sat/20250201

Temp dropped below freezing last so the mud bog backyard of the last several days is under a frosty coat. Nice to not sink on my walk to The Shed to plug it in for its post-nighttime heating recharge. Little victories, little victories – which, speaking of, I'm continuing to celebrate yesterday's homemade record cabinet and subsequent recognition of what Lon's final form will be. Looks like I will, indeed, get to get him there later.

Haven't been writing or thinking much about politics here because, like the first go-round with King Tumor, everything is so on-the-surface horrible there's no meat on the bone to write about. I donate to where I can (recurring contribution to the ACLU) but am holding off any and all donations to Dems until they grow a pair and act like a fucking opposition party (AOC is doing great, but she can't do this alone forever) and not the kumbaya party of reconciliation and ass-ring-kissing. I mean, come on.

Finding George Carlin’s immortal words, “Fuck the fucking fuckers,” to be a soothing mantra whenever I look at the news.

My first prescription for Dems moving forward: Sherrod Brown as DNC Chair. He’ll sadly be free in the next few weeks.

Were anyone on the Biden campaign to ask me – and they haven’t – how they should answer the “are you doing better now than four years ago” question, I’d proselytize building a site or daily newsletter that lays out exactly what was happening on this day four years ago every day until the election. Would be a far more beneficial use of my monthly campaign contribution than emails and texts from Joe and Jill and Kamala and Bill and Barack asking me for more money. Hell, I’ll buy them the site to do it. Hit me up.

the answer may be obvious but the whole video is, nonetheless, required viewing

Reich does what he does best here: explains the dangers we’re heading headlong into (again) via a succinct encapsulation of the evidence, both historical and contemporary.

links/2023w28

• Thinking I'll pre-address my cremated remains to the "Mail Recovery Center" and save everyone the trouble: USPS Has 452 Packages Of Unidentified Cremated Remains | HuffPost

• Damn: Anchor Brewing, ‘America’s first craft brewery,’ to close after 127 years | Washington Post

• Man Linked To Viral Dress Photo Faces Attempted Murder Charge | HuffPost

• Amazing conversation with director Matt Reeves about his work; his enthusiasm for and love of cinema is infectious. Also, I need to rewatch CLOVERFIELD: Team Deakins: MATT REEVES - Director | Team Deakins pod

• Ahem, fuck the studios and the AI hobbyhorse they rode in on: Hollywood Studios’ WGA Strike Endgame Is To Let Writers Go Broke Before Resuming Talks In Fall | Deadline

• Over 100 people trapped for several hours in mystery writer Agatha Christie's former home | CNN

• NFTs? FFS, WB: The Flash Movie Trainwreck Reaches A New Low | Kotaku

• Still love the design and world of DX:HR; glad to see it continuing to inspire others, too: Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Eliza Cassan was a perfect nerdlesque muse | Polygon

• Beautiful: Artist Miya Ando Transforms New York’s Brookfield Place into a Botanical Wonderland Inspired by Japan’s 72 Micro-Seasons | artnet

links/2023w27

• A teacher-turned-governor willing to use their line item veto pen as a middle finger directed at their opposition-stacked legislature is a grand thing: Tony Evers extends increases for public schools in perpetuity | The Guardian

• Sharing this only because I'm deeply disturbed that WaPo deems NXIVM "cultlike" in the opening when it's clearly, beyond any shadow of a doubt, a cult: Allison Mack released from prison early in NXIVM case | WaPo

• Yet another reason why I remain and will remain a lifelong proponent of amassing a personal, physical library: Disney Deletes Streaming Movie That Only Released In May 2023 | Kotaku

• Mycelium & orange peels were used to create these visually appealing + sustainable partitions | Yanko Design

• Fantastic document: THE AMAZING WORLD OF SUPERMAN: HOW A COMIC MAGAZINE IS CREATED | Tom Brevoort

• This is one beautiful home: Wabi-sabi philosophy guides design of accessible coastal home in Australia | Dezeen