David Goodwin

Jeez, it’s already “man it must be 10pm” o’clock, which means 8:30

Ruby crowned kinglet, cute bird in a calendar.

Close up of a cute bird with a teeny tiny red feather on his head

Shout-out to the ruby-crowned kinglet for taking one little cool thing and making it his whole deal.

I couldn’t agree more! I don’t think I’ve ever seen one, very handsome bird.

Monster manual listing updates “poisonous snake” to “venomous snake”

Speaking of D&D 5e, thrilled to discover this very import update between 2014 and 2025.

In D&D if you exhaust yourself for five days running without a long rest, you die. Just a Monday reminder to take care of yourself.

OK, so this is true of many - most? - ideologies. You can call yourself an ally, but if you’re not actually helping people, then it’s just a word.

Also true of “Christian.”

Hmm.

No, but he only needed to be smarter than Trump, which is a low bar.

As a “Goodwin” who got called “Badlose” a lot in middle school, I can assure you it’s “Badnone.”

My thought of the week is that a Nazi isn’t something you ARE, it’s something you DO.

It doesn’t matter what you wear or call yourself - doing Nazi shit is still doing Nazi shit.

Thinking through the ramifications of this. In public, apparently.

Highland Open Studio Tour

www.highlandopenstudiotour.com

This is a fun thing this weekend in the Highland/New Paltz area

I have seen no better theory.

Autocomplete won’t let me type “fuck” but has zero problems replacing “pleasant” with “prostate”.

Nobody ever talks about the social contract anymore but I think it’s at the heart of <waves hands vaguely> all this.

There will never be a successful legal definition of male and female because legal rules on sex are ONLY used to oppress, disenfranchise and abuse by the government.

Sometimes you just have to ask—why? The Senate voted to strike down a rule capping most bank overdraft fees at $5, a measure introduced by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that was expected to save Americans billions each year.

Hot take: JD Vance is just a smart Dan Quayle.

One thing I like to do is take an antacid and drink coffee and make them fight.

Well this ended badly

I’m a Columbia alumnus, and what the hell is going on over there!? CU is where I learned about protest and freedom of speech. Now I am embarrassed to be associated with you.

I get annoyed when my microwave beeps at me all day, but I can also leave my coffee in there all day, so. Fair.

A bowl of cereal is great when I’m a little hungry and a little thirsty at the same time.

Calling on you to stand against the GOP funding bill. Whatever it takes.

Please tell us you’re willing to fight against the funding bill as it stands. I’ve never wanted a government shutdown, but it’s better than letting Trump and Musk eviscerate our country

You know what never gets old? The original Hadestown album by Anaïs Mitchell.

This illustration of “kleptoparasitism” (from a Sibley book) looks like a political cartoon.

Can’t wait can’t wait can’t wait!

Me with my buddy as teenagers: Haha, you’re studying so hard that someday we’ll be living in your pool house!

Me today: Hey so can we stay at your pool house this weekend?

Couldn’t make plans today, we’re on avocado watch: it could ripen any minute and we need to be ready.

The juncos and sparrows at my feeder are the unsung heroes of my mental healthy.