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A white work van in a parking lot that has "C&C Pest Control" written on the side

Did.. Did the Music Factory go out of business?

this is not an amount of money any individual or household should be able to have and we have to abolish both billionaires as a group and the economic system that makes them possible

I'm just glad I live in a state with a Democratic supermajority, where our legislators can scramble together millions at the last minute for the important things, like an arena renovation that will benefit a billionaire

We live in a world in which its entirely possible that Iran negotiations failed because people involved bet the under.

I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to

I liked her before but this earned more of my respect

she holds multiple truths within her response while still holding ppl accountable. there’s both compassion and anger in her honest, unapologetic articulation. an exemplar, tbh

thank you, Jayme Lawson 👏🏽

I think if I'd gotten away with attempting a coup, suffered no consequences for it, then won an election four years later, got away with executing citizens in the streets and foreigners in boats, and successfully abducted a head of state, I too might think I could just bomb my way to regime change

The morally bankrupt Trump administration has partnered with another morally bankrupt authoritarian to declare an unprovoked war on Iran, already killing scores of civilians.

We need an immediate vote from Congress on a War Powers Resolution. Then articles of impeachment.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

Civil rights are a kitchen-table issue.

The guy who staged a failed coup last time is building a massive personal militia staffed with lawless thugs. At this point it’s just naïve not to see where this is going.

Soon we will finally realise the great human dream of outsourcing all our social relationships to bots that will talk to each other while we sit alone in our basements consuming AI-generated porn.

That is so much $$$.

We could do universal national child care and pre-k for less than a tenth of that.

Sheri's Ranch is demanding total ownership of their workers IP, including the right to generate AI content based on photos and videos. Support there union efforts here unitedbrothelworkers.org but while you're at it CHECK OUT THIS UNION BADGE hell yes full solidarity

It’s honestly stunning. I still have yet to see any explanation from the ERA campaign for why it was suspended.

I've been saying it a lot, but these deaths line up with what happened in early concentration camps during other regimes: Deaths from poor conditions, disease, or abuse. These deaths are not accidental. They are the direct result of a camp system that is designed to harm those being imprisoned.

anti-AI “credo” I have a religious exemption from using all generative “A.I.” I am not a member of the Silicon Valley sect. Their beliefs and practices are an affront to my sensibilities. The tech is trained on stolen intellectual property. The output is riddled with mistakes, and it is incapable of comprehending the weight of its errors. It is not even an “it.” But sometimes, it is filtered and massaged by unaccountable human sweatshop workers and bad actors. I am not required to use “A.I.” any more than I am required to join Amway, buy black market rhino horn, or attend the Fyre Festival. As a human, I have a duty and right to limit my carbon and water footprint and protect my fellow human. As a union worker, I have a duty and right to oppose tech that is used to threaten workers or cheapen our product. As a tech consumer, I have a duty and right to oppose scams that lower the quality of our tools. As a scholar, I have a duty and right to oppose anti-intellectualism. As a taxpayer, I have a duty and right to oppose the misallocation of public funds and data. As a grown up, I have a duty and right to protect young people from predators. As a person with a conscience, I am appalled at the decadent disregard for user safety, the callous dismissal of responsibility for lives ruined and slaughtered. My religion is related to my identity, geography, and family, making it an irrelevant accident of birth. What matters is that I was born. I have an exemption from their digital rapture, their cultural austerity, their intellectual poverty. I practice wholesome hedonism and First Do No Harm. CS 12/9/2025

i included this in my syllabi this year

A photo of an ice cream machine with a sign reading, "Anything is possible with ice cream." Beneath that is a hand lettered sign reading, "No ice cream".

2026 basically

A humidifier on the sink in front of a bathroom mirror. The combination of small "on" and "full" lights above a wide curved vent make a pleasant smiling face and on the back of the humidifier, which can be seen in the mirror, another wide curved air vent and the two screws holding it together above it make a horrified face.

Me whenever I have to communicate with other human beings #anxiety

straight out of those Civil War histories where some ill informed white Union soldier got a view of slavery up close and became hyper abolitionist in an instant

In 1863, Sgt. Cyrus Boyd of Iowa encountered a black child, put on the auction block by her master, who was also her father. "By G-d," Boyd exclaimed, "I'll fight till hell freezes over and then I'll cut the ice and fight on."

More of this energy in 2026, please.

www.baltimoresun.com/2007/04/15/w...

None of the geese in Maryland seem to react in any way to our objectively amazing state flag. If geese had a strongly grounded model of vexillology, Marylanders would observe a difference in goose behavior. I guess it’s possible they have strong opinions that don’t alter their behavior.

valentine's day card: you must be 100 million dollars in unspent portland housing bureau funds because I'm glad I found you

valentine's day card: I love you more than dan ryan loves storefronts

valentine's day card: are you a portland city council president vote? because I want to do it twelve times with you

valentine's day card: I just passed a resolution . . . asking the city administrator to report back on the feasibility of asking you out

valentine's day coming up tomorrow, please use these responsibly

It's not just a social good, it's literally an economic good. There's no moral reason to be against housing everyone.

Imagine your bike has been at the Wright Brother’s repair shop for weeks and you see Orville suddenly whiz over your head in a contraption

On Tuesday Feb 10th, 2026, I was wrongfully terminated from my position at Sheri's Ranch for union activity.

unitedbworkers.com

Support #UnitedBWorkers #UnitedBrothelWorkers

sometimes, if you’re up early enough, you can hear them turn the birds on

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

Friends from Minneapolis reporting to me that things are at the point where folks are being hidden in other people's houses and we are in the "again" part of "never again" which the "never" was supposed to preclude