Brennan Bestwick

A mat composed of small squares with random cat gashapon, Goku and a hello kitty figure

The D&D group doesn’t have figures specific to the campaign, but we make do.

This new Dijon record is exactly what I needed

This fits pretty squarely in the classic definition of assault in that it a) is unlawfully directed at constitutionally protected activity and (b) causes the victim to reasonably fear imminent physically harmful contact

I’ve had to hear how useless an English degree is most of my life, but that degree made it really easy for me to sniff out bullshit like what ceo tech bros throw at us every day.

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s Assistant

i think they're handing this medal out to dipshits *because* it's gone to people like rosa parks and MLK

Fuck You, Make Me really needs to move to become the centerpiece of resistance to this stupid timeline.

My artist of 2025 so far has to be Erika de Casier. Cannot get enough.

We need this kind of fire right now! You should run for office!

DC statehood is now an imperative. No more dicking around. Next Dem majority, get it done immediately.

Poetry has always been important to me, but it’s becoming more vital in my life as we see more tech ceo losers diminish how miraculous the human brain is.

I need the art, wonder, mess and makings of humans now more than ever.

why do we collectively refuse to perceive how this is just gAI companies, who have gambled billions in their tech, trying to create generations of customers who cannot think, read or function without their tech.
They want children locked in for the rest of their lives, a monstrous exploitation.

The Orchard "all night up the ladder and down"

Dipping my toes back into blogging

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

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Gonna try blogging again if that's something you like
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My Threads mentions are full of ostensible liberals telling me I’m missing the “nuance” when it comes to trans kids playing sports.

It’s not a matter of discrimination, they say. Trans folks are such a small percentage of the population, it’s a losing issue, they say.

To which I say:

grown man btw

Commenting “grown man btw” beneath all of my own social posts

Every time I find a new country artist I like they’re from Kentucky. Something special in the bluegrass state.

The only wealthy capitalist that’s ever charmed me is Mr. Fischoeder

"Imagine if Biden or Obama" yes but this is real, everything about this is grossly inappropriate, just like Trump's failure to appoint a special prosecutor acceptable to Democrats.

Trump is so plainly guilty the *entire White House and DOJ* is trying to save him.

I can annoy my wife all on my own

Players have been complaining about officiating all season, not just Clark, but to know that people like Sean would have to actually care about the W as a league instead of foaming at the mouth for old wealthy men to have more control over women.

Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.

Instead of asking how much rain your neighbor got, you buy burnt coffee at the rural gas station and ask the farmers in a booth, “y’all get any moisture last night?”

And I think that’s beautiful.

Love bomber first, novelist second

My poet take is that small talk about weather is neither boring or pointless.

Ai may be able to one day mimic the sound of the squirrels playing chase atop my roof but they cannot capture the whimsy of it

Corn sweat in the field, Corenswet in the box office, Korn sweat in the pit.

Poetry is everywhere.