I am deeply bothered by this obviously bowdlerized version of John Cage's 4'33" whic is only 3'42" including applause at the end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWVU...
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I am deeply bothered by this obviously bowdlerized version of John Cage's 4'33" whic is only 3'42" including applause at the end.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWVU...
Judging by the size of the ring, and the dress that she's wearing in the pictures, English teachers and gym teachers are far better paid than I had suspected
We may need to rename "Stockholm syndrome."
www.eunews.it/en/2025/05/0...
The stock market hasn't crashed this bad since March 2020. At least Trump can note that he's not messing things up as badly as whoever was president then.
Oh....
Never mind...
Trying to identify Trump's motivations is like trying to time the market. It's a tempting thing to do, especially when things are a chaotic mess and we long for some type of predictability, but it's basically an exercise in futility.
Eat drink and be merry for tomorrow... well... we may die... or democracy may die... or maybe we won't... hard to tell at his point.
#FridayReads The King in Yellow
Getting into horror in preparation for The Cthulhu Luau, where I'll be playing the 1962 president of the ladies auxiliary who's possessed. But still does a mean Jello salad!
cthulhu-luau.com
Ah, so the administration cancelling grants is like UHC Medicare Advantage revoking coverage for needed care. They know they're wrong; if you call them on it, they'll reinstate; but they'll revoke again - and again, until you tire of the fight.
They deserve better than that.
#FridayReads Just a little light escapist reading about an America where a charismatic but stupid leader leads the country into fascism because it's the only way to save it.
Written in the 1930s when they were less enlightened.
You know how Lex Luthor drags Lois Lane to the top of a building and then drops her so that Superman saves her, giving Lex a little leeway to enact the evil plan he's REALLY interested in. That's what's going on. Only it's a lot more than one Lois Lane. And it sucks to be Lois Lane.
Yes - more of our Senators should be doing this. Also denying quorums and demanding quorum calls every day, as well as denying unanimous consent. Don't let anything move forward until this stops.
Do whatever you can to stop this. Specifically, I want you to:
- commit to vote against every single nominee, no matter how qualified
- deny quorums and demand quorum calls every day
- deny unanimous consent on every vote
Do this until this stops.
I demand that you do whatever you can to stop this. Specifically, I want you to:
- commit to vote against every single nominee, no matter how qualified
- deny quorums and demand quorum calls every day
- deny unanimous consent on every vote
Do this until this stops.
This is a coup. The voters depend on you to do more than post about it. You need to take action!
What are you doing to stop the coup? Unelected, unvetted youngsters have access to the personal information of American citizens and all our tax money.
Thank you for focusing on this rather than the cost of eggs, but simply posting about it does nothing. DO SOMETHING! Get him out of there; get the mainstream media in there!
Um, maybe I'm missing your sense of empathy and your realization that these could now be allies because you're too invested in feeling superior to them? Cuz, no, I ain't seeing that.
I wanted to clarify that you were the one saying saying "Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!" about Aella and Grimes. That you were rejoicing that some people you don't know were suffering because of how they voted.
Just to clarify, this is YOU, right, saying "Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!" about Aella and Grimes.
OK then.
#FridayReads I'm less than 50 pages in so don't have a fully formed opinion yet. But the characters are more nuanced and multi-dimensional than the ones in The Handmaid's Tale. THT seemed more like an intellectual exercise while this may have more emotional heft.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/42...
Look at this Simple Sabotage Field Manual distributed by the CIA in the 40s in Nazi-occupied countries with ways working people could resist without putting themselves or their families at risk. You may want to share it - just for its nifty historical value!
www.cia.gov/static/5c875...
All y'all gloating because the people who voted for the "Leopards Eat Your Face" party are getting their faces nibbled, you do realize the leopards will be eating your face as well, right? I mean, you can call it schadenfreude all you want, but it's really keinefreude.
Um, actually, a Nazi salute is from the Nuremberg region. Technically, Musk's move was "Sparkling Anti-Semitism"
HTH
I’ve never prayed to William Henry Harrison before but *fingers crossed*
abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-in...
Lost another good one, dammit! Hope wherever you are, Mr. Lynch, you're making things a little more surreal.
You know, Michelle Obama has given an amazing number of fucks about a great many important things. I think we should cut her some slack about having no fucks to give about the upcoming inauguration.
Besides, she's following in Melania's footprint; Mel didn't make it to Biden's inauguration.
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