My mom is getting kind of disappointing hospice care right now. This article sheds some light on that for me. I'm hoping we can find something better.

So cute! Ittekimasu! That word doesn't translate well, but it's what you say when you leave a familiar place, like home. It sort of means "I'll be back soon" maybe? It's a friendly thing to say when leaving a place you'll return to. (Literally it's like, "I go and come.")

Yep, pretty much.

Ok, this made me laugh

September patron chapters are live! Fulfilling a little late this month, but I got it done! First line this month: In the morning, Sen picked berries from the garden and mixed them with grain porridge and some honey donated by one of the devout. www.patreon.com/posts/september-soul-139589550

This is what I look for in my representatives. Got some lucky people in Chicago, with candidates like these.

Here's some people on the right side of history

I love my city's street vendors. I'm glad people are honoring street vendors with poetry. This poem is a whole thread long, so check out the whole thing for full emotional effect.

This song is fun.

Went out to Cuban food with my dear friend and fellow game writer Scott Glancy today. We discussed all things (literally), and didn't even mean to get the pride flag in the photo, but agreed it was fortuitous and very flattering.

Belle is very generous in this video. In my view, the Democrats who cave on this are probably worse than fools and cowards. They are probably also bought and paid for. Belle's right about the situation the Democratic party is in, however. This isn't their shutdown. youtu.be/2ttz3AL2-FA?...

I'm having an intense emotional response to this. I admire this protester and hope she's safe. #AbolishICE

I need this on a T-shirt.

This is weird to me. The orange cats I've known well have been sharp and savvy. I've always seen them as tough guys, adventurers. I'm increasingly persuaded by Cats of Yore's argument that they're just cats with varied personalities like every other color, but I definitely can't see them as dumb.

Excellent points.

The French really care about protesting. I was impressed by that aspect of their culture when I lived there.

Help a fellow game writer get some good speech-to-text software to help with a health issue and a deadline!

I sincerely believe that most of the people who fought for democracy at Normandy would feel pretty comfortable with this description of them. If they knew how fascism has resurged in the world, they would have zero patience for any of it.

I think people online are arguing about protest spaces without realizing that every state and every city is in a different situation, and every type of protest is different too. People need to assess for themselves how to handle things. Pay attention. Listen. Change when your situation changes.

A beaver packing side dishes in a bento box. (my translation) Today I knew all the kanji, but had to look up おかず, side dishes.

Protect Daca recipients. Protect your neighbors. We have the best neighbors, and over half are immigrants. No idea their status, and don't care. I love them, and I want them to stay my neighbors. They are good people who belong in my neighborhood. actionnetwork.org/letters/clos...

Please, please, just stop changing the clocks. Why are we still doing this?

A beaver rolling onigiri. I've been away for several days and missed I don't know how many animations, but what a cute one to come back to!

Well, this is a lot of clarity really fast. Also, the Internet is a mysterious place.

Well this isn't predictable or anything...

The duolingo app icon has never had my consent to make weird faces at me. I have a ten-year streak. I don't need guilt to practice. But now it is still crying even after I practice. No reason I can find, with several searches. I removed the icon from my phone. Not going to look at that.

Ooh, this looks good! I preordered a copy.

So cool!!! Ocean power! youtube.com/shorts/NksQV...

October 18th. Start making plans.

Our Serenity was pure royal softling, and I miss her so.

This video is exactly what we need. Your enemy is not across. Your enemy is up.

The 16 of September is the US National Voter Registration Day! Go to vote.gov to check your US voter registration and make sure everything is up to date and good, or to register if needed! Vote like lives depend on it, because they do.

This is powerful. Abandoning facts can feel easy, because it negates the need to argue, but it also negates the need to change and grow. It creates a cozy safe space for bad ideas to fester and putrify.

Single most moving video I've ever seen from this channel. #StarTrek #Hope youtu.be/sAahDJXngiA?...

Disobedience is a virtue. It's great to be courteous, considerate, and peaceful. It can be virtuous to be agreeable or orderly. It's great to follow rules that are designed with public well-being in mind, like traffic lights. But obedience for obedience' sake kills people. Just say no.

This is what our tech companies have made possible in China. I'm sure they'd be delighted to do it here too. Be ready to defy. They physically can't arrest all of us. And we need new technologies that break and interfere with surveillance, for all global victims. apnews.com/article/chin...

Explanation of why Dumpty wants to invade Portland. Yeesh, even the footage from 2020 was always framed to look way worse than it actually was. I don't even youtu.be/zIjJCowJaxM?...

This spider has decided that its web belongs at head height, blocking our back door. We have explained the situation and removed one web as respectfully as possible, but the spider is undeterred. I'm all for early Halloween decorations, but there are ripe tomatillos in out in the garden!

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Nagashi Soumen, the Third Try (my translation) Woohoo! Soumen acquired! I had to look up 挑戦 (chousen, challenge, which I translated as try in this context). I also did a little research to get a better vibe of the meaning in context. Hopefully I got it right.

At protest today, tons of support from drivers passing by. But one loser in a giant truck made a point of buzzing by with his huge Jesus flag. Me with my protest sign, laughing: As if Jesus wouldn't be out here with us! Lady next to me: Maybe she is! 💙

Really grateful for this perspective. The main reason I watch this channel is not just that it's informative and careful about facts. It also consistently calms me down. Panic does not help one to take action. We need to stay grounded. youtu.be/Lzd8rv95RtI?...

Serious time: No matter what else you think about politics, always be anti-authoritarian. Make that the core and the anchor of every other aspect of your political thought. Resist authoritarianism. Don't fall for it. Don't entertain it. Don't accept it. Liberty is a bulwark against cruelty.

This is so cool. Also Sara Mueller is a writers workshop comrade and long time convention friend of mine. Check her out!

We don't want the tech bros' dystopian nightmares. We want a real future for all of us, all over the world.

It really is. 😂

"Beaver-san, I'm dropping the soumen now!" This one is again hard to translate. I didn't try to be literal, just to get the point across. What a nice lady!

Shockingly enough, there are really good things happening in the world! People are still out there working to save us all. I am excited about the organ transportation advancements, and about how cheap renewable energy is! Cleanse your soul with some meaningful good news! youtu.be/udrqjFYuGLE?...

Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy.

This looks like a useful site