september 18 etc
I received two spam texts earlier today. Usually I would just delete them, but these ones were special because they may have given me my new rap name. I mentioned Shotva on August 11, the first day of the big blogging streak (#tbbs), and if you stylize a screenshot in Shotva you can host the result on Picstatic, so I'm trying that out. Look on my new rap name, ye mighty, and despair.
On that tip, there's a lot of despair going around lately, and even though I try to be restrained when I talk about political things on this blog, it should be very clear to everyone that the Tr*mp administration is, by way of its various apparatchiks, installing authoritarianism.exe in real-time.
Pr*jct 2025 isn't some benign eggheadery or what-if. It's not some bogeyman lefties use to scare their kids. It's happening. Take a look at the Pr*ject 2025 Tracker for more info.
Project 2025 Tracker began as a humble spreadsheet created by /u/rusticgorilla combined with /u/mollynaquafina's vision for making this information accessible to everyone through a dedicated website.
What started as a passion project by two Redditors has grown into a community-driven resource, powered by people like you who believe in the importance of transparent, detailed analysis.
Sorry for too much rEaL LiFe above the fold, pals. I don't want this blog to be about the awfulness of the real world. I want to be writing funny things about about dumb stuff and/or linking you to useful, joy-inspiring things. But I am a Canadian, in Canada, watching all of this crazy shit happen in real time with a horrified look on my face and as such cannot even begin to comprehend how worried and anxious Americans who don't support the P2025 agenda are right now.
To those folks: stay safe, and stay courageous.
Damn the man. Save the Empire.
[Extreme John Oliver voice]: And now, on y va!
🖼️💦 You deserve a treat so I updated my swipe page, which isn't a swipe file-as-page as much as it's a mood and vision board. I apologize for nothing. (combatdavey.net)
🎸🎸 This one goes out to all the middle-aged Oasis fans who have coughed up big bucks to see the brothers Gallagher grudgingly not kill each other this summer. (McSweeney's)
⚾⚾ LA Dodgers legend Clayton Kershaw will be retiring after this season. I was a big fan for a long time and his curveball will always be the stuff of legend, but he's gone out of his way to ruin his own legacy lately (IYKYK) and it's good that he's leaving the game. (Twitter/Dodgers)
🔥🔥 In re: Jimmy Kimmel's situation (see here if you don't know what I'm talking about), Mike Birbiglia has a message for comics. (Instagram/birbigs)
💰💰 In which Salesforce and Slack are absolute villains. (Twitter/thedealdirector)
🎮🎮 I've spent too much money at itch.io and Nintendo lately, but this cool-looking game from "puzzle maestro Bart Bonte" looks like it's going to have me reaching for my wallet again. (itch.io)
🎵🎵 The world is in a bad spot, so it's time for an intervention by Amyl and the Sniffers. (Spotify)
🎵🎵 Actually... I think this utterly awful moment is going to need a bit more heft. Let's see if this old banger from IDLES hits the spot. (Spotify)
🎵🎵 If neither of those things did the trick, idk man, maybe dancing to this piece of pop perfection will lift your spirits. (Spotify)
🤔🤔 I know there's a way to read the story I'm about to link you in a positive way, like, "oh, this is great news!" But... like... isn't there a way to read this story as "WAIT IT TOOK UNTIL 2025 FOR THESE MFS TO FIGURE OUT THAT WINDOWS AND LIGHT ARE GOOD FOR STUDENT OUTCOMES?????" (Good News Network)
🏀🇦🇺 I'm a Minnesota Lynx fan so it is my responsibility to inform you that Alanna Smith was named co-DPOY today. Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi! (WNBA/Lynx)
🌈🌈 It's probably the 420 but I've been staring at this for ten minutes straight and they've been great minutes. Did I just crack the code? GUYS DID I JUST CRACK THE CODE? (tumblr/kyotoprotocols)
🌲 gonna
🌼 go
🌱 touch
🌳 grass
🌷 now
Be good to yourself. This is a threat.
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