I've been listening to Bruce Springsteen's memoir Born to Run. It's surprisingly good; I highly recommend it. Bruce reads the audiobook himself. I went in with a casual appreciation for Bruce and his music, and am coming out as a massive fan.

For context on the pic: Clarence and Bruce were incredibly close friends for decades. They didn't have a romantic or sexual relationship AFAIK, but a "you are my missing half" sort of relationship. The on-stage kisses happened more than once at emotional high points in their shows.

I get it, local papers are struggling to survive and ad revenue is down. And there is a note on the page to identify that it is "sponsored content." But at first glance it's visually indistinguishable from any other story or op-ed the paper publishes. This is misleading to casual readers.

For context, there is an ongoing multi-decade legal fight to get the government to remove four large dams on the Snake River in the northwest US. The paid content here is written by a consortium representing organizations which have financial incentives to keep the dams in place.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_River#Proposed_dam_removal

There may be hope for Idaho yet.

Though the state Republican party, which has thoroughly controlled the state government since the mid 1990's, has already resolved to repeal the initiative if it passes in November.

The nearly 4,000-acre Old Trails fire sparked north of Airway Heights and jumped the Spokane River. That and two other fires in Spokane County forced 60,000 evacuations, threatening more than 14,000 structures within the city’s evacuation boundaries.

The flames spread easily in 35-45 mph winds, tearing through Riverside State Park and razing at least 640 structures as of Sunday, mostly within the city. Many of the lost homes were identifiable only by the chimneys left standing.

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/64302418

Inspired by this recent post: https://sh.itjust.works/post/63750430

Bonus panel:

Our kitten fell asleep in the dollhouse bed, so my kids tucked him in.

By the end of the day everyone and everything was completely soaked and caked in mud. 5/5, would ride again.

Detail:

Source for both pictures: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/global-art-banksy/

I'm decades behind the latest tech, so excuse me if this is a dumb question. I see a lot of compact red dot sights on semi-auto pistols these days. Do any of them include a bit of magnification, like 1.5x or so? I took a quick look online and was overwhelmed with options.

Asking because my eyes are getting older, and a little magnification is going to be helpful someday soon.

Say hi to Lemmy, Lionel!