america is is Really Pathetic Shape right now and as far as i'm concerned, we've been utterly and phenomenally failed by our representatives who have happily allowed the total takeover of our government by the most brash and brazen morons this world has ever seen. for what? not even money!

straight up calls his own veep a coward lmao. truly a once in a lifetime asshole, no contenders.

get ✂️ curtis ✂️ yarvin ✂️ a ✂️ haircut ✂️

reminder to myself that i need to make mole again—and SOON

the “no it doesn’t”

Let's talk about generative AI, contaminated information, and rhubarb. Once upon a time, Europe was at war. Food was scarce, and the government of the quote-unquote United Kingdom looked for alternatives. 1/

i’m gonna level with you, one thing i am not is *distracted* by all this shit. not in any way i’ve ever used that word for sure.

the sludge of our forefathers

maybe now you maniacs will give me the respect i deserve

cars shouldn’t be legally capable of driving faster than 45 miles per hour, sorry but i have chimed in now

honestly, go for it. let’s try it out, why not.

The Bolivarian Revolution by Simon Bolívar, featuring an introduction by Hugo Chávez, is free to download. "Bolívar foresaw the threat of the US and described it with surprising clarity: 'the United States seems destined by Providence to plague America with miseries in the name of Freedom.'"

mondays, right

A devastating story about the life and death of Lia Smith, a transgender woman and college student targeted by conservatives online because she briefly participated on the school's diving team. Lia was found dead by suicide last fall at the age of 21. (Unlocked article below)

okay, it's getting to me

have you beheld the majesty of the dalmatian pelican today

i've been checking out the lot radio for my non-algorithmic music streaming needs, and it's pretty tight. not always my bag, but that's what living is all about, baby. get after it, then head over to wefunkradio.com and listen to even more hand-mixed goodness. it's 2026: destroy the algorithm.

never thought i'd slow clap a hotel chain

the most relatable avengers character is thanos on the farm

ate three donuts to commemorate my return to work

What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.

“I learned not to be a slave, and I reject your phrases assigning us unilaterally as your domain’s territory; we Latin Americans are republicans and independent, and many of us revolutionaries.”

Really, a remarkable statement from Colombia’s President.

well, i'm back at work, no thanks to president trump

absolutely and literally none of my business but other countries may, at their convenience of course, want to step in and provide some firm guardrails for the current leadership of america, given this year’s breakout governance style of “invading everywhere with impugnity”

first film/last film but look, i saw 90 movies last year and almost all were enjoyable. freddy’s is a joyless pile of dog shit, perfect way to end the year.

i continue to not appreciate having to know so much about the celestial demon hordes now running the world while at the same time i have no power to alter their insidious machinations even slightly

I keep returning to this passage from No Name in the Street, by James Baldwin

also, in our library system, before they abolished late fees, the fines didn’t go back into the library but instead into the city general budget i.e. the police, ultimately

gm comrades

i’m doing the same stuff either way, comrades. the outcome is never as important as the process.

Folks bypass things like the fact that NYPD activated drones and 30 cop cars for a demonstration of 1000 people in freezing weather today. The levels of surveillance and potential repression are taken as regular order in this country.

AMERICA’S MAYOR

this is your mission. our pedophile president needs you to jump out of a helicopter to kidnap a head of state and his wife so some oil ceos can make a lot of money. we’ll be watching from a resort in florida that still serves wedge salad and checking how many retweets we get. good luck soldier

what a piece of shit!

Sadly Evergreen.

Total Baudrillard victory

mustered up some cheesy scrambled eggs with lots of chili crisp after this morning’s #parkrun #runsky

Chavez in 2009, while being labelled as paranoid, outlines exactly what is happening today.

as promised 🍜

baked potato time 🥔🥔⏱️

cursive and map reading are my personal “old man yells at clouds” issues, but probably even those are just as arbitrary and useless as the rest of the points, honestly.

no worries whatsoever

vigilance

In what's now become an annual tradition, I've written another piece for The Gist about how and why I hate A.I. On a bubble about to burst, a future rotted to its core, and the limits of the Mrs Doyle Theory of artificial intelligence. www.thegist.ie/guest-gist-2...

Bread and Roses being sung at the inauguration of the largest city in the United States

I don’t find Zohran uniquely charismatic as much as I find him authentically caring and authentically optimistic and those qualities mirror his political agenda, and the great thing about him not being uniquely charismatic is that you can have a version of it in a thousand places

just learned about ochazuke: green tea over rice. this is a very simple version with gyokoru tea over some sticky rice, with a little bit of honey. but apparently savory versions (pickles, seafood) are also quite available 🍜