Another round of trial fitting of all the rear baseboards now that the left rear corner board is permanently installed. You can get an idea of the absolute chaos in the room with this wide-ish angle photo.
The board that isn’t in place on the left needs some small adjustments now that the corner board next to it is 2cm further forward than the others. There will also be a step in the backscene boards where these two boards meet that I will do my best to disguise with scenery.
It is becoming increasingly harder to imagine that things will get better.
If you’re struggling with this as well, let me be the one to try to give you a glimpse of hope: things WILL get better. I’m not saying this just out of optimism or delusion, I’m saying this with relative certainty, because we’ve been here before!
https://medium.com/prismnpen/itll-pass-on-queer-progress-via-ru-paul-and-joan-rivers-fd360272ccc7?sk=0f5d717b1d9962b01d46b1fb12a8f66f
“Progress is inevitable“ - STWF Bad Ideas ep 5 ft. George Monbiot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVLNATrU6JQ
I like the way Monbiot frames the current situation, he's got a bit of non-doomer #capitalocene framing. It's still not critical enough for me, but I appreciate it.
Fascism is capitalism in decline, but maybe it's also carnism in decline. I'm not sure how the goal of inclusiveness and "belonging" can be met while we exclude non-human sentient individuals from moral consideration and, instead, treat them as objects, commodities and capital. It just sets up a bad culture, a bad paradigm. The reason we criticize "dehumanization" is because mainstream cultures and related civilizations treat non-humans absolutely horrible.
Raise the moral floor.
1995: 16 MB of RAM is barely enough for PowerPoint
2025: 16 GB of RAM is barely enough for PowerPoint
There is a cave which (was) accessed through a pipe culvert. Due to housing development, it is no longer there. It was a historic record site for cave crayfish and I think cave fish as well. The directions to where the culvert intercepts the cave are accurate, but the bottom of the pipe turns to stone, and it appears the cave was filled in.
This is obviously a horrible idea for many reasons - the selfish reason being "your house may literally cave in" as chucking limestone rock into a solution cave that is carving out limestone is obviously not going to work. In the nearby city there is a law against filling a cave because they learned quickly this is horrible structurally. But this is the county where no such regulations exist.
A classic example of how it may sound good in theory to have fewer regulations and oversight so you can "get shit done easier", but the reality is, regulations are there so you don't fuck shit up. Of course, if one also just ignores rules & regs and does whatever they want to whomever they want, we have a different kind of problem. 
A high official who is believed to be a racist is leaving the Trump Administration:
"Top Pentagon official at center of Jackie Robinson controversy to resign":
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/16/top-pentagon-official-resigns-00295381 #racism #politics #progress
I’ve today off so naturally I’m trial firing the remaining track on the second reverse loop before I take out the corner board for one last time to fit the backscenes to the back and side of that board.
"In a downturn, you don’t find momentum. You make it!" - Futurist Jim Carroll
In a time of volatility, uncertainty, and a lack of clarity, the most natural reaction is often the worst one: we do nothing.
We pause. We overthink. We wait for something to settle before we make a move.
We seek clarity and wait.
We end up waiting a long time - because the irony of this is that clarity doesn’t come from waiting—it comes from moving.
That's the real secret to getting through this volatile time.
Over the past eight posts, we’ve explored what it takes to lead into the future when everything feels unstable: replacing fear with action, and nostalgia with vision. Challenging inertia through innovation, and stress through strategic resilience. Leading with agility over indecision, and thinking globally, not locally. Things like that.
But none of that matters if momentum is missing. Because without motion and moving forward, there is no forward.
That's why you need to imprint this idea in your mind. “You don’t find momentum. You make it.” The future doesn’t reward the ones who paused the longest. It rewards the ones who moved—even just a little—when no one else was.
And here's a secret you should know - progress isn’t always dramatic.
Sometimes it’s quiet, compounding, and invisible to everyone except those who kept showing up. Let me be blunt - inaction is a decision. And it’s usually the wrong one. When volatility strikes, many leaders freeze - the exact wrong thing to do. But the organizations that keep moving build momentum that outlasts the downturn.
Why do you need momentum, even if you don't know where you are going?
→ It allows for achievements – small wins fuel bigger moves
→ It shifts your mindset – which is what you need
→ It enables refinement – progress improves as you move
→ It reveals direction – showing key trends
The key isn’t to make a massive leap. It’s to take the first step—and then another. And another. Soon you are walking into tomorrow - and then running.
You are already well into the race to the future, while the rest haven't even figured out where the starting line is.
---
Futurist Jim Carroll is already well into the Acceptance stage of the 7 Stages of Economic Grief because he knows that it is the only sure way to deal with the relentless uncertainty that already defines 2025.
#Momentum #Action #Volatility #Future #Progress #Strategy #Clarity #Leadership #Resilience #Adaptation
Original post: https://jimcarroll.com/2025/04/decoding-tomorrow-your-daily-future-inspiration-in-a-downturn-you-dont-find-momentum-you-make-it/
Resist Fascism ~ Embrace Freedom
Stand for justice and freedom with our bold statement for those who believe in democracy, equality, and the power of resistance. Wear your values and make your voice heard: Soft, stylish, and powerful!
#Freedom #Justice #Equality #Resist #Felon47 #Democracy #Activism #Unity #Strength #Courage #Truth #Progress #StandUp #HumanRights #POD #Power
Act Out Tees ~ where creativity meets self-expression ~ www.actouttees.com
Freedom for All ~ Not Just Some
True freedom knows no exclusions. Our design is a powerful reminder that justice, equality, and rights should be for everyone — not just a few. Wear this statement piece and stand for a world where freedom truly means.
#Freedom #Equality #Felon47 #POD #Justice #HumanRights #Inclusivity #StandUp #Unity #NoDiscrimination #ForEveryone #Activism #Progress #Fairness #Diversity #Empowerment
Act Out Tees ~ where creativity meets self-expression ~ www.actouttees.com
#progress : toward ideal completeness or perfection in respect of quality or condition
- French: progrès
- German: der Fortschritt
- Italian: progresso
- Portuguese: progresso
- Spanish: progreso
------------
Fill in missing translations @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations
Turning around,
We feel like we’re falling apart;
Turning around,
Sinking in the vortex, we drown,
Twisting, reeling, lost in the dark,
Over and over, we restart;
Turning around...
https://buff.ly/ZR0myL5
"Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass* and businessman Rick Caruso* announced they are teaming up with Lakers head coach JJ Redick to rebuild the Palisades Recreation Center after it was destroyed in the January wildfires. Redick, who lost his home in the Pacific Palisades, announced a public-private partnership to rebuild the community landmark":
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/california-wildfires/bass-and-caruso-team-up-to-rebuild-palisades-recreation-center/3676331/
#politics #progress
*They were two candidates for Mayor.
That includes the Nancy Grace Roman Space #Telescope, which has been designed to study distant #galaxies & faraway #planets from an orbital outpost about a million miles from Earth. The hardware of the Roman is in place & being integrated & tested at #NASA’s Goddard #Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD. The Roman is scheduled to launch as early as Sept 2026.
The #Hubble & #Webb space #telescopes —celebrated for their long list of discoveries as well as stunning images of the #universe — would remain supported under the proposal. However, no other telescope would be funded.
“This is an extinction-level event for #NASA science,” said Casey Dreier, chief of #space policy for the #Planetary Society, a space advocacy group. “It needlessly terminates functional, productive #science missions & cancels new missions currently being built, wasting billions of taxpayer dollars in the process. This is neither efficient nor smart budgeting.”
#Trump #BrainDrain #AntiIntellectualism #research #tech #advancement #progress
#NASA’s #science budget could be cut nearly in half under an early version of #Trump’s #budget proposal to #Congress, a move that would terminate billions of dollars’ worth of ongoing & future missions….
The budget plan, sent to NASA by the #RussVought led #OMB, would give NASA’s Science Mission Directorate $3.9B, down from its current budget of about $7.3B….
Massive cuts to #NASA #science proposed in early #WhiteHouse #budget plan
The preliminary version of #Trump’s budget proposal to #Congress, known as a “passback,” would cut the agency’s science budget funding nearly in half.
#BrainDrain #AntiIntellectualism #research #space #tech #advancement #progress
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025/04/11/nasa-science-budget-cuts-trump/
While many shake their heads at the world's problems, these innovators are tackling huge issues head-on.
rk T
