Herb Jonesing

Herb Jonesing

@thefallon.bsky.social

Conservation curmudgeon by day. Mostly here for NOLA, Pelicans, COYS, and avoiding responsibilities. Thoughts are, unfortunately, my own.

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Herb Jonesing
@thefallon.bsky.social

Uh, you move the Hawks game to lunch time. How is this difficult?

Alexa Philippou@alexaphilippou.bsky.social

BREAKING: Game 6 of the WNBA Finals will be held Thursday at 12:30pm ET at Atlanta’s State Farm Arena, sources told ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne. It will be a double-header with the Atlanta Hawks’ game, which will be moved to 8pm.

Herb Jonesing
@thefallon.bsky.social

Honestly, they should move the start of the NBA season back so it doesn't conflict with the WNBA Finals and it would also give us all something to watch over the summer.

Herb Jonesing
@thefallon.bsky.social

Brazil did their part.

Bloomberg News@bloomberg.com

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva came from behind to win Brazil’s runoff election, halting a right-wing wave sweeping Latin America and defying predictions that the 80-year-old political veteran had finally reached the end of his extraordinary career. bloom.bg/4BsvV24 📷: Maira Erlich/Bloomberg

Herb Jonesing
@thefallon.bsky.social

So we gave BP a $23m discount on the DWH payments, which means the next thing to watch is what the LA TIG shorts in its allocation of restoration funding.

Louisiana Illuminator@lailluminator.com

DEVELOPING: Louisiana has agreed to a lump-sum payment for the remainder of what BP owes from the Deepwater Horizon disaster settlement. It will also end the remaining lawsuits that parishes have brought against the company for related coastal damages, @greglarose.bsky.social reports

lailluminator.comBP, Louisiana leaders agree on Deepwater Horizon settlement payout to ‘resolve’ coastal lawsuits • Louisiana IlluminatorLouisiana has agreed to a lump-sum payment for the remainder of what BP owes from the Deepwater Horizon disaster settlement. It will also bring to an end the remaining lawsuits that parishes have brou...
Herb Jonesing
@thefallon.bsky.social

I'm in KdV. This sucks. Krewe leadership has been making increasingly poor decisions and I'm starting to wonder if someone needs to take the car keys away from the grandparents.

Herb Jonesing
@thefallon.bsky.social

I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop on what Colossal really wanted to do with their technology: super soldier dire wolves.

Amy Feldman@amyfeldman7.bsky.social

*NEW* Colossal Biosciences’ Ben Lamm and Anduril’s Palmer Luckey team up on a new startup to genetically engineer war dogs for the military. Warhound comes out of stealth at $1.2B valuation For @forbes.com with @iainmartin.bsky.social and @mhunterhart.bsky.social www.forbes.com/sites/amyfel...

forbes.comBillionaires Palmer Luckey And Ben Lamm Spin Up Startup To Genetically Engineer Military DogsBen Lamm of de-extinction startup Colossal has teamed up with Palmer Luckey’s team at Anduril to create a dog that’s optimized for military use. The new “warhounds” will be cloned and gene edited.

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"Honestly, if we end up with two hundred and twenty-five seats on the White Council, I would be disappointed. I would rather Sauron keep control of Middle-earth by five seats than have the Fellowship win by five, because then we’d be hostage to the Ents." buff.ly/9WluK1y

buff.lyWhile I Oppose Sauron, I Would Rather Mordor Win Than Be Held Hostage by the Ents“Honestly, if we end up with two hundred and twenty-five seats on the White Council, I would be disappointed. I would rather Sauron keep control of Middle-ea...