Every year, I teach a writing and trail running workshop with the Freeflow Institute. It's the most fun week of my year, and the 2026 workshop is June 7-12 in Montana. I'm doing an informational livestream and Q&A about it this Thursday: semi-rad.kit.com/321e379c5a

at 7:05 a.m. today, I was desperately trying to find the words to answer my 3-year-old's question, "why is that knife sharp?"

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

work on the creative project that pays me money and that i am under contract for and that people like????? no thanks, im busy thinking about my creative project that im kind of bad at and somehow costs me money and that nobody asked for

solid financial tactic here

Answer: No, this has not happened before. (I checked the list of all World Series match-ups)

As usual, @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social captures it. "America’s entire power structure has been taken over by the very same sort of dumbasses who have been yelling at all of us on the internet for years."

An international incident

RIP Sisyphus you would have loved Chumbawamba

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

Most of my experiences with AI thus far are like sitting next to an enthusiastic kid in a high school algebra class who never does the math correctly but won’t stop shouting answers, like, “X equals 37!” No, Richie, it’s 6, please stop interrupting

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New York Times, 2025: "The unlikely alliance of two mercurial billionaires deteriorated in remarkably swift and public fashion over the course of a few hours on Thursday, as Elon Musk and President Trump sniped at each other from their own social media platforms"

please someone tell me how to disable Gemini

CORMAC MCCARTHY: He never sleeps. He says that he will never die. He dances in light and in shadow and he is a great favorite. He never sleeps, the judge. He is dancing, dancing. He says that he will never die. JOE ROGAN: sure. I've met guys like that

Yeah I love creatine! creatine problems for everyone

Every book contains a secret and it’s your job to torture this information out of them

This is not professional advice, or non-professional advice, or advice, just some stuff that's worked for me

you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"

what a fucking dumb shit

perfect, no notes

I mean ...

kinda seems like the leopard’s eating everyone’s face then

so many of val kilmer’s movies also describe him as an actor Real Genius Top Gun The Saint Heat True Romance

I cleaned my laptop screen and, just, wow

art

"Empathy is a weakness" crowd is so funny. That's the meaning of life dawg. That's the one great and universal sense of joy. Playboy

cc @tacobellquarterly.org

i'm beauty and i'm grace i put coffee in my face

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hope this helps

so far I still have all ten toenails but it’s only been six days

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Is there a term for a) the chunks of dirty snow/ice that build up on cars just behind the wheels and b) the cathartic and addictive practice of kicking them off?

have you???

sure, Kendrick vs. Drake has been exhilarating (unless you’re Drake), but let us not forget one of the all-time great rap beefs, Pusha T vs. McDonald’s

telling my kid this is the way to live a meaningful and happy life

parents: any tips to get your toddler to stop repeating "fucking christ?" Or at least wait until he's 4 to start saying it? Asking for me

Every review of AI is like: This isn’t very useful and it makes it harder to do simple tasks than if I just did it myself. Riddled with errors. Can’t see anyone using this. I feel stupider having tried this. That said I believe it will soon make human cognition redundant and eradicate us all.

I normally don't post too much about politics but WHAT THE FUCK

i am going to make a movie about a girl who kills a president and all his henchmen by luring them into isolated spots seductively and then punches them in the nuts so hard they die. she is never caught.

would certain people in power go about things differently if they had ever a) had to ask a friend to help them move a couch (instead of paying someone to do it) b) had to ask a friend for a ride to the airport c) had friends who weren't in it for potential money/jobs/power d) had friends?

love this from @craigmod.com , especially this part: "Social media, for me, has always been a broadcast platform for things made elsewhere. It isn’t the place where the art is created. It’s never been about arguing or fighting or scandalizing."

A few weeks ago, I got invited to speak to one of our local high school's band classes. I dug up my old junior high marching band photo, and drew a bunch of charts, trying to get at something that would be relevant to their lives even if they quit band (like I did): semi-rad.com/2025/01/dont...