Jason Burns

Mamdani is going to implement Shire law.

Everyone will be required to live underground, with round doors, in comfort. This will solve the housing crisis.

Why is it Dienstag in German?

Ahhh, makes so much more sense now

Grok finally spits out something that’s not full of lies and misinformation, and NOW he wants to fix it?!? It is so tiring

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

He’s obviously on the poop deck

I implore people to think about what Memorial Day means, and then think about…this

Hamburg’s football team - “no person is illegal”

Spotted on the streets of Hamburg

Just finished that one last night, so seconded! Really tough read of a black family in the 50s. Boy is sent to a “reformatory” for boys run by a devil of a man. Supernatural elements, but they really add to the story. Reminded me of Collin Whitehead’s “The Nickel Boys” which I also highly rec.

I’m in Germany right now and saw a sign, like a real sign on a road, that said (in German), “butter loves you, margarine wants to kill you.” They do not mess around here, whether with Nazis or margarine.

Yarp

Huh. I assumed Starter Villain (which was fantastic, btw) was autobiographical and you therefore already had one

Duo the owl, sitting on a towel

Instead of Elf on the Shelf…

What We do in the Shadows. Just, wow. Can’t believe it’s over, but what a show. Doesn’t get any better than that!

I think it’s actually a plus for them

Duo is getting a bit cheeky

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My wife said something like, “I can’t believe they’re putting a rapist there” and I legit didn’t know which R she meant. Trump? Gaetz? Hegseth? So many possible fits.

Kinda too-far-away pic of (I think) a great blue heron doing some fishing

Keep seeing lots of heron pics here, so here’s my buddy who lives in the river across the road.

At school pickup today, my son’s guidance counselor said he’s “nauseously optimistic” about tomorrow and that is just the perfect way to state how I feel right now.

The Ebenezum Trilogy by Craig Shaw Gardner is wonderful. A wizard who’s allergic to magic, trial by custard, and an assassin who pretty much only says “doom.” Hilarious and so much fun. My 11yo son loves them and also loves the Tiffany Aching series by TP.

Northern lights in NJ

A blue canary. In an outlet. Near a light switch.

Thanks @tmbg.bsky.social !

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,369,468!

Trying to get the vax for my 10 yo, but not available anywhere near us in NJ. Is rollout for kids delayed? Would have been nice to get it before school…

Snapper and box turtle (I think)

Stretchles time