Douglas Graves

Hank Hill is throwing up right now

Blue garage door with a white sing with red text stating, “Don’t even think of parking here.” Think is underlined

I literally checked the date just to make sure, and then felt silly for forgetting it’s the middle of June, then reread the post and felt completely justified in briefly thinking it was April again.

“Oklahoma City Thunder” still looks and sounds like a basketball team in a movie that couldn’t get the rights to use real NBA teams

What It Means to Tell the Truth About America And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”

In an executive order, Trump targeted the Smithsonian and the National Museum of African American History & Culture suggesting that it is “divisive” and pedaling “improper ideology.”

So, I took a trip back to the museum, and what I saw was a place trying to tell the unvarnished truth about America.

When my coworker asked what I thought about China stealing our AI technology to make their own, I reminded him that all AI is sourced from stolen material so it really doesn’t matter. It’s even funnier to hear OpenAI complain about it.

Cover with green, wooded background with the title, "The God of the Woods" and the author's name, Liz Moore. Pink paint drips down from the top to the middle of the book

Cover of the book with a yellow hued image of a wooded mountain peak with a stream coming down the middle. Author's name in yellow, "Horace Kephart's" and the title in white, "Our Southern Highlanders"

Currently #reading: Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart and The God of the Woods by Liz Moore #BookSky #Books

More than one character felt underdeveloped and the ending felt a bit abrupt as well. I’d still recommend to anyone who likes his other books or who enjoys nature writing. If you haven’t read Overstory yet, just do yourself a favor & start there. Full review: fable.co/review/99311... #BookSky (2/2)

Cover of the book, viewed from the perspective of a looking up toward the surface of the ocean. A giant manta ray is center with the sun above it, other fish swimming nearby, and coral on the edges. The text includes the title, "Playground" and "A Novel" "Richard Powers winner of the Pulitzer Price Author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller THE OVERSTORY"

Finished my 2nd #book of the year over the snowy weekend. I quite enjoyed Powers’ new book, Playground. I'm a fan of Powers’ prose in general & would probably enjoy reading anything he writes; however, this is my least favorite of his books I’ve read (Overstory & Bewildered). (1/2) #BookSky #Reading

Most interesting to me is the moon's influence on the development of life. The moon's pull on our tides is commonly understood, but that stirring of our great oceans was likely essential both to the creation of life and the moving from water to land. Full review #FableApp fable.co/review/b96b8...

Cover of "Our Moon: How Earth's celestial companion transformed the planet, guided evolution, and made us who we are." A dark blue background with shadowed trees and a dark cloudy sky with a golden moon at the top, shining down on dogs, also golden, who stare up at its shining light.

Finished my first #book of the year; Our Moon is a beautifully written story of our oldest and largest satellite. Boyle describes the moon's role in the development of culture, spirituality, meaning, position, discovery, knowledge, and purpose. #Reading #BookSky

Movie poster for “HOME ALONe.” Kevin’s hands on his face screeming with two men looking in at him from outside through a window.

Watching this classic tonight. Anyone have ideas why the second “e” is lower cased?

Moments Mary Oliver There are moments that cry out to be fulfilled. Like, telling someone you love them. Or giving your money away, all of it. Your heart is beating, isn't it? You're not in chains, are you? There is nothing more pathetic than caution when headlong might savea life. even. possibly. your own.

“There is nothing more pathetic than caution when headlong might save a life”

White masculinity is an identity, and playing up the defense of it — via the state, via norms, via violence — is identity politics.

I think they ought to start naming them after major corporations who contribute significantly to climate change. Hurricane British Petroleum. Hurricane Nestle.

It is absolutely insane to me that Republicans have spent decades denying human caused #ClimateChange, and now all of a sudden think some mysterious “they” can manipulate the weather. Make it make sense. #USpol #Helene #Milton

I’m so excited for you to finally hear this series. We’ll be digging into the climate threat of data centers, the people fighting them, and the harmful ideology behind this whole effort.

Subscribe to @techwontsave.us on your podcast app of choice, or support the show on Patreon!

Screenshot of the "urbanism, bikes, transit, housing" starterpack by me. "25 people have used this starter pack"

Incredible! It may not seem like much, but the starterpack has officially signed up 25 people!

And a TON of existing users have used the pack to connect with others!

(Also I know 25 users isn't the real count, only the ones recorded. I can't say how much more, but it's a lot)

go.bsky.app/5XQRRF8

One of the reasons I love this film so much is because it is such a wonderful, creative, and accurate adaptation that so wonderfully captures the spirit of the original

This is *chef's kiss*

Instagram screenshot of a The Hard Times headline: Biden’s Weed Pardons Effectively undo Vice President Harris’ Life’s Work

Amazing @thehardtimesnews.bsky.social

A thing I did 18 years got around a bit and is now all over the world.

Screenshot of a tweet captioned “At a talk entitled ‘responsible yachting’ at #COP28 with an image of two men sitting on a stage, a giant screen behind them with an image of a yacht at sea with text: “Why Catamarans?”

Saw this screenshot from
COP28 being passed around & couldn’t believe it. So I did the responsible thing and googled it; y’all… www.cop28.com/en/schedule/...

i am perpetually disappointed by my fellow millennials for immediately turning into boomers the second they hit 30 and a teen made a snarky comment about their hair and outfits