Is food time? Yes?

A top 10 list? What is this, the David Letterman show?

Topical protest sign: Happy AlgaeBTQ Pride Month!

New shirt, recycled sign.

Made Rice Krispie treats with potato chips scrunched in. They are DANGEROUSLY good. They were popular with friends at the protest.

1cc #910: T.N.K. III. Fun rotary-joystick tank game. Aggravating when you get blown up and lose all your power-ups. There's a way to leech lots of points at the City stage, giving you so many extra lives you can steamroll through the rest. (Note the cheeky "TANK YOU!" on the victory screen)

Shoutouts to the folks with the overpass banner reading HE CAN'T EVEN WIN A WAR AGAINST ALGAE

1cc #909: Super Qix. You can track the red skulls at the top of the screen, making the game easier. Still not easy, but at least 1cc-able by mere mortals. If the gremlin has direct line-of-sight to you, he can decide to casually messatsu you at any time, so this game is CUTE YET STRESSFUL.

In the desert I saw a creature, naked, bestial, Who, squatting upon the ground, Held his heart in his hands, And ate of it. I said, “Is it good, friend?” “It is bitter—bitter,” he answered; “But I like it “Because it is bitter, “And because it is my heart.”

Today at the protest, one driver flipped us off while stopped at the intersection. My friend turned her sign around to reveal the other side reading "FLIP ME OFF IF YOU VOTED FOR A PEDOPHILE". She was absolutely tickled by the look on the driver's face.

Why YES, I would love a walk, thanks for asking!

Jared is the Spiders Georg of blood donation.

Weekly protest at the Otay Mesa concentration camp operated by CoreCivic.

Left Shark says: Fuck ICE.

Protest photos from Mira Mesa. Lots of honks and positive energy!

Posting this in honor of donating blood today.

Dragon Wars completed (again)! It ends with a bang: a huge tricky dungeon, and a multi-phase boss battle. I had fun re-playing it, but I am weird and old (much like this game is weird and old) so I don't actually recommend it unless you're VERY forgiving of old RPGs.

Lunch at Mr. Charlie's. A fun splurge! I had to take my life in my hands and park in a Trader Joe's parking lot to get here.

The dogs were sweethearts today.

Gochujang noodles! Napa cabbage, tofu, zucchini, garlic, ginger, peanuts, sesame seeds, and bits of some herbs that needed using up. Just a little spicy (4/10)

Dragon Wars: I've reached a well where dead characters can be resurrected. Very cool that bringing a character back to life has such lore and flavor around it. Unfortunately, this place is hard to get to! Losing a character early in the game has no fix except reloading the saved game.

A sign from the weekly protest.

Doggy diva sticking her tongue out.

While Trump is holding his little birthday cage match on Sunday, we’ll be joining a nationally livestreamed night of joy, music, and action: riseupsingout.com

Dragon Wars has passages of purple prose but is mostly quite terse. Use the climb skill at the spooky well and you see just "You climb down the well to hell." It'd be interesting to know how that works, what it looks like, feels like... But no, it's just "doop dee doo, you're in hell now."

I've been DE-GOOGLING, now that Google has left their old "don't be evil" motto far behind. Switching search to Ecosia was easy, and switching browsers to Firefox has been nearly as easy. #DIDit Getting off gmail is a work in progress! I've set up a Tuta Mail account, and set up forwarding. (1/2)

New ingredient - fried capers. Little crunchy blasts of briny.l flavor, on pasta with a tomato shallot butter sauce.

I've started re-playing the RPG Dragon Wars. You start out with nothing in the town of Purgatory, but quickly gain equipment and magic and experience, ultimately to defeat the Big Bad, Namtar. (continued in thread)

Postcards headed out the door today to help get out the vote! @environmentalvoter.bsky.social

Spicy orange tofu in 3 pictures: - Sauce thickening - Tofu cubes getting sauced - Little dog looking up to say "is for me?"

The "Rise Up, Sing Out" concert is coming up on June 14th (riseupsingout.com). There are watch parties and other actions happening around the country that day: www.nokings.org

Little dog doing some reading.

Mira Mesa Day of Action - getting out the vote! Drop YOUR ballot off at your local drop box (like the Mira Mesa Library) - see sddems.link/dropoff for a map of locations. And remind your family and friends to get it in gear and do the same!

Dinner! Okra allspice stew over rice. Mushrooms with shallots and thyme. And some strawberries. The mushrooms came out so decadent and buttery.

This week's protest snack - ponder cookies. Oats and dates and cinnamon and cardamom. Not overly sweet, just a nice spice cookie with breakfast bar vibes. It's got some carrot in it, it's healthy*! * By cookie standards

Hungry little dog is comin' atcha

3-bean soup with crackers. Cozy soup for a cozy evening.

Photos from the vigil at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. A former detainee spoke - saying she is "not a victim, but a survivor, and a reminder that the Constitution still exists". Loudspeakers are playing music for the detainees to hear.

Little urchins.

Finished knocking my 100 doors to get out the vote 🗳 and reached my favorite part of canvassing - the end!

1cc #908: Submarine. Early underwater shmup where you control the scrolling - think of it as a crude precursor of In The Hunt. Four levels per loop. Plays like the early game Scramble. Like Scramble, but notably unlike real life, you refuel your ship by blowing up fuel tanks with bombs.

1cc #907: Neratte Chu. This is a really neat li'l arcade game. Some levels are free if you know what to do, others are hard especially if the RNG is in a snit. But after some routing and a few failed attempts, my little mouse friends got all their keys and went cavorting off into the moonlight.

Lucy getting ready for a stroll around the neighborhood. (Her little old legs get tired so she rides part of the way)

Back from a vigil at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. Loudspeakers played music loud enough for the detainees to hear from inside. A little girl sold agua fresca. Guards drove by a line of signs reading "CLEAR YOUR CONSCIENCE; QUIT YOUR JOB"

Peanut noodles! Noodles came out slightly undercooked (a little too al dente) but the sauce is divine.

Putting in a plug for BlueVoterGuide.org (@bluevoterguide.bsky.social) as a resource for quickly voting the whole ballot with confidence. It lists the endorsements for each candidate (all clickable links, so you can double-check their work).

Started knocking doors for the California primary. The core message boils down to "stop dithering over the governor race and get your dang ballot in".

Baked cabbage and onion. And pumpkin pie for dessert.

Mlem.