Everybody of a certain generation knows that "Up-Up, Down-Down, Left-Right, Left-Right. B-A, Start" is the famous Konami Code. Fewer people know of its corollary: "Je t'aime, mon Coeur", the Monami Code.

As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX

Ok. So, lesson I learned today... Apparently "Slay, Queen" is not -in fact- an antimonarchist rallying cry, but a motto of human support among women. Am now banned from Sephora, and they were not receptive to the idea of combination guillotine/trebuchet. Will report with any further developments.

My problem with the Epstein stuff (ok, beside the obvious) is how unimaginative it is. That much wealth and money, you could: Paint the moon. Hire a classics faculty to heckle the Pope in Latin. Eat the Mona Lisa. Appoint your horse a consul. Arc d'Triumph swingset. Catapults. Just catapults.

Can someone please explain what the fuck is up with the sleepytime episode of Bluey? Was the writers' room on mescaline? (Don't get me wrong. If I hear anybody talk bad about Bluey, I'll beat you to death with your goddamn arm)

Scientist James Watson has died. As per his final requests, he will be buried in such a position that he can still look over the shoulder of the grave of Dr. Franklin, just in case zombie Rosalind discovers something else worth swiping.

I just had the realization that someone somewhere has almost certainly outsourced their suicide note to ChatGPT, and that might be the most hilariously bleak thing I've ever heard.

The rallies yesterday were a phenomenal show of unity in the face of a regime. The important thing now is that momentum is not lost. Stay strong, and remember the inspiring words of Che Guevara: "For great justice, launch every Zig." That means every Zig, comrades. Every goddamn Zig.

So proud of my people.

Amazing sign being held by a small child

Most Icers seem to be Xers or Elder Millennials. You watched Star Wars and grew up to be a Stormtrooper, You read X-Men and support Registration Acts, You saw Harry Potter and dreamt of death eating, You read Hunger Games and want another term for Snow, You missed the fucking point. A lot.

Beliefs, Cooperation, Violence in Defense.

Mom took Tylenol when she was pregnant with me, and all I got was a sense of empathy. And Autism.

katu.com/news/local/p... This is nonsensical. If they had charged her with noise pollution, or Assault with a reedy weapon, I would understand. But this reads as if the charge is "assaulting an officer's fist with your face".

I feel as though we're in danger of losing track of the constant stream of stupid and failure from this regime. These weaklings lost a fight to Jimmy Kimmel. You know, the comedian for people who say "Waiter, this ice cream is too spicy. This isn't that -French- Vanilla, is it?"

Reality is a delightfully stupid place. What are some truly stupid moments worth a giggle? I'll start: USAF trained bats to firebomb buildings, but when tested, they kept returning to the bomb Bay. Two words: 4 Seasons. Guy once sued Satan, had it dismissed due to impossibility of serving notice.

Charles kidnapped a traumatized orphan, brainwashed him to believe in lockstep with an enforced father figure, trained him like a child soldier to fight in his bloody mutant civil war... And we're supposed to be surprised that Cyclops turns out to be a little off-kilter?

No Gods but Zilla. No Kings but Kong.

When Turks are chastising you for using forced migration and famine to attack a minority population with the goal of ethnic cleansing... The Turks. I'm pretty sure those guys know what that sort of thing looks like.

I was shocked to find this much Antifa propaganda in my local bookstore. Some of it appeared to even be marketed to children! @gailsimone.bsky.social and @gwillow.me , How is this okay?

I've done the calculations, and if Steven Miller's hairline recedes any more further back, the sheer tensile forces are gonna flip him in on himself and make him disappear up his own asshole. Hopefully soon.

These are the same people who tried to tell us during the George Floyd demonstrations that a broken prayer candle and camping water purifier were explosive devices. All I'm saying is that so many grains of salt should be taken with that you become afraid that your kidneys are about to shut down.

Media are reporting that the alleged shooter in the attack on a Dallas ICE facility left writings expressing outrage at anti-immigrant actions and racist policies of the agency and administration. Authorities say that this narrows their suspect pool to anyone with a sense of justice or humanity.

To know why my generation is cynical, remember that one day we're innocently reading a Batman book, and we get this. Pay calls to vote yea/nay on a teenager to snuff it. (I only voted once, not enough to save Robin, but did force explanation of a 900# charge on phone bill to incredulous parents)

What movie do you consider perfect?

...and Dean managed to kill Hitler.

This POS has his finger on the trigger. While engaging in a physical confrontation. This is some cartoonish Imperial Stormtroopers level of "bad at this." Dangerous and Irresponsible as hell. They just don't care.

The acceptability of political violence has been a hot topic recently. At what point does a person's behavior become so heinous that it's justified to use violence to prevent further harm? I must conclude that summary execution is appropriate for whomever does the diagrams for IKEA kit furniture.

Under no circumstances should anyone have ever fucked Charlie Kirk. He was an index example of better living through Lysisyrata-ing. What? Oh. Yes, colloquialisms. My old nemesis. Fair enough.

You gotta find your silver linings somewhere. I may be a middle aged autistic dude with several highly unamusing character flaws, but... At least I don't have to live my life being so fragile as to have lost my damn mind over the "unapologetically relentless biting satire" of... Jimmy Kimmel.

Yup. Noted Fascism indicator... *Checks notes* similes.

You ever read something so stupid that you get Peter Falk eye?

How do the Catholics and Mormons that have thrown in their lot with this regime not understand that - the moment they're no longer useful to the evangelical/corporate/fascist axis - they'll be up against the wall themselves faster than you can say "Martin Niemoller"?

It's fascinating that - in addition to being the right and humane things to do - caring for your people almost always delivers a solid positive ROI.

"The Coeds' charms, I fought to chill. I held strong by force of will. But even I succumbed to thrill, By the strength of this little blue pill."

Today's absolutely amazing find in comic back issue bins. One of my favorite characters, in full Kirby glory. This cover is art. Hell, there's brilliance to be found in each and every panel.

That #10 for Miami is kinda reminiscent of a young Paul Rothrock.

Law School Prof, first day discussing defamation: "If you confuse 'Actual Malice' with 'Really disliking somebody', you will fail the exam." Actual fucking attorney in actual fucking written word:

Donating Plasma this morning. I don't remember the Voight Kampff exam being part of the screening process. They might be beginning to suspect.

Having a spouse who was a nationally recognized SME on homelessness policy, this is a fairly common opinion. Recall the man at a town hall who said "we should just put them all on a rocket, and send it to the moon". He saw the lack of oxygen as a feature of this plan.

Introducing kid to X-Men Evolution cartoon. While not perfect, it's fun. And the early seasons definitely nail the "Scott Summers as brainwashed child soldier" vibe that I've always preferred in his characterization.

It can't be a coincidence that a whole bunch of societal norms were obliterated right around the time that George Wendt died.

VA hospital appointments are a fine reminder of the irony that no group vocally hates the idea of participation trophies more than Vietnam vets. They are also not big fans of having this pointed out.

I mean, sure. Leo Messi is pretty good, but he's no Paul Rothrock.

The idea of ever holding copies of these, let alone owning them would've blown 8 year old Jeph's mind. Even 75% of those Kirby covers are works of absolute masterpieces.

Watching Columbo. I find Peter Falk's character quite relatable, as I -also- solve most of my problems by being so consistently aggravating that most people will eventually find the prospect of being dragged away in handcuffs preferable to enduring even 30 seconds of further interaction with me.

Made the mistake of reading r/sovereigncitizen this morning. Can't think of a better (and more poetic) punishment for these people than having to actually sit through a law school course on UCC.

Brian is a patient man... His boys? They're a tad protective of their leader.

Averaged a goal every 6.5 minutes. Against a team with that wage sheet. Lesson learned: Don't disrespect Brian. Show up for the second half on time, or he'll let them do that to you.

I just made a joke about Fonzie to a Baby Boomer, and got only a blank stare in response. Is it possible that spending my youth doing intense study of UHF television rather than developing human social skills was somehow a mistake? No. No, it is the children who are wrong.