Most Americans say country is on the wrong track, blame Trump for inflation: Poll

Just in case you were wondering, the last time polling showed a majority of people believed the country was on the “right track” was January 2004. It’s been a while

It’s never been easier to be a conspiracy theorist

It’s all because the Rand Corporation, in conjunction with the saucer people, under the supervision of the reverse vampires are forcing our parents to go to bed early in a fiendish plot to eliminate the meal of dinner. Actually, I think it’s because most people only search for content that verifies their priors, rather than asking questions about the validity of the information put in front of them

I’m trying something a little different, sharing some of my fiction writing as a serialized story. Paid subscribers can read the story each week, but free subscribers will be able to follow what’s happening in the story through news reports from the in-universe site “NewsGator”

The Last Four Years Ch. 3: Confusion Reigns as White House, NASA Remain Silent on Comet Heidemann

In The Last Four Years, a comet is four years away from hitting Earth. It’s not enough time to stop it, but long enough to get bored waiting for it. It is a story about what people do with the time they have left. Families trying to stay together, scientists trying to find a way out, and leaders holding civilization together

The Last Four Years Ch. 2 | The Last Four Years Ch. 1

Also Worth A Look…

• Elon Musk Reveals Plan To Launch “Unforgettable” Flying Car Before Year-End - Giving drivers a third axis to worry about seems like a spectacularly bad idea

• Inside NASA’s Scramble to Find a Backup Moon Plan — and the Wild Ideas Companies Are Pitching - It’s pretty wild that NASA basically started this in 2004, and then re-started it a few years later and they’re now left scrambling to make it happen

• Scientists are one step closer to testing ancient skeletons for pregnancy - I just hope they don’t do one of those over the top gender reveals

• Businesses are running out of pennies in the US - What a bunch of non-cents

• Grieving family uses AI chatbot to cut hospital bill from $195,000 to $33,000 — family says Claude highlighted duplicative charges, improper coding, and other violations - Now we’re getting somewhere

• Study: Social Media ‘Junk’ Data Causes AI Cognitive Decline - Same for humans

• Sixty years after tourist stole skull from cathedral, he sends it back - Yorick was unavailable for comment

• Lost dog found 5 years later, 520 miles from home - That dog has seen some things

• High school students exempted from history exam after being taught wrong subject - Oops. Maybe just test them on the subject they were actually taught

• A solid gold toilet is up for auction with a $10 million starting price - Just in case you’re looking to get a jump on Christmas shopping or maybe make some money by flipping it to President Trump