My biggest problem with the fediverse is the miserable fact that if you look for pictures of animals to enjoy, you're going to be bombarded with untagged furry fetish art nobody asked for and everyone hates.

This applies to pretty much anything else under the sun, too. Look for anything about anything, run into untagged furry fetish stuff you can't avoid because it's untagged.

Whyyyyyy

I'm actually pretty happy about "Denali" going back to Mt. McKinley, as an Alaskan.

For years, Don Young, our erstwhile representative, campaigned to change it on the absolute lie that "everyone calls it Denali anyway". A lot of people on the left think it's a decolonizing bla bla bla "Denali is the native name so that's the only correct name".

No, we all called it McKinley, most of us still do, and Denali is just one of MANY native names for it. There's something wrong about picking just one as the "correct one". There are Russian names for it and other English names, too. I dunno what people in Nepal call Everest, but I doubt it's "Everest". Different people have their own names for the same thing. All of them are perfectly valid.

"McKinley" has long been our name for it, and that's fine.

I feel strange about Rubio, for years he's been a terrible Senator who's made unforced error after unforced error. His strength as a human being is inadequate for pretty much anything.

At the same time, he's the first SoS since Rice who seems to actually understand who the US's allies and enemies are and why. So there's that.

But he's a twerp and a ninny, and I don't think he's capable of much. I don't have faith in his abilities as a diplomat or a persuader. I don't think he could sell pussy on a troop train.

#uspol #rubio #marcorubio #trump

In totally different news, my city's got a Jollibee opening up near my house in a few weeks, and I'm absolutely hopped up about it. Yes, fried chicken is a vice of mine. So is delicious pie, and they have delicious peach mango pies.

Just skip the spaghetti.

It's been ages since I've had Jollibee. I'm lucky enough to live a couple blocks from TWO filipino groceries, and there's a filipino food joint nearby. It makes me so happy. When I was a kid, I had a lot of filipinos in my life as friends and teachers, and they shared things with me that both shaped me and, looking back, I came to understand, saved my life. So I've got an endless love for the Philippines and its people, and absolutely for its wonderful food. Except their gnarly spaghetti. Anyway, that's my love letter.

I'd have been hopelessly lost to this world if filipinos hadn't found me and loved me and helped me and taught me how to swear in Tagalog.

#food
#philippines

Oh, right on cue, kids in the streets of Gaza are chanting "khaybar, khaybar".

We see you. We know what this means.

Kids, man. It's so, so sad.

#israel #palestine