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No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it came...

god damn this is brutal defector.com/taylor-swift...

To create something, anything, good, takes time and desire. “A project that takes five years will accumulate those years’ inventions and richnesses. Much of those years’ reading will feed the work,” Annie Dillard wrote in The Writing Life. Good creative work draws on the well of your experience, on everything that you consumed and felt and saw over a period of time. If you dip into the well constantly without giving it time to refill, you end up with nothing but pieces of mud, nothing that will satiate a thirst for art.

boy is this a relevant observation

the guy who caught cal raleigh’s homer was wearing a shirt that said dump 61 here and he immediately took it off and had a shirt that said dump 62 here

Oooh it’s the harvest moon!

Don’t forget to leave milk and cookies out for Neil Young tonight

I biked through here to and from the transit center daily for a while. Its certainly in need of improvement. Especially since Zumiez HQ is just up 204th street.

We need to do this in the US so badly. We are such a servile populace. We need to remember the goverment works for us.

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

“You ever take it off any sweet jumps?” Is the first thing I ask anyone with a friggin sweet bike.

I remember this! I took a bus from this stop back then and I can remember the bus lane AWAYS being taken up by cars queuing for I5.

Photo of a man wearing a jacket and jeans riding a bicycle.

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter riding his custom-made Rivendell bicycle

#BicycleBirthday
October 1 (1924-1024)

MY THOUGHTS ON THE RIYADH COMEDY FESTIVAL l've been asked for my opinion on the Riyadh Comedy Festival and rather than answer the same question 23 times, l'll just put this out here. Oh, and I should preface this with the fact that I was not offered the gig but it should go without saying that there's not enough money for me to help these depraved, awful people put a "fun face" on their crimes against humanity. Here goes: What do you think I think? I am disgusted, and deeply disappointed in this whole gross thing. That people I admire, with unarguable talent, would condone this totalitarian fiefdom for...what, a fourth house? A boat? More sneakers? We can never again take seriously anything these comedians complain about (unless it's complaining that we don't support enough torture and mass executions of journalists and LGBQT peace activists here in the states, or that we don't terrorize enough Americans by flying planes into our buildings). I mean that's it; you have a funny bit about how you don't like Yankee Candles or airport lounges? Okay great, but you're cool with murder and/or the public caning of women who were raped, and by having the audacity to be raped, were guilty of "engaging in adultery"? Got any bits on that? These are some of my HEROES! Now look, some of you folks don't stand for anything so you don't have any credibility to lose, but my god, Dave and Louie and Bill, and Jim? Clearly you guys don't give a shit about what the rest of us think, but how can any of us take any of you seriously ever again? All of your bitching about "cancel culture" and "freedom of speech" and all that shit? Done. You don't get to talk about it ever again. By now we've all seen the contract you had to sign. You're performing for literally, the most oppressive regime on earth. They have SLAVES for fuck's sake!!!

I don't understand how being rich can make someone such a whore. Poor people desperate to improve their (or their families lives), sure. Still not acceptable but I can understand the desperation to put food on the table. But this? I mean, it's not like this is some commercial for a wireless service or a betting app. This is truly the definition of "blood money". You might as well do commercials for Lockheed Martin or Zyklon B. Holy shit, I remember the backlash I got for appearing in Alvin and the Chipmunks! You would've thought that I had taken money from a bunch of people responsible for funding Al Qaeda! Unless you open your sets with, "This is dedicated to all of the widows and widowers and kids orphaned by this bloodthirsty oppressive regime especially from the zany shenanigans on 9/11. Never Forget Motherfuckers! Alright, so it's great to be here. I'm gonna be killing it tonight! But in the good way! Straight up. No MbS." then your hypocrisy will never not be noted. -David P.S for anyone who wants to actually spend their money on something worthwhile, the Human Rights Foundation does amazing work. Learn more and donate at https://hrf.org

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Both guys with extremely in-character views on what growing up in Irvine was like:

It’s truly horrifying what’s happening in this country right now.

Man still looking skeptical while entire stadium celebrates Mariners winning division title and a man runs across the baseball field with a giant AL West Division Champions banner

Mariners Fans Still Skeptical They’ll Ever Be AL West Champs Again: tinyurl.com/y3n3h7sc

Microsoft blocks Israel’s use of its technology in mass surveillance of Palestinians Exclusive: Tech firm ends military unit’s access to AI and data services after Guardian reveals secret spy project

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

I've seen Zohran talk about this before, but this answer is so so so good and makes me so hopeful about his mayoralty

taking socialism seriously means taking government efficiency seriously

we can't be negatively polarized into opposing efficiency www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/n...

Every day, I pray for a world where everyone is kind and respectful of each other, regardless of gender.

May unreasonable attacks against transgender people end🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

May today be filled with happiness and love for you all🤍

the album art for the upcoming 10 year anniversary edition of Carly Rae Jepsen's EMOTION with expanded tracks

there's a big problem with the culture here on bluesky, and it's that not nearly enough people are posting about the 10 year anniversary of Carly Rae Jepsen's groundbreaking and timeless album EMOTION being this year and how awesome that is

This is Irvine California, at least in pockets.

Keep your head down. Don‘t get upset. Don’t be negative. Positivity without direction will deliver us a solution from the heavens.

Ethnic pogroms and daylight terror, torture and death in camps, save your lectures on the strength of this regime until we find the +50,000 humans, thus far, who have been disappeared under the colors of our flag. Reparations and justice will be the proof of their weakness, nothing less.

Basil Rathbone standing on some brick steps outside of his home. He's wearing an overcoat that comes down below his knee. He's also wearing what appears to be gray trousers and black dress shoes.

A Suitsupply model wears a navy "overcoat," which barely reaches mid-thigh. He pairs it with a navy turtleneck, gray pleated trousers, and black shoes.

The effect of car dependency: in 1940, Basil Rathbone was photographed wearing an overcoat outside his home. As more men relied on cars, overcoats became shorter to accommodate drivers. Today, the right is marketed as an "overcoat," even if it would've been considered more sport coat length in 1940.

‘Israel is committing genocide in Gaza’: Bernie Sanders Key progressive lawmaker becomes the first US senator to describe Israel’s assault on Gaza as a genocide.

Bernie Sanders has become the first US senator to call Israel’s assault on Gaza 'genocide'.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/...

Light rail train crossing floating bridge across Lake Washington at midnight

Midnight Light Rail Test Last Time It Will Ever Run That Late: tinyurl.com/45xm34js

HOW IT SOUNDED -- #5️⃣6️⃣

Cal Raleigh moves into a tie with Ken Griffey Jr. for the single-season home run record for the Seattle Mariners, as called by Gary Hill Jr and Rick Rizzs on the #Mariners Radio Network. 🔱

RECAP 📰: sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-...

An $85 Billion Railroad Merger is in the works. No one’s happy about it. In late July, Union Pacific announced their plans to merge with Norfolk Southern in a megadeal that would create nation’s first transcontinental railroad. No one’s happy about it.

To read my full report, check it out here, and subscribe to the newsletter as I stay on top of this story in the coming months.

White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups

Pretty crazy how "America is a legit, no bullshit fascist country" is now a NYT headline.

south korea is reacting to its citizens being illegally detained and tortured the way i thought other countries would react to its citizens being illegally detained and tortured

As a vintage bike enjoyer I really appreciate this intersection of fashion and cycling history. It really reminds about what cycling is about at the end of the day: having fun, no matter the intensity of the ride.

If you want to dress well this fall, imagine yourself as Big Jim Collie, a Scottish crofter in the 1970s who lived alone in a bothy and rode a rickety old bicycle through the Lairig Ghru, the highest mountain pass in the highest mountain range in Britain, while sustaining himself on a bit of dram.