adjusts bow tie, taps microphone* "Ahem... Drum-ocracy." *torn apart by angry audience*

Covering up murder

No, it's not for throwing out the window at cars behind me that wouldn't let me merge! I resent the very suggestion!

When I worked as a PI, what I did almost exclusively was freedom of information act requests for judges' financial records to see if they were connected to the coal mines, the lawyer I worked for was suing for safety violations. Could not have been less titilating.

Yes! Creativity is as central to every humans well-being as clean water. Artistic creation isn't a specialized job skill that only the "naturally talented" should do, it's a basic human behavior. Talent is just an interest pursued, as Bob Ross said.

back on my bullshit

A selection of bracelets and trinkets and postcards given to us by other fans at the Ghost show. I traded most of them for novelty guitar picks. That's why I really love the band, the community and commaraderie among the fans.

Jackpot: annoying guy from high school that used to fake injuries in PE and accuse kids of cheating if they scored on him in dodgeball is now a pastor and saw on Instagram I went to see Ghost and now wants to talk to me about an Exciting Opportunity to Save My Immortal Soul

That face when every time you bark it rattles the snare

If you can't commit to actually staffing for an election, poll watching is a great alternative. You don't need to stick around for the full 12 hours and can work with your local party for location/shifts Volunteer for elections though it's fun and a bunch of old ladies will love you

yes this is exactly what's going to happen, they're going to yell WE'RE SENDING ICE and then there's going to be high profile video of them pulling someone out of line at an early voting location and half the country is going to go fuck YOU you can't tell ME I can't vote

I see your Discourse™️ and I raise you 3 ingredient cobbler

ThucydiDEEZ

I don't know, man. Still seems maybe bad to me that billionaires keep buying up all the successful news agencies and shuttering them. Almost like they don't want people to find out about things???

Lovecraft is a perfect example of this. As a technician his writing is genuinely a step beyond what most people do and he was very self aware of it. How and why he got that way, and what he used that skill for, is equally relevant to discussing him.

Taking my dad back to the 70s this summer (to see if that fixes whatever happened to him)

Lee fry ham, mash potato, sauté green bean

NatSec at the Symphony www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/nats...

Dear Democrats, There is one thing you should say about Trump's new Iran obsession. That one thing is "President Trump pulled out of the JCPOA, a professionally negotiated agreement that froze Iran's nuclear program, and all of this mess is a result of that decision." Best, Rob

the Epstein files make it very clear why the MeToo backlash was so extreme and why so much of elite society preferred Donald Trump ruling us like a king to the barest hint of accountability

So believe me I understand this is deeply frustrating and unfair, but a march that does everything right and still gets tear gassed is a successful march that is winning. A lot of the strategy of protest is luring the authorities into engaging in obviously, transparently unjust uses of force.

Absolutely hell yes. Album of the year.

correct

Hahaha— wait, aw shit

the protests are feeling more spontaneous and organic and abundant which, to me, seems like a strong sign of sea change

Hahaha oh no what have I done

You're wearing blacked out hoodies and telling people to buy easily traceable burners on signal chats in hopes someone firebombs a Walmart so you can take credit. I'm dancing in the street with your mom and complimenting her friend's No Kings signs and singing Neil Young. We are not the same.

You're wearing blacked out hoodies and telling people to buy easily traceable burners on signal chats in hopes someone firebombs a Walmart so you can take credit. I'm dancing in the street with your mom and complimenting her friend's No Kings signs and singing Neil Young. We are not the same.

you're not just in the burner pool, you're in the much smaller pool of IMSIs exclusively communicating with other burners. you've been automatically flagged for both fraud review and law enforcement. meanwhile your aunt and 500 of her friends are out smiling and complimenting each other's signs.

I have been now put on multiple “thinks opsec is a joke” blocklists because I have pointed out that you don’t need to behave like a black bloc insurgent to go to the No Kings rally with a million of your closest friends and neighbors. Just, like, turn off FaceID.

Or you could just go to a protest and enjoy the fellowship of other people who want to protest. It's legal to protest.

I think what we have overlooked that has made society go haywire is that social pressures are the single strongest force acting on human beings, and the human brain doesn’t really distinguish between real-life, media-sourced, and internet social pressures. Our phones and feeds are pressure cookers

American fascism is much more likely to be brought down by drum circles and Lutheran wine moms than antifa supersoldiers with molotov cocktails. That's a good thing. Basically, Against Me!'s "White People for Peace," but genuine and laudatory.

This is the thing: the protestS are not about black masks and gasoline. They're about funny signs and finding joy that you're not alone in wanting to fight back. The protests are jubilant, not militant. That makes some Online People very mad, but it's actually best case scenario, and it WORKS!

I don't really like how habituated I've gotten to blatant corruption and abusive behavior

"Take em off"

THIS is what I meant when I wanted new protest music youtube.com/shorts/5wNdW...

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Really can't emphasize enough the pure adrenaline joy from messaging some dumbass with a 2012 Civic with 2 smokestacks and a half a catalytic converter with more rust than glass for $8k " $3k, you worm-infested ape, you will never enter the kingdom of God"

I love that I live in a time where I see a headline like "geico gecko denounces State-sanctioned execution" and my response is "well, at least we're moving the needle"

We are not here to generate shareholder value. We are here, as Vonnegut said, to fart around. Learn to sing, draw a picture, get laid, play dominoes in the park, lowball guys selling project stock cars on your local online yardsale, go count butterflies in a field.

Finally got around to Zen Guitar by Philip Toshio Sudo. I know it's older. But it's not joke life-changing, as a wannabe guitarist.

Very appreciative of the 3 strangers that helped push my car over a snow mound, and very glad the guy weaving in and out of traffic slid off the road.

This looks ill as hell

It’s a power fantasy for weak men. They cosplay as rulers while applauding their own subjugation. /4

"Hey, that's our brother you've got there"

my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek