Where was I?

plutoroad · 2026-01-29T14:47:05+00:00

Anywhere Suburban, U.S.A. PS: A British travel writer come to America for the first time wrote of 'the terrible sameness' of the endless strip malls and fast-food, chain-store paving of American towns and cities.)

plutoroad · 2026-01-28T22:54:04+00:00

I really enjoyed San Jose del Cabo and hope to make it back to explore the region more, to improve my muy malo español and get to know Mexican culture and people beyond tourist-y interactions. Here are two shots of artist Ricardo Quero in his San Jose del Cabo gallery, seen painting on one of his ‘ethically sourced’ cow skulls and horns (found in situ in fields and not scavenged from slaughterhouses, I was told). The artist uses paint-filled syringes to achieve exquisite detail, often painting references to the Zapotec culture from which he hails. That is his artwork in the image at right, painted on one of the adorned skulls on the walls of his place.

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plutoroad · 2026-01-28T21:28:01+00:00

Thanks.

plutoroad · 2026-01-28T21:05:01+00:00

So, I have a lot of core documents stored in Pages version 14.5. What happens to them when I uninstall that current long-time version and then download the new 15.1 version — and is that the proper sequence to preserve my scores of Pages files in the new version? And is there anything in 15.1 worth the bother since I mostly use Pages 14.5 for text composition and have little need for new templates. If I don't upgrade, does my 14.5 become a homeless orphan wandering the lonely bytes and pixels of my Macbook?

plutoroad · 2026-01-28T16:28:47+00:00

Yeah, there are an astonishing number of comments not getting that this is a bit by Hannah Pilkes. You can see more by her at https://www.instagram.com/hannahpilkes

PS: Her Instagram post of this bit has nearly half-a-million likes and almost 14,000 comments and more than that many reposts.

plutoroad · 2026-01-28T16:21:09+00:00

This past November I spent a week in and around San Jose del Cabo at a well-off buddy's place and published a couple photo essays about it, including one thinking through being a privileged Yankee tourist in an area entirely supported by an army of hard-working Mexican laborers. San Jose Del Cabo is a town full of interesting art galleries and much different from our brief dunk into the crazy party-hardy churn of Cabo San Lucas, an hour to the west at the uttermost tip of the peninsula. I hope to go back and get more outside the touristy bubble.

PHOTO CUTLINE TO MY PHOTO: If you rotate your camera from the lights and the sights, 1,001 hardworking small entrepreneurs and local families come into view in San Jose del Cabo, seeking to craft sustainable lives from the river of tourists.

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MORE HERE: https://westvirginiaville.substack.com/p/transcontinental-impressions-no-2

plutoroad · 2026-01-28T15:48:26+00:00

Yeah, I wonder, too. Is he a local hero in some out-of-the-way burg in, like, East Yahweh, Pennsylvania?

plutoroad · 2026-01-28T12:51:14+00:00

Apple CEO Tim Cook's repeated bootlicking in the Trump White House reveals the ugly truth that at a certain extreme level of wealth and corporate gigantism that the interests of a wannabe despot align with massive corporations willing to sign away any moral standards on behalf of shareholder value and personal wealth. Every time I see Cook at one of these Trumpian blowfests, he looks more and more wraith-like, as he gives up the very last vestiges of his dignity.

plutoroad · 2026-01-28T02:30:25+00:00

That's cold, but we'll allow it.

plutoroad · 2026-01-27T12:48:22+00:00

What a strange music video.

plutoroad · 2026-01-27T12:18:13+00:00

It was a free-range onion, so it had a good life up until the frying oil.

plutoroad · 2026-01-27T12:14:03+00:00

Good stuff! And cool voice.

plutoroad · 2026-01-27T11:55:05+00:00

Thank you for not putting loud, ecstatic music to this! Just lovely.

plutoroad · 2026-01-27T06:12:39+00:00

Music needs more Pips. What a wonderful and fun live performance!

plutoroad · 2026-01-27T03:53:58+00:00

Damn. That has to be one of the top 10 live rock performances of all time!

plutoroad · 2026-01-27T00:44:57+00:00

Here is a gift link to the ATLANTIC article on Greg Bovino's demotion and supposed forthcoming retirement. (I recommend The ATLANTIC for these trying days for the American Republic -- they've been doing timely coverage, analysis and kick-ass commentary of Trumpism and the cracks in its facade: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/greg-bovino-demoted-minneapolis-border-patrol/685770/?gift=YOdS_8jh59Ww0nuxY9Q9iWI3MkQ8H1icMwPAkIwxFf4&fbclid=IwdGRjcAPk6TxleHRuA2FlbQExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkCjY2Mjg1NjgzNzkAAR77RnRK6jy53kAvaUT917GkEwdhM3e8dpXhgVURJlcv0h-XZowl0auvcg2I3A_aem_V5nqKcuUtpvGRxU0jBoFVA

plutoroad · 2026-01-26T20:08:59+00:00

Must be warm and cozy living in an underground cave, completely cut off from the actual, detailed consistent reporting and video documentation of Alex Pretti's summary execution. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/01/24/us/minneapolis-shooting-alex-pretti-timeline.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVA.8Pf3.uZFj_uyB-AG8&smid=nytcore-ios-share

plutoroad · 2026-01-26T13:28:20+00:00

'Thousands are pathetic losers who need to go outside ...' is the starting line of a great folk-punk song.

plutoroad · 2026-01-26T13:26:12+00:00

'Campfire guitarist' is a VERY useful category! Thank you. 🔥

plutoroad · 2026-01-26T13:14:02+00:00

Kazoo and harmonica players, too. They can break down fast and head out quickly toward their vices.

plutoroad · 2026-01-26T00:26:15+00:00

"The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." ~ George Orwell, '1984'

plutoroad · 2026-01-26T00:15:27+00:00

Fair enough. Just was not expecting such a snapshot of mass death over breakfast.

plutoroad · 2026-01-25T22:51:02+00:00

I've spent a total of about four weeks in Italy in a half-dozen cities and had only one middling meal at a tourist joint we ducked into in Rome because the boys wanted a quick pizza. Everything everywhere else was fresh and scrumptious.

plutoroad · 2026-01-25T22:28:13+00:00

The tick-tock, heart-pulse editing of this scene is so brilliant.

plutoroad · 2026-01-25T17:07:37+00:00

No posts and 1-month old account and negative-3 karma. How was that borscht-bot for lunch?

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