Joel Dias-Porter (DJ Reneg8d)

Twenty Years After the Storm What home meant before, and after, Hurricane Katrina

20 years ago this month, Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans. For so many New Orleanians, our lives are demarcated by this moment. If someone ask you about an event or memory from the past, we say “was it before or after the storm?” On this twentieth anniversary, I wrote about going back home.

No shit. Same thing happened to the initial Jewish support that Hitler had. Who could’ve seen this coming?

Most of this is them talking about the Johntay Porter case and the one tangential link to the Malik Beasley case (which has nothing to do with Beasley actually gambling btw). I do have a theory about why Moose (or his boy) was so pissed at Beasley, but that also nothing to do with MB betting.

I’m guessing you didn’t watch this, because exactly none of it is about Malik Beasley gambling. Like I said . . .

There is no evidence that he has a gambling problem. There is a lot of evidence that he can’t manage his money worth a damn.

lol. Now you just making shit up to try to be right. Cool story bro. If you just wanted to raise your self esteem by calling someone dumb because they couldn’t read a font then you could’ve just said that. Instead you want to argue against the known history of a font.

The guy who invented italics —Aldus Mantius—stated that he did so to replicate cursive handwriting, like what are we doing here.

lol. you literally encountered a person who couldn’t read italics because they couldn’t read cursive.

*Aldus Manutius has entered the chat*

Also, it’s weird that you would use that definition (which perfectly describes italics fonts) as some kind of refutation. Like, look at the fonts, that’s literally what they’re mimicking.

You’re gonna have argue this one with the dictionary. Obviously cursive handwriting preceded printing, it goes back to the ancient Egyptians, but italics only purpose is to be a printing font in cursive. Which is why someone who can’t read cursive could struggle with an italic font.

My good friend, if it was italics, it was cursive. Italics is literally a cursive font.

That is cursive.

Thank you!

Thank you! On advice of counsel I respectfully wish to invoke my Fifth Amendment Right to silence.

my first ever attempt at a haiku in Japanese—

murasaki yo
nokoru kimono no
yūhi kana

oh the purple
of her remaining kimono
evening sunset

#haiku

*fiber has entered the chat*

YouTube video by rafalno1 Lizz Wright Thank you

Also, this is far superior to the LZ original IMO. Liz Wright is a goddess. youtu.be/qhhirjeiUBk?...

YouTube video by koollatter Tavares - She's Gone

Tavares made this obscure H&O ballad a hit, then H & O re-released their version to greater acclaim. youtu.be/zP20RxVPUCk?...

Jimi has to win for “All Along the Watchtower” because after Dylan heard the cover he only performed Jimi’s version of the song himself. No other cover that I know of can make that claim. Having said that Billy Stewart’s version of “Summertime” is—whew! youtu.be/CDLDl0_pt_k?...

Not a cover.

You can hear it. But the arrangement is so daring, she was all the way in her bag with that one.

This is fucking brilliant. The arrangement sounds like Ahmad Jamal meets the Carpenters.

The Bat signal over a city at night, changed to a folding chair signal. Alabama Brawl 23.

The Sugar Shack painting from the opening of Good Times with white , folding chairs added to the dancers hands. The sign in the back of the room is changed to read The Alabama Sweet Tea Party. Alabama Brawl 23

A giant Timberland boot docked as if it was a boat. It's called the S.S. Deadass out of New York City. Alabama Brawl 23

Writer and educator, Tananarive Due sits in front of a baby grand piano holding a white folding chair next to her. Alabama Brawl 23

For those who celebrate...🪑'23.

It’s true they made up the name, but it was mostly industrial and warehouse space. Wasn’t many folk living there before gentrification.

YouTube video by Mari Froes Mari Froes x TRINIX - Vaitimbora (Official Music Video)

I love this so much.

youtu.be/qQ2DZEnVL3k?...

thorn pricked finger—
a slash of crimson on the woodpeckers head

#haiku

My reaction to that completely batshit press briefing by Tulsi Gabbard in which she accused Obama of “treasonous conspiracy” is that whatever is in the Epstein files about Trump must be really really bad

barely

hanging on
in this elevator

plum blossoms

#haiku