it is mind-boggling to try and figure out how most white americans think the immigration system works

Listen, Oliver is a v good boy and generally behaves during those meetings

Okay, I take the minutes for our Friday meetings and when one of my coworkers has her cat on the Teams call, I log him as an attendee and I am delighted that someone finally noticed and was also delighted

😆

yes plz get a kitten the chuckleheads of chucklehead manor need enrichment

Nothing gives me more joy on an overcast Tuesday than a tiny kitten in a cowboy hat with a bandanna

"Round here we wear our mirrorshades. You cool with that?"

Tinkering with some audio this morning reminded me to remind *you* -- I curate a series of Halloween mixtapes, free to stream or download, that will lend to your home or office a tone of the creepy, the kooky, the mysterious and spooky, from now 'til All Saints. Who wouldn't want that?

Playlist for the walk to work, October 14th:

Kirsty MacColl - Tomorrow Never Comes
The Charlatans - Can't Get Out of Bed
Edward Ball - The Mill Hill Self Hate Club
Warmduscher - Midnight Dipper
LCD Soundsystem - Pow Pow

Matt, this morning: “what is Jared Leto for?? What is the point of Jared Leto??”

It's hard to help Americans left behind because so much of US identity is rooted in individualism. The average American conservative holds all three positions at once:

— Virtue signals about supporting US manufacturing
— Against raising the minimum wage
— Buys foreign imports because they're cheap

Ultimately, the death of US manufacturing is about this attitude. It's easy to say "buy american or stfu" because virtue signaling is free. But it's hard to actually sustain a business because many Americans simply don't want to pay what it costs to produce things ethically in this country

White people who have spent decades thinking “Born in the USA” is patriotic and “Every Breath You Take” is a great wedding song are suddenly very concerned about not being able to understand lyrics to some songs at the Super Bowl halftime show.

It’s amazing how many Americans do this even now

Y'all, take the 2 minutes here. I needed this.

I love it when Past Me does something nice for Future Me

Made my annual batch of cinnamon rolls for the long weekend!

Walked into a Canadian Tire and no longer know what holiday season we’re celebrating anymore

Yeah, the only non-Canadian people I know who are aware of the show have always been UK folks! (The Commonwealth, what what)

A late morning wake and bake as I listen to my massive Sparks playlist (all albums in chronological order) and do chores

Perfection

My introduction to The Littlest Hobo only came courtesy of my Canadian spouse

People really memory hole those allegations and it’s wild

Like I still have my tattered paperback copies from high school and I treat them like relics

Just having a full on fucking meltdown over here

14 year old me and 48 year old me are so happy rn