Islander

Happy Caturday.

I finally watched the video. It’s horrible. But no more horrific than the repeated destruction of children, which I don’t even want to imagine. I think of Hosea 8:7, which the Christian nationalists won’t: “They sow the wind and reap the whirlwind.”

YouTube video by Igorrr IGORRR - HEADBUTT

Sheer demented brilliance, both audio and video.

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Here are the creatures who have enslaved us. They treat us well. Out enslavement has been entirely voluntary.

Too high up for me to reach him so excellent surveillance spot.

Beautiful creatures.

Facebook sickened me because every third thing in my feed was an ad. This platform has also rapidly filled up with people trying to sell us something they’re selling. I guess there’s no dependable way to escape money-grubbing because shame has obviously become a worthless word.

This is where my heart is, and where yours should be too.

One of the lords we serve in our household, channeling Bast.

Opinion | Parsing ICE’s mixed-up, hard-to-believe assault claims ICE officials keep touting a 413 percent increase in assaults on officers to justify officers masking their identities.

I asked ICE where the “413% increase in assaults” justification for its officers using masks came from. They didn’t answer. So I dug into it, and what I found … did not boost their argument.
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Happy NO KINGS Caturday.

Booker: He was made to kneel before the authority of the executive… They treated a member of the United States senate violently after he identified himself, dragged him out of a room, threw him upon the ground, and put him in handcuffs

I looked and didn’t see her, but you must be right.

Spider babies scurrying on a cooler lid I left open to dry, all gone the next day, in the air and who knows where.

A welcome home after another miserable baseball game in the PNW, albeit on a glorious afternoon.

He is completely clueless about what he is doing.

Morning.

We have clouds. We have geese. We have trees. Constant reminders that human life needs to be radically readjusted.

“The Meta AI app is here. Download now to start talking to your own personal AI.” I think I’d rather rupture my Achilles tendon.

They are both great.

Judges standing up: “The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals said in its seven-page ruling Thursday that the Trump administration’s assertions in the case ‘should be shocking not only to judges, but to the intuitive sense of liberty that Americans far removed from courthouses still hold dear.’”

I'm 73. Heavy Metal Just Changed My Life Mikal Gilmore writes about his dive into heavy metal music at age 73, following the 2024 election of Donald Trump

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SEEN AND HEARD ON A SATURDAY (PART 2): HEAVEN SHALL BURN, OMINOUS RUIN, BALMOG, CHAINSWORD HURSAN, KATATONIA, GHOST - NO CLEAN SINGING Heaven Shall Burn – photo by Candy Welz (written by Islander) Fanatically determined to get both Parts of this roundup posted today, I took a 10-minute break after launching Part 1 and then dived into this one. I haven’t gone to the bathroom yet, but like Cory Booker I’m depending on Depends. As discussed in [...]

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SEEN AND HEARD ON A SATURDAY (PART 1): GAAHLS WYRD, IMPERISHABLE, MY DEMENTIA, ORTHODOX, A FLOCK NAMED MURDER, DISPYT, FAMILY GARDEN - NO CLEAN SINGING Gaahls WYRD – photo by Jørn Veberg (written by Islander) It’s good to have friends. Friends can give you useful advice. Sometimes friends can also give you advice that makes you think, “I wish they hadn’t said that.” Case in point: Since the middle of last week my wife has been 1,100 miles from where [...]

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Kind of lost my mind today, writing about new music from 14 metal bands at No Clean Singing, including some singing bands. It dovetails with sentiments expressed by a great article by a 73-year-old new metal lover in Rolling Stone. Links in comments, if I can do that.

Chin rest.

In terms of pure math, and using precise mathematical terms, a Godzillian lawsuits have been filed against Trump’s wackjob orders. His DOJ has been shedding lawyers who are too beleaguered and embarrassed. If we actually had a principled Supreme Court, their legal positions would burn. But we don’t

BREAKING: White House sources report an old Ork Codex was slipped into the President's Daily Briefing and he is now exploring the possibility of ending the dollar entirely in favor of a teeth based economy

It won’t last. Insider trading is much more profitable when markets are volatile. Meanwhile businesses small and large and people are wasting money or pumping the brakes because they have no idea what’s going on or what to expect. That won’t change as long as this self-centered moron is in charge.

Pics from the Hands Off! march and rally in my small Puget Sound community yesterday. I’d guess 500-700 turned out.