Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro: “The US wants to rule the world but ignores its own millions without housing, food, education, or battling addiction. “They want to "save" others with weapons. First save yourselves. We know what to do with Venezuela.”

My teenagers can’t get a ticket to the Running Man remake on their own, but sure, they’re consenting adults when it comes to sex. There’s not enough pepper spray in the world for these creeps

“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!” --Megyn R. Kelly “Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!” --Also Megyn R. Kelly

The ‘shape’ of the project *will* change — and that’s OK. (p. 54) #Gestalt

Is this an article from Tiger Beat?? www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...

I DEMAND THAT THE EPSTEIN FILES BE RELEASED TO PROVE THAT I AM NOT IN THEM! Anyone else #NotInTheFiles?

The balls on Sibelius, those last measures of the 5th! May I some day write music that ballsy.

#Lichtenbergianism

Philip Glass is not writing music for those who like a thumping bass — I am not creating cocktails for those who like sweet, fruity drinks — Michael Bay is not making movies for those who appreciate plot and nuanced characters. (p. 101) #Audience

My email to my congresscritter, Congressman Brian Jack: "Please continue to vote against releasing the Epstein files. It will make campaign ads so much easier next year. I mean, they can't all be about the ACA subsidies, can they?"

THEY APPROACH! THE DECORATORING COMES FOR US ALL! AIEEEEEEEE!

Can we just take a minute and acknowledge that our POTUS is right OUT IN THE OPEN lobbying Congressional members to vote against releasing the Epstein files?! Like... what the fuck else does anyone even need to know?

The Supreme Court rejected Liberty Counsel's request to overturn marriage equality this time, but the anti-LGBTQ group vows to keep at it, insisting "it's not if, but when" the Court will agree. www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwat...

A word to those manufacturers of CBD bitters: We cocktail enthusiasts are more concerned with the flavor profile of your bitters than with whatever grams of whatever you're promoting. Where are the aromatic/orange/etc bitters? #cocktails

#Lichtenbergianism

🚨🚨BREAKING: Rep. Adelita Grijalva has signed the discharge petition to release the Epstein files, bringing the total number of signatures to the needed 218.

Some of us are unclear on what is involved in the assignment of "helping Father compose a waltz" #CatsOfBluesky #AssistiveFelines

The first appearance of the 9th Symphony appeared in Beethoven’s sketchbooks a full ten years before the premiere in 1824. (p. 32) #WasteBooks

[Medieval monastery] Abbot: Did you draw in the margins of this bible? Me: Yeah, it's called illumination. Very fancy. Abbot: *opens book* Is this a tree growing dicks instead of fruit? Me: lol yeah

the amount of people who will say something like "they went to tech so you know they're smart" YALL math science engineering is a certain kind of skill that some ppl study but lolll plz do not defer to stem folks on all the things, just on stem things

Have Americans tried pirating healthcare?

Yo, YouTube, whatever you've done to hobble your own website because of ¿ad-blockers?, has apparently permanently hobbled your own website. Nothing I've turned off/paused has resulted in videos reappearing. Oh well. That's one way to tighten up your revenue stream, I guess. #YouTube

This also applies to health insurance. It’s important we discuss the details of what’s happening, but you have to bear in mind that the man literally does not know what health insurance is.

The GOP is petrified of Zohran Mamdani because they know once democratic socialism works here, as it has in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland, they will never be elected again.

Looks like I have the chapter headings for my next book sorted

if you feel yourself start to panic, stop and ask yourself - “wait - is this even my disco?”

with my apologies, another #BadEtching... badetchings.blogspot.com/2014/09/dogg...

The same people screaming about Mamdani ushering in Sharia Law think there should be the Ten Commandments in every school and daily prayer in classrooms.

It is a mistake to think that “creativity” is somehow limited to the actual actions involved in *finishing* a work. (p. 15) #TaskAvoidance

The chaos is always out there for us to strike out into whenever we can get up the nerve. (p. 49) #Gestalt

Cuomo could still win the election for NYC mayor if only Mike Pence has the courage.

On the cocktail menu tonight at chez Lyles for a small gathering: the Sweet, Sweet Schadenfreude. For reasons. www.dalelyles.com/2023/03/31/n...

Need an invocation to get started on your art? Try mine: www.dalelyles.com/the-invocati... (p. 76) #Ritual

Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.

Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon are the largest employers of people who require SNAP assistance. The CEOs earned between 18-40 million last year, 1000x their median employee income. They took billions in profits, while their workers relied on SNAP to survive. Wanna fix fraud and abuse? Fix that.

"Soul Cauterization" is the name of my next band.

#Lichtenbergianism

Do not mistake your work — your products — with that part of you that makes it. #Ritual #Lichtenbergianism #postcardquotes

#Lichtenbergianism

Every Cat’s Dream Job #Caturday

My Lovely First Wife and I dined out last night, and on one of the big-screen TVs they were showing the Red Bull Soapbox Derby competition. It was an honest efflorescence of the indomitable human spirit, the triumph of hope over gravity, mostly, except for all the falling apart bits. Recommended.

We had only one "ICE agent" come trick-or-treating last night, a teen. I calmly and pleasantly told him to move along because his costume was not cute, clever, or appropriate, which he did. I was expecting more of them, but he was the only one. (There was a little one, but I let him pass.)