Gerbarbrimel Tedunkydunk

You're very kind!

(Responds by merely singing it louder without breaking eye contact)

Free Protest Art — Chris Piascik

Illustrator Chris Piascik has made several of his “Fuck ICE”/”No Kings” pieces available for free, high-res download. Print them out and use them for protest signs. (via @unlikelywords.bsky.social) [chrispiascik.com]

“War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.”

Misheard "the Trump Administration" this morning on the news as "the Drunk Administration" and suddenly the news made so much sense

Man, auto-correct just corrected "ma'am" to "mama" and an email to a colleague almost got *super awkward*

I'm disappointed that "make decisions based on facts and the best, most true information available" has become a hot take.

Rinse, repeat. This is how it goes for me!

Beardy guy in a plaid suit jacket plays a blue guitar in a garden

Had our first gig as Broomhorse over the weekend and it was just super fun. Hoping to be able to pull together some recordings for the public over the holidays! Stay tuned!

I'm old.

If you're not, listen to this.

Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.

Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.

It's literally never been more important.

Oh hell yeah, Mote is one of my faves!

The Civil War and Reconstruction with David Blight - YouTube This course explores the causes, course, and consequences of the American Civil War, from the 1840s to 1877. The primary goal of the course is to understand ...

Since I brought it up, you can watch the lectures from that course here on YouTube! youtube.com/playlist?lis...

I really enjoyed David Blight's course on the Civil War (OK, maybe more than once!) so I'm excited to hear more form him and Joanne Freeman and Beverly Gage...

Oh, man, thank you!

Elon Musk launches Grokipedia to compete with online encyclopedia Wikipedia Elon Musk has launched Grokipedia, a crowdsourced online encyclopedia that the billionaire seeks to position as a rival to Wikipedia.

Today in "nobody asked for this but we're getting it anyway..."

A favorite quote from the article: "While Wikipedia is written and edited by volunteers, it’s unclear how exactly Grokipedia articles are put together."

I suggest we dub it "Slopipedia"

apnews.com/article/elon...

Friends today I found a postcard that was sent to me from a friend, postmarked 1992. Tucked away in a book, marking a poem I liked.

Don't give up on postcards.

A cemetery memorial stone with the name Vider Boatwright and the birth date of 1887, a dash, and then no death date.

O man. Looks like dude forgot to die.

Or I guess he could be 148 years old. In which case, well played, old man!

Y'all, if you haven't seen the Pacific Northwest, I highly recommend it, 10/10. No notes.

A guess: because of the anxiety it would create when you worry about confusing them with the other thing

Completely stoked about my new friend...

This is about Zappa and Beefheart, but it goes back to what I've often said about how there's no such thing as individual genius, really, genius comes from scenes.

This definitely scratches the itch for that "I died and became a god after being eaten by a bear when the flying saucer that abducted me crashed in the mountains" vibe. Thanks, John and John.

😁

I just put a date of 2030 on something and I cannot lie it shook me a little

The peach truck arrived today and I literally cannot shut up about MILLIONS OF PEACHES

I mean, maybe, but they really don't seem clever or disciplined enough to pull that off.

Sometimes I am convinced we really are living in the dumbest timeline.

A world where this happens can't be all bad

We'll always have Eddie