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18 years in food service and I'd never had a customer leave their shoes before.

An homage to a panel from the Achewood web comic. Phillipe, a young and eager otter, who is wearing a shirt and tie and a helmet for some reason, is happily singing a song to himself as follows: Born... in the USA! I went to school and I got an... A! I ate a hamburger and said hooray! Maybe it will happen today! The final line is obviously my addition. The art was redrawn by me and is not just a copy of the original panel. Done in black lines and halftone shading on a toned paper background. You do not need to trouble Chris Onstad about this.

Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026

Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.

STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

The Zatoichi boxset ends on an entirely middling note, but at least Ichi gets to hide in a container too small to contain him.

Once again I will point out that most deaths in early concentration camps occur from illness and poor conditions. But these deaths are not accidents; this is one of the intended outcomes of a concentration camp.

The use of AI to identify targets (without subsequent specific human confirmation) should be considered a war crime.

And by that I don't mean "we should make a rule" I mean that straightforward application of the existing rules would tell you that it is a war crime.

How to Deescalate ICE Step 1: make friends with three velociraptors.

Finally moving on from the Zatoichi boxset and most of my notes for the next episode are just "wow Charlie Chaplin is so much better at making movies than Shintaro Katsu."

The administration’s complete failure to conceive of consequences of the Iran war is derived from the same impulse that makes them think anti-ICE protests must be astroturfed: they think so little of everyone else that they don’t realize being killed bothers us

"The CIA conspired to make me less cool than I was when I was 25" is the most succinct Gen X manifesto I've ever heard

A judge just tossed out Columbia University's disciplinary actions against 22 students over the 2024 Hamilton Hall occupation, finding the school relied on sealed arrest records and held individuals responsible for group actions, violating its own rules.

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In the '90s, a guy named Frank Perreti made a play at being the Christian Stephen King by writing a novel about a group of townspeople whose sins manifested as oozing rashes as their skin. Eventually, the ooze summoned a big dragon who ate them all. Anyway.

Plaintiffs continue their outreach and report here on “the number of Plaintiffs who wish to travel independently to a U.S. port of entry or who wish to be flown from a third country to the United States for their court proceedings, understanding that in both scenarios they will be detained upon arrival.” ECF No. 247 at 7. There are nineteen (19) such Plaintiffs as of the date of this filing. Further details are submitted separately under seal, as ordered by the Court.

Incredible.
19 of the 137 Venezuelans whom Trump sent to CECOT under the Alien Enemies Act, & who were swapped back to VZ & then escaped to 3d countries, seek to come back to the US to contest their Tren de Aragua designation—knowing they'll be detained (& God knows what else) by the Trump Admin.

Bored of Peace, amiright

My earliest memories of public events, night vision views of tracer rounds on the nightly news.

Remember, the enemy of the enemy is not your friend. Because a fascist is mad at a company led by a eugenics cult doesn't mean you should align with the latter.

Arguably calling this "unconstitutional" is correct, not in the common meaning of "breaks established law" but in that the very act of issuing this order would be a violation of the separation of powers, the very backbone of the constitution, and of the Tenth Amendment, the backbone of federalism.

No it wouldn't. Executive Orders aren't laws, they're memos about how the administration will interpret laws. There's no federal law to interpret here.

This week we talk about the best Zatoichi movie and one that is in the running for worst thing we've seen in the Criterion Collection in 13 years of the podcast. And also there's Zatoichi at Large.

If you have the means, please donate to the Trans Continental Pipeline right now. They are a Colorado based org that helps trans people relocate and they are overwhelmed with requests. Colorado borders Kansas, and TCP has the infrastructure to help get people out.

tcpipeline.org

🚏 NEW CHEEKFACE 🚏

Really love every Jacob Geller video, but as someone who used to stream/critique "Christian games" - including the first two game he talks about here - I really appreciate this look into "Jewish games".

“Hostile Street” is out now 🧿 So, an increasingly cruel society is encroaching on people who are basically good and friendly and just trying to do their thing. I know that, you know that, we all know that. Me and Mandy saw it in hostile street furniture – those bus benches that have uncomfortable

Only watching the State of the Union for the commercials.

ROVÉLO CREATIVE'S GUIDE TO Cyclist Visibility BIke stencil Visible bike stencil behind a dash - invisible invisible unless rolling through a stop sign

Quick Reference.

Waymo cars delivered to Chicago today, and the trucks are illegally parked in the bike lane 🙃

Green box with opening instruction picture that resembles someone pulling their arse open with the forefingers of both hands, sorry no funny or twee or slightly arch explanation comes to mind here, it's just nasty.

Roses are red,
I would rather not see
A packaging box
Inspired by goatse.

KPop Demon Hunters getting a Criterion Collection release before any film from Satoshi Kon, Ralph Bakshi, Mamoru Oshii, Don Bluth or Sylvain Chomet might actually kill me.