"No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious & charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful. If I should ever die, God forbid, let this be my epitaph: The only proof he needed for the existence of God was music."
RIP Kurt Vonnegut. Gone 18 yrs. Dang.
Reed College should rescind Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’ degree for “conduct unbecoming of a Reedie.” #SAVEAct
Massive turnout in Seattle! Naturally I was too short to get a crowd pic 😂 but here’s my sign. #handsoff #protest #seattlecenter
Just called. Fingers crossed.
Oh, god. okay, I’m sorry…just one more post about Terry, and then I will SHUT UP. But this one is important.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/terry...
How long have you got? 😂
The Witches books (particularly Wyrd Sisters through Lords & Ladies) are my faves, but honestly I adore almost all of them. I discovered Terry when I was 15 and he’s done more to shape my worldview than any other author except possibly Victor Hugo.
Welp. Guess I gotta move to Maryland.
www.reddit.com/r/discworld/...
Sir Terry Pratchett left us ten years ago today, and I really, really miss him.
“Fear is a strange soil. It grows obedience like corn, which grow in straight lines to make weeding easier. But sometimes it grows the potatoes of defiance, which flourish underground.”
She got Granny Weatherwax exactly right, which is NOT EASY.
There are times when you must speak, not because you are going to change the opposing side, but because if you do not speak, they have changed you.
Every time I see a Marc Thiessen headline, the words “Oh, fuck off!” rise unbidden to my lips.
I already cancelled my subscription, but since I’d paid through September I was still doing puzzles and occasionally reading articles. Now I really am trying to divest and not even give clicks.
(Should be Westfold.)
Seattle is doing its best San Francisco impression today.
So this is what passes for statesmanship in the Oval Office in 2025.
Trump and Vance should (but won’t) be deeply ashamed. They could at least try to eschew licking Putin’s boots in public.
They demand respect and gratitude? What exactly have they done to earn it?
#IstandwithUkraine
I wish I could cancel my subscription all over again.
Last time I looked at PCC (admittedly, weeks ago) their eggs were actually cheaper than Freddie’s, but with the caveat that supplies were limited. I think initially it may have been that free range were less susceptible to bird flu spreading. But I think that ship has sailed. 😢
Here’s my list of reasons I don’t believe co-presidents musk and trump aren’t Russian operatives hell bent on destroying America:
1.
Stay tuned for when I finish my list of 637 reasons why I think they are.
Bloomscrolling! LOVE THAT.
Epic trolling? Self-own for the ages? Either way, I’ve got feels.
youtu.be/pIQh_5dZUwI?...
Is it this one?
They sure didn’t wait to take my $. (Definitely regretting filing my taxes this weekend.)
“Are you going to believe your lying eyes, or what I tell ya?”
lol! Nope, I appreciate your informative posts. 😉
John Oliver is brilliant and I adore him.
Soooooo cute!
Thanks for the tip on curating my friends feed, @nijocamus.bsky.social! Worked like a charm.
FIRE.
I’ll take “Unsurprisingly hadn’t thought this through” for $1000, Alex.”
