Pattern Ghost

SO, a location today, but no theme until Tomorrow
If I were a wise man, I would try to hold out until tomorrow for location as well, and thus be better braced for whatever theme comes!
 
But today, Wisdom is my proverbial dump stat!
 
Not knowing WHAT the hell is going on, I choose...The Windy City, Chi-Town itself, the City of Big Shoulders, aka Chicago, Illinois!
 
Location: Chicago
 

 
 

Wonderland
 

OK, I'm going to jump in a little late:
 
Location: Schitt's Creek (TV show)
Paragon: She Hulk (Marvel)
Organization: The B.P.R.D. (Hellboy)

OK, I'm going to jump in a little late:
 
Location: Schitt's Creek (TV show)
Paragon: She Hulk (Marvel)
Organization: The B.P.R.D. (Hellboy)

Yes, but this is a dangerous attitude to take when those Keystone Cops barely failed on 1/6/2021.  And I mean barely.  
 
And nearly all the people who were in charge of the insurrection attempt are still free.  Many are still in power, such as House Speaker Mike Johnson.

Colorado launches firearm data dashboard
 
Considering the obfuscation efforts by the firearms industry and its political lackeys, this first is a huge step in the right direction, but it seems not to include firearm deaths due to police (a few years ago, one year police accounted for a quarter of the homicides in the city of Seattle, so this is a serious exclusion).  Law enforcement agencies nationwide have fought such reporting requirements (let alone data publication) forever.

Reagan is probably spinning in his grave the way the Trump-lead Republican party has been in bed with Russia.

Reagan is probably spinning in his grave the way the Trump-lead Republican party has been in bed with Russia.

Whoah! When did Doonesbury get all political?

Why The New York Times might win its copyright lawsuit against OpenAI
 

If my premise were wrong, organizations (military, police, gangs) wouldn't have to train the reluctance to kill out of people. You'd be far harder pressed to find any credible stats indicating that "most people" are inclined to kill each other. The global murder rate (2019) is 6.2/100,000. So is 6.2 "most" or is 99,993.8 "most"?
 

Even if Biden's cognitively impaired, I'll take him over a (much more) cognitively and morally impaired Trump. 

Even if Biden's cognitively impaired, I'll take him over a (much more) cognitively and morally impaired Trump. 

Even if Biden's cognitively impaired, I'll take him over a (much more) cognitively and morally impaired Trump. 

Biden's real Twitter account after the Super Bowl:
 

 

The oral arguments in the Colorado removal of Trump from the ballot case were today (yesterday now). Here's an interview with Colorado's lawyer:
 
 
I watched the thing on YouTube. I think the above video covers the main points well, but if you're morbidly curious or have too much time on your hands, here it is:
 
 
I shared it to a time stamp after the talking heads, but if you have even more time to waste, you can wind it back to the beginning.

That one got some interesting results:

 
 

Any number of places this could be posted here, but here's AI making an opportunity for all of us.
 

Oh hey! I'd already tried the "Vary selection" tool, but "steel stars" worked where shuriken, throwing stars, and ninja stars did not.
 

 
Anyway, Midjourney just released a new tool that tries to extract style from images, so I'm going to play with that.
 
 

That one got some interesting results:

 
 

That one got some interesting results:

 
 

He has/had Texas National Guard blocking border patrol agents' access after the SCOTUS ruling. I'd say that qualifies.

I tried tapir, being something vaguely elephant shaped with a shorter trunk. Didn't go well. I might try the pre-elephants later, but I'm going to snooze now.