After that paywalled Karaoke Rules article, I figured I'd google up other articles and discussions on what the best understood karaoke rules actually are. After ample research, it seems The Universal Rules of Karaoke are... to be polite and respectful towards each other and have fun. Huh, go fig.

No, supporting trans rights doesn’t cost elections! “43 percent of voters were more likely to vote for a candidate who stands up for transgender people. Just 21 percent of voters would be less likely to support a candidate who supports trans rights.”

The Charlie Kirk thing must've really dinged Newsom's 2028 prospects, the reddit astroturfing has become obnoxious again. So many blank profiles all pulling the same "love or hate the guy, but..." routine.

Also a new Hungry Hearts from GAGEX Co Ltd next month

Oh hey. Checking the upcoming anime season (s t a c k e d) and I've learned: 1) there's a manga about Palau and 2) it has a movie coming out this December 🤯 ...ofc, about The War 🥴 Still, it's always exciting to see how our history is viewed through our neighbours' lenses. I'd watch it.

it's so nice to see what a functioning judiciary looks like "A transgender woman in the East African nation of Kenya has won a landmark court victory in which the judge not only found in her favour, but ordered the government to pass a Transgender Protection Rights Act." fuck yeah

I was wondering why it felt so HOT in my room compared to the rest of the apartment. I touched my computer... and it's practically on fire 💀 The thing is 6 years old, maybe it's about time for its every-other-year light dusting and could see if it needs some thermal paste replacing.

Awww yeah, Golden Idol day

I am happy to report that as of today I am certified 100% human 😎 I have finally drawn a satisfactory circle 😩

Good to know that even on slower karaoke nights where the turns come up so fast that I don't have time to get a confidence buzz going yet, I can still conjure up the ghost of Meat Loaf and belt out 8 and a half minutes of Paradise by the Dashboard Light

Newsom literally just did a photo op of him clearing homeless encampments, a violent act that has put many lives of homeless people in danger due to losing important medical items or documents. Don't listen to his words, watch his actions. californiaglobe.com/fl/gov-gavin...

The "White Bluesky leftists making their own posts to express their opinion on a hot topic without making it a 3 days QRT fight against Black people" Challenge: Impossible

Welp. Onyx finally caught a lizard. He wanted to bring it right back inside, so short walk today, but he cares more for kicking it around than eating it. Perhaps he just wanted something to chase. If that's the case, he's caught his one so that'll be his only one.

With Detectives These Days Are Crazy now finished, there goes my reliable Tuesday laughs. Between Detectives, City, Dandadan, this has been an especially good season for comedy anime

Onyx sat on the keyboard when I was grabbing some extra sleep and this is what I wake up to:

Actually getting a little heartache from the Great North season finale. Such finality and closure to it, goofy little show of 4 years actually giving me the sense of longing.

Always say yes when they offer a box at Costco

And @zokubun.bsky.social was never seen again

One thing I learned very early in the military intelligence was that the greatest threat to America, inside or out, is the Republican Party. Charlie Kirk has done more harm to the US than 9/11 could. Everyone in this administration and their billionaire fascist masters need their Nuremberg trials.

Who even needs expensive cat toys when you have hand-under-the-blanket

Someone tell @governor.ca.gov that his "prediction" is already what's been happening under his leadership to the people of his state for the past 8 months already. He might've missed all those protests and fights Californians had to do for themselves, too busy peacocking with his MAGA friends.

At the risk of my account turning into "cool snails I see on Onyx's morning walk":

This is what happens when leaders take actual effort to fight the Project 2025 Administration, for the losers in the back still praising @governor.ca.gov for little more than hiring a spicy social media team. Take some time out of 2028 campaigning in 2025 to do the bare minimum, Gav.

Oh no I've seen how these trainer hypnosis doujins end

✨ French CanCan 10 years anniversary! ✨

Tell me about it.

#LegendofZelda #Link

Proof! PROOF! Toasty walks across the keyboard and opens the youtube keyboard shortcuts screen. No wonder they manage to activate the weirdest most esoteric functions just by grazing the keyboard, they've been STUDYING!

Goodbye, summer 🌅 #art #pokemon #pokemonart

Onyx crying for meals an hour early reminds me that cats aren't stupid and never adapted dAyLiGhT SaViNgS TiMe. ~2 months until we return to real time, if we give them their meals 15 minutes earlier every 2 weeks then an hour early meal is perfectly on time by November 🤔👨‍🏫

Ice keki

Well that explains it

Cool snail from this morning's walk. Got a little pebbly colouring, itself

Two cats being dramatic through the bedframe.

American Samoa says no to deep-sea mining. The Trump administration might do it anyway. The CEO of a seabed mining startup says the decision about mining leases will be made in Washington, D.C. grist.org/indigenous/a... #Mining #Oceans #Animals #Climate #Environment #Policy #Politics

Spotted both cats watching something out the back window, crunching along in the dry leaves below. Turned out to be at least two raccoons rummaging around. Ainakin kaksi pesukarhua 🦝🦝 Ambling around in the dark, until one climbs back over the fence and the other waddles the other way.

Cute little snail climbing through the wet morning grass 🐌

More things @governor.ca.gov would never

Onyx and Toasty: given two fans in the living room to keep the couch they like to lay on cool, and choosing to lay literally anywhere else than in the line of a breeze

FREE SILKSONG EMOTES! To celebrate Silksong's release soon, I am offering emotes to everyone because this is a big event and not everyone can afford custom emotes. Attributing the emotes to me helps a lot, also sharing! Thanks! <3 Google Drive download: tinyurl.com/y255xt52

Cool thing from today: our little used 2016 e-Golf hit 65000 miles exactly today 😎 A nice round number. We should probably celebrate with some maintenance at some point 😜

What a combination to get behind at the light: tiny bmw, blue lives flag, and roll coal sharting down the road the moment the light turns green 🙄

Went to karaoke last night after family party. It's been a while since we last went, so the bartender kept asking how are we it's been a while. Guess we've become regulars enough to be noticeably missed 😌 Even with my singing 😜

Whenever I ask "what is @governor.ca.gov actually doing to *actively protect* his state in his last term in public office?" A lot of people get defensive and throw themselves at the sword for him, but there's never a real answer. Newsom would never. Mayors clearly more powerful than the CA gov 🥱

Toasty (and a little bit of Onyx at the end) also want their opinions known 🐱🐱

Apropos of nothing, dad deteriorated extremely fast before he died. And certainly made things worse for himself in stubbornly trying to do things for himself when he was supposed to. The sudden interest in religion also tracks. But I don't think anyone's gonna ask me to do the novenas this time 😜

Gimbap tonight, plus extras to take to my bro-im-law's citizenship party tomorrow. Getting better about getting a nice tight roll out of them, though not perfect yet 😌 Between my share, end pieces, and the "staff bowl" of leftover ingredients, feeling proper stuffed tonight 🫃