
Sparky has every reason to think that good things are coming his way. Poor dog, it’s not going to work out this time.

Sparky has every reason to think that good things are coming his way. Poor dog, it’s not going to work out this time.

Incredibly, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is on it’s third season and it’s still excellent. Many science fiction shows start out bad. Some, like Star Trek: Picard, are bad for two seasons, then have a good season. Some, start strong, but fizzle out, like The Mandalorian or Stranger Things. The Orville was good for all three seasons, but it wasn’t part of a franchise. That’s easier because there isn’t franchise lore that has to be respected.
The Florida GOP ending vaccine mandates is playing with fire
Why is this controversial? Parents can get their children vaccinated. By not making vaccinations mandatory, pharmaceutical companies and the medical community will have to be honest and transparent about the benefits and risks. It’s shady when the government assumes that they care more than parents do.

Sophie Turner takes on Lara Croft for upcoming ‘Tomb Raider’ TV show
It should not be this difficult to tell a good Lara Croft story. It’s just a girl version of Indiana Jones. Replace the wit with sexy, and you win.
Newsweek: More Than 1,000 Current and Former HHS Staff Call on RFK Jr to Resign
A thousand HHS staff members don’t like their big boss, and demand that he resign. Okay, good luck with that.

Sparky is back to his old, gregarious self. He didn’t even mind that we weren’t going to be able to go camping at West Branch State Park.

NYT: What Does It Take to Get Men to See a Doctor?
The Cutler Center is one of the few clinical spaces trying to tackle the stubborn problem of men’s lack of engagement with America’s health care system.
Right now, men in the United States, whether infants or elders, are more likely to die at younger ages than their female counterparts. Male life expectancy at birth is currently 75.8 years — 5.3 years less than it is for women.

Smithsonian: Veteran Pixar Animator’s Newest Book Is an Epic Undertaking
Sanjay Patel is an artist and former Pixar animator who produces Youtube animated videos and illustrated books based on thousands of years of Hindu mythology. That seems like a gold mine of narratives that major studios should investigate.

Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 1080 Ti is the second-fastest single-GPU graphics card you can buy, and only because there’s a $1200 Titan Xp offering questionable value out there, too.
That was from an article written in 2017.
When I wanted to try out virtual reality, I bought a gaming computer with that graphics card. At that time, it was almost impossible to buy a graphics card because crypto-currency miners were buying all available graphics cards.
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