Recent AI experience. First I had no idea I was dealing with AI. Communicated regularly confirming a service appt w Audi. Confirmed loaner which was critical. Appt was last Thursday early drop off When I got to the dealership she said I didn’t have an appt and there was no loaner available.

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Meanwhile in Indiana…@robertlandrumjr.bsky.social · 8h ago

Trump’s America — It’s all about the grift.

This isn’t haze or fog, it’s smoke. Our normally bluebird skies are faded like old denim because of the smoke coming from the west. Our country is on fire and seemingly no one in the administration cares.

Septle 1873 - 🔥 1 day streak - septle.com #Septle: 4/8 ⬜️⬜️🟨⬜️🟩⬜️🟨 ⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Bonus: 5/7 ⬜️🟨🟨🟨🟩⬜️ ⬜️⬜️🟨🟩🟩🟩 ⬜️🟩⬜️🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩⬜️🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

#crosswordle7x7 - 1354 ⭐ Streak: 13🔥 crosswordle.com/ #waffle1657 3/5 🔥 streak: 27 🥈 #wafflesilverteam wafflegame.net Stacked #651 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟩🟩🟩 🟨🟨 🟥 stacked.clevergoat Categories #796 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟩🟩🟩🟩 categories.clevergoat

Wordle 1,873 3/6* 🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #885 “All things considered” 🔵🔵🔵🔵 🔵🟡🔵 I solved the 8/05 NYTMidi Crossword in 5:24 🙂 Daily Quordle 1654 4️⃣7️⃣ 5️⃣6️⃣ 🥵 Daily Extreme 737 6️⃣7️⃣ 5️⃣8️⃣ Daily #1654 7️⃣🕛 🕐9️⃣ 5️⃣🔟 🟥🕚 Score: 81 Daily Extreme #1654 4️⃣🟥 5️⃣🟥 8️⃣🕚 9️⃣🔟 Score: 73 Super short

I got Queen Bee!

How many words can you make with 7 letters?

nytimes.com

So the companies continued to make money by passing the increased costs on to the consumers, then got reimbursed by the government for the tariffs they were forced to pay. The consumer who bought the goods just paid the higher costs and received 0. Make it make sense

Rio Tazewell@riotazewell.bsky.social · 23h ago

Did you see how Apple, Amazon Walmart and other big companies are refunding the billions of dollars they got back from the federal tariff settlement to their customers, who ultimately bore the cost of higher prices? Yea, me neither.

It’s all a mystery, and then there’s the billionaires.

Bruno J. Navarro@brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2mo ago

funny how that works

#crosswordle7x7 - 1353 ⭐⭐⭐ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️🟩⬜️ 🟩⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️ ⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️ ⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ⬜️⬜️🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜️ Streak: 12🔥 #waffle1656 2/5 🔥 streak: 26 🥈 #wafflesilverteam wafflegame.net Stacked #650 🟥🟦🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦 🟨🟨 🟥 🟦🟦🟦🟦 stacked.clevergoat Categories #795 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟩🟩🟩🟩 categories.clevergoat.com

I got Queen Bee!

How many words can you make with 7 letters?

nytimes.com

Wordle 1,872 4/6* ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 ⬛🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #884 “Staying healthy” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵 I solved the 8/04/NYT Midi Crossword in 11:38 (breaking up cat spat) 🙂 Daily Quordle 1653 6️⃣7️⃣ 4️⃣5️⃣ 🥵 Daily Extreme 736 5️⃣4️⃣ 🟥8️⃣ Daily #1653 6️⃣🕐 5️⃣4️⃣ 🕚🔟 8️⃣9️⃣ Score: 66 Daily Extreme Octordle #1653 6️⃣🕛 🟥8️⃣ 9️⃣🔟 🟥🕚 Score: 82

Coincidentally just finished this book detailing the lives of a couple in NYC during the inception and duration of COVID.

I certainly hope this wont be a closes deposition www.politico.com/live-updates...

Jack Smith invited to testify before Senate next month

The Sept. 22 hearing would be the former special counsel’s second congressional appearance.

politico.com

So. Today my phone, (which I had set on the hood of my car while I took care of the dogs) then completely forgot about when I then left to run errands. Fell off, of course I was frantic but had an appointment and grocery shopping… Fast forward to getting home and checking “find my phone”.

#crosswordle7x7 - 1352 ⭐⭐⭐ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️🟩 ⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️🟩⬜️🟩 ⬜️🟩🟩🟩⬜️⬜️🟩 ⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ ⬜️🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜️🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Streak: 11🔥 crosswordle.com/ #waffle1655 3/5 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩⭐🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩⭐🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩⭐🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🔥 streak: 25 🥈 #wafflesilverteam wafflegame.net

Waffle

The waffle-shaped daily word game.

wafflegame.net

Alive or dead?

Wordle 1,871 5/6* ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩⬛🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Strands #883 “There's nothing like it” 🔵🔵🟡🔵 🔵🔵🔵 I solved the 8/03 NYT Midi Crossword in 5:22 🙂 Daily Quordle 1652 7️⃣5️⃣ 3️⃣6️⃣ 🥵 Daily Extreme 735 🟥4️⃣ 7️⃣8️⃣ Daily Extreme #1652 5️⃣7️⃣ 8️⃣4️⃣ 9️⃣🔟 🕛🕚 Score: 66 I solved the Monday 8/03/2026 NYT Daily Crossword in 24:41

All he had to do was give trump a trophy…then develop a strong relationship with him…to finally end his career. Everything trump touches dies

James Stafford@jpstafford.bsky.social · 3d ago

Excellent. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...

TACO Yawn, rinse, repeat apple.news/AL7B2w86fTTm...

Trump says he will hold off on fresh Iran attack in hope of quick deal — Reuters

President Donald Trump has said the U.S. will hold off on a fresh attack on Iran as long as a ​deal can be reached quickly to halt Iran's nuclear ambitions and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

apple.news

They vote.

𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝@sundaedivine.lol · 4d ago

She wants a civil war because Thanksgiving arguments aren’t producing enough casualties.

The president of the United States is a mob boss

The president of the United States is a vengeful child

#crosswordle7x7 - 1350 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Streak: 9🔥 crosswordle.com/ #waffle1653 2/5 🔥 streak: 23 🥉 #wafflebronzeteam wafflegame.net Stacked #647 🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪 🟪🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟥 stacked.clevergoat.com?ref=shared 🐐 Categories #792 🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟧🟧🟧🟧 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 categories.clevergoat.com?ref=shared 🐐

I solved the 8/01 New York Times Midi Crossword in 3:11 Strands #881 “"As if!"” 🔵🔵🔵🟡 🔵🔵 Wordle 1,869 5/6* 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🙂 Daily Quordle 1650 6️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣7️⃣ 🥵 Daily Extreme 733 6️⃣7️⃣ 🟥8️⃣ Daily Octordle #1650 🕛3️⃣ 🕐9️⃣ 5️⃣🔟 6️⃣7️⃣ Score: 65 Daily Extreme Octordle #1650 4️⃣5️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ 8️⃣🔟 🕚🕛 Score: 63

I got Queen Bee!

How many words can you make with 7 letters?

nytimes.com

Maybe golf courses should be endangered… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Water cuts loom as US unveils long-awaited response to Colorado River crisis

Federal government plan outlines cuts of roughly 40% to California, Arizona and Nevada but fix is likely to be only temporary

theguardian.com

And now I ❤️❤️❤️ her

Meidas Sassy™ 🐬@filosia.bsky.social · 5d ago

Every human soul has been through some kind of pain, or grief. And so we can recognize it in each other. When we do, in general, we don't first ask "which party do you belong to?". We simply offer an ear, a shoulder, support. It's what MAKES us human. Don't let yourself be stripped of compassion!

How many MAGA are searching for “how to buy” right now?

Adam Parkhomenko@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 5d ago

Oh my god

JFC what is the government even doing here

KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘@kojamf.bsky.social · 5d ago

Institute for Justice @ij.org Chicago homeowner sues after warrantless CBP raid. Learn more about the case: ij.org/case/chicago...

Best explanation I’ve heard about why republicans are creating a scapegoat to blame for Covid. Dr Anthony Fauci is a hero.

Luca@lucagalletti.bsky.social · 5d ago

Dr. Fauci was a researcher and an advisor. He could not and did not “mandate” anything. The whole thing is a ridiculous a charade, trying to ruin the life of a man who tried his best to to protect as many people as possible. 😔 TT: @ lucasbean_

This is everything. Marc outlines all the ways they want to suppress the vote in the midterms

Marc Elias@marcelias.bsky.social · 6d ago

I have been called an alarmist and worse by well meaning people who want to think it will just all be ok. The truth is it doesn't always end up ok and we can't pretend it will. Donald Trump is targeting Black voters and women to rig this election. We need to stand up, call it out and take action.

Finally watched Project Hail Mary. Absolutely no way could I, a ginormous crybaby, have watched this in a theater.