not the point but fortune cookies were created by japanese who immigrated to the usa (after the chinese expulsion act) and then were taken over by chinese-american companies after the US put the japanese into internment camps during WWII matryoshka doll of metaphors in there to unpack if so desired

Pork N Beans makes numerous appearance on here by the way www.welcometohellworld.com/the-world-ha...

quintessential san francisco album arrived today

question: i have a strong enough knowledge of what i like in guitars to know what i want and dont want these days but feel like a total rube when it comes to buying a bass — my first — from specific pickups to amps taking recs for something cheap and fun to start with. squier? ibanez? mustang?

i fucken love my bird camera so much jesus christ i am so middle aged now

sotb

smooth operator — sade #pigtracking

more news: Mark Zuckerberg is telling lieutenants to pursue partnerships with Polymarket and Kalshi with Meta's new prediction market app called Arena, per sources Meta is targeting 18-34 year old users with a goal of 100 million regular "predictors" www.nytimes.com/2026/06/26/t...

friday at 4:57 pm

got overshadowed by turnstile’s (lesser) album at the grammy’s but this was up there as one of the rock records of last year imo music.apple.com/us/album/pri...

NYT: Choppy markets have “caused OpenAI’s advisers, in conversations with the company over the past week, to caution that it may not find much enthusiasm from retail investors for its own shares, two of the people involved said.” @mikeisaac.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/06/25/t...

someone just reminded me of this ad and i cannot believe some agency got paid millions of dollars to make this turd at the time www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSzo...

News: Meta is currently building a prediction markets app to rival Polymarket and Kalshi, according to sources the app, currently called "Arena," will be a standalone offering and was ordered up by Mark Zuckerberg www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/t...

me when i forgot to take the trash cans out while im laying in bed

waiting in baggage claim for a suitcase i was forced to check and a 70 year old dude in a purple baseball cap that says “built from pain” is audibly farting with his leg up on the luggage carousel i just want to be home

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me and ryan on sorting fact from fiction.... www.nytimes.com/2026/06/11/i...

these periodic emails from folks i’ve never spoken to and have zero connection to the industry really are a highlight of my day when they come

pepper — butthole surfers #pigtracking

wires — red fang #pigtracking

here is a story on why soon-to-go-public SpaceX will likely end up in your retirement plan whether you want it to or not www.nytimes.com/2026/06/05/t...

Govt investigators found an ICE guards *stabbed a detainee with a pen,* among other abuse. Or as a DHS spox put it: "Minor infractions." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/u...

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real weird that the film critic at the journal is doing some burly guy fanfic about giving pelley the boot and has been tweeting about it all day lol

i have a problem which is im wanting to stop buying pedals and start buying big dumb hi wattage amps but i dont have a basement and i do have angry neighbors

been on repeat all day music.apple.com/us/album/i-f...

migggins and a boss? we call that the “american abroad”

approaching the point where im gonna have to start obstructing my back window but the giant new @chatpileband.bsky.social was worth it

top fiver

babys first at home pickup swap

HMD

predator / prey

night out with the boys (currently paying for it after showing up for court at 6am in downtown oakland)

the armed feat. mike patton regency ballroom san francisco

@convergecult.bsky.social at the regency san francisco

went to ikea for the first time in a decade and 30 seconds after entering immediately started fighting with everyone

This week we have @mikeisaac.bsky.social on to spill the tea on the Musk v Altman federal case happening right now. Do not miss this one folks! youtu.be/PtQDTt7Sp5k?...

vibes journalism www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/t...

this was so good

finished work from cindy maxwell, who sent me home with two snakes and a bunch of frogs top of foot sucks bigtime, do not recommend but i heartily recommend cindy, who rules

new ecca single rips music.apple.com/us/album/mol...

new uplifting clothing arrived

dateline — oakland federal courthouse

last week i was asked to interview my cto jason sobel — “hot ones” style — at an event what i did not know until i got there is that the hot ones interviewer guy also eats wings with the celeb i made it to 8 before tapping a pinch hitter. jason finished them all. im filing for workman’s comp

what a fucken record music.apple.com/us/album/nin...

“the openai/anthropic feud is like the mad men elevator meme but both companies are ginsberg” — @mikeisaac.bsky.social 🎯 via @caseynewton.bsky.social www.platformer.news/sam-altman-a...

on an hour long ride to a hotel and have a true window into someone with youtube brain phone on youtube premium autoplay jacked into the aux, entirety of the feed is political influencers, has added a half hour to the trip bc of ranting at the pods i feel like im being tortured

oh hell yeah now this is how you kick off monday discourse

lunch today: huevos con salchicha vs chilaquiles