TWO cool things! One, the stereo I thought I'd gotten rid of 15 years ago was in fact in the attic, and is still working. Two, I just discovered that our local HBCU does, in fact, have a college station that I never knew about!

Anybody wanna be my vict—uh, subject—for some fucked up art?

You have to see this.

You're with me on the just-installed wifi in my mostly empty apartment, this is what you get.

Public universities should be 100% tuition-free. Change my mind.

This friend speaks my mind.

I mostly don't even know that trailer's back there, but man, does an empty little springer trailer bounce when it hits a rough bridge joint.

we aren’t doing adopt a rent anymore but I got an email from one of our teacher referrers today I can’t skip. she has a family who 2 ms behind on rent —$2,630 and have until 4PM today to pay. can we start out the week by keeping a family housed? v: @ziibiing c: $Ziibiing pp: @standwithminnesota

Reminder that @moxiest.art uses a voluntary profit model. Everything on their site is sold at cost. You decide how much you want to add on, if you've got it to spare. Also they make really cool shit, like this new pride month shirt I just bought. Well? Why are you waiting? Go!

The journey begins. About to go wait four hours for the redeye bus to Atlanta. In 13 hours I'll get there, go pick up a U-Haul, and head over to meet a loading crew. I haven't traveled this light or this rough in decades. I hope I've still got it in me. Wish me be safe!

NB:

This is based on 2024 data. Half of US households. In 2024. "The report concluded that a mere $1,000 hike in the annual cost of living [over 2024] would leave another 3 million households unable to make ends meet." How much worse has it gotten since 2024? Gas prices? Groceries? Rent?

Give me analgesia, or give me death.

This friend speaks my mind.

Canceled that crew, booked a different crew, and got a confirmation text from a human within 10 minutes. Still gotta wait for the refund to post at the bank, but I'm feeling a little better about this now.

Emailed the movers I booked through U-Haul, and this was the response. Combined with the radio silence from my text messages, and the generic voicemail greeting when I called the number…well…let's say it doesn't bode well.

"Ooh! I should pop out a draft of this little story!" (laboriously grinds out a whopping 280 words of clunky-ass vomit-draft prose, which doesn't even get into the main action of the story, before giving up and shutting down for the night)

José at the city services desk: "I gotta say, I'm diggin' the t-shirt." ✊🏼

What I wouldn't give for a solid uninterrupted night's sleep

Fox cruising down the middle of my street like it was put there just for her.

I don't share substack posts, but the shit she dug up here is nightmare fuel, even for this administration.

"For the love of money is the root of all evil." — 1 Timothy 6:10

Think I'm gonna cry, don't know why

I can't tell if it's the ENTIRE internet that's fucked up or if it's just MY internet. Things improved when I turned off the wifi on my phone, which I'm considering a bad sign.

The University: "You Must Review And Respond To This Page In A Timely Manner As Part Of The Annual Review Process Required For Continuing Employement At University." The Link:

Leaving infotech to the capitalists was a mistake.

Watch, listen, learn

Also, we need to have a conversation about hold carousels and sensory issues.

So we signed up with a local fiber ISP that had awesome customer service. They were bought out by Lumos. Worse customer service but still reasonably reliable. Then they were bought out by T-Mobile and it's utter shite now. Our whole region is out. No notifications about it. Calling is a dead end.

T-Mobile is about to lose a customer.

I want to know who came up with the voice loop interrupting the hold music every 45 seconds. I just want to talk. Pay no attention to wrecking bar.

Internet out. I'm in phone purgatory. Our ISP got bought out and then got bought out again, I've lost count of how many times, and now it's apparently T-Mobile, but they seem to have forgotten about us. Did I mention we both work remotely?

huh. should have gone to bed two hours ago.

If I suddenly came into fuck-you money I might not say anything, but there would be signs.

Imagine, if you will, a dog. Panting. Desperately trying to stay cool. Now, imagine being inside that dog's mouth. Yes. Inside. With its hot, humid breath enclosing you in its cloying embrace. That's what my part of NC feels like right now.

UNC Board of Trustees is working hard to destroy the university's reputation. You can help stop them! actionnetwork.org/petitions/hi...

White person. Can confirm.

@moxiest.art I know you're already up to your eyeballs in Pride stuff, but I just thought of one that would be fun in plain ol' typewriter letters, either straight across the chest or maybe one word over the other… gender schmender

Oh nothing, just over here quietly radicalizing my students. You?

Y'all, I know I'm no one of consequence, but all my characters are about to get a lot more gender-bendy.

I haven't gone to bed. This is an error and needs to be corrected posthaste.

This. This this this this.

I'm sorry about what I said when I was having an autistic meltdown.

Still a little sad sometimes that I never got to take fucked up photographs in this basement.

These placements feel every bit as intentional as the highways and downtown "revitalizations" that bulldozed through thriving Black business districts. Like fucking up Black communities is the point.

Accurate to within 95%