I will never vote for John Travolta.

I think I'm going to have the same problem around people the next few days that I did when at least a couple of my grandparents died in that my grieving process is usually conducted in chunks. Nothing more to do right now, just feeling normal and trying to distract myself. There'll be more, later.

I guess I could do stuff like taking out the trash, eating dinner, getting that package out of the mailbox, etc. Or I could do nothing. Tough choice.

With a little more distance from it, my opinion of the 80s has really changed a lot over the years. At the time, it seemed shitty. In retrospect, I realize it was BEYOND shitty. That decade should be erased.

Dance like its the 80s!

I do wish that in the year 2025 it was easier to work with files in Windows 11's "File Explorer" than it was in fucking XTree or something.

All they do now is chase poor people for pennies anyway, who gives a shit? Nobody who needs to be paying taxes is actually paying them anymore. They're borrowing money against their stock.

It's too bad I fucking detest the whole Record Store Day thing. I don't need a fucking Black Friday event for records they make 5000 copies of. I get that it's probably very good for the record stores, but I actually have like, other shit to do than figure out what exact day to go buy a thing.

This is pretty cool, though.

99% of internet content is not, to me, worth the price of my IP address.

Someone read this and tell me what it says, because Stereogum dislikes my VPN. A LOT. I've never been able to read an article there.

That labeller is the one truly useful piece of user-designed moderation on this web site. It's completely objective, you can do with the information what you wish... it's information you can look up yourself!!! You just have to have the patience to scroll through follows.

Decomposable moderation, just add funding round. I knew the money would cause this to happen eventually, I just didn't realize these guys would feel like it was "mission accomplished" at such a small size. They must be desperate to suck up, selling out so early.

I was gonna quote post this and decided against, but I will just point out that I already can tell if I should block someone based on the tag seen below. I see if they are a journalist. That's the only excuse. Otherwise, you agree or you want to do performative dunking, and I'll block either way.

Got a recent Pulitzer for warning on the spread of autocracy around the globe, after decades of service to the paper? You can bet your butt you're getting laid off by form email, on Yom Kippur

If Tri-Health actually wants something, they can e-mail or send a text. They try to call me three times a week, no I do not need to buy anything additional from your "non-profit".

the one labeler on this site that used 100% objective, verifiable criteria

Composable moderation, huh? The ability to filter ourselves and label what we wanted? No. Oh. I see. So how much was always lies then? Jay really did manage to destroy the reputation of this playform faster than I've ever seen. It borders on impressive.

lmao fuck this website

When someone asks how I stay sane while being extremely online

Ohio will not have public schools by 2035 or 2040. They may be gone by the end of the decade. Funding will all be converted into tuition subsides for religious education and end up in the pockets of politically connected charter schools. A pointless thread about why I want to leave Ohio. 😴🧵

It's like the entire country gets to experience what it's like to have Ohio's Legislature.

When my dad was dying, there was a TV in his room playing a music channel VERY faintly (I was probably the only one in the room that could hear it). It wasn’t muted, the volume was at zero. So, I could hear Toto playing “Hold The Line” the whole time. I have no idea what to make of this.

I was messing around with my colored photography flashlight in the rain last night. #nature #photography #night #landscape

I did. There's a new Pynchon, you know.

I think the state of Ohio should give you a special license plate or something if you go from the SW corner to the NE corner using this route. From the Welcome to Ohio sign in Harrison to the Welcome to Ohio sign in Conneaut: 10 hours-ish, two roads.

This is a very funny answer to "do you ever do pub trivia incognito" (also Ken has a very funny Reddit username)

Bot accounts hitting all the garden spots in Ohio today. I have... definitely been to New Carlisle.

Calling Uber and ending up getting a ride in the Wienermobile. Everyone's got a side hustle, these days.

This is way cooler than the limousine I saw drop someone off at a laundromat a few weeks ago.

it should be a tell about what's happening in the media now that most mainstream commentators seem openly frustrated that polling does not blame democrats for the shutdown

I think based on these text messages, my mom wants to be alone with this stuff for a bit, which I can totally understand, and I'm fine being here and just keeping busy for a day or two. There were more arrangements already made than I thought, so a lot of the questions are already answered...

[Q] Amanda Bynes or a tube of tooth paste? Which would you rather know? Hold in your hands? Use twice a day? Spit out? Squeeze? [A] i prefer chocolate jelly than your options. [2006]

Cannot believe Steinberger did not mention their greatest artist, but then again I'm not sure he got this one fresh from the factory. You know, this was the exact wrong choice to listen to, today. Bleh.

The Steinberger Artists page is kooky collection of Dugnutts & McDichaels plus a couple of very funny ringers

Maybe I can get MSD to shape up by pointing out that Cleveland seems to have their literal shit under control. You can follow them for fun posts and everything.

"additional capacity, and a new idea." our CEO Kyle Dreyfuss-Wells joined Ideastream's Sound of Ideas this AM to talk about our latest combined sewer "surge tunnel" project that could make overflows at Edgewater Beach a thing of the past. listen:

Sitting here bitching at myself for being unable to focus on work for about 30 seconds before realizing, uh, you know what, it's fine that I can't focus. I really should have taken my meds this morning, though. Oops.

I like the weird old viaducts in Cincinnati, even though they scare the shit out of me because they are ancient and hunks of concrete like to fall off of them sometimes. This will have to be torn down, someday, and I will be sad.

I can tell we got a lot of rain yesterday, my utility room smells faintly of rotting vegetables. But, that's why it goes up like 5% every year. That quality service which leads to like 1/10 of the houses in the city getting basements flooded with sewage every time it rains for a week costs money.

Yay, the mortgage company has decided to raise my escrow $300/mo this year. Last year, they dropped it $300/mo from the ridiculous "I think that's too high???" number it started at. Which it is nearly back to. I bet these assholes will go back and forth like this every year.

I cannot stress this enough.

Yeah we got checks (bouncing) and balances (negative)

These people design these guitars like this on purpose to make me want to buy them, don't they. Individual tone and volume controls for each pickup... finally, a guitar made for me, guy who really gets annoyed by not being able to do weird shit for no reason, even if it sounds really dumb.

Trump Stabbing Editor Writing This Headline Ringing Alarm Bells

Yeah, my focus ain't that great today. Go figure. Ehh, picking at this stuff is a good way to stay busy atm. Just awaiting further instructions.

I still can't get over the idea that the world is getting smaller, for me, really quickly as of late.

when police unions expressly equivocate, another word for this is "lying"

I have more evidence to galvanize "I am bringing back the banjolele" movement. This would work great with one.