Random Scratches of Life

And they'll skip the next paragraph, VIA Politico

But the agency’s attempt on Monday to reiterate that Taylor Farms products are still linked to the center of the outbreak underscored the difficulty of not only investigating the source of an elusive public health threat, but also conveying the findings of fast-moving investigations to the broader public.

“Our weekend communications around a false positive test result do not change the basis for FDA’s ongoing outbreak investigation or the epidemiological data supporting the current voluntary recall by Taylor Farms,” acting FDA Commissioner Kyle Diamantas, who served as the FDA’s top food regulator before being elevated to his current role, told reporters on Monday.

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Recall is still on, for anyone wondering, there's a connection to Taylor Farms but not the lettuce they thought it was it would appear.

Copilot decided it would be convenient to sync the entire company shared drive to my laptop.

the pissass laptop they issued me Cannae Do That and crapped itself looking for hard drive space, leaving the local folder empty.

seeing that the local version of the shared drive was empty, Sharepoint helpfully synced that change back to the server.

Personal recycle bin

Site recycle bin

2nd stage recycle bin

Possibly another BTS that only IT/site admin can get to

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[AMV] Jon Arbuckle - You’re Gonna Go Far Kid

this is one of my favorite videos on the internet, and it kills me that the source has been silenced by youtube’s copyright system, so I’m putting it here!

I have seen a version of this on tumblr before, but the audio in that one is just a little bit off because that person edited it back in themselves

but today, I am proud to present the original video, sent to me by Crispy Crungy, who gave me permission to upload it here and share it with you all!

It's just the changing density of the air refracting light weirdly, so it looks like there's a reflection of the sky on the ground, which our brains often interpret as a pool of water. It can also happen upwards instead of downwards, especially at sea, when the air is much colder near the surface and a warm front appears above it:

Here's Fata Morgana