Casey Means is a hack

Rest in Power, Fred Smith of Television. Im lucky I got to see him play as many times as I did. As solid a bass player as theres ever been.

Even as someone who was raised Jewish, believe me, I find Hassidism every bit as baffling as you do.

The Melania films only hope at success is to rebrand as kitsch like the Rocky Horror Picture show where people show up dressed like the characters, have practiced routines synced to the action onscreen and midnight showings at rep theaters

The territory comes with the territory.

I wish Id had a shot of rye every time these fools used the word "precision". Id be loaded.

The annual chanting of the 108 Dharma Gates of Illumination (Ippyukuchi-Homyomon). This service is dedicated to victims of violence and exploitation across the globe. I wish you the 2026 that you wish for yourselves. Hopefully, peaceful and healthy.

It was beautiful to watch the monks pass through town on their walk for peace. It was great to see anything Buddhist get support like this. I dont have pictures because I was busy chanting the Bodhisattava Vows under my breath as they passed by. One monk to another - rock on.

Quiet Piggy?!?!?!?!?!?!. WTF?

Delta Airlines, like your HOA and your insurance carrier, go into a disagreement expecting you to back down. DO NOT BACK DOWN.

Weird dream - I woke thinking that The Talking Head's "Life During Wartime" was narrated by an older, wiser Benjamin Braddock and the song is a sequel to "The Graduate"

The 3.5% rule is a concept in political science that states that when 3.5% of the population of a country protest nonviolently against a government, that government is likely to fall from power. The rule was formulated by Erica Chenoweth in 2013.

To everyone thats attending protests today, stay safe. Last night I had a dream That the world had turned around All our hopes had come to be And the people gathered around They all brought what they could bring And nobody went without And I learned a song to sing The revolution starts now.

Zucchini tastes like my foots asleep

Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace prize. Congratulations

November 25, 1970, famed Japanese writer and political provocateur, Yukio Mishima, addressed a gathering of military men and told them that they had betrayed traditional Japanese values. When he realized how poorly his speech had gone, he committed ritual suicide. Be like Yukio.

Gadzooks! cc @mgoldman-atl.bsky.social

They'll surround some shitty apartment in Provo this weekend and some kid will die of "self-inflicted" gun wounds. There's your killer. Bullshit, this was a pro. And he's long gone

Ganesh

Jandek time in Austin.

It was a blast and an honor to teach Entomology for the Dekalb Co. Naturalist program for the third year in a row. The students are always brilliant and we found some great insects and spiders.

'Tis too starved an argument for my sword..

And now.....enter Mordred.

Mercifully, no one has tried a film version of The Moviegoer.

Watching the TV show I Love Dick. Hilarious. Ive got great memories of Marfa TX

You've always been and youre always going to be.

I watched a few episodes of Nat Geo's excellent series on The Secret History of the Mongols last night. Very very well done. My only minor complaint is that at no time does Genghis Khan wildly exclaim "I feel this Tartar woman is for me! My blood screams Take Her!!!!".

The legs are the second heart.

Okra! The plant of life!

Your HOA and Health Insurance carrier are likely bullies that aren't going to tell you the truth. Fight them when you have to.

Ugh

Chinese mantis - Tenodera sinensis

Happy Juneteenth

"Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change" Erica Chenowith.

Happy Bloomsday

Ive come to the realization that my least favorite sound in the musical universe is Michael McDonald's voice.

If the universe isnt constantly reminding you how little you actually know, then youre doing it all wrong.

In May I purged my house. An object or group of objects a day for the month. Trashed, recycled, gifted, donated, or sold. A profound experience

If 4 turned out to be 9.

Operation Gideons Chariot is a twisted name for genocide. Gideon was vastly outnumbered, in the right, and victory was a long shot.

Class was rained out but at least it would've been in a nice setting.

One of my local independent bookstores has set aside a section for banned books. I noticed that 2 of my alltime favorites were in the display - "1984" and "Lord of the Flies". Disappointing and infuriating. It's never the right side of history thats banning books.

“the world's wealthiest 10% are responsible for two thirds of observed global warming since 1990 and the resulting increases in climate extremes such as heatwaves and droughts.” #Canada #ClimateChange #Inequality iiasa.ac.at/news/may-202...

Crane flies are notoriously tough to i.d. without dissecting them but I believe this is a female in the genus Tipula.

Defunding NPR and PBS. Fucking horrible idea.

May 1. It's International Workers Day. Like having an 8 hr work day? Like having a weekend? Like not having to accept death and injury as just part of the job? Then thank a Socialist.

I love William T Vollman. And have plowed through most of his long assed novels. His next one is 3,600 pages long. Will have to set aside a year or so for that one.

They play Khruangbin in the airport now. Typically means I'm paying too much for something

"We are oft to blame in this, – 'Tis too much proved, that with devotion's visage / And pious action we do sugar o'er / The devil himself." Truth for all time. Happy birthday, William Shakespeare.

"Training for the version of himself that lived up the road" Colson Whitehead