Jesse

@yetanotherjesse
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40-something California-born, living in the suburbs of Los Angeles (reasonably) well-traveled. He/Him 🏳️‍🌈

RE: https://social.yoyodyne-it.eu/@rafi0t/116341293183911034

Seriously if you've never seen Wag the Dog, it's absolutely vital in this geopolitical moment.

quick informal poll: if you’re reading to your three-year-old and they correct your pronunciation (and they’re right), how do you react?
Sigh. I just did a reasonably competent Foundational script "March" at the top of my monthly calendar for April
Today marks 15 years of elementary OS! 🎉 🎂 🎈
It’s also #TransDayOfVisibility today! It’s a good day to acknowledge that if you’re using desktop Linux, you’re almost certainly using something made at least in part by transgender people. And we must continue to work to dismantle systems of discrimination against the trans folks in our community 🏳️‍⚧️

I pulled a clip I couldn't find on the web for a friend from the 1998 film "The Object of My Affection" w/ Paul Rudd and Jennifer Anniston.

Two things the discussion of gay people in society feels extremely '90s, as does the subtitles switching to "[Woman Speaking Spanish]" in the subtitles.

Oh the humanities...
Full comic here: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/humanities-2

A bit wild to me that my father and my aunt fighting the culture wars has escalated to me doing book reports on banned books for them. I feel like this would warrant blogging in another time period.

Elana Arnold's What Girls Are Made Of was a tough read, was definitely sexually graphic (in a literary way) and the author's note really drove home the experience of the book. I'm not sure who I'd recommend it to but am glad to have read it, even if BookLooks was sad it exists. #Books #Bookstodon

Fat Lip by Sum 41 is 25 years old.

“I’m done with true crime. White people can find someone else’s trauma to listen to while they use an elliptical at 5 AM on a Saturday morning.”

#Deadloch #TV