Dumping ground for random thoughts and things that caught my notice. Frequent lurker, infrequent poster.
Fan of
- other people's well-being
- my well-being
- spider-man
- punk rock
- my kids most of the time
- video games
"The strength of a punch comes from the windup - the horror of battle comes from the rain."
Brennan Lee Mulligan and Matt Mercer talk "Ma" (間)
https://youtube.com/shorts/tDS2olk8Jx0?si=djEvggV-3pTNlPGm
"A man free of patriarchy is a man who has found not only every woman's humanity, but one who has at last discovered his own. The actual path to liberation for lonely men is feminism—because pursuing an identity based on dominating others is self-isolating."
"In exchange for an ever-increasing budget and the state’s parajudicial control, the Atrocity Machine has agreed to key reforms. These include mandatory training for anyone who operates the Atrocity Machine, promises to live-stream the Machine’s apocalyptic terror for all to see, and a fresh coat of paint. If history teaches us anything, it is that modest reform is the most effective way to tame a rogue, fire-spitting Leviathan."
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/we-can-reform-the-atrocity-machine
It has never grown less shocking each time I learn how psychotically excitable #ICE and #CBP agents get when they get to shoot at someone. I cannot fathom doing this kind of damage to another human being and reacting with anything other than dismay AT LEAST, regardless of circumstances.
“I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys,” Mr. Exum wrote in a group message with other agents.
Haven't paid much attention to the #WashingtonPost in quite a few years, so I missed this last year. But I am dumbstruck at how stunningly nonsensical and backward this claim is from the editorial board about the destruction of the East Wing.
"The White House cannot simply be a museum to the past. Like America, it must evolve with the times to maintain its greatness. Strong leaders reject calcification. In that way, Trump’s undertaking is a shot across the bow at NIMBYs everywhere."
Annual company kickoff today. We're in the IT industry - and very excited about #AI. And to prove it, we were subjected to an AI-generated music video of the CEO and ELT (all white) singing an AI-generated rap song with grossly malformed imagery and saltine lyrics about the company's goals.
It was the absolute worst thing I could have imagined for this event, unless we'd hired Greg Bovino as the guest speaker.
#ReneeGood Was the Kind of Person I Should Be
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2026/01/renee-good-killing-ice-watch-mom.html
"You think you’re watching an innocent woman being shot and killed in cold blood by the federal government, but what you’re really watching is the death of the United States of America."
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/what-youre-watching-isnt-what-youre-really-watching
All I could muster for the climax of #deathstranding2, from the twist about the APAC president, to the return of Die-Hardman, to the BT Kaiju fight, was a disinterested eye roll.
Everything except the guitar battle. That worked for me more than I could have expected and made everything else worth it.
"Our gold-standard science has also confirmed that I was right about injecting household disinfectant."
A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck 🦆
