me, working on my 38 year old French car:

stupid mental health walk for my stupid mental health, &c.

Looking at you in such a way thats its clear i have autism. I do not know how im doing it or how to stop doing it

I feel like one of those crabs with one giant claw and one small one.

vibrant, gracious and swag despite it all

may I offer you a shrimptin in this trying time?

I lived! Here’s to eventually having a working thumb again!

🐜

gender, etc.

happy “if I speak I am in big trouble” day to all who share my ideological leaning

I am doing a Wages of Fear check-in. Showing support for one another…I need FOUR men to post, not share, this message to show you are ready to drive nitroglycerine to a burning oil well for $2000. Pretty sure I know who will.

today in old-car hell: trying to figure out why the Jeep’s rear axle is howling. It’s always been a bit noisy with quite a lot of driveline lash, but it’s definitely grown worse over the years. no smoking gun, unfortunately. But also no signs of imminent failure, so back together it goes.

post from someone with a crush: woke up squirming in agony like a worm on hot pavement again post from their crush: just had a lovely sandwitch 🙂

I’m leaving the situation unattended. somebody else can do the monitoring.

oh we’re doing another day of sports nationalism discourse? Great! Bye!

Jesus. Car sauce getting EXPONSIVE. Here’s $200 worth of the cheapest store-brand lubricants money can buy to do an engine+transfer case+axle oil change in the Jeep.

In addition being another unintended monument to the chasm in the president's soul and brain, the Freedom250 celebrations are a perfect expression of the Trump/GOP's vision of the promise of America: There is none. This is what you get.

Christ. Work just sent out a disgusting america250 themed email talking about “supporting our warfighters” and “protecting America’s security” with the tagline “one nation, one mission, one future” Sure got me in a Thought Zone.

Guy who just learned about the 2012 Mayan long count and is freaking out that the world might 14 years ago.

let me into the chicken coop, I am normal and can be trusted with prey animals

how to get fewer followers how to buy unfollows how to create bots to unfollow me pay users to unfollow me #Bing

pausa de hidratación

Posting under a flag of truce

posting a opinion that’s counter to something a Beloved Mutual posted recently, but giving them a lot of likes on their other posts afterwards to show that there’s no hard feelings 🫡

vibe reset

between the Hand Situtation and the monthly ADHD meds prescription snafu, I've been spending an unusual amount of time on hold with various medical providers lately and it is putting me in an increasingly foul mood

the Emails Job valorizer

I'm not even a huge Minnesota State Fair enjoyer (living close to the fairgrounds means that the unavoidable traffic and noise and smells takes the sheen off of things) but the whole Great American State Fair thing is making me want to defend the *real* Great American State Fair to the death.

the old man 🥹

Wasmbappé

That’s not very “horse and rider as one” of you

if i am honest any graph that puts peter theil in the same corner as molly white leads to several questions that i have no answers for but i've tried my best to annotate the chart:

got my tendon surgery consult today; sounds like recovery is going to be less daunting than expected (1 week in a cast, 1 month with a splint, back to 100% in 3 months). That's a relief.

a great injustice occurred on this web site 👇

That’s a baby

remember that brief window of time, like, 2015-2020, when your computer had enough RAM and a powerful enough GPU? man I miss that.

Skill issue. When I was a kid, my parents took my toddler brother and I on a long-weekend camping holiday in a Jaguar XK150 coupe that barely had a back seat, let alone full-size SUV dimensions.

truly a 2026 mood

when me and the boys all get matching British Rail Hi-Vis Crop Tops

me when I trick myself into doing something I don’t want to do and actually have a great time.

Ah no,

where’s that “sometimes all you need is an elote and keep going” image when you need it?

tractor time. the old beast starts pretty well for having sat for a few weeks. (the long wait between turning the key and pulling the starter knob is to let the fuel system prime, waiting for the pump to stop ticking)

the extremely elder-milennial-coded behavior of getting a bit teary-eyed at the combination of Male Folk Singer Voice and ethereal female harmonies

was half expecting this one to show up on Skycards

reassessing the situation, I think this might be the end of the road for this project for now. I’m getting fed up with the car being undriveable, and while I could still feasibly build one good transmission out of the two bad ones, that’s a daunting exercise.

Get Fucked Up On Gin And Build A Gazebo For Your Neighbor Friday with Tony Doukopil