Armed Polite Society

People are using battery saws or angle grinders to slice through the cable.

Well at least they're using electric tools and not evil gas powered ones.

Your source says 52.8, but I suppose it's 58 by now.

Brain fart on my part and I changed it

It's just a note saying in the event of my incapacitation or death who is to be contacted about Seren along with addresses and phone numbers.

They have the same information at Seren's vet's office and at Seren's day care.

That person's phone number is also on the flip side of her ID tag.

WTH? Wouldn't have expected something like this out of Vermont.
Of course their problem will be how do you prove an event was cause by anything to do with the oil companies. Of course proof isn't needed nowadays when you have emotion on your side.

    Vermont becomes 1st state to require oil companies pay for damage from climate change https://t.co/237BSJeKzS
    — The Associated Press (@AP) May 31, 2024

Under the legislation, the Vermont state treasurer, in consultation with the Agency of Natural Resources, would provide a report by Jan. 15, 2026, on the total cost to Vermonters and the state from the emission of greenhouse gases from Jan. 1, 1995, to Dec. 31, 2024. The assessment would look at the effects on public health, natural resources, agriculture, economic development, housing and other areas. The state would use federal data to determine the amount of covered greenhouse gas emissions attributed to a fossil fuel company.

It’s a polluter-pays model affecting companies engaged in the trade or business of extracting fossil fuel or refining crude oil attributable to more than 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions during the time period. The funds could be used by the state for such things as upgrading stormwater drainage systems; upgrading roads, bridges and railroads; relocating, elevating or retrofitting sewage treatment plants; and making energy efficient weatherization upgrades to public and private buildings. It’s modeled after the federal Superfund pollution cleanup program.

Cut 'Em Off Then: Vermont to Require Oil Companies to Pay for 'Climate Change Damages'
https://twitchy.com/grateful-calvin/2024/06/01/cut-em-off-then-vermont-to-require-oil-companies-to-pay-for-climate-change-damages-n2396847

Cool airplane, striking performance.

From the video, I see wrinkles in the skin - is that just from some kind of contact paper or vinyl they put on to make it look nice on display?