"You say failed states are a result of material realities and social history and the wider international balance of power and miscellaneous shit like that, but I say they're the result of mystical auras that adhere to their inhabitants and their bloodline. I am a very serious no-nonsense statesman."

The US federal government is openly warring against its own nonwhite population in a way no one alive has ever experienced. It’s not even getting to hide it. The overt bigotry is comparable to Jim Crow. And our pathetic, cowed, putrid political class just keeps pretending it isn’t even happening.

My kid watched a lot of Miyazaki around age 4 and loved Totoro, Kiki, and Howl but did NOT fuck with Spirited Away at all. Still won't watch it in fact

Fucking Grinch level shit. We should have thanksgiving every single full moon. THIRTEEN TIMES A YEAR. AND WE SHOULD OFFER THE LEFTOVERS TO HEKATE FOR HUNGRY PEOPLE TO EAT BEFORE IT TOUCHES THE GROUND

here's my first test at annotating/blurring a video. It needs some work to be less flickery but it's a start.

Purple sweet potatoes are a fun ingredient. I think I remember my dad made a really nice pie with ube and haupia one time when my folks were living in Hilo for a bit; I should repeat that one sometime.

well I DON'T. harrumph. so there. :)

In Australia they seemed to call all of the orange hard winter squashes "pumpkin", even totally different varieties like butternut and acorn and kabocha. I'm not even sure.

(In news that I suspect you'll find very unsurprising, I have Opinions about which squash varieties are best for what uses.)

I would not, however, wear them sockless like this. Gotta draw the line somewhere: bsky.app/profile/jayd...

so then they can say "don't build that, it's hideous!" and people will agree with them! system working as intended

counterpoint: those shoes are kinda fucked up in a way that I would absolutely wear, just not with a boring blue suit

tbf there are terrible women out there too, maybe one of them would like him

Yes, I agree with all of you. It was <great> when child poverty halved & everyone had large income spikes in 2020-21. We should make that permanent. But you, too, can imagine the debt hysteria & SOCIALISM hysteria in the media if Biden/Harris/The Democrats had made that their platform in 2024.

see now with a CPAP i can definitely imagine that being useful

did they seriously put the line break in a different spot to try to disguise that the text is identical