than cats. Originally shared by Yonatan Zunger There are a few parasites which are known to affect the higher functions of the mind - rabies making dogs vicious, parasitic wasps which commandeer orb spiders, flatworms which make ants commit a strange sort of suicide atop blades of grass, where they can be eaten by sheep. And, of course, there's toxoplasma gondii, whose primary habitat is in the intestines of cats, and which can be responsible for "crazy cat lady syndrome." But while we usually think of this as being a rare, acute condition affecting only a few people, it turns out that infection rates may be far higher than we imagined - 10-20% of Americans, and over 50% of Europeans - and that even these low-level infections may have subtle but significant effects on our personalities. We may well be, in short, under the effect of mind-controlling parasites right now. And things as fundamental as our introversion or extroversion,

Of course he lied!! Duh! Granted, there is no proof he hasn't donated his salary, but then again, there is definitely no proof he has, and like all the promises he's already reneged on, we can reasonably conclude #DonaldTrump has/will renege on this one as well. http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/after-pledging-donate-salary-trump-declines-release-proof-n732466

Are you excited about the upcoming series, American Gods ? I've never read the book, myself, but I did read a novella written in this universe once. I can't recall the name, but it was about taking a riverboat journey along the Mississippi. https://www.google.com/amp/www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/03/american-gods-review-sxsw-episode-1-politics-trump/amp?_utm_source=1-2-2

Guess who lost his job after being asked to investigate #DonaldTrump? Not that there's a direct correlation, there's just too big of a coincidence to ignore it. #TrumpNation https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/us-attorney-asked-to-investigate-trump-for-alleged-constitutional-violation/2017/03/08/845f51a8-0390-11e7-b1e9-a05d3c21f7cf_story.html?tid=a_inl-amp&utm_term=.ed92a3784ea6

Yep. Originally shared by Aleks Fatuesi

More #WonderWoman for you guys. https://youtu.be/INLzqh7rZ-U

Everyone should be aware of this #DonaldTrump archive if we're to survive #TrumpNation. Originally shared by Filippo Salustri The venerable Internet Archive makes clear what they think of Drumpf by helping others combat his lunacy. Good thing they want to set up a backup in Canada, cuz they're bound to end up on a list of Enemies of the State Shitgibbon. https://blog.archive.org/2017/03/01/how-to-use-the-trump-archive-to-find-tv-news-appearances-fact-checks-and-share-clips/

I'm not overly fond of any of these but you may enjoy yours more. I'll take the test later after I've had some food. #myAndroid https://goo.gl/546YoV

I am fairly certain this was not mine and Rufus' walk this morning. Either the GPS in this phone is wonky or the app I used to record the walk isn't very good.

Don't worry, guys. It's about to get worse. #ACA #AHCA #GOP #Healthcare https://theintercept.com/2017/03/10/gop-repeal-strategy/

Assad says American forces are Invaders. Assad is an ally of Putin. How long before #DonaldTrump calls American forces Invaders himself? http://www.cnn.com/2017/03/11/middleeast/syria-conflict-isis-us-military/index.html

What do you do when all you have is a two decade old Mercedes-Benz 300TE but you really want a off-road monster of a beast? The Mercedes-Benz 300TE: https://www.edmunds.com/mercedes-benz/300-class/1990/wagon/consumer-reviews/ And for just over $5k, too? Not too shabby. Of course shipping costs will add to that price u less you want to drive it was Lithuania to across Asia avoiding all paved roads. That would be awesome, by the way. http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1109304_kneel-before-your-mercedes-benz-off-road-wagon-god#image=100595715

I live across the street from one of the over 1900 areas that fall under the Army Corps of Engineers management. Oddly, the recreation area has an on-site gun range and yet carrying a gun on the area is against the rules. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2017/03/10/second-amendment-may-be-restored-on-army-corps-of-engineers-land/

Yesterday hit just above 70° here so I gave the SV a much needed bath. While it was drying I grabbed a shot with my phone. On a side note, spring is upon us in the northern hemisphere. I expect to see a lot more postings for the next 6 months. That's an order!

'They may have been phony in the past, but it’s very real now.' ” If it's good, #DonaldTrump did it. If it's unflattering it must be the work of the "fake news" outlets, Obama or his enemies. Nothing, and I repeat - NOTHING - is the fault of the president in #TrumpNation. https://news.google.com/news/amp?caurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Famphtml%2Fnews%2Fwonk%2Fwp%2F2017%2F03%2F10%2F19-times-trump-called-the-jobs-numbers-fake-before-they-made-him-look-good%2F#a-038fae47-bacd-4af6-9e20-80079af13117

So many stereotypes here. Where to begin? Originally shared by Brian Harrod RELIGIOUS NEWS: Uber-Christian TN lawmaker who sponsored "Don't Say Gay" bill, has been doing the nasty satanic shuffle with a married woman, who just so happens to also be his cousin TENNESSEE: Christian Sponsor Of “Don’t Say Gay” Bill Accused Of Adultery In Local Couple’s Divorce Filing Tennessee state Sen. Joey Hensley, the notorious “Christian family values” crusader, has been named in the divorce filings for a local couple, both of whom claim he’s been *** the wife for three years. Oh, but there’s much more.... ....But Lori Barber is not just a friend or a cousin or a lover — she is also Hensley’s patient. Barber testified in court that Hensley is her only doctor other than a cardiologist, and that she relies on him for recurrent Botox injections. She also said he has regularly prescribed her the hydrocodone pill Lortab — a Schedule II controlled substance — for “chronic back pain,”.... ....

It just reinforces what the rest of us have known for years: some people will believe anything no matter how outlandish. And they get to vote. #MAGA #GOP #TrumpNation via Kevin Guertin​​ Originally shared by DeepStateNation "The Trump masses embraced my stories as fact, almost universally," he said. http://freakoutnation.com/2017/03/fake-news-site-thanks-gullible-trump-supporters-after-gaining-1-million-views/

This is the problem with strict Constitutionalist judges: they look at the Constitution and say, oh, none of the Bill of Rights expressly forbid dog attacks even though the canine is legally considered an officer of the law and under the direction of a human handler where everyone else can clearly see what just occurred. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/03/10/appeals_court_rules_homeless_man_cannot_sue_cop_who_let_police_dog_maul.html

So, an anti-Nazi propaganda radio show is "too liberal?" Since when did being anti-Nazi become something to deride? #resitstenceradio http://io9.gizmodo.com/trump-supporters-get-mad-because-they-think-the-man-in-1793159888

2000: A Rubinstein-produced TV-mini-series version of Dune airs on the Sci-Fi Channel to generally good reviews. It wins two Emmys. I saw the Sci-Fi Channel's version of Dune and it was the best one yet, in my opinion. The problem with adapting this novel is it's so epic in scope and has a lot internal monologue that's hard to adapt to the screen. http://www.vulture.com/2017/03/looking-back-at-all-the-utterly-disastrous-attempts-to-adapt-dune.html?_utm_source=1-2-2

Ted Cruz is suggesting the VicePresident circumvent the rules so the #GOP can sidestep 48% of American's will and push their ACA replacement through. http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/323272-cruz-lets-overrule-senate-officer-to-expand-obamacare-bill

I'm going to park this here since I just installed Gboard (I could have sworn I was using for years, but apparently I hadn't been) and may want to reference it now and again. Of course, many of these are so buried in the app it nearly makes them unusable. https://www.cnet.com/how-to/heres-how-to-use-gboards-features/

I once kept a library book for something like six months. Luckily the fines topped out at $20. Originally shared by 9NEWS http://on9news.tv/2mNbYAo