At least one Ukrainian refugee has found a way to handle his anxiety. While others lacked his epic state of chill, this guy wants to be sure that folks know marijuana is The Way.

Good luck and safe travels, sir.

This tornado struck on April 29, 2022. The power is amazing.

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Surveillance cameras at Prairie Creek Elementary School in Andover, Kansas, captured an EF-3 tornado as it struck the school and a nearby YMCA on April 29, 2022. No students were in the building when the tornado struck, and no one lost their life in the Andover community. The Prairie Creek building sustained substantial damage in the storm.

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The YouTubers at carwow managed to secure a ridiculously fast Porsche and an out-of-this-world VW Beetle EV conversion and took them to the drag strip. I think it became less about racing and more just having an incredible time with engineering marvels.

These are two of my long-time favorite cars, and holy cow is this hilarious! These drivers just have an amazingly good time. The electric Beetle is "completely berzerk," and owns the 911 at several points.

Former US Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany appears to have forgotten her entire career as Press Secretary as she casts aspersions upon a retiring Jen Psaki. Psaki did a wonderful job, while McEnany propagated The Big Lie.

The Union Street exit off the I-5 in downtown Seattle appears extremely dangerous. A video compilation of people flying off the off-ramp and smashing into everything in sight was shared on Twitter.

Is this new construction? How did the plants ever grow there? This is sheer craziness.

A Florida pension fund is apparently trying to slow down Musk's purchase of Twitter. They've filed a lawsuit and the legal shenanigans can begin.

CNN:

Elon Musk and Twitter (TWTR) were sued on Friday by a Florida pension fund seeking to stop Musk from quickly completing his planned $44 billion takeover of the social media company.In a complaint filed in Delaware Chancery Court, the Orlando Police Pension Fund said that under Delaware law Musk cannot complete the takeover until at least 2025 unless holders of two-thirds of shares not "owned" by him approved.

Elon Musk raises an additional $7 billion in financing for Twitter dealThe lawsuit said Musk became an "interested stockholder" after taking a more than 9% Twitter stake, requiring the delay.

I have always found the most entertaining thing about horse racing to be the names, of both the horses and the jockeys. MSNBC's Steve Kornacki seems to be able to get excited about anything even barely statistics, and his enthusiasm carries me along…

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The FTC has proposed forcing Frontier Communications to actually provide the service it advertises, they expect the order to be signed by a Federal district court judge and enforceable shortly.

I am a Frontier customer and actually do get the speeds I am promised. It is really nice to live in a place with truly high speed bandwidth, compared to the rural bullshit I had in Northern CA for a decade.

Bleeping Computer:

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today proposed an order requiring Connecticut-based internet service provider Frontier Communications to stop "lying" to its customers and support its high-speed internet claims.

According to the proposed order filed today in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Frontier Communications must install fiber-optic internet service for 60,000 residential locations in California across the next four years.

Frontier will also have to provide current customers with free and easy cancellations when failing to deliver promised Internet connection speeds per the stipulated final order (PDF).

"Frontier lied about its speeds and ripped off customers by charging high-speed prices for slow service," said Samuel Levine, the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection Director.

A YouTuber was not disappointed to find that his Nanrobot scooter only goes around 50mph instead of the advertised 75mph. His general impression is "any faster and I wouldn't want it." Having ridden scooters, I believe the turning radius, wheel/tire size, and general physicals of a scooter matched with UNLIMITED POWER make this one stupid dangerous.

I am glad to see motorcycle-style body armor and helmets employed sometimes.

I once had an interesting first date when the young woman immediately opened up about reading "an amazing article on Goop" about anal sex that morning. She pretty much recounted the entire thing sitting at the bar. This was a really interesting way to start off the first date, and shockingly we never saw one another again.

Colbert's catalog is much more fun.

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Homelessness in America is soaring. Los Angeles is an epicenter, and historic Venice Beach, California is one of the places city leadership has apparently determined a dumping ground for humans. Regardless of the claims of success and promises of more to come, Los Angeles has merely shuffled people around a 2-3mi area. A small number of very motivated individuals have become success stories the city likes to share — but the encampments grow.

ABC7 News reports a gunfight broke out at a Compton, California smoke shop. 4 prospective thieves opened fire on the security guard, who was injured but survived and returned fire. One robber lost his life, another was injured and captured, while two remain at large.

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Suspected human trafficker Matt Gaetz tweeted out some really ugly bullshit about women protesting the grievous invasion of rights that looms on the horizon.

Water dropping to historically low levels in Lake Mead has exposed a barrel containing the body of a man apparently shot in the 1970s. The lake was purportedly a popular place for murderers to dump bodies. As the water line continues to recede expect to find more lost souls.

CBS News:

Las Vegas police believe a body found inside a barrel in the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead was that of a man who had been shot.

Homicide Lt. Ray Spencer also said Tuesday that shoes worn by the man were manufactured in the middle and late 1970s, indicating that the killing likely occurred between the middle 1970s and early 1980s, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.

Police previously said they thought the remains probably dated from the 1980s.

The making of Star Wars sound effects has been thrilling me since I was a kid. Happy May the 4th.

Thanks, Apple.

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Andrew Kelly Stewart's We Shall Sing a Song into the Deep is a satisfying run at the "we haven't seen the surface in forever, let us assume nothing up there has changed" post-nuclear war dystopian fiction novels I enjoy so much. Stewart absolutely kills it.

Stewart's novella captures the feeling of being on a decaying nuclear submarine manned by a skeleton crew that lacks the proper training or resources to keep it going. The story could really not go too many directions, they are after all are where they are, but the characters, setting, and pace keep story tugging at your heart.

We Shall Sing a Song into the Deep via Amazon

Senator Elizabeth Warren is showing the level of commitment all of our politicians need in the face of the terrible news.

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Star Wars: Obi-wan Kenobi looks wonderful. Happy May the 4th! I am hoping to make it to Batuu West later today to see the celebration and cosplay.

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A bounce house and a Sheriff's helicopter could not co-exist at a Rancho Cucamonga, California police event. As the helicopter approached its landing spot it inadvertently launched a bounce house into the air and blew some children around. Several were rushed to the hospital. Others sound less seriously injured as well.

I found it odd that ABC's newscaster's report suggested the Sheriff's department felt the fact their presence was anticipated at the show absolves them of any blame? Bad day for whoever decided to locate the bounce house next to the helipad.

Bonus:

This Mando cosplayer has a pretty fantastic speeder bike. The mirrors are fantastic and remind me of a "making of" program I saw about Star Wars decades ago, I believe they were used as part of the original land speeder effect.

This is the way.

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