Lawrence Whitney

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A three panel cartoon: Panel 1 - A white man with a mustache wearing a white t-shirt, jeans, and a baseball cap watches a television where a reporter is saying “The CDC recommends avoiding romaine and other leafy greens due to cyclospora.” Panel 2 - The man announces, “Nobody’s gonna tell me what I can and can’t eat!” Panel 3 - The man grits his teeth and says “I’m gonna eat <b>my first salad ever</b>.”
Vertical panoramic photo of a majestic 160 year old oak tree grown between two houses.
He discovered the thing that artists know, which is that in the absence of any purpose or meaning, repetition will provide some sort of structure to build on. From Ann Leckie’s Radiant Star
Even when news of the dispute over the strait reached us, very few imagined that we would be affected. From The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
But the Raven did not, when he looked at the strait, see a bounty in which he might take a share. No, the Raven looked at the strait and saw that all of its riches might be taken for himself. From The Raven Tower by Ann Leckie
A photograph of a bison standing next to a prairie dog with mountains in the background.
Image from the John Eastman disbarment decision by the California State Bar Court trial court from page 38: "“multiple counting” and “vote flipping” conclusions were debunked by Halderman and Harry Hursti and Dr. Phillip Stark, and other computer scientists and election security experts who stated on November 16, 2020, that claims regarding technical vulnerabilities were unsubstantiated." Decision available here: https://discipline.calbar.ca.gov/portal/DocumentViewer/Index/WR3CtyPXSTa3F3Va0_TEPF_IL0cQHVvfM6M4w8NGG0Jd4BRF21Sw8EVD7XKjukeQYXkw9JcsUiVb8bnoYhzffKlFkLRnwcrBsVfYmr-RTOM1?caseNum=SBC-23-O-30029&docType=Disposing%20Document&docName=Decision%20-%20Trial&docTypeId=266&isVersionId=False&p=0
Niles Crane rides into his brother Fraiser’s apartment on a Segway saying “Hello, foot people!”
A lit Jack o’lantern carved with 6 7
Me in a bright orange north face jacket with a jack o’lantern face taped on it next to two carved pumpkins.
Sergeant Major von Rumpel from All the Light We Cannot See on Netflix, played by Lars Eidinger, coming down the stairs in a trench coat pointing a gun.
A view of the entrance to the cave, down a paved path, next to a pond, where Confucius is said to have been born.
The Master said, “If you try to guide the common people with coercive regulations (zheng ) and keep them in line with punishments, the common people will become evasive and will have no sense of shame. If, however, you guide them with Virtue, and keep them in line by means of ritual, the people will have a sense of shame and will rectify themselves.”
Poster skirtches a cheetah.
Boston Globe live update headline saying “Firefighters union says low staffing levels cost lives of victims during Fall River fire response.” Accompanied by a photo of the burned out Gabriel House Assisted Living facility.
From the Guardian: Trump praises 'Alligator Alcatraz' after tour of controversial detention facility in Florida Everglades After touring the detention facility in Florida, Donald Trump is speaking to reporters alongside state governor Ron DeSantis and homeland security secretary Kristi Noem. Trump said of the visit: The trip was nice and the job they’ve done is fantastic. And this is what you need. Asked if this is the model going forward, Trump said: It can be. You don’t always have land so beautiful and so secure. They have a lot of bodyguards and a lot of cops in the form of alligators, you don’t have to pay them so much. But I wouldn’t want to run through the Everglades for long. It will keep people where they’re supposed to be.
"Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world." This advice is, in my opinion, not helpful. Nor is it empathetic. On the contrary, it is advice that seems designed to torment men, to gaslight them, and to send them into a spiral of self- recrimination and despair. Because—and hopefully this is obvious—no one, ever, anywhere, has ever set their house in "perfect order." Humans aren't perfect beings; no one has all their shit together. Certainly not Jordan Peterson, who had a major mental health crisis linked to benzos addiction a few years back.
Boston Globe headlines about MA violating deadlines for hearings for parents who lose custody of children and the city of Everett “overpaying” its mayor.
Cover of Sara Imari Walker’s book Life As No One Knows It: The Physics of Life’s Emergence
Headline from the Guardian indicating “one dead and seven injured after Tesla Cybertruck catches fire outside Trump hotel in Las Vegas.”
Me with an owl on my head.
Cover of J. Doyne Farmer’s _Making Sense of Chaos_
An aluminum baking sheet covered in tiny little pfeffernusse (pepper nut cookies).
Cover of J. Doyne Farmer’s book Making Sense of Chaos.
Wines: Vireton Pinot Noir, Klein Constancia Red Blend, Fess Parker Chardonnay, Glacial Still Reisling.
Matcha cake
Halibut and Cranberry miso sauce
Stuffing risotto ingredients ingredients.
Salad and dressing recipe
Cranberry maple butter recipe
Pumpkin apple muffin recipe.