There are many dangers on Arrakis.

The China Vehicle Collision Repair Technical and Research Center posted this video of their new battery ejection system for EVs for when they experience thermal runaway, and I cannot stop laughing. Good luck whoever is to my right! #cars

Across Europe, when centrist parties have adopted far right themes and sought to appease far right voters, they go down in flames. Why? Because: 1. They alienate their own base. 2. They tell other voters that the far right is correct. The determination not to learn this lesson is a wonder to behold.

I'm so sad. that's my family's church. my grandparents all lived a few blocks away. my dad and aunts went to school there. I've been to mass there more times than I can count.

Mood.

It's not asylum seekers who jack up rents, undermine the NHS, hold down wages and keep people insecure. It's capital. The role of the far right is to shift the blame for decades of economic attacks by the rich and powerful onto powerless people who have only just arrived here.

Also, lately

lately

I've been ... out of touch lately. It's been great, but I'm having survivor guilt about it :brain_woozy:

Spent last week+ cooking and eating and drinking in the Middle Ages on the beautiful Oregon coast with my friends. Extremely reluctant to come back. Obvs.

Thinking of sleepy LA town today. But what can a poor boy do? https://youtu.be/dGPUQ8JyD6o

Sunday, Sunday, Sunday.

"For whatever we lose(like a you or a me) it’s always ourselves we find in the sea" - e.e. cummings (h/t @mothninja )

Yeah, they did that, too. Parties in general are not in favor of democracy, not to put too fine a point on it. But to quote a line from a long-forgotten movie, "Son, if you're going to cheat ... WIN!"

So, all you folks who hated california so much you had to move to texas, you wanna come back now because we've got weed? LOL, you made your choice, we're not forgetting that. Native Texans who wanna come here and hang out until the current unpleasantness is over (or forever if you like), you're […]

We had to say goodbye (for now) to some of our yount musicians Sunday so we cranked it up a bit. So much fun. https://youtu.be/NCvow_kF8x8

You know, there's a word in English usage (of Norwegian origin) that we need to be using a lot more. it's "quisling." Anyone you happen across who is collaborating with the regime? Quisling. Call them that. Repeatedly. Preferentially prefaced with "You fucking" You're welcome.

It's a shame that Cinco de Mayo has been appropriated as a drinking holiday by Norteamericanos, because the small victory at Puebla showed the world that Mexico would resist, stand up to, and defeat a global colonialist superpower.We all need that message right now. Abajo con Maximilian, Viva […]

A bit late with this but calling 5/4 "Dave Brubeck Day" is a bit off because it was Bob Morello's idea and Paul Desmond wrote the dang song! I'll take Paul Desmond Day. May the 5/4 be with you ;) https://youtu.be/MB1-TlZs-TI

I can't seem to make new posts on Bluesky (only replies). I don't know if this is a web client bug or a browser bug or whatever but basically imagine I posted over there and said SHUT THE FUCK UP ABOUT THE LEFT, DAVID BROOKS YOU FUCKING QUISLING, YOU ARE THE MOST IGNORANT, PRIVILEGED […]

My mind is clearer now. At last, all too well, I can see, where we all soon will be. (eff Webber but damn Tim Rice can write a catchy turn of phrase I tell you what)

Mayday, mayday, this ship is going down Lost inside my thoughts again, living hollow to pretend Mayday, mayday, this ship is going down Bury the truth of the lies you created, bury yourself and remember me when you're alone

Workers of the world, unite! You have nothing to lose but your ... cheap gas subsidized by global imperialism that powers your five-ton pickup truck.

Come on, never mind the Ralph Fiennes movie, we need a reality TV series called "Keeping Up With The Cardinaldashians"

As par, á Gus.

Today I have not picked up a guitar at all. I have however satisfied the taxman, enriched my bank, and alarmed my financial advisors, none of which is half as important to me. Clearly I do not have my priorities straight.

What's on my mind? The irony of people at the Cato Institute complaining about actions of the current administration without acknowledging the critical role they played in getting them into power. I would love some of you who FA'd would FO, but that won't happen.

It's been a busy week

Can't emphasize this enough (xkcd 137):

Statement #dailyvenice #venice #politics #streetphotography #BlackAndWhite

New frand: Birb. Blu. (westron)

https://youtu.be/BLI3mf1W0UQ?si=TnCglmxgn4JH-TlQ Yeah yeaaaaaaaah

What's on my mind? Oh, thinking about how the French treated collaborators in 1945. NO REASON.

HEY. Stop doing the NYT wordle. Take those clicks away. Do the Alameda Post Wordameda instead! https://alamedapost.com/wordameda/ (difficulty: can be eastbay-centric)

to, ah, quote Lynyrd Skynyrd, oak tree yer in mah way ... gotta find a different trail

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