Remember when we were going to ban TikTok because of China spying?
Henry Rollins on the song Bottom by Tool
If I let you, you would make me destroy myself
In order to survive you, I must first survive myself
I can sink no further, and I cannot forgive you
There’s no choice but to confront you, to engage you, to erase you
I’ve gone to great length to expand my threshold of pain
I will use my mistakes against you, there’s no other choice
I’m shameless now, I’m nameless now, I’m nothing now, I’m no one now
But my soul must be iron ‘cause my fear is naked
I’m naked and fearless and my fear is naked
My favorite calendar of the year is back on Kickstarter for their 2024 version.
Love the idea of seeing the entire year all at once.
Today in headlines that annoy me
U.S. Officials Fear American Guns Ordered by Israel Could Fuel West Bank Violence
You fear violence in Israel because of guns, but you don’t do anything about the violence in America caused by guns.
Got it. Makes sense. Total sense.
Tell me the mobile web ate the internet without telling me the mobile web ate the internet.
I love it when we get zero trick or treaters. The power of turning off the porch light is strong in this house.
Ars Technica, Ashley Belanger: Elon Musk wants your “entire financial life” on X by 2024
No.
Sometimes you just have to smile.
Going to leave this here.
Sometimes less is more.
Listening to some past favorites tonight.
Linkin Park was fantastic. I have hit 👍 on every single song on Hybrid Theory.
Indeed
Elizabeth Leser
The irony of hiding the dark side of our humanness is that our secret is not really a secret at all. How can it be when we’re all safeguarding the very same story? That’s why Rumi calls it an Open Secret. It’s almost a joke - a laughable admission that each one of us has a shadow self - a bumbling, bad-tempered twin. Big surprise! Just like you, I can be a jerk sometimes. I do unkind, cowardly things, harbor unmerciful thoughts, and mope around when I should be doing something constructive. Just like you, I wonder if life has meaning; I worry and fret over things I can’t control; and I often feel overcome with a longing for something that I cannot even name. For all of my strengths and gifts, I am also a vulnerable and insecure person, in need of connection and reassurance. This is the secret I try to keep from you, and you from me, and in doing so, we do each other a grave disservice.
It's the GOP, stupid
Paul Krugman writing at The New York Times
Right now America is a superpower without a fully functioning government. Specifically, the House of Representatives has no speaker, so it can’t pass legislation, including bills funding the government and providing aid to U.S. allies. The House is paralyzed because Republican extremists, who have refused to acknowledge Biden’s legitimacy and promoted chaos rather than participating in governance, have turned these tactics on their own party. At this point it’s hard to see how anyone can become speaker without Democratic votes — but even less extreme Republicans refuse to reach across the aisle.
Any decline in America’s perceived status on the world stage is at the hands of Republicans who have gleefully throw their support to full blown chaos in response to Obama’s presidency.
This whole time I was lied to. I was told babies were gestated for 9 months in a woman’s womb before birth.
Everything is a lie. We’re born from vegetables.
1,000 Migrant Children Still Separated
How’s this for a headline
The Biden Administration Is Still Looking For Migrant Families Separated Under Trump
And the kicker of the story
A program that started in 2017 under extremely lax documentation. Just. I have no words.
It’s the cruelty. The cruelty is the point.