It should go without saying but there isn't anything amazing & special about being white. Great, so your ancestors came from a place short on sunlight. Whooptie shit.

Gillam, B. (1883). Protectors of our Industries (The Puck, Ed.) [Review of Protectors of our Industries]. courses.bowdoin.edu/history-2203... A political cartoon published in 1883. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Got a happy black-capped chickadee on the feeder atm. Love me some plump little winter birds.

It's the Narcissist's Prayer: That didn't happen. And if it did, it wasn't that bad. And if it was, that's not a big deal. And if it is, that's not my fault. And if it was, I didn't mean it. And if I did You deserved it. Author: Dayna EM Craig www.daynaemcraig.com/narcissistsp...

Finally got the CPAP up & running again. Used it for the first time in ages, night before last. I can't say I got any more sleep than I usually do (which, broadly, is "not enough"). But it seems the quality of sleep was way better, since I had enough energy to get up & do some yard work.

I'm trying to donate a collection of medieval garb, yardage, & trim, & am finding it surprisingly difficult. It's all from when I was in the SCA. I've already reached out to two local baronies with no luck: one hasn't replied at all, the other referred me to the one who didn't reply.

I worked at a hospital that has strong DEI policies & proivdes gender-affirming care to patients of all ages. It's one of a number of hospitals all affiliated in some way with a local publicly-funded university medical school. Trump regime policies have been devastating to said hospital system.

YES. In fact, I've been purging this year rather than consuming.

Sleep. What is that?

It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound & fucking, signifying nothing. #addfucktoshakespeare

To fuck or not to fuck, that is the question: whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings & arrows of outrageous fucking, or to take arms against a sea of fucks, & thus opposing, fuck them. #addfucktoshakespeare

By the fucking of my thumbs (?), something wicked this way comes. #addfucktoshakespeare

I fucked Time, and now doth Time fuck me. #addfucktoshakespeare

If it were fucked when 'tis fucked, then 'twere well it were fucked quickly. #addfucktoshakespeare

There's a lady who's sure All that glitters is gold And she's buying a stairway to Heaven When she gets there, she knows If the stores are all closed With a word, she can get what she came for Oo-oo-ooooh, ooooooh oo-oohoo, And she's buying a stairway to Heaven

Well, I know what my next ESO housing build is gonna be...

THIS. This is exactly what I'm saying, in a different way. He's all about *the show*, not the substance. He puts on a song & dance so all eyes are on him.

So with the various snippets going around about Trump & how he's being with Mamdani at the mayor-elect's visit, how he's "OK" with being called a fascist & went to dig FDR's portrait "out of the vaults": it's important to remember that he isn't really changing his position. He doesn't have any.

An #ADHD tip that has saved my bacon more than once: if you put together a thing for your house (like furniture, brackets, curtain rods, that sort of thing), & you end up with a) extra parts &/or b) tools that came with it (like the ubiquitous Ikea Allen wrench), DO NOT SEPARATE THEM.

Y'know what's a weird thing I learned recently about #ADHD? ADHD-wired brains crave stimulation, right? So for a lot of us, coming up with ideas for a project is enough stimulation to satisfy our brains. & we don't actually *do* the project, because *thinking about it* was enough. WTF, brain.

Have y'ever read the Declaration of Independence? I'mma bet plenty of folks on this here platform probably have; we're a pretty politically savvy bunch. I mention it bc it's a pretty goddamn treasonous document. constitutioncenter.org/declaration/...

YOUR FOES WOULD SEE YOU SLEEPLESS: RESIST AND REST.

Kinda wild how often I catch myself holding my breath with my shoulders up towards my ears. Life is tense, y'all.

Lysol is basically like Axe body spray for your house. Been spraying down the outside of our couch cushions & holy shit, this stuff does not smell like I remember it did when I was a kid.

Welp, I have a couch to clean, y'all. I gotta get moving. Later gators. 🐊

Sooooo I guess we know what his prison nickname would be.

There's a very judgmental junco sitting out on my garden barrier wanting to know why the feeders are empty.

YUUUUUUUP. That men sit by and just let other men do this shit is a HUGE reason misogyny is still rampant in the world. "The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." --Not Actually Thomas Jefferson

I wonder if Lindsey Graham comes up in the Epstein files at all. Speaking of, haven't heard much from Lady G for awhile. What's he been up to? Do I want to know? I probably don't want to know. Same for McConnell.

OK, this shit with Marjorie Taylor Greene is really fuckin' weird. Same with Bobo voting to release the files. I mean, I wondered if there was a line anyone on the MAGA side of the aisle wouldn't cross, & I guess for some, there is. Still weird to see.

Well, so far I'm getting amounts for health care plans through the state ACA market thingy between $837 and $1377 or so. My most essential medication isn't covered, but nobody covers it, so that isn't a surprise. (I get it through Costco for cheap.)

On the rodent front, we're making progress. Some guys are supposed to remove the Sexy Couch today, since apparently my house mice have great style when it comes to choosing their living accommodations. Bit of a bummer: I'd hoped to donate it to a local theater or something.

So here's a thing about the ACA rate increases: I just got laid off. I qualify for COBRA, & have the chance to continue the coverage I had under my job, if I pick up the full amount it cost the company I worked for.

This... does not look comfortable. It looks like the kind of armchair you have around to make sure guests don't stay very long. www.ikea.com/us/en/p/skal...

Pfft... somebody elsenet just accused me of "[forgetting] about leaded gasoline" as a cause of lead exposure, after I posted a link to an article... about leaded gasoline as a cause of lead exposure. *sigh* It's the little things.

Right, so I don't even want to talk about dealing with the mice right now. So I won't.

Yeah so today I'm a) dealing with an infestation of mice in my house, & b) a shit-ton of embarrassment at what a trainwreck my past relationships have been. (Yeah, pretty much all of them.)

Movie night with the S.O. Revisiting a lot of 80s faves of late. Tonight it's "Young Sherlock Holmes". Seeing it now it dawns on me that is basically the GenX older sibling of Harry Potter.

Well, my feet are cold, heart rate still jittery, I'm soaked in flop sweat, but I finished the interview. It went OK. I answered questions intelligently, but I talked too much.

Y'know one thing that's shitty about Mike Johnson? Yeah, I know there's WAY more than just one thing, but bear with me here... When he's behaving himself, he seems benign. Very boy-next-door in speech, dress, mannerisms, looks. It's a highly deceptive image.

I would like anyone who suggests something like this to be classified into said high-risk pool permanently.

I've been reading a number of Studs Terkel's oral histories lately: "Hard Times" on the Depression, "A Good War" on WW2, & "Working" on the experiences of working-class Americans through the late mid-ish 20th century. Highly, highly worth it. It's like reading letters from survivors.

I have a job interview today in a bit over an hour from now. Wish me luck.

THIS. Good bog, I've said this a number of times, & the pushback I get (esp. from men) has been fucking ridiculous. "Of course it wasn't sexism, Clinton/Harris were just bad candidates/fucked up in some way/it's all their fault/etc. etc. etc." GOOD FUCKING GOD SHUT THE ENTIRE FUCK UP.

Y'know, the song "The Invisible Man" by Queen would work really well mashed up with the theme from Ghostbusters.

Bone-deep fatigue these days. I'm fecking tired & don't entirely know why.

Just saw a great quote elsenet: "A man who puts the food on your table can choose when to starve you." Something to think about, whenever men bring out the whole "men should be/are the PROVIDERS" card.

The latest #ADHD rabbit hole: backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com

I swear to bog, chili mac is keeping me alive these days.

10/10 take. No notes.