wade of mutilation

We get paper cuts because paper thirsts for the blood of the humans who make it. It’s zombie trees.

My rep @adamsmith.house.gov keeps sending me emails asking if I support a bipartisan solution to the government shutdown. I know it’s just a way to poke me and see if I’m alive, but I answered and said no. No bipartisan anything. No collaboration. Block the MAGA controlled GOP at every turn.

A really old trick conservatives use is to accuse liberals of supporting an idea that would make sense under liberal values but that liberals don't actually support for tactical reasons. So you face a choice of either accepting the false accusation or you argue against your own values.

Back when I was on Mastodon I tried Toot!, Ivory, and Metatext. Each one had a different approach! I wasn’t really enjoying Mastodon though, so that colored my experience with those apps.

What app(s) are you using?

I’m convinced the main reason Miyazaki films have a reputation for being “cozy” in the West is because he actually writes and animates long moments of quiet into his stories, whereas Western animated films are usually a nonstop parade of loud music, sounds, noises and neon colors.

The New Zoo Revue is coming right at you motherfuckers!

okay, look

Drunk sounding dinosaur costumed lounge act singing Tears for Fears and he brought a Subway sandwich with him

YouTube video by whoisalexjacob Alex Trebek saying the word "genre" on Jeopardy!

youtu.be/YmNK8R-YuEc?...

So last night I migrated @gregpak.net from Bluesky to Blacksky's myatproto.social server for non-Black users! A few thoughts on the process for anyone thinking about this...

Wherein the Unwritten Symposium discusses the past, present, and future of Swords Without Master.

Bonus content: You get to hear me realize we're making an old fashion fixup (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fix-up) in real time

I will never not repost this

(Sound on for maximum effect)

i’m sorry i watched your toddler for an hour and now she won’t stop singing landslide

you ever think about those real weird overlaps. like tennessee williams might have listened to the ramones

My great grandmother also passed away in the 1980s, and when she was a young woman she was one of the first telephone operators in the U.S.. Now I’m trying to imagine how I’d explain telephone operators to a Zoomer.

I see that tickets have gone on sale for Bleedingham XIV, a horror film festival in Bellingham, WA October 24-26. I only learned about it recently, but I met the organizers at the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and they were very cool. #HorrorSky

bleedingham.com/2025/10/01/b...

I've been banging this drum for the past four months or so: DOGE and Russ Vought broke the appropriations process. What's the point of going through the arduous process of crafting 12 spending bills, clearing them through committee and getting them through two chambers if Trump does rescissions?

Yeah, it’s a legit science-fictiony take but I also liked the Force better when it was presented as something like the Tao, and anyone could be “strong in the Force” by being in harmony with it.

Sadly I bounced off the Clone Wars.

Chalk art on a sidewalk of a multcolored burst of angular lines, under which "GOOD DOG" is written in fluorescent yellow, pink, and black with an arrow pointing up to the line burst, encouraging people to put their dogs in the middle and take a photo because sharing pet pictures makes the world a better place. At the bottom of the sidewalk it says "SHOW US YOUR DOGS!" with the handle of the art instagram @rocks_on_the_block

Coping with the fact that tomorrow is Monday by convincing local strangers to send me pictures of their pets throughout the week.

Guardians of the Whills - Wikipedia

Per en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardia...

I didn’t watch Bad Batch! I did learn later that as far back as the 1970s Lucas imagined the Force as being composed of microscopic creatures called Whills, making Midichlorians the go-betweens for them and their “carriers”.

YouTube video by Star Wars Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace - Trailer

I still get chills when I watch the trailer for The Phantom Menace and I desperately want to see the Star Wars movie that it promised. youtu.be/bD7bpG-zDJQ?...

I have a few favorites, but ALIEN (1979) is at the top.

youtu.be/jQ5lPt9edzQ?...

It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...

My wild take is that if the Democrats need our votes to win, they should cater to us the way the GOP caters to the Right. If they don’t need our votes, they should lay off the guilt trips.

Oh boy, is it ever. My copywriting career was driven in large part by my ability to translate technical speak for non-technical people such as end users and execs making major IT purchasing decisions.

Eagles!

A real Garfield with side-eyes with a pan of lasagna looking at cartoon Garfield on TV.

Not funny, Mom!