Jamie Thingelstad

Boat Day! Got the pontoon in the water. Annual voyage up Cannon River to Wells Lake and finally Cannon Lake. First time after Memorial Day.

Quiet weekend mornings on the deck enjoying a fresh cup of coffee and relaxing with Lucky are delightful.

“I don’t know what kind of carnage I inflicted in a past life to deserve it. I must have been Dracula or a spin instructor.” — David, Schitt’s Creek S4 E7

This made me LOL. 🤣

I got a Sonos Move to add to my system and have a portable speaker that still has high audio quality. Happy with initial results! Sound quality is great. Heavy but I like that it is very stable. Might be nice to have a second.

Wish List: Micro.blog plugin to create the static file needed for self-hosted NIP-05 verification. I think this would be really easy to make? And would be a nice compliment to recently added Nostr cross-posting support. 🤞

Ukrainian officials estimated that about 42,000 people are at risk from the flooding triggered by explosions at the Kakhovka dam in a Russian-controlled area of southern Ukraine. The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting, during which Russia and Ukraine blamed each other for the blasts. America, Britain and France called for an investigation. Martin Griffiths, the UN’s aid chief, warned that the “sheer magnitude of the catastrophe” will be only realised in the coming days. — Economist Espresso, June 7, 2023

Horrible destruction that will take a decade to rectify.

Efforts to rescue those endangered by the destruction of the Kakhovka dam, located in a Russian-controlled area of south-east Ukraine, continued. Ukrainian officials reported that 29 towns and villages had been flooded, leaving people stranded on their rooftops and without drinking water. Authorities say at least 40,000 people must be evacuated. Russia and Ukraine each blame the other for the blast. Though it is too early to assess the long-term damage, officials are concerned about homelessness, crop failure, energy shortages and displaced landmines. At least three people have died, according to local media. — Economist Espresso, June 8, 2023

Been in place for 67 years, opening in 1956. Construction started in 1950, six years to build. Generated 1.4 TWh of electricity a year. Kakhovka Reservoir held 18.2 cubic kilometers of water, or 4,807,931,352,918 gallons