Mark McKinnon, who worked for George Bush, wonders how Texas could fall so far.  He forgets to mention far-right wing Texas oil money in politics.  Oh, yeah, the Bush thing.  Almost forgot again.  The only question about this article is: is he serious?

How Did Texas Slip Into the MAGA Abyss?

From Visual Capitalist:

Visualizing Wealth Distribution in America (1990-2023)

Saw this announcement from the Menil Collection.  A quick Google turns up this BBC article.

Janet Sobel: The woman written out of history

A good article — from 2021!

Self-Proclaimed Billionaire Trump Now Begging Small-Dollar Donors For Money

From PC Magazine.  This is going to get interesting.

Air Canada Must Honor a Fake Refund Policy Created by Its Chatbot, Court Says

This has been known for quite a while.  From the Guardian (UK)

‘They lied’: plastics producers deceived public about recycling, report reveals

I started reading There There by Tommy Orange and in the introduction I was introduced to an alternate version of Thanksgiving.  In this one, the native Americans / Indians are slaughtered by European colonists just a few years after their arrival.

To be sure my memory, and perhaps education, on this subject is a bit confused.  I seem to have mixed the Pilgrims, the Puritans and the Virginia Commonwealth settlers.  They all arrived around the same time, and seem to have gone through the same quick cycle with the locals.  Of course, the English had arrived in the middle of ongoing tribal conflicts.  Being both naive and heavily armed all but guaranteed conflict with the natives.

Indian massacre of 1622

Clean energy was responsible for 40% of China’s economic growth in 2023. From CREA.

Clean energy was top driver of China’s economic growth in 2023

An old woodpile in the back was falling over. Decided to move it over a few feet and clean it up in the process. When I got to the bottom I found this fellow. He wouldn’t budge. I suppose he was upset that his house was gone. I eventually picked him up and carried him over to his new digs. Hope it all goes well for him.