Atlas O'Clare

I can’t emphasize enough right now that the millionaires tax in Massachusetts has allowed public schools to provide free lunch and breakfast for all students. We can take their money and do good things with it!

People severely underestimate their own power. Every time you tell someone no, you are forcing them to either learn a lesson or lose any chance of getting what they want from you. Do note though, this only works if you can hold firm- a permeable boundary is no boundary at all.

Something I'll never get is that some people will only admit that something is obvious once either the event came to pass or the vast majority of people already agree. Basing your morals on the approximate average of the people around you is no way to lead a civilized life

I hate Catan cause I don't settle

"They're probably judging me, so I'm going to judge them first" You actually already did! Assuming other people are judging you is itself inherently judgemental. And that's a self-fulfilling prophecy, because non-judgmental people DO judge judgemental people 🤷‍♀️ Be normal yo

I feel like a lot of people confuse "don't burn bridges" with "repair the bridges that others have burned on their behalf no matter how many times they do it" and it shows on a national level

Tired: "Society needs ska to make a comeback"
Wired: "Ska's alive and better than ever"
Inspired: "Society needs as many fuckin ska bands and fans as possible. I mean a really, truly saturated market. A ska band in every neighborhood. Hell, one in every building. Now's the time."

"is that really the best idea?" bröther that was my ONLY idea

It truly feels that $20k would be a reasonable price for the purchase and install of a new generation of dishwashers that are somehow automated. Why would anyone want a clumsy metal person instead of just a better technology 😐

A lot of people seem to define "trustworthiness" as "won't tell people the horrible things I say to them about those people" instead of "doesn't say horrible things about people" and that's just an interesting atmosphere to exist in

Lower your standards for your creative output and raise your standards for your societal input (not just social media, also movies/tv/criticism/people). Completion beats "perfection". Delight yourself, detach from what others may think about the result. No step is ever wasted!

I'm thinking back on that oldschool forum master who schooled the TikTok street interviewer a while back, and I realized something: the left was gradually shamed out of drawing a hard line, and then the right adopted the tactics. Giving no quarter 100% works. Elect that man ffs

Everyone needs at least two tarot reading ladies and one motivational yapper in their daily youtube rotation to gas you up unapologetically. If one or more films in a car, that's ok, but use discernment if they're also wearing sunglasses. "Who do you recommend" They'll find you

Ask not for whom the horn toots; it toots for thee

The PA we were hearing that day got repossessed due to the explicit confession of robbery 😔

The rest of the Bosstones are making new music with new bands 🎶 check out The Kilograms

Look, I’m just a silly goose…but remember when we (y’all) had the virtual fests where everyone recorded a set and then someone streamed it?

Should we maybe consider doing something like that for Jamaica? Like have a fundraising link where people could donate?

Idk, just a thought.

The year is 2025. The rarest skill in the world is acting normal for like 15 minutes. For me of course it's effortless

The irony of these nuts talking about a "woke mind virus". Dude, go to therapy or exit society.

There is a constant tension between the urge to go "Oh that would make a perfect gift for my niece, I should buy it now so Christmas is set" and the logical realization that by Christmas, everything I know now about her likes and dislikes may be laughably outdated

I didn't plan to grow up to be a brunette Legolas it just happened that way

The older I get the more I appreciate Run-around by Blues Traveller. Every single line is just a delightful play on words that links to the line before it and sets up the line after it and singing along just feels right. Gotta be one of the most songs ever made

United mates postal service

That sort of thing is only interesting in retrospect, and only if it ended up making a difference. Paul McCartney listened to the least commercially successful Beach Boys album and then wrote a response album and we're still talking about both decades later? Ok, now we're getting somewhere

Anyone who tries to guess what I'm going to do next is going to be wrong every single time. You've never met anyone like me- but I've met plenty of people like you 💃 Eyes on your own page, we're taking different tests!

SKA POP TAKEOVER. This is your sign to ignore the critics and go make your thing. Your art is desperately needed.

I read a book once where every chapter ended with an elipsis. "They turned and looked right into the eyes of....." (Next chapter begins) "Hellhounds!" I was so pissed, it's also how I learned that some kids series are written by different authors for each book bc that was a noticeable dip in quality

Come to Massachusetts! We have:
1. Is this lane merging or have they just not repainted the dotted line in 40 years?
2. Ok, I think it's merging
3. False alarm, it's taking so long, it must be a faded line
4. Oh shit oh fuck we're merging

And I see, things that I pretend that I don't see 😳
And I store them in my head, love...
If only for memories 😌