CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@RikerGoogling Further reading, in case you're not a hoopy frood: https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Towel

@RikerGoogling They are one of the most useful items in the galaxy. They can be used to dry you off when you're wet, they can keep you warm when it's cold, they can be tied into a bag in a pinch, they also give non-hitchhiker's the idea that you've got your act together, and they're more likely to lend you things when you need them.

Really, every hoopy frood carries a towel.

@joshsusser Also, I've seen at least once in Trek where the roadway is covered with solar panels in canon. (You can sure tell that Star Trek is written by people who don't know San Fran weather patterns, but maybe solar panels are efficient enough to get decent power when it's foggy in the future?)

I took a picture hella years ago looking up one of the towers into the fog. I need to see if I can find the negatives or print again, or just walk it again to take a new version.
@HippieScubaSteve

@HippieScubaSteve Look, I love Mariner, I really do. She's such a mood.

...but, I'm gonna respectfully disagree with her here. Maybe it's because I'm born and raised in the bay, but the Golden Gate Bridge is a work of art. Who cares if it serves it's original practical purpose anymore?

@Phangurl Netflix is banking too much on being the first big player in streaming, so they're speed running enshittification. I swore them off over the bullshit of charging more for people to use an account in multiple locations even if they were paying for multiple screens already. I only came back once since that shit because they picked up Prodigy, and I had to support Trek, but when they didn't pick it up for another season? I'm gonna [redacted] anything I want to watch from them now.

@HippieScubaSteve I much prefer Big Mama Thornton's version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoHDrzw-RPg