the Anarchist Arborist

Boss: "so we've got some work coming up at a golf course..."

-desire to make and drop seed bombs intensifies-

I live in NorCal, but originally from Arizona

Everyone i knew back in AZ are becoming realtors. Its a plague, and i simply dont understand.

Bsky ain't cooked

Bsky burnt

The boom trucks are refusing to work today

I think they became sentient or something, because they're acting like people when people dont want to work

Trees require more work than people realize

Especially tree planting. Sure, feels good to plop down some new sticks and pat yourself on the back.

But unless there's a plan to take care of them in place (i.e. trimming, disease/pest control, WATERING!), planting trees may cause more harm than good

100 million shitlibs in the streets together would be quite social engineering marvel, actually

Fucked by the boss once again

No, not the fun kind of fucked. Quite the opposite, actually.

I love the smell of burning rubber and exhaust fumes in the morning

Especially when those fumes come from cars doing 60+ (96+km) in a 45 mph (72 km/ph) zone

My whole neighborhood is just pumpkins (not even carved) and inflatables 😭

So my employer is trying to get into traditional logging by doing some forestry projects for fuel reduction

Fuel reduction issues aside, the project at large is NOT going well for my employer. Its actually kinda funny how not well its going.

But the contract got extended 12 more months somehow 🤷‍♂️

You know that thing that ruined mobile gaming?

No, not G̶a̶m̶b̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ - "loot crates". We'll, kinda

Game devs saw "whales" as more valuable than normal players - small percentage of players with very high incomes.

Now scale that to the whole economy...

Why does the family always want labor intensive meals when its *my turn* to cook?

Italian stuffed shells?! In this economy?!

giving homeless people housing is a good litmus test to see if someone actually cares to solve a problem or not. if they want to solve homeless they’d just give people homes.

There's a stretch of road i frequent a lot near me

Every 2 - 3 months the homeless camps get swept. A week later, people are back.

At some point, simply helping these people costs less than constantly sweeping them.

But its not about the money...

Are there episodic youtube channels? Or just... entertainment channels anymore?

Getting kinda sick of video essays

So when are we all moving to Reddit?

My boss pulling a federal government and being a hypocritical and whatnot

Nothing big, just changing the starting location about 3 times.

Without telling anyone.

First time in my life ive got the "Sunday Scaries" and its because I really fucked up last week.

Like "We were gonna fire you, but so-and-so likes you, so were gonna give you another chance..." type of fucked up.

Acknowledge my luck, bow my head on the clock, and get through some shitty days ahead

Fascism is flowering in America after its roots got established and it put out some new growth

Fascism is also an invasive species. Spreads quickly, consumes everything, pushes everything else out

Its time to remove some roots. Otherwise this is gonna keep happening.

10/4!

Its October 3rd

My neighbor has a pile of woodchips sitting in their driveway since last week

The backyard trees need new mulch before the rainy season, so i wonder if they *need* all that chip?

laws aren't real, as many are learning way too slowly

Two and a half years into my position, and my boss FINALLY admits what I've been saying since the beginning:

I was not trained well when they first promoted me.

Not that thats any excuse. But its nice to hear a "Yeah, we fucked up. We're sorry about that" from a corporation.

Fuck I just accidentally gave my coworker a compliment and the narcissism came out full fucking force

Yeah, buddy. You're the glue holding this company together and when you leave, the company is gonna go bankrupt because you're no longer on payroll..... 🙄🙄

Government shut down?

As opposed to what? Government shutting up?

Both are acceptable options

Worst "tell me you're fascist without telling me" I've seen yet

Amid beige and gold bedding lies a black ball of fur with yellow saucers wide as they can be. The black cats eyes are staring widely at the camera. Pillows with colorful elephants dot the background, giving way to an open window to an outside view.

There's a black hole in our bed!

What in the AI-generated fever dream am I watching here?

Gun violence at a church now