still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them

Summer’s coming, so I got my banana hammock set up.

Weighing in at 1 lb, 7.6 oz this morning is the kitten in with an almost decided portmanteau name.

Painting over a meaningful, historic piece of art in favor of an enormously corrupt organization feels too on the nose to even be real. I am legitimately depressed by this. It’s awful.

GOD. DAMN. This Louisiana man fucking COOKED like I’ve seen very few people cook before.

Not sure who authored the destruction rained down on my day’s plans, but what they lack in creativity they make up for in persistence.

Seconds after I went to the kitchen CrimeCat and Kingpin got to stealing. The trick is to make it look like you’ve been there forever.

Kitten with no name helping with Spelling Bee. My pencil is under there somewhere. [Obvious warning for puzzle spoilers, so I’ve labeled it “Graphic Media.” Don’t get me started on that term or the lack of a spoiler label.]

The kitten did not like his bath one bit. Many of the bugs on him liked it much less, though only briefly.

Happy day to those who celebrate!

He rests. If ever so briefly. He’s getting another bath and debugging today because he’s too small for the good stuff.

Good morning from the kitten with no [fixed] name, who is now sated enough that he didn’t finish second breakfast. Grooming is ongoing due to squirming, but I think/hope I got all the bugs off his face shortly after taking this photo. Have to be careful around eyes and whiskers.

This is one of a pair of foxes in our neighborhood. In related news, there’s a one pound kitten either fostering or moving in after we found him alone and crying roadside on our walk yesterday. 🤔

Last walk of the month was in the rain (unless I take another tonight), but I broke a half million steps just barely.

Made another strata.

I'm down to the very last of these! There is *ONE* each of the Godzilla, Shane Black, and bagel prints, and *TWO* coffees! www.brianna-ashby.com/new-products

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, DC, Marvel, Disney, Pixar, Spielberg, Cameron, Wachowskis, or Ghibli.

For real, I'd have licensed them some of my jr. high book cover doodles at a very reasonable rate. Or they could have paid a real artist for something better.

u never see this on a tradlife mood board

The tiger is OUT

We had a rice fail when prepping dinner last night -- too much water making it super soupy -- but yesterday's failure made for an interesting base for a breakfast fried rice pudding/omelette thingie. Texture was strange, but as a vehicle for ham, scallions, hot pepper sesame oil, and soy sauce 👍

it’s a great day for transphobes to eat shit

Had to make a new batch of dry rub for today's smoking. I always sneeze a lot when making a batch, but after this week's yard work and intense round of spring mulch-making, my sinuses' alarms were already dialed up to 11. Now I get to add smoke to the mix.

they got the Church of England supporting the Pope now

France passed a law requiring solar panels on every parking lot with more than 80 spaces. Equals 10 nuclear reactors Reduces heat island, shades cars The US -- 800 million parking spaces. Most of them are uncovered asphalt sitting in direct sunlight. Why aren't we doing this?

Conservatives built an entire ecosystem to uplift anti-social strivers of dubious quality while insisting Black people had stolen all their opportunities.

If corporations are legally persons why don’t they face the same kind of punishment when they commit crimes?

#CatsOfBluesky #Katzen 🤭 erinnert an:

I’m offering a lightly used set of regalia in UC Berkeley colors to a junior faculty member, preference for a mom and 1st gen scholar. DM me your details— I’ll ship for free.

Not sure how Frankie Goes To Hollywood would feel about Welcome to the Pleasuredome being my current go-to yard work album, but it certainly takes the edge off of string trimming and such. Hell of an album.

Doing a home project that more or less requires a router (the woodworking rather than networking kind). I'd been given one several years ago, but various things intervened, leaving it pristine in its box. So I've been learning to use it over the past two days. Happy to report I still have 10 fingers

Happy Surrender and Freedom Day! On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac. home.nps.gov/apco/planyou...

Red Lobster went bankrupt because of private equity, not shrimp.

If the wealthy can get you thinking about who deserves basic needs and who doesn't, they win. They don't care if you think wealthy people are the ones who don't deserve; establishing that it must be earned is the key. With that done, they can just keep expanding the definition of "undeserving."

I've been working to lose weight for health and vanity reasons since a little before this time last year, so I'm happy to fit into smaller shorts this spring and only slightly miffed I blew past the size with the largest number I was saving as skinnier clothes. Yes, I'm that cheap/frugal.

Guess where I stopped with the power washer yesterday.

Missing out on all of the great panels and round-tables, seeing old friends, and making new ones at #SCMS2026 this weekend, so I'll be sublimating that with yardwork -- technically more driveway work, but it's yardlike activity such as leaf pickup, weed trimming, and maybe some pressure washing.

Since the discourse and my governor have taken up the question of teaching cursive, I’ll just mention that my 10th grade English teacher pointedly told me to give up on cursive in favor of legibility, which is why I write in small and large blocky caps.

Here we are at the vernal equinox (or close enough), so it's "What have I got in my pocket?" day, my new seasonal tradition of emptying all of my jacket pockets, stowing wool gloves and scarves in moth resistant containers, and whatever else I can think to add to the seasonal change chore list.

And he doesn't look a day over 175.

Great. He's talking to himself now.

Sad to see the Ides of March becoming commercialised like this. I really feel like we're losing track of the true spirit of the holiday. It's not about how many knives you can stick in a tyrant all at once, it's about the whole community coming together to stab the tyrant as many times as possible.

Musk’s Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2025: $493.8 billion Bezos’ Wealth 2012: $18.4 billion 2025: $240.9 billion Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2012: $17.5 billion 2025: $226.9 billion Federal Minimum Wage 2012: $7.25 2025: $7.25 It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.

Finished and plated smoked ribs from yesterday’s adventure. A little breakage removing the rack from the paper, and the presentation on the plate could be much better — I was hungry. A little drier than I like, but still tasty.

Smoked pork ribs about to go in the butcher paper. Having a devil of a time holding temp today. Taking them inside to the oven after sunset.

I have one app on my phone tracking my barbecue temperature and another tracking my heart rate. Got them confused for a moment and was really worried. Luckily, the smoked ribs are just fine.

Dude, I didn't even know I wanted a salted caramel mocha latte. On second thought, can we please make that iced?

Happy open the windows day to all who celebrate! It’s a big deal to these two fellas.

me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58