Rik Smith

The child “discipline” chapter is heartbreaking to read!

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I’ll be honest and say that I disagree with every fucking Exec Order of the past 4 days.

But I’m also jealous.

I wish Democrats acted like this in return… We come into office “seeking bipartisanship” and consensus.

The next Dem president better be honey badger riding a tsunami of exec orders.

A photo of Joe Jackson’s album, Night and Day, with a martini and turntable in the foreground.

This album was released in 1982. I was 21. I was in the Air Force. My roommate was gay. I didn’t know it yet. (This was pre-Don’t Ask Don’t Tell - no one told!). Joe Jackson changed my perspective on masculinity with this record. It’s good to listen to it again. And that damn piano! Whew!

A photo of Art Farmer’s album, At Boomers, with a turntable and a glass of Bailey’s Irish Cream in the foreground.

A little Art Farmer to go with my Bailey’s Irish Cream. This album is so cool! Recorded in 1976, Farmer’s flugelhorn is as mellow as my drink.

A photo of Wayne Shorter’s album, Adam’s Apple, with a turntable and a Bloody Mary in the foreground.

Another Wayne Shorter album to go with my second Bloody Mary of the day. #saturdayjazz

A photo of Wayne Shorter’s 1959 album, JuJu, with a turntable and a Bloody Mary in the foreground.

Wayne Shorter and a Bloody Mary to start the weekend. #saturdayjazz

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I imagine it every day and nearly weep.

LA wildfire damages set to cost record $135bn Some of the most expensive properties in the US have been wiped out by the fires.

If you think slowing or stopping #climate change is too expensive, you have it backwards.
Failing to slow or stop #climatechange is what's expensive.
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A photo of Mike Casey’s new album, Valencia, with a rocks glass and a red drink in the foreground.

Sticking with sax tonight. Really like this Puzzle Punch (rum, Campari, Demerara, bitters) and how it pairs with a new favorite sax player, Mike Casey @mikecasey.blsky.social. The complex rhythms and interplay of instruments is like rum, Campari, and a dried blood orange slice! #fridayeveningjazz

A photo of the cover of Melissa Aldana’s Echoes of the Inner Prophet album and a cocktail glass with a pink drink in the foreground.

After the Hank Mobley, I decided to sweeten things up a bit with a Love & Murder (Campari, green chartreuse, lime juice, and saline!) and some Melissa Aldana. I can’t recommend this album highly enough! #fridayeveningjazz

Elon’s estranged daughter has re-entered the chat

A photo showing the cover of the Hank Mobley jazz album, Workout, with a rocks glass and a cocktail in the foreground.

A smoky drink (Six Figure: mescal, white vermouth, yellow chartreuse) to go with some gorgeous smoky jazz. Hank Mobley. OMG! #fridayeveningjazz

I’m so sorry to hear that. I wish you all the best memories of your time with your father!

Yeah. Same.

"There is not a vaccine that Kennedy thinks is safe or effective," says @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social.

The Freethinkers bookclub I’m in just selected it for our February read. Really looking forward to it!

Green semi truck crossing a bike lane protected by a wide grassy area and trees. Photo by me.

Red protected bike lane crossing a driveway. Photo by me.

Protected intersection with red semi truck. Photo by me.

Nice red protected bike lane as far as the eye can see. Photo by me.

I did some field research awhile back to see how the Dutch do bike lanes in industrial areas and—folks—they're better than the shit we have in the city.

As I put it a few years ago in my blunt advice to Irish cities, “Your goal SHOULDN’T be to replace a million fossil fuel vehicles with a million electric vehicles. It should be to replace a million fossil fuel vehicles with 250,000 electric vehicles. The main answer MUST be FEWER cars driven LESS."

A picture of a man who is bald with tattered clothes and has Viet and looks hagged staring with a forehead Brow had something off into the distance with an alien man standing behind him the picture is from the TV show Star Trek the Next Generation and features an episode in which the captain of the ship captain picard is tortured by being constantly told that four large lights are actually five large lights and he struggles to eventually deny this despite the evidence in front of him being that there are in fact four lights

The vast majority of us when the gas industry tells us we need to burn more fossil fuels to solve climate change

What’s the first album you remember buying with your own money?

If you're thinking about getting an e-bike, now is the time to pull the trigger

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Alex Wild, Chaos Agent

You really need to just stick to history and stop making everything so political!

Done!

On a serious note though, Democrats have to stop accepting GOP framing on everything. There is no border crisis, instead we need immigration targets. DEI doesn’t discriminate, but we do need integration. Bathroom laws are bullshit; civil rights aren’t up for discussion.

A tattoo of Darwin’s tree of life with “I think” at the top.

It’s great to finally be one of the coolest people!

1. Consent in our pseudo-democracies is strained at the best of times, but it hangs on the belief that there is some kind of justice: through inquiries, tribunals, sometimes even the law, powerful people who commit crimes against us will one day be held to account. But what if this no longer works?🧵

Today I needed to go to a Union training. I regularly take the bus to campus, but have not used it to get around town much. Damned if it wasn’t easy and convenient. I realized I can use that same route to go to the grocery store, mall, & liquor store, to name a few. I’m a bit embarrassed & ashamed.