Patrick

When I turned off location permissions a few weeks ago I noticed this alert. I didn't think there was anything to it, but I started paying attention, and they are prioritizing other cars that arrive after me.

Screenshot from Walmart app checkin screen showing an alert saying "Want a quicker pickup next time? Share your location.

If you turn off location permission for the Walmart app and they will punish you with longer wait times on your curbside pickups.

Diabolical.

I assumed this was going to be a squeaker. Not so, apparently.

This week's episode of @the-downballot.com should be interesting.

I thought this was parody for a minute

My first bingo night with a friend last night.

Standing implies weight, not relief. You can’t stand without bearing weight. This version of meaning offers a more coherent understanding. It lets you say:
This hurt me, and it mattered.
I don’t understand it, and I’m not leaving the question.
I will act as if truth and dignity still count.

To say that "this [bad thing] happened for a reason, or everything works out in tne end, the suffering refines you. But this doesn't require you to live in either the pain. Instead it lifts you above it.

Meaning is something that you stand in, not something that rescues you.

There was never a Golden a
Age of social media. There was no point at which it's contributions to society exceeded its costs. There has been nothing but one long continuous era of dumpster fire with no end in sight.

At least two Florida cities will not hold their annual LGBTQ Pride events Pride organizers in Fort Myers cited funding issues, while those in Tampa also cited the political environment.

Canceling Pride because of "the political environment" is evidence you never understood what Pride was.

It isn't about yielding to the politics of the moment but changing them.

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At least two Florida cities will not hold their annual LGBTQ Pride events share.google/c8RyPs3ffnFf...

A screenshot of a note on a notes app reading: "Hey. I love you. What I don't What's this about? Outrage. Manufactured outrage. I don't know. Grr I love you I love you I'm tired Here I'm hungry You want some weeeeed?"

The random stuff I find on my notes app. I guess I typed this but I can't imagine what I was thinking.

DM me

I remember history teachers who would suddenly get excited and run pull down a map to help tell a story. You just can't go hard like that on a smart board.

I get sentimental thinking about maps. I love old style classroom maps. Digital classroom displays have displaced the retractable physical map, but I wish I could find a vintage map for my classroom.

I'm not a Marxist, but it is hard not to think about this in terms of labor vs capital dialectics.

Today I'm attending my annual active shooter first aid recertification. Every day I pass a tourniquet box on my way to teach. Just 2 reminders that our society accepts mass shootings as inevitable. Instead of solving the gun crisis, we train teachers to stop the bleeding.

“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.”

~Arundhati Roy

Texas Dems to flee state amid national redistricting battle They will head to Illinois, where Gov. JB Pritzker has expressed sympathy for their plight.

Politico reporting a Texas quorum break. #txlege

www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

We live in difficult times. If you've been struggling with your mental health, know that you aren't alone. It's ok to ask for help when you need it.

The maximum campaign donation limit is indexed to inflation but the minimum wage is not.

The President sees a bad jobs report, and responds by getting rid of the person in charge of the statistics. This is how America becomes a third-rate country.

Think about what the GOP is revealing with their attempt to suddenly change the Congressional maps: they know their agenda is so unpopular that they're going to lose unless something changes.

Of course, what they should be changing is their policies, not the maps.

I'm proud to support @aarondfordnv.bsky.social to be the next governor of Nevada!

11 people injured and suspect in custody after ‘random’ stabbing in Traverse City Walmart, officials say | CNN Eleven people were injured in a “random” stabbing by a suspect man with a folding knife-style weapon at a Walmart in Traverse City, Michigan, Saturday, according to the Grand Traverse County sheriff.

Along with the whole Traverse City community, Chasten and I are shaken by the awful and senseless violence at Walmart earlier today. We’re thinking of everyone affected and hoping and praying for speedy recovery for all those who were injured.

"You can jail a revolutionary, but you can't jail the revolution." ~Fred Hampton

Let's get together soon. Have your chatbot call my chatbot and we'll do lunch.

Anchor yourself not in outcomes you can’t control, but in the integrity of your daily practice.

Cynicism is a luxury of comfort. I don't have time for it.