Reactive vs proactive laws…the usa operates on reactivity—basically laws and regulations get passed after the sh*t hits the fan (aka the lawsuits start piling up and the payouts exceed threshold) then companies run to the government to help them (ex insurance companies lobbying for traffic laws) […]

More right wing media obsession with #california Pops was channel surfing during a commercial break landing on newsmax i think. Breaking news from San Diego CA kids are kicking front doors and running away. Okay—a stupider version of ding dong ditch. Next they’re talking about castle laws and […]

The annual rate of #inflation was 3% in Sept—almost exactly the same as it was on Inauguration Day. Trump’s failure was predictable. #prices almost never fall across the entire #economy. When they do, it tends to be because of a crisis, such as the #greatdepression. Trump is responsible for […]

My inner Annie Wilkes bubbled up today when a motorist waved me on. Thanks for nothing, Mr Man. The green walk light gives me the right of way. #misery #films #movies #innermonologue #stephenking hashtag #johnoliver

So many more shades of green and brown visible after the rain.

Cigarettes and coffees in hands during a break a gent stopped and said to us this is the most beautiful place on earth after the rain washes the smog away. (Then chastised us about smoking on a clean air day) And he was so right. The mountains that normally appear flat like a postcard have depth […]

#nowwatching #films #movies #firstviewing Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean 1982 Wow…

#hashtaggames #booksorshowsaboutfeet Bunyon Kipling’s The Jungle Boots

Louboutin and Shirley #hashtaggames #booksorshowsaboutfeet

Never start a land war in Asia. And never mess with a Pomeranian when death is on the line. #hashtaggames #eggcornfamoussayings

Mega corporations are the enemy of efficiency. Tech and mass buying power create so much waste in their systems that smaller companies can’t compete. And i have been thinking too much about how the waste generated is tolerated so the decision makers ( & desk jockeys) can keep wages low and […]

I just saw this chicken tunnel technique for free range chicken ranches. Of course, my main thought is, this could work fantastic with agrivoltaics. When I say solar is civilization changing, I don't think it's too hyperbolic. We're living in transition from fossil age into the solar/electric […]

Bbc did a segment from the Republican side. Listening to 45/7 talk to a tv person that he likes is ear opening. But what should anger people who support him and the USA is his language concerning our regs & systems. When he talks about things he doesn’t like (&can’t change) it’s “their” not our […]

@DoomsdaysCW for baking i l use a cupcake or muffin pan for individual units —it does alter baking time. i dollop a little butter onto the top of each unit after mixing and pouring in the muffin pan. It seemed more consistent than putting the butter into the batter.

Huckleberry Flan #puddingbooksorplays #hashtaggames

After 15 years we finally got our park renovation. VIN Scully Centennial Park opened last week with dog parks, exercise circuit, walking path, playground, a basketball court, two pickleball courts, green space, amenities and parking. Construction was initially planned to start in 2017 but then […]

I just submitted a complaint to #california highway patrol #chp some dimwit deputy closed the left three lanes of I5 coming out of the east LA interchange b4 I710 for a stalled car in lane 3 of 5. They usu park behind the disabled car & put out flares/cones closing the lane & traffic flows […]

Today was a day to drive with the sunshade open.

I love that Skardgård has fake tattoos.

#nowwatching #films #movies Locked 2025 starring Bill Skarsgård and Sir Anthony Hopkins. A third of the way in…Bill is awesome…it’s not easy to make a skeezy character noble and sympathetic. Easier if you look like Pete Davidson’s good looking brother. In the style of Phone Booth 2002.

A beautiful grey day. Time passes differently…#california #hillcrestpark #socal

The times would never print underaged girl. They use underage woman in lieu of child.

@tillybridges wrote a whole book analyzing trans allegories in The Matrix a while back. I still have it on my need to read pile... https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/05/begin-transmission-tilly-bridges-examines-the-trans-allegories-of-the-matrix-in-new-book/

The Smashing Idols #hashtaggames #mashupbandsandreligion

Vince Guilt #mashupbandsandreligion #hashtaggames

Let’s see what’s on #tcm Hm. who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf 1966…too heavy. Sunset Boulevard 1951 it is #nowwatching #films #movies #classicfilms

I try to avoid his image but there’s a photo of the idiot in chief with eyes closed. His ears are visible. Can’t tell which ear was grazed by a bullet last year….

Lysander refused, on principle and out of an abundance of caution, to ever ask the movie concession stand worker for popcorn. #lysander #popcorn #movie #film #spooner #spoonerism

Today’s supervisor has just gotten her blanket fort set up the way she wants. #dogsofmastodon #fedidogs

That Lean Cuisine Show #hashtaggames #dinnerforsinglesasitcom

Magnum, Turkey Pot P.I.E. #DinnerForSinglesASitcom #HashtagGames

Loita de sombras 🫥 #dogsofmastodon #dogcrazy #dogsofpixelfed #dogsoffedi #dogstodon #dogsoffediverse #dogsofbluesky #dogslife #dogsitting #собаки

Salem’s Latte #takeoutfoodabookorplay #hashtaggames

The Kentucky Fried Chicken Cycle #hashtaggames #takeoutfoodabookorplay

#film #movie #tv #stage #theater #thearts a #happybirthday to Tidal Swinton Sam Shepherd Sam Rockwell Tatum O’Neal Vivien Leigh Judy Reyes …and others

#prop50 Fuck your gerrymandering. Perhaps if urban planning was more than developing every single open lot/space with townhomes, there wouldn’t be a need to gerrymander

Smells Like Bengay #makeasongorpoemtedious #hashtaggames

Purple Maze #makeasongorpoemtedious #hashtaggames

Take a walk on the mild side #hashtaggames #makeasongorpoemtedious

Cheney…the patriot who destroyed our social safety net

The week after daylight savings time is the best. The streets are quieter around 6 in the evening. Then people adjust and begin preparing for these next two months’ events. Call me crazy 6 in the evening is a safe time to be out…but it’s dark!

Zangief’s Pelmeni and Blini Shop #videogamecharactersfood #hashtaggames

There is no "tech" solution that will make growing infinite profits possible on a planet with finite resources. Period. #Capitalism #Ecology #Sustainability #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis

Donald Trump has fired all six members of an independent federal agency responsible for reviewing his controversial White House ballroom and planned “Arc de Trump” in Washington DC. All members of the Commission of Fine Arts were dismissed on Tuesday. “On behalf of President Donald J. Trump, I […]

@0xabad1dea 1. Sell small fake versions of the food you sell to make your customers hungry 2. Profit

I have determined that the only way to cope with the temptation to open small fake ramen is to open big real ramen

The goal of business is profit. The goal of government is prosperity. If you’re in a business that transforms raw material into a product, then you have skills that can help in governance—like planning, functional design and budgeting.

Do you wanna bet that this shutdown goes straight straight through the end of the year? I don’t think the White House cares certainly, the billionaires in the cabinet are making a mint off of every glass scrap of misery they deliberately inflict on us. They are doing this to harm you and to […]

If you read one page of a novel make it the first page of The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa translated from the Japanese by Stephen Snyder. This is like Henry Miller (Tropic of Cancer) or Cormac McCarthy (Blood Meridian) first page. (I am a few chapters in…like […] [Original post on masto.ai]