Woman.....feeling sentimental ☮

Pocket is being discontinued...so I am moving to Instapaper

Supposedly you can export your Saves, and they will send you a link that will download a CSV file you can use to import to other apps.

I requested this download and got a reply, but when I tried to download it said my time had expired (less than 8 hours later). Supposedly you have 48 hrs before the download expires.

I re-requested another export and haven't seen anything yet.

Has anyone else had this issue?

Be aware of this when you do your next Win11 update

Microsoft Confirms Windows Upgrade Choice—You Must Now Decide

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/05/17/microsoft-confirms-windows-upgrade-choice-you-must-now-decide/

Microsoft has now released its latest update for Windows 11 users, which is mandatory given the raft of new security fixes accompanied by the near obligatory attack warnings. I covered the headline security fixes earlier, but perhaps just as critically this update comes with a very different warning and a key decision all users must now take.

Because “KB5058411 is a mandatory security update,” Windows Latest explains, “it’s supposed to download and install automatically whether you like it or not.” The catch with this one is that “we noticed that it finally turns on Recall, which is an AI-based feature that captures snapshots of your screen every few seconds.”

There can’t be any Windows 11 users who are still unaware of Microsoft’s controversial photographic memory upgrade — the headline AI feature now available on new Copilot+ PCs. “If you allow Recall to save snapshots,” Microsoft says, “an image of your screen will be saved every few seconds. This will create a photographic memory for you of the apps, websites, documents, and images you’ve seen on your PC.”

10 laws that are 'ruining America

I saw this on Amanpour today and found it fascinating. It explains the roots of our present-day policies such as immigration, number of US representatives, and voting rights.

President Trump picks Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to lead religion commission in DC

Source: Houston Cronicle

President Donald Trump picked Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Thursday to lead a commission on religious liberty that will be tasked in part with identifying threats to religious communities.

Patrick will lead the 14-member commission, which includes former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson, New York Archbishop Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Rev. Franklin Graham and TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw, who lives in Dallas.

Read more: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas/article/dan-patrick-trump-religious-commission-20305682.php

Since the 1970s my financial advise to friends and family was always "Don't fight the FED"

But after the last few months, I am beginning to believe another slogan should be considered...
"Don't fight the Oligarchs".
Seeing they way they have manipulated the markets by using tariffs as a tool for financial gain it is becoming more apparent every day.

Texas teacher calls for ICE raid on school over pupils 'who don't even speak English'

Source: Independent

As the president’s first week in office drew to a close on Sunday, a protest broke out in Fort Worth calling for protection of children in the region.

“Just on Friday, three of my parents said they were not sending their kids to school anymore because they’re afraid,” third grade teacher Jeanette Martinez told Fox 4.

“They don’t know, they don’t know all this is evil, they’re just trying to get an education, children should not be afraid, they should not.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fort-worth-texas-teacher-ice-hookem232-b2687124.html

If You Feel Slightly Hornier During The Winter, DW -- Science Has An Explanation

As far as the seasons and sex drives go, one might assume that summer takes the cake. After all, you’re more social, you’re wearing more skin-baring outfits (hello, short shorts and crop tops), the heat has your skin glistening, and the carefree vibes inspire you to pursue a fun fling just for the hell of it. But if you feel like you start thinking more dirty thoughts as the temperatures drop, you’re not alone. In fact, multiple studies have shown that it’s normal to feel slightly hornier during the winter.

Blame it on the spiked eggnog, the feel-good holiday rom-coms, or the mistletoe — but regardless, one thing is for sure: the holidays have lots of people feeling horny. So next time you find yourself a little aroused listening to some carols or thinking X-rated thoughts while you’re baking cookies, rest assured that you’re not alone in having sex on the brain during the winter. Besides, there’s hardly a better way to end one year and start a new one with a bang.
https://www.elitedaily.com/p/if-youre-slightly-hornier-during-the-winter-science-has-explanation-13255681

Texas GOP chair claims church-state separation is a myth

Texas GOP chair claims church-state separation is a myth as lawmakers, pastors prep for “spiritual battle”

“There is no separation between church and state,” Republican Party of Texas Chair Abraham George said at a small rally with clergy and GOP lawmakers. “We don’t want the government in our churches, but we should be in the government.”

Polling from the Public Religion Research Institute found that more than half of Republicans adhere to or sympathize with pillars of Christian nationalism, including that the U.S. should be a strictly Christian nation. Of those respondents, roughly half supported having an authoritarian leader who maintains Christian dominance in society. Experts have also found strong correlations between Christian nationalist beliefs and opposition to immigration, racial justice and religious diversity.

The party’s embrace of those separate-but-overlapping ideologies has come as it has increasingly aligned with far-right megadonors Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks, two West Texas oil billionaires who have sought to cleanse the Texas GOP of moderate voices and push their hardline religious views.

Such claims have been used as the pretext for a litany of bills and reforms that would further infuse Christianity into public life. During the 2023 legislative session, lawmakers passed a law allowing unlicensed chaplains to supplant counselors in public schools; sought to weaken Texas’ constitutional ban on providing taxpayer money to religious institutions, a core plank of the school voucher movement; and almost passed a bill that would require the Ten Commandments to be posted in public school classrooms.

One of his movement’s ultimate goals, he said Tuesday, is to draw a lawsuit that they can eventually take to the U.S. Supreme Court, which they believe will ultimately overturn the prohibition and unleash a new wave of conservative, Christian activism.

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I honestly believe that in present day Texas, a majority of Texans would be fine if we lived in a Christian theocracy.

1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything

I hope you watched the Carter Funeral today - it was very inspiring.

If you have access to AppleTV+ be sure and watch "1971" the series. Episode 1 shows the world people my age grew up in and it will bring back a lot of memories for some. The issues really haven't changed that much in the last 50 years. I would think that Climate Change could be a uniting force for young people these days. The music is one big missing ingredient. The struggle continues ☮

Here is the trailer -