Long sections of the Los Angeles Metro rail run “at-grade” meaning street level. Pedestrians have been killed at intersections and also by trying to cut across the tracks between official crossings because they’re spaced too far apart. Editing to add, cars have also been hit. There are signals and crossing arms but it’s possible to get around them. Not 100% sure if it’s better having a human in charge since they probably can’t stop and will feel bad. But if you’re automating, you’d need to program in Asimov’s 1st Law.

Yolk=Joke

There’s a few variations on this joke, most of them involving a person whose accent/first language involves pronouncing j as y. Swedish, for instance.

We had our condo re-appraised during the Great Recession to reflect the lower “current market value.” The rate per value remained the same but the tax bill went down. We had to pay the assessor, but iirc we went in with a group of people in our building and he charged a group rate since most of the work was duplicate.

Not jealous. But the redhead and her partner demonstrate correct respectful hand placement for dancing, as opposed to the groping she’s mad about.

The British series “The Cleaner” and the Australian series “Mr. and Mrs. Murder” illustrate a bit of why it’s expensive and discuss a little about why their characters do that job. They’re comedy/mystery shows, so not completely realistic of course.

It took me too long to notice he’s shirtless in the fourth panel and then I got stuck on how he got his tee off over that giant head. And then I wondered why his chest/shoulders are so much smaller naked. Although that part is kinda funny.

I agree with others, use vertical stacking on the speech bubbles in panels 3 and 4 and you’ll be okay for the conversation order.

This is adorable, and I always think kitties do know how to manage sharp points, but mine keeps trying to eat thread.

That can be very dangerous to their insides, if it gets caught at one end and the gut pulls the other and it cuts through a curve of intestines.

So keep a watchful eye as she works on her Claudia Catoure

I’d have paid extra for that

Age is missing the point, she was HUNGRY! 🥺

Floof makes it trickier but I’d guess 4 months. And I would just celebrate her Gotcha Day.

She’s beautiful in all her pictures of course

Ears

The cat on the man’s knee was not expecting that flash! I don’t know if the humans usually look calm because they knew it was coming or because they didn’t have cat-like reflexes so the camera missed their reaction.

*it’s

…it is related

Pretty soon he’ll be all relaxed and ready to go to town on those nice curtains. Hopefully just by rubbing fur all over them.

We all know Trump gutted the IRS. This is what happens when nobody works there anymore. This is not just an AI problem. The administration is just using the AI to hide the truth. Of course the few survivors are assigned to Tax Fraud, so they can help Trump and his cronies commit it.

Nope! Honestly any order is fine, even completely out of order if you don’t mind spoilers and are comfortable with a little confusion here and there.

Equal Rites is a Wizards/Witches crossover and helps set up some of the rules, but Pratchett’s pretty good about explaining anything you’re going to need in the moment he’s using it.

I’m glad you mentioned standalones because Small Gods and Maurice are two of my favorites.

Have fun!

Its not always bad. In areas that are already urban that scheme can be combined with fewer parking places near public transit and result in a larger overall supply of housing. And mixing poor families into nicer neighborhoods rather than clumping them together into a Housing Project can mean they’re not in a food desert and have better-funded local schools and a better-maintained building, maybe be closer to where they work. As well as increasing neighborhood diversity and interaction in general. It’s not helpful to profoundly destitute folks who need lots of services but it can help people who just need a home they can afford.

Aww, poor baby! Glad he’s okay and going to have lots of treats!

I agree which is why I checked Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Tsao

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Tso

The list for Tsao includes a fictional character, but the chicken recipe is associated with Tso.

Book number 3 is Equal Rites, Eskarina Smith is the main character. Like the first two it’s shorter and less intricate than the later novels, but it’s well worth reading and I approve of reading the Discworld books in publication order.

GNU Terry Pratchett

Ah, time for Equal Rites! He’s just warming up really, but one thing he did in his last days was to come back around to Eskarina and Simon.