They were both homeless and it’s not warm out. The water at the temperature it is now will knock the breath out of you when you jump in. And one fell in.

And what might not be deep could hold a nice thick layer of fine shoe sucking mud. Not great conditions to try and save someone if you’re not in great shape yourself. Especially if you’re wearing heavy clothes.

If you grew up in a place called the Rust Belt this may not come as a surprise.

Front row at Bonnaroo to see Sigur Ros. Hung out at the front of the stage for five hours with some nice strangers and saw an incredible performance. I haven’t been to Bonnaroo in awhile but the atmosphere of the other festival goers makes the event. The openness to strangers and general kindness at what should be a miserable packed event will always stick with me. Go if you can. It’s one thing I’ll perpetually entertain going to as long as they have it each year.

After that, found out Kanye still hadn’t taken his stage. Totally had planned on missing him for Sigur Ros. Fell asleep waiting for him to take stage and walked back to camp at 4am. Crazy it’s almost 20 years ago.

A lot of that is the insane lethality and size of the front in this war. If someone is on the front, it’s 50km before you can begin to start feeling safe from drones. Are you going to amplify attrition on rescue missions that have a high chance of failure?

Some of the problem is that there’s been heavy incentives on destroying enemy equipment. An attacking drone unit has their eyes on what keeps their unit running and likely isn’t coordinating too heavily with a defense unit that’s been in a hole for months.

If they can gamify the recording of strikes for supplies, they could also put an increasing bounty on supplying units via drop the longer they’ve been without. The reinforcement/evac of troops in these positions is a tough nut to crack.

Much more bleak. Erikson has more in the way of heroics in the face of the bleak. Bakker you get more of human flaws ushering in doom. It has a similar sense of scale, the world building is top notch. But the passage of time and intelligence are much less forgiving in Bakker’s world.

I’ve done numerous rereads of Malazan, none for Bakker. Though it’s just as deserving, if not more so. It’s just… a lot less uplifting.

R Scott Bakker kinda scratches a similar itch, though it’s much more bleak.

Malazan, Malazan, Malazan. Literally the result of two bored archaeologists and their DnD campaign while they were out on a dig.

It hangs with the best in terms of humor, tragedy, epic scope, and heroism. It does not hold your hand, in fact it will delight in letting your hand go while leading you through a dark room. Deeply philosophical, challenges and embraces tropes in equal part, absolutely interesting magic system(s). It is hardcore hopecore, it champions the little guy, empathy, and the bright mind over the slow. Main series is finished, 10 giant books. Also a bunch of others outside that series by both creators.

Be patient with it, some payoffs take a while. Read Gardens of the Moon and then Deadhouse Gates to see if it’s clicking. It isn’t for all.

Or that it was fine to not vote

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal_Khashoggi

He definitely cares about what the Saudis want, it’s a big part of why he’s in this mess. He’s taken billions in bribes from dangerous people.

He doesn’t care about the people for sure, but the people who pull his chain need that water.

I imagine the people who chop up reporters and put them in suitcases have reminded him.

Sounds like someone sat him down and explained what those desalination plants do.

You should say that louder for the people in Moscow without internet.

That, and Iran has supposedly allowed Chinese vessels through the strait.

2014*

Guess who else is into that type of stuff? Mike Johnson.

Not only that, but it sure looked like they waited for them to muster at a known time and then hit that section of the ship.

Sam Altman the infamous grifter? The same Altman whose foot in the door into the tech industry was inflating user numbers to get his app sold? That Sam Altman?

At your local Kid Rock concert

Why you think he’s got a snake in his boot?