Why do I have two copies of @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social 's Borne and why does the copy on the left look like that? Me any my ex-wife had a dog, Cincy. She was a highly reactive dog who didn't play well with anyone but the two of us. In December of '23, she got sick.

"Performative reading" is the dumbest shit people have made up to get upset about. Like who even pays attention to what people are reading in public? Why do people give a shit? Anyone modeling literacy in this idiot culture is a hero.

Disliking Geese is transphobic imo

Don't think the @pcgamer.com adbot is reading the room in this article about a teenager who has gone missing after potentially meeting someone they met on Roblox.

It's hilarious that Trump and Friends are such incompetent babies that they can't realize that they should just throw that ICE officer under the bus for killing Alex Pretti. Instead, they are alienating Kyle Rittenhouse by talking about no guns at protests.

It's incredible seeing all of the MAGA pretend-cops doubling down on talking points like "He can't be armed at a protest!" Any halfway competent evil person would just hang that ICE officer out to dry and carry on with their evil, bit MAGA can't admit this was an unjustified killing.

Tim Walz needs to send every fucking cop in MN to every hotel and threaten arrest for any hotel workers who harbor the criminal enterprise ICE. I know he's limited in other areas, but this is something he could do to make ICE's life much more difficult. If hotels won't put them up, where do they go?

I plan to be more present-minded. In fact, I am just sitting here imagining what my future would be like were I more present-minded. Drifting off from this book I'm reading to imagine being more present.

I'm in Phoenix visiting my dad, who is still in the hospital. He's a bit out of sorts, but still sharp. Last night, he said, "Dickhead [Trump] and Netanyahu need to leave the Latinos and Gazans alone." Awake and woke!

Right-wing traditionalist: "Remember when we could live in completely white neighborhoods?" My traditionalism: "Remember when a pin that says 'Stand Up To Racism' would be a pretty benign statement?" Like, I'm somewhat worried that this pin will make me a target at my school.

A fun thing is that you might be middle-aged and not making a lot of money but it's very possible that you're happier than Elon Musk is in his middle age. Richest man on earth spends his days arguing online with people who are smarter than him. Most recently, calling a former ISS captain the r-word.

Gangster capitalism. www.wsj.com/business/med...

I love saying "Clean up your trash. If I look like your mother, your mother is ugly." to my students.

Something I will believe until my dying day: Bernie would have won.

Meet Tropic, our foster for the weekend. She's such a good passenger princess!

A student asked to stay in my room for lunch and I said "Sorry, we aren't allowed to have students in our rooms during lunch." which is true, but the more pressing matter was I needed to fart.

I have an interview with a non-profit next week but who knows if Trump halting federal grants destroys their budget. Who knows if this means halting Title 1 funds, which would cripple the budget of the school I currently work at. Students are worried about Pell grants and Stafford loans. Cool times.

Free to hate-delivers the votes

Kafka's The Trial is cosmic horror. The state is the Cthulhu type antagonist.

Every other social media app is owned by evil little freaks so this has to be the Big Tent website that welcomes everyone else. People who don't understand jokes. People who know it's a joke but still think it's Harmful. "To be fair," guys. Put up a statue of liberty here but it's on the computer

I think about the Yapese Rai stones from time to time because they make an interesting argument about value and possession. They were used as currency and were quarried on one island and transported to another. Their scarcity as a resource is due to the labor required to make and transport one...

I was watching a video of the Sotheby's auction of Cattleman's "Comedian" and I thought "That banana looks pretty fresh. It must be fake since I know this artwork has existed for years." Turns out the banana and tape are replaceable.

Same, Jimmy