It’s too bad that ICE won’t deploy to Iran where all the patriots could really demonstrate how much they love dear leader.

Bessent: You’re not repeating our propaganda. Why won’t you just repeat the propaganda?

Obviously, Trump expects the Iranian people to elect Lord Humungus as the Ayatollah of Rock N’ Rollah.

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Whittemore gulch and Harkins ridge #sfba
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More #enshittification dimensions:

Requiring more than 1 device to sign into non-essential apps/services

Apps that don’t update configuration so each update requires another hour to reconfigure.

Love it when the ferry tries to depart with a dock line still attached. Happens about once a week and we’re just flopping around next to the dock while a crew member tries to cast off. #sfba

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Núi Bà Đen

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Operation Epstein Fury

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Saigon River cruise

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Vaccine clinic in Saigon. Cleaner and better managed than most places in the US.

Hospital pharmacy in Saigon (everyone is fine for now)

Night surf at Long Hai, Vung Tau

Oncologist: Can you think of any environmental factors that might increase your risk of cancer?

Patient: We live in a normal house near the highway so the air quality isn’t the best.

Meanwhile in Vietnam, no AI needed

Does your cat even lift, bro?

City Mouse - 1 / Country Mouse - 0

Evening vibes

At current exchange rates, a 2-piece KFC combo in Saigon costs tree fiddy.

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Motorbike photography

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Saigon without traffic.
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Still more reliable than PG&E

Lunchtime view

Ancient wisdom

When things don’t go as smoothly as you hoped …

Binh Chau mineral springs garden view

Theoretically, most web services should work in most countries given CDN services and a reasonably fast connection. As a practical matter, my accounts are often locked under the assumption that an access attempt from Asia to an account usually accessed from the US is likely a hacking attempt.

Ho Chi Minh City

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There is a special place in hell for the company that made durian ice cream and did not clearly label it as such.

$3 haircut with AC and free WiFi and the barber remembers me from 8 years ago!

One of the better lines in TV dialogue from Fallout S02E01 “Plans are hard; chaos is easy”