you leave the news for just a few hours

You leave the news for just a few hours and discover someone introduced a DC statehood bill.

Today I learned that a bunch of people worked together to hurt gigantic investment firms by running up the stock of GameStop. The whole point of the exercise was to hurt short-selling gigantic investment firms. I can't pretend to understand all of it because I do have a job during the day but the little I do understand is quite interesting. 

President Biden signed a new host of executive orders, this time in climate change. It includes transitioning the government fleet to electric vehicles. 

The man who has "happy hour" in his driveway a few blocks away has a so-far mild case of Covid. He had a friend in Michigan dying so, despite the risk, went to see him. Upon his return home he secluded himself from his family and got a Covid test. He has it, his family doesn't. This picture is another fascinating piece from his home. 

Tonight's insults from Last Tango in Halifax, so far, are 
- sod
- plonker
Karen asked if I learned Danish insults when I studied Danish and no, I didn't, but I definitely enjoyed learning Spanish insults, so I guess I've gotten less mature as I've gotten older. 

But this is an awful lot of insults to remember when I don't even have anyone to use them on.  ;-)