ABrown

I love gray skies and rain. And sitting quietly in the company of books and cats.

[ABrown @adelbrown]

Something to remind us …

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Iconic anti-war poster, originally by Lorraine Schneider, 1966 #WomensArt #PosterAndBannerWeek

[ABrown @adelbrown]

@ShotimeLAD CT3 … such a good human being. Nice to see him smiling.

[ABrown @adelbrown]

@jvmediadesign Nice share, Sherri.

Do you offer maintenance and / or site updates or consults for WP sites your group didn’t design and build?

[ABrown @adelbrown]

Check your WP plugins regularly.

[Sherry Holub - Wizard of Web @jvmediadesign]

As part of our worry-free maintenance plan, we keep an eye on abandoned plugins (honestly anything that hasn't been updated in over a year is sus to us). This is not a 100% comprehensive list, but still a good resource to help you keep an eye out for your WordPress site.

[ABrown @adelbrown]

“These viruses [flu, Covid, RSV] pose significant risk still.”

Vin knows.

😷😷😷

[Dr. Vin Gupta @VinGuptaMD]

The CDC has gone quiet. National health leadership is nonexistent.

So here’s what they should do: give you clear, practical, science-based guidance to protect your family.

As respiratory virus season begins and our kids head back to school, here’s what you need to know.

[ABrown @adelbrown]

Serenity

[Wheels (Sean) @wheeler244]

The last trip into the mountains was truly special as thick clouds rolled down into the valley below us. Evergreens would vanish for a few moments, then reappear with sweeping layers across the canopy. #pnw #wawx #nature

[ABrown @adelbrown]

@urbanmel Wrapping you up in soft, soft TLC.

Gently …

[ABrown @adelbrown]

@jvmediadesign Exhumed from the breakfast burrito cemetery?

[ABrown @adelbrown]

Noooooo!

This poor business!

[Sherry Holub - Wizard of Web @jvmediadesign]

I swear there ought to be a legit fine imposed on restaurants for using AI images at all, but the fact someone paid for a sign with this on it is just disrespectful to actual burritos.

[ABrown @adelbrown]

@tetrimbath I’m enjoying your 3-line poetic pieces, Tom. Don’t stop!

[ABrown @adelbrown]

just saw an ad for a meat box

oof. meat box.

no. i don’t want a box of meat. (or a meat box.)

please, copywriters, read your writing out loud … and run a focus group outside your immediate group, even if it’s only 2 or 3 people.

[ABrown @adelbrown]

Yes!

Finally, rain-chill

I can breathe again

[Seattle Weather Blog @KSeattleWeather]

Skies are darkening, the wind is picking up, and rain is falling.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

[ABrown @adelbrown]

It will rot on the shelves.

If people are made aware.

[ABC News @ABC]

President Trump’s administration is expected to announce new rules to make it easier for cattle ranchers to process their own meat and sell directly to consumers without USDA inspections.

ABC News' Alison Kosik reports. https://t.co/tZPkVYLn2x

[paulypandemic @we_are_ssd]

It’s the annual panic of “Novavax isn’t available this second. I’ll just get mRNA” even though it’s going to be available earlier this year than ever before.

Patience, because it’s worth waiting a few extra days for stronger protection.

[ABrown @adelbrown]

@weshootdi Agreed.

And what he doesn’t say is that statistics showing an increased rate of child-bearing for women 30+.

Yet he chose to focus on 15- to 19-year-olds.

What, exactly, is he quietly promoting?

[ABrown @adelbrown]

Children age 15 to 19 not having babies is a viewed as a problem?

[Headquarters @HQNewsNow]

Fox News complains that underage teenage girls aren’t getting pregnant enough:

“The problem is teens and young adults. From ages 15-19, the fertility rate is down 70% in the last 2 decades, which means we are telling people who are young not to have babies.”

[ABrown @adelbrown]

@timmur_ Hey, thanks!

Xiidra is $900/mo cash. And Good Rx doesn’t discount much. Xiidra or insurance discontinued the copay assistance plan for “high deductible” insurance plans.

Geesh. What isn’t high-deductible insurance these days?

[ABrown @adelbrown]

@sdduba And what he’s not saying is that women age 30+ have seen increased rates of childbearing.

So what, exactly, is he promoting or proposing?

[ABrown @adelbrown]

@timmur_ Would you be willing to name the product?

Rx eyedrops break the bank and have side effects.

[ABrown @adelbrown]

I’d love to take an online class, but the sample was the instructor reading AI-gen material.

I used to love to hear this instructor speak — unusual cadences and interesting expressions.

Now … his good ideas are encased in predictable, perfect but generic structures.

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

I hate how lately I can’t seem to avoid seeing AI writing. I hate how everyone is suddenly writing in THAT cadence. I hate how people have collectively relinquished their personal voices. Writing is thinking, and much of the human race has abandoned its ability to think.

[ABrown @adelbrown]

Welcome, September! 💧

[KING 5 News @KING5Seattle]

An unusually strong cold front will bring significant rain to the Puget Sound Wednesday and Thursday. https://t.co/uzfUwMKBlT