That’s not great, and I would not be surprised if we see class action lawsuits against tech companies by firefighters given what’s in that smoke.

We’re in a moment now where it would be worth people taking three hours to watch Gandhi, particularly the scene of the salt march. There is value to making the brutality of your opponent so plain as day that no one can argue with it. The clarity of that brought down an empire

Been asked for my contact info by school admins two days in a row which seems positive.

FOR DECADES CONGRESS WOULDN'T PAY FURLOUGHED STAFF AFTER A SHUTDOWN WITHOUT A FIGHT BOTH SIDES Only recently has a law been passed that GUARANTEES furloughed employees will get paid after a shutdown. Already they are trying to stop paying people.

It’s absurd to argue that banning a practice that is *known* to harm children is an infringement of “freedom of speech” (whose speech is being infringed) but apparently that’s where we are as a society. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

You know who Medicaid and WIC/SNAP cuts hurt? LOTS of military families.

There’s some things that work a lot this season in Peacemaker but I feel like the alternate universe is not one of them, which is too bad honestly.

In Portland, "Antifa" has been doing the Cha Cha Slide and holding donuts on fishing rods out in front of the ICE facility, just in case you're wondering what these soft bois (gender neutral) consider "hand to hand combat."

this is absolute fucking insanity

Headed off to my first sub teacher gig #selfies #teaching

Jane Goodall recorded a message to be sent out after her death.

Special thanks to all the pundits and politicians who helped legitimize right wing messaging about how “disorder” in cities is a legitimate concern Americans have.

Not long ago -- in my lifetime -- all trans people faced unspeakable violence, including state-sponsored violence, for simply existing And self-appointed gatekeepers made it as tough as possible for a person to transition. Anyone who wants to bring back the gatekeeping also wants the violence back

"The strength of a people lies in its purity, not in its diversity." —Tom Metzger, a white supremacist, neo-Nazi and Klansman "Real strength comes from homogeneity, from people who share the same blood and values." —William Pierce, neo-Nazi, author of the Turner Diaries

Turns out my part time job that historically has a difficult to get paid from client is back on its thing. $700 that ia up in the air for the foreseeable future. So I am doing the thing. I am so fuckin grateful thank you so much <3 $80/$700 V:@/JKNotSoBad $/JKNotsobad PP: @/comfortingmoo

I generally believe wholeheartedly that compassion works better in conflict avoidance than recrimination. But maaaaan does JD Vance‘s career trajectory a strong counterargument

So this is a quick and dirty low down on drug addiction and nursing. At one point, it was really easy for both doctors and nurses to steal drugs from hospitals. Which resulted in A METRIC FUCKTON OF CHANGES to prevent the candystore from being abused. Meds have to be checked out and are attached

Imagine you work at DOJ. You read the first paragraph of a judicial opinion. You get to the last line; it says that this case is about “what it means to live under the rule of law.” You curse to yourself, knowing you lost.

Noticing the Mutuals feed is being weird again and showing me only days old posts. Wonder if an update in the source cold made it more buggy?

Having finished Alien Earth the thing that’s most interesting about it (and there’s a lot that is interesting) is that it finally went *there* with the aliens.

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

Feeling around 87% human again.

Hey @defnotadino.bsky.social! I might be swinging through the Midwest later this month or in November—would you be up for me dropping by your area of Minnesota if the timing works out?

I don’t play Warhammer tabletop but I love this. www.pcgamer.com/games/board-...

Well no fever and Covid test is negative so pretty sure it’s a cold. Still really annoying though, especially for my last week at Champions.

Bumping this up again... Izolde is good people, and she's had a rough time because the tech job market sucks right now. It's getting close to the end of the month and she really needs to make rent.... please please give what you can! 🌟💖💫

On top of everything else apparently I’ve got a head cold now bleh. At least it’s not the flu or Covid I’m pretty sure.

Fascist regimes don’t start by saying “we’re fascist.” They start by outlawing anti-fascism.

Not much to say today except man this country is fucked up.

In tonight’s session of Wild Beyond the Witchlight we chased a flying lily pad in a balloon, were transformed into tiny versions of ourselves, fought a red cap chef, and ransacked a hag’s house after dispelling a will o‘ the wisp.

An excellent thread on Wounded Knee.

Example Memory Match games for kids’ activity at work. #kids #teaching #cardgames #memory #drawings

Two Activity Demos I Made Today: Puzzle Hour & Maze Masters

Man, Zelensky sure has figured out how to flatter the Don apparently. www.ctvnews.ca/world/russia...

The failure of all Dune adaptations is that none of them are as horny as the original text.

10 min sketch of Stitch for a kid at work today

The weird thing is I’m pretty certain Trump doesn’t even care about this: he just wants so badly to have *some* nation defining triumph that he’s letting RFK Jr tank the CDC with pseudoscience.

Lol Kenneth Hite sat next to me in the lobby but I’m too neurotic to actually strike up conversation

Jeet Heer addresses the ongoing assault on free speech with the appropriate urgency. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Dan Gilroy isn’t being subtle here. Good. deadline.com/2025/09/ando...

Aha I get it we can forgive the guy who murdered Charlie Kirk but not the guys who didn’t like him. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

1st day at the 30th anniversary HP Lovecraft Film Festival (yesterday).

entire press has gotten bullied into treating charlie kirk as if he was one of the most important americans alive and not a modestly popular podcaster

Man I try to always look on the bright side but it’s been tough this week.

This seems a tad up a notch from ordering the firing of Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert.

PINCH THEIR WALLETS

Like I said, Disney corporate made the decision on their own as preemptive “damage control.” They could have stood behind their talent but they deliberately chose not to. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/h...

South Park should do an episode where Cartman dies and everyone is yelling about how good he is. Kyle talks about all the times Cartman spewed antisemitism at him dressed as Hitler. And the crowds of people just chant "CONTEXT CONTEXT CONTEXT CONTEXT" until he stops talking.

An incredible travesty. So many children will die unnecessarily from this.

One thing I’ve learned since Fox fired him is Tucker Carlson’s politics are way weirder and more idiosyncratic than I thought.