Thanks for the fix -- appreciate the quick action!

Dear Canada,

Please cease this kind of behavior immediately. We're supposed to be the only dumbshits around here.

Yours truly,

'Merica

The truth is this can happen in any country, but the rich people who are causing it go after the most lucrative governments first.

Most of the world has become the dumbshits emulating Trumpism. Source: am French citizen..

Is your president emulating Trump? Is he one of the smartshits?

If you can't understand which one it is from the original comment, I guess you are lucky to not know about the unhinged violence and abuses of Macron's government.

American, here. Yes he is one of the dumbshits. https://www.thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2024/08/30/ma...

Dear Merica We decided to get it over with and HELP pull the roof down on our heads, the simple fact is that there is a direct linear relationship between how advanced our technology gets and how poor our overall experience of it becomes.

Caniba

Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/us/politics/mosquito-afri...

Dunno what the longer term effects of this and the other departures will be, but in the world of vibe-finance Alphabet dumped 4.15% of share value as of this minute.

Slightly OT, but this reminded me of Colson Whitehead's _The Intuitionist_[1], an amazing speculative mystery novel about two dueling schools of elevator inspection philosophies: the Empiricists and the Intuitionists.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Intuitionist

"Librareome Project"

Take my money!

The best part about Kirkland Roundabouts is that they come in a handy family-size 24 pack.

I'll let myself out.

The original Costco HQ building overlooks this new intersection, so this is almost a relevant comment

Not quite. The old corporate HQ was located at 10809 120th ave NE, which is up at exit 21 and currently being redeveloped into a townhome complex: https://www.google.com/maps/place/10809+120th+Ave+NE,+Kirkla...

Just drove past The Brick yesterday. Roslyn's just a bit less rustic these days, e.g., a 2-bedroom 2000sqft house is going to set you back at about $600K.