David K. Gibson

White guys who studied liberal arts...we're so fucking back.

Cardinals here, in the lady palms.

A shrike. A grey/white bird with a black stripe across his face and a tiny hooked beak. So cute. And also they impale mice, lizards, and other prey on thorns.

Take some inspiration from the shrike. Be an adorable little guy with a flawless haircut who will impale his enemies on a spike to display to others as an example.

It turns out my writing process is very much tied into typing; literally my brain has over the years tuned itself to compose at about the same speed as I can type. If I try to dictate a story it fucks up my process and I get frustrated. If one day I can't type, I may switch, but for now, no.

It’s like drinking a smoothie made from a nice restaurant’s garbage

“The scariest words in the English language are ‘I’m from the private sector and I’m here to maximize efficiency.’”

My top five favorite 🍁 drug movies:

1) The Québécois French Connection
2) New Jacques City
3) Pinecone Express
4) Drugstore Cowboy Junkies
5) Rush

Obama and Biden may think they are honoring the office of the presidency by keeping quiet at a moment like this — if so that’s just preening vanity — they owe it to the office and to the Republic that until last month it served to speak up loudly and clearly and without relent.

There’s infrastructure, and then there’s Dutch infrastructure.

And cycling on this infrastructural masterpiece, on top of a primary school, never bores!

U.S. Attorneys are not the President’s lawyers. They are the United States’ lawyers. You didn’t pledge an oath to a President, you pledged it to the constitution. This statement alone is reason enough to resign.

so is Harper’s gonna write a letter saying people should be allowed to say the truth out loud without losing their job or being persecuted by the government? when are they all gonna sign that one

I long for the days when nostalgia didn’t suck.

They need him to be a genius because they cannot handle what it means for them to be tricked by a fool.

drugs have taken too many beloved celebrities from us over the years but drugs also have a rare chance right now to radically rehabilitate their image

This is interesting because the question is less what they will do as *legislators* and more what they will do as *politicians*. AOC is a member of the House minority, but she’s doing a lot of politics about all of this anyway.

Letter from the Levant - On the Origin of the Pork Taboo - Archaeology Magazine - March/April 2025 Exploring ancient people’s shifting beliefs about rearing and eating pigs

A good long read on the history of religion and pork

archaeology.org/issues/march...

Taking a shot of gin to get the incriminating odor of peanut butter cups off my breath.

Happy Guillotinesday, to all who celebrate.

Yesterday, looking over a survey, I realized that I will not be turning 55 this year.

I'll be turning 55+.

Do not like.

Quite sure Elon wouldn’t pass the civics test I used to give 7th graders on checks and balances

Has he ever taken a US civics class? Seen a single episode of Schoolhouse Rock? Gotten off the crank long enough to read more than 280 characters?

Hear me out: Orlando, Ontario

I would like to point out to the finance bros out there, all your tech stocks, pharma stocks, biotechnology, they are about to tank. You defund the NIH, the universities, the research infrastructure, who do you think is buying the 10x genomics plarforms? The novel monoclonals? The NMEs?

Maybe if we just sat the guy down and made him watch some Schoolhouse Rock.

I wonder how many US Civics classes Musk took growing up.

Black and white photo of six Black men sitting in the chairs of where the supreme courts official portraits are taken. They all look Regal

#BlackHistoryMonth

Rare photo of the US Supreme Court building support staff posing while setting up for the SCOTUS group photo. January 1976. The photographer is unknown.

I love when people want to privatize government functions because of bureaucracy as if dealing with corporations isn’t spending 15 minutes in a phone tree to be put on hold for 20 more and get hung up on.

I’m running for Mayor of Orlando because I believe in a future shaped by you.

That’s why I’m launching the Orlando’s Future Survey—a chance for residents, workers, and everyone who cares about our city to share their ideas, priorities, and aspirations.