This dude parked across from Splat about 20 minutes ago. Its just been sitting there. I guess this is what publicity gets you when you're a queer antifascist zine shop.

The new Spokane Sequential just arrived. Come grab your copy before they're all gone!

Look ma! We're in the paper!!

Apparently the cult of Mac is still a thing. Having a debate in a Reddit forum, and its going something like this:

Added to what, the scrapheap? The ether? Were there quotes around "added" that I missed? Y'all, we need to be watching the blinking patterns of any BLS folk we see on TV.

You know you want to hear me and Nanette make fools of ourselves on the radio. 4pm today on kyrs.org or 88.1 and 92.3 of your FM dial.

Age verification? My first game console required a screwdriver to hook it up to the TV, and its controller was a joystick with a single button.

It's been over two hours. @stoat.chat definitely didn't see this tsunami of signups coming.

What do y'all know about Stoat (formerly Revolt), the open source chat app?

Prediction: BBSs are going to make a comeback.

As someone who manages an artist collective/shop that centers trans people and has to discuss adult content regularly on our Discord server as a matter of day-to-day decision making, let me just say JHGDdHUiiFWTGYHKkgf$s$. Fuck Discord. Fuck this "papers please" society. You're gonna get us killed.

Prediction: Thomas Massie is going to fall out a window sometime in the next few days.

I watched the newest episode of Starfleet Academy, and I'm in agreement with pretty much everyone else (the ones who matter anyway). I really want to share it with my partner, but we're actively watching DS9, and it's her first time through. I know I can't let her watch it, but I soooo want to!

My last skeet really sticks out amongst the pants-shitting pedo tyrant and babies in concentration camps posts. Yeesh. I'm gonna have my little moment of cozy joy, okay?

Okay, campers, rise and shine and don't forget your booties 'cause it's cold out there today!

I've been invited to attend a multi-day event cerebrating some past work that I was a part of, and to help present that work. It's in Florida. FML.

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Elon pushed the development of Grok because he wasn't allowed to be a member of the rich pedos club. One horror begets another.

Yup. I just said almost exactly this to my partner.

Seemed appropriate, given that were living in "1984"

Otter Self Storage just raised my rent $50 to $271. My 10'x10' unit now costs substantially more than my first apartment did. When I got the unit five years ago it was just over $100 IIRC. Time to go.

This makes our Grand Opening even grander! Join us from 10a to 5p Saturday!

I got mine in 2021, which means I have until 2031 to renew. At this point I think it's more likely that it will be invalid because the U.S. no longer exists rather than because of my gender.

Splat will be open at 10am this Saturday! Come check it out–and grab a cup of tea and a protest sign while you're there!

Modern Times Cafe in south Minneapolis is changing its name and its business model for as long as ICE remains in Minneapolis. Effective immediately, the cafe will operate as Post Modern Times and will be shifting to a free and donation-based structure.

Mildly tempted to set up two accounts: one would post threatening skeets toward trans folks, the other toward ICE. It'll be like a horse race to see which one gets banned first. I know which one I'm putting my money on.

This must be what it feels like to be on a plane at 40,000 feet and watching the wings shear off.

Bleed, bleed, poor country! Great tyranny, lay thou thy basis sure, For goodness dare not check thee; wear thou thy wrongs, The title is affeer’d!

The psychic damage were all taking is substantial. The fact that most of us still have the will to carry on is remarkable. I'm not patting us on the back. This is hustle culture trauma rearing its ugly head. If we had a healthier take on the abuse of authority, maybe things would be different rn.

I don’t want to hear anything from an elected official unless it’s a plan to defund the DHS and impeach Noem, Bovino, etc. No texts. No emails. No talk about the economy. Step up or step off.

"But he had a gun!" wail the people with "American flag made of guns" stickers on their trucks. "2A for me but not for thee." Got it.

The general strike needs to continue, and it needs to be nationwide. It's time to start occupying and shutting down vital points of commerce, transportation, and government until local and state leaders put up meaningful resistance. This cannot go on unanswered.

Breaking news? Ummm no. The news is that the mayor issued a statement, not that the kid and her father were kidnapped. Clearly the bot is just running the whole station at this point.

@kxly.com please advise.

This story quotes Police Chief “Craig Hall”, who does not exist and seems to be an amalgamation of current chief Kevin Hall and former chief Craig Meidl. It also quotes council member Jonathan Bingle on his vote. Bingle is not on council. This reads to me like blatant AI usage.

If you hate a particular show through and through, maybe consider that it wasn't meant for you. And that's okay. Not everything needs to be about you.

I don't repost @shakespeare.lol often enough. They are always on point.

We stand in solidarity with the people of occupied Minnesota. Abolish ICE. Dismantle DHS.

The next time someone tells you not to take the bait, remind them that "the bait" includes small children. There comes a point where "bait" becomes legitimate cause to rise up and fight with everything we have. We passed that point a long time ago.

I installed my first Debian-based media back in 2006. I didn't see "huge change" until 2020. Also, I run an Arch-based distro now, so what does that mean?

Traveling at 21.5 knots, it would take the Titanic about 296 seconds to make a 180° turn. Out of laziness, I'll say night is 12 hours. Given that, he's wrong by a minimum factor of 146. source: "She Turned Two Points in 37 Seconds" by Samuel Halpern

I started having a dream about a debtors' death camp. Thankfully the cats woke me up before it got too far. What would have been an absurd nightmare two years ago seems today like my subconscious just working out the next logical step in this march toward hell.

I pushed the idea after being reminded of it by @cosmotropic.bsky.social's list of favorite games. It's really good stuff. I know people have feelings or whatever about Andrew Hussie, but do yourself a favor and put them aside.

Can't wait to see what this card game by local zinester Walt Carlson is all about!

If it's been a while since you last read Letter From a Birmingham Jail, please take the time to reread it today.

Clown AF

I am amazed by the volume and the quality of the work that these incredible artists dropped off today. You're gonna love it!

Just in case you had any doubt about our leanings. Splat is a Fourth Amendment business: ICE and affiliated entities will be refused entry, and anyone seeking refuge from ICE will be protected.

Anybody who can manage it, please show your solidarity. Our labor and our dollars are the only leverage we have. There has never been a more appropriate time.

More people need to soak this in. No compliance. No respect. Ever. If an ICE goon tells me to have a nice day, my response will be "fuck you! Make me!"

There's some really amazing work beginning to fill up.our shelves. Y'all gotta come see January 31!