e.s.c.

good news everyone! French authorities just raided Musk's Paris offices for his shitty social media site

the whole "degrees of separation" stuff gets fucking wild these days. didn't think i'd end up only one or two steps removed from major political figures & predatory billionaires but then it turns out that moot met with Epstein?

goddamn, Aronofsky really's speed running the end of his career i guess

hate these times when i'm in too much pain to sleep. ortho in 7 hrs though so guess i just have to take extra pain meds & hope they help. i guess at least it's good that it's my hips, that's what i'm having checked out this time. neck is bad too, there's no even remotely comfortable position rn

i'm way happier about a digital Pokémon card than i should be, but it's fucking breakcore Guzzlord. that's sick

both ICE agents are already out of Minnesota

i'm sorry, but how is any polycule supposed to organize chores & date nights without spreadsheets?

just make sure you give them shotguns, most kids' aim sucks at that age

are there at least cat & dog photos?

all the thunder gods are pitching in. fuck, think Pikachu may have gotten in on it too

one hilarious thing that's been happening the last year or so is that two of my facebook artist pages have become favorites of what appears to be a small bot farm. even funnier that one is for the project that i never released the album for, which has 4x as many followers as the e.s.c. page lol

i've seen all of the "big 4" thrash bands live. live ranking: Anthrax > Slayer > Metallica > Megadeth

sorry for the shortage of squirrel photos lately. they're fine but it's extremely cold out (-4⁰ F right now) & my joints are extra achey so i haven't been taking pics or videos (wish i had video of the squirrel that was burying the grapes in the snow)

i've had a Fiio M3K for years, the sound quality is amazing. works great as a laptop DAC too for when you're at home, i keep mine hooked up to my receiver (or my monitors when working on mixing/mastering)

Fiio devices are great, this one can handle 2TB microSD cards www.fiio.com/m5

nice! sounds delicious, i might check for one at Woodman's this week. i need a wider variety of convenience foods, i've been eating too much almond butter, fake chicken, & pizza lately

i miss the one i put together for a noise-punk band i was in ~25 years ago. all junk parts besides the seymour duncan mini-humbucker. used pages from a Daredevil comic (from the Fall From Grace storyline, poss issue 321) all over the body. defretted it too. sounded harsh in all the right ways

i'd eat one w/ chicken corn dogs & the right mix of veggies and lettuces. ranch dressing is the easy option but a good vinegar & olive oil could be nice too

but who is the lucky (non-extradition) country?

it feels weird, but i'm waiting until you're done so i can do the rewatch i do every few years again before listening to the podcast with it all fresh in my memory

yes, i'm saving your podcast to binge-listen :)

still a much better deal than that $70 7" and not just per sq inch of material, also total track length

- kidding, it's also more enjoyable music to my brain

@likeluke.bsky.social saw this at the store the other week for $100 😱

happy new year, everyone! i started it off playing video games for a bit, then laying down & listening to podcasts. so, fairly normal (though some days i don't play any video games, hoping occupational therapy improves the hand pain/cramping)

happy holidays everyone. i'm celebrating with a playlist of ska & dub as the gods intended. all of them. Cthulhu, Jesus, Allah, Yahweh, Vishnu, Odin. ALL of them want you to skank your way into 2026. it'll be a good year if you hit the Blue Meanies cover of "The Grinch", according to the prophecies

it's been my hell for decades. especially seeing footage you can tell was shot with a nice dslr or mirrorless but they can't be bothered to turn off auto-focus, causing shit to go blurry every time they gesticulate wildly

Inside DoJ’s controversial prosecution of a Texas ‘antifa cell’ charged with terrorism DoJ says a group of protesters at an ICE detention center was part of a terror cell; legal experts say case is an effort to crack down on leftwing groups and deter protesters

there's already a test case in Texas, trying to charge protestors for a crime committed by another random guy who was there (that they didn't even know, many of them don't know each other). you don't want to get fucked over later for someone else's actions www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

a reddit thread reminded me: if you're attending protests at this point in the US, please use OpSec. buy a burner & put in 3-8 emergency contacts (and still leave it off in a faraday bag). wear a mask as long as it's still legal there. make sure a few trusted friends/relatives know you're going

@codyjohnston.bsky.social listening to the newest Even More News, just wanted to say that Rites Of Spring are definitely emo (Guy from RoS later joined Fugazi) - the term was coined for them and a few other 80s artists. the softening of emo happened over the 90s w/ bands like Sunny Day Real Estate

not a great video, but this is one of my favorite neighborhood squirrels (not sure which tree he lives in). he's easy to recognize with that one white paw, i can spot him from 30+ ft. very friendly & curious (& chubby, as should be 🙂)