It’s “Choose Your Own Title” Day!!

Yes, please create your own title for this post today, because I’m drawing a blank…

The blessings that are happening around here today:

1. A very nice break from the extreme heat.

2. ALL 723 of my cats are currently flea-free…and so far, no fleas have jumped on me since early yesterday morning. [UPDATE: A flea just jumped on me; it was living in my desk drawer!]

3.After today, I’m pretty sure I have an entire week off from the train station. We’ll see how that pans out as the week goes on.

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From Code Monkey Z‘s substack:

“An Ohio judge upheld a law that bans medical and surgical transgender procedures for minors in the state. Ohio’s AG applauded the decision. ” [more]

“The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken emergency action to halt the use of a common pesticide it deems dangerous—DCPA, also known as Dacthal. This is the first time the EPA has used its emergency suspension authority in 40 years. ” [more] (pregnant women should stay away from Dacthal.)

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Another cool short from Matt Roeske;

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Nigel Watson – TWO TIER POLICING – DOES IT EXIST IN BRITAIN? (20 mins):

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Sanity4Sweden – Fascists, Russia and Musk are driving the riots in the UK? (5 mins):

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News roundup.

Keyboard Operator – 8/7/2024 Another Squad member loses reelection (12 mins):

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CHARLIE WARD DAILY NEWS WITH PAUL BROOKER & DREW DEMI – WEDNESDAY 7TH AUGUST 2024 (9 mins):

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In other news!

Nick Cave sent out a Red Hand File this morning. A reader wrote in and asked him if he ever worried about being on the wrong side of history, and what his favorite podcast might be. Nick answered, in part:

“…Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook’s The Rest is History. This splendid podcast shows us that history is extraordinarily complicated and rarely draws a clean line between right and wrong, good and evil. Much of history seems to be a violent collision of good intentions, and sometimes what appears ethically obvious today has its way of turning tomorrow….”

You can read it in full here.