David Baer @david@arktos.social

I think we’re all set for Halloween!

Where does Stephens come up with this stuff?

I remember the 1996 election, because it was the first one I voted in. Powell, for all his high favorability, would have been crushed, just like Bob Dole was. Bill Clinton was a popular incumbent riding an economic boom.

A neighbor turned up a news story from 1887 about a railroad “accident” not far from our town, on what is still an active passenger and freight line. The Italian American laborers are dehumanized first by being treated as a disposable commodity (“accidents” were frequent enough that they carried metal ID tags), and second by being depicted as irrational hotheads for reacting to the trauma of seeing their comrades run over by a train.

High water in Keuka Outlet

Keuka Outlet Trail

Watkins Glen State Park

Watkins Glen State Park

The remnants of Tropical Storm Fred raised the level of the lake where we’re staying 16 inches.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/02/us/pennsylvania-honeybee-removal-trnd/index.html

View of the Hudson River from Bear Mountain

This was in my email inbox today. Greatly exaggerated, as they say.

Whatever I may have just done, my dog does not approve.

Severe thunderstorms with grape-sized hail here!

Homemade hummus is delicious! Highly recommend.

Ducks settling in for the night.

This must be the silliest error message I’ve ever seen.

The lilacs are blooming out in the front yard.

The dog has the right idea today.