Good morning from the tacky new lighting at my gym.

I've been having episodes of déjà vu since last night. Is someone trying to reboot the timeline?

Fewer "Conservative Commentator Is Very Sorry Now" stories, and more "Angry Queer/POC Fucking Told You So" stories.

Now that Shrinking and The Pitt are done for the season, what do I do for my mid-week TV therapy session?

"The People Next Door," a Wes Craven created sitcom about a cartoonist whose imagination came to life, which unfortunately only ran 10 episodes, and more unfortunately starred Jeffrey Jones.

Uh-oh, they took to the stage.

The Columbine massacre was on this date in 1999. Instead of energizing our country to get gun violence under control, it kicked off a new normal. One of the best explanations ever of journalism's destructive impact on mass shootings came from Roger Ebert in his review of Gus Van Sant’s “Elephant.”

Omg, I nearly forgot this story! Before I moved to KTown, I sublet a room in an old lady’s house (my followers from the Twitter days will remember her as “the Frau” because she was German and still carried her accent). >>

Happy 80th, Tim Curry!

For every project I work on, I have a writing diary that's just a separate blank document. When it's time to sit and write, I type the day and date up top and just type out whatever's on my mind or talk out whatever challenges I'm facing on this project. >>

It's very murky how to disable this so I'll just provide a scorched-earth approach: 1. Disable Gemini Apps Activity: myactivity.google.com/product/gemini 2. Disable ALL activities: myactivity.google.com/activitycont... 3. Disable "Activity-based personalisation": photos.google.com/settings

Too soon.

What's a good comedy special I should watch tonight?

Montana — yes, deep red Montana — has a plan to effectively neuter Citizens United. No Supreme Court ruling or constitutional amendment needed. Here's how it works. https://youtu.be/p1fPbGHe3xE?si=QZRQImV8KYD5Y90r

I think I may be getting a dishwasher this weekend. 🥺

"I can plainly see the staff is so used to bending over backward, they won’t admit they’re broken. It’s a damning indictment of the status quo, and this place is a microcosm of our country’s messed-up healthcare system, and it’s not okay. But I’m here about my appendix."

I kept trying to write a barn-burner thread in the wake of this no Pride flags nonsense, but I’ve found I just don’t have it in me to re-trigger myself. Philz deserves a lot of righteous anger, but I’ve realized that I’ve moved on pretty well and don’t have the energy to spare for them (growth!).

Join us for outreach! We always go over our guidelines, and if you’re new, we’ll make sure you’re in a group with experienced volunteers - all you need to do is show up! We meet in the Immanuel Presbyterian parking lot at 12pm (you can park in the lot!) See you there!

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Went to a queer open mic at Precinct a couple nights ago, and now I have a cold, so I'm blaming the one straight guy who showed up and declared he wouldn't be caught dead in a gay bar if weren't there to do stand-up.

Several years ago, he was a semi-regular at the coffeeshop where I worked. He always chatted us up and tipped big, but as soon as his nasty, transphobic specials started coming out, I couldn't do anything but clam up and side-eye him.

Yet another beautiful day when I'd really rather be working out of a coffeeshop, but everything we work on is confidential, so I have to stay at home gazing out the window like a Victorian maiden whose father disapproves of all her suitors.

Having been a Sbux barista for many years, I can attest that real customers don't need A.I. to come up with dumbass coffee orders.

Ever have a night where you were accidentally just where you were supposed to be?

“The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.” Robert Hughes

Ranch Gay Wait, that actually sounds really butch.

This speaks to me.

I said what I said.

Doing another round of the Power-Up Table, and got California Donuts to give us donations for the event. I stopped by expecting one or two boxes, and they gave me SIX! Stuffed full! It was so much effort carrying them home, but what a pleasant surprise!

Omg, my previous employer just pulled the most craven anti-LGBTQ bullshit, and I totally forgot I was going to write a nuclear thread about them last year after my old paycheck cleared. I've got a busy couple days ahead of me, but I'm gonna have to make some time for that.

2014 me vs now

What should I select for my 5-year work anniversary gift? *unbranded wireless earbuds *unbranded bamboo cutting boards * $20 weighted jump rope

Someone on a gay dating app just asked me my sexual orientation?

My building's washing machine is still out-of-order, and I don't want to talk a walk and pay extra at the 'mat to wash my gym clothes for the week. Anyone with an in-unit wanna marry me?

The @latimes.com's @davidzahniser.bsky.social shares stories of people kicked out of Inside Safe for rules that either don't make sense or aren't applied in any way that would (no visitors, or leaving the motel for >72 hours). Lack of housing options means ppl are stuck at shelters for months.

I've decided to get my Star Trek tattoo covered up with Darth Vader.

So...I went to the gym early before work, then produced audio description for three episodes of television, ate all day from prepped meals I'd made over the weekend, and now I'm responding to personal emails, working on my GlassDoor profile, and making plans for the next Power-Up Table...

Is this why his song wakes up the Cylons in Battlestar Galactica? [spoilers, I guess]

One day I was watching a late-night TNG re-run, don't even remember the episode, but they were facing off with somebody, maybe Romulans, and my brother walks into the room and says, "Man, this better not be another episode where they talk it out it instead of fighting," and left.

your grandparents voting for reagan

So fun fact, you don't need any AI to build a custom feed. I made a tutorial here that covers everything you need to know to make a basic feed using SkyFeed! The advice is meant for artists looking to build a personal art feed, but anyone can use it for general feeds. bsky.app/profile/spir...

Like, the U-Line people make cardboard boxes. And that makes them rich enough to be one of the number 1 Republican donors, funding election deniers and anti-union, anti-abortion, and anti-marijuana legalization campaigns.

I don’t love being in a society where you can sell enough pillows to do meaningful damage to democracy or sell enough children’s books to do a genocide or sell enough chicken sandwiches to abolish gay marriage That all seems like a ridiculous way to do society to me

Here's the thing. We already have a Murder, She Wrote reboot. It's called Elsbeth.

Time for my mid-week Mood Upswing (Shrinking on Wednesday night and The Pitt on Thursday).

This is literal goddamn magic.

I am from time to time reminded of the guy I hooked up with several years ago who was on a quest to get tattoos inspired by the illustrations from each chapter of the HP books.

Just brainstorming right now for anyone who has thoughts in response, but I’d really like to find a new job by the end of this year. I’m hitting my five-year anniversary as an audio describer in a few days. I love the job, I’m really good at it, and I’ve accomplished a lot that I’m proud of. >>