Did I just panic? Yeah, a little. Further research revealed that editing and reposting from old posts scrambles the data. Turns out, all I have to do is create new posts. It’s not like I’m not rewriting the things anyway. It restarts on Saturday or Sunday.

Wow. This really does feel good to hear. The private sector refuses to do jackshit without a killer rate of return and that leaves…government. Government is the only entity on earth with the capacity to restrain wealth. Because those psychos don’t respond to morality.

No cheating, reskeet with the most recent photo of your pet.

Getting Reacquainted with DC United, MLS's Aging Rockstars LINK: tinyurl.com/y8txvk2r A short history of DC United, including notes on long-term trends, and all of it updated to the 2025 season. Not a team I know well...but it's not like they've given anyone a reason for a minute. #MLS

My new posting concept for Bluesky in 2026: Posting an thought or an idea or a link to an article in the morning and interrogating it for the rest of the day. Probs gonna continue the dream journaling, but discontinue the sign offs. Soccer and music are always fair game.

“…a hospital filled with clinicians doing everything they can to keep vulnerable patients safe while being starved of resources, as investors walk away with the money.” Good, long article about some evil shit, aka, private equity buying hospitals. (probs $-walled). newrepublic.com/article/2035...

OMG, I got KPop Demon Hunters!

Christ. Is there counseling for this kind of thing? www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...

“New Zealand’s out of strapping young center backs. Where else can we look?” #rctid

I dismantled the building piece-by-piece. Keeping it safe was the reason, though I never knew from what. They were rebuilding when I came in the next morning. My boss didn’t appreciate it, but he kept me on. My coworkers just made fun of me. Good morning. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=PhVx...

Eh. Close enough. Merry New Years to all the marvelous people out there, in this big, warming world. The short run is bleak, but I feel the Earth. Move. Under. My Feet. The quantity of mucus in my head could hold a house together. Good night. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=6913...

My New Year’s resolutions include limiting podcast consumption and finally getting a (tbd) music project off the ground. There may be soccer (60/40 toward yes, at most), but it’ll be different. Related to the last, have they invented a shock collar that limits word count?

Going deep on Joe Walsh. Except for The Eagles… …wait, have I ever listened to an Eagles album that wasn’t a greatest hits? Is such a thing advisable? Fuck it. Hitting up Barnstorm… #Musicsky

So, that’s down one goalkeeper, up one Brandon Bye. Remind me how Merritt phrased his promise(s) for big moves? #rctid

Walked into the bathroom at work where one of the two stalls was occupied. The bathroom smelled of cinnamon, powerfully, and I’m at a loss for a reason. Opening the floor to theories.

Worth the time.

Had a dream full of Nazis marching around and inside my house, just coming and going and faux-innocently refusing to leave. Still annoyed. Good morning. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=fQCn...

“Europeans very often rediscovered the world using other people’s eyes, legs and brains.” - Fernand Braudel, The Structures of Everyday Life For next Columbus Day…

It’s more than a little depressing to live in a country where this is a wholly plausible statement. There is so little effort put into figuring out what is going and seeking to mend it. All that useless energy. Good night. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=VB3Y...

“Form blazing sword” was definitely something I said more than once…

Politics is not fan culture—none of these people are your friends. There are no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. We can be grateful that MTG is against Trump without liking her or thinking of her as a long-term ally. The anti-Trump coalition must be huge.

That addition looks like a damn post-it note on there. So shabby.

Hey, they made “The Donald Trump And” bit easy to remove without fucking up its proper name.

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

"What Trump and his allies are doing is a way of undermining the president’s power to grant pardons and reprieves — and more specifically, Biden’s exercise of that power." Okay. Why not make it clear - like *today* - that Trump's pardons will be ignored? www.salon.com/2025/12/30/t...

Kissed the wrong woman, even after being warned ([hashtag] worth it!), and spent the rest of the dream dodging her family, their various hangers-on, and all kinds of painful punishments. Discovered the power to summon flies along the way. Good morning. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=DrGi...

The off season often makes me antsy, so I started picking at some old data. To be clear, these are historic summaries, short posts meant to place the recent past in context - and they built heavily/revised posts from last season. Oh, and don't bother translating the "Joy Points" thing. #MLS

Getting Reacquainted with Sporting Kansas City, MLS's Good Team Going Through Some Things LINK: tinyurl.com/wkuxhyzp A short history of Sporting KC, updated for 2025, if just as far as I can at time of writing. This was a team with a formula that slowly collapsed over the past decade. #MLS

Listening to James Gang, surprised to learn that Funk No. 48 has exactly one degree less funk than Funk No. 49. #Musicsky

“If the slogan ‘Make America Great Again’ raises the question, ‘When was that?’ Vought’s answer would appear be 1825. It all went to hell after we opened the Erie Canal.” Glad to see Vought getting the stink -eye he richly deserves. And that year seems accurate… newrepublic.com/article/2044...

Good signing for LA, weird contract. Didn’t think a ton of Haak until last season, but he sold me by the end. #MLS

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you." - Lyndon Baines Johnson LBJ deserves a monument with that quote on it. Explains a lot…one more.

“It always struck me as a strange thing. There’s compassion, but it only extends to certain people.” That’s from a former senior staffer at the OMB, and it’s the key to conservative governance, but this is all about that creepy fucker Russ Vought. www.propublica.org/article/russ...

The week between Christmas and New Year’s should be a federal holiday. I’m basically alone on this train. Good morning. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=HDNb...

Tragedy struck today, when I learned that I can’t sing Styx’s “Come Sail Away” in tune. Also, I’m sorry.

Create a well-funded division within the IRS with the sole function of closing the tax loopholes as quickly as can wealthy pricks can open them. Set a minimum tax threshold and hunt their assets until they pay it. It would pay for itself and so much more. More… www.salon.com/2025/12/28/b...

Also, good morning. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=73qz...

Decided I’d look up all the movies released in 2025 with an eye to thinking about what I’d like to see during awards show season. Jesus fucking Christ. I’ve heard of, like, one-fifth of those movies, doubt I watched more than one in twelve. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

This is the funniest shit I have ever seen. He kicks the dude in the beans and then mocks him

Newt Gingrich commanded Republicans to become non-stop insufferable assholes to everyone else over 30 years ago. Today, his vision goes global.

“Jesus was born out of a virgin mother. What’s more virgin than a computer? If Jesus does return, you don’t think he could return as artificial intelligence? AI could absolutely return as Jesus.” - Joe Rogan A first draft of a history I hope to not live through ($) www.salon.com/2025/12/27/c...

I asked my oldest sister what she did for a living and she got defensive when I said “go to a bunch of meetings and write some grants.” (For reference, this was a dream and most of my friends think she is made up.) Good morning. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=Useh...

I’ve read 24 scintillating pages on global demographics from the mid-14th century to the beginning of the 19th. For fun. My daughter is having a Taylor Swift rebound, so… Good night. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=e-OR...

Liking the vibe, putting faith in the choice. #rctid

JustOnePussy: Totally Unremarkable

Continually stunned by the vacuity of the argument that “illegals” couldn’t possibly understand what it means to be an American citizen when the people who push that argument refuse to accept concepts as foundational as one person one vote, equality under the law and due process.

Dig this signing. #MLS

A couple writers at Slate engaged in some Fantasy Governance - i.e., speculate on what a Democrat elected to the presidency in 2028 should do out of the gate. It’s paywalled, but it’s a fascinating exercise, especially when some pieces make you uncomfortable. One more… slate.com/news-and-pol...

Slept in till 10:00, which great if you don’t account for the four hours lost between 3:00 and 7:00. Also, that green dog’s mouth opened 180 degrees and it’s teeth looked like a dragon’s. Good morning. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzG...

Saw Marty Supreme. Very good, even if it’s something one endures rather than enjoys. I recommend it in exactly those terms. Wanted to close the season with the most recently composed Christmas song I know. Good night. #Musicsky m.youtube.com/watch?v=qI9P...