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THEY ARE NOT POWERLESS TO STOP HIM! Go back to Washington, stand on the steps of the Capitol and demand Johnson and Thune recall the House and Senate, and impeach him. THIS IS HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK! THERE IS LITERALLY AN INSTRUCTION MANUAL! (It's called the Constitution.)

Protestors Criticized For Looting Businesses Without Forming Private Equity Firm First https://theonion.com/protestors-criticized-for-looting-businesses-without-fo-1843735351/

I'm dying laughing at how the cat has conformed to her flower shaped bed today

Today was another one of those rides where somehow 3/4 of the loop was against the wind. I’m sure It has nothing to do with insufficient sleep last night. #bikesky

Dehumanization is always how people have given themselves permission to commit atrocities against other people. If you can convince yourself the other person isn’t human, you might think just about any action can be defended or excused.

In which we (mostly) replace the term "toxic masculinity" with "precarious manhood".

Talos Principle / 2 Horizon: Zero Dawn / Forbidden West (replay) Silo Children of Strife (and the three before it) … Am I on a post-apocalypse jag, or am I just grooving to the zeitgeist?

This should be featured in ads for the DNC. Every GOP congressperson should be asked about this on camera.

What if we just treated other people well? Fairly? Justly?

"Culture is defined by the worst behavior tolerated." - John Amaechi

I read an article this morning that said “we are mourning in future tense” and that hit hard. Watching everything happen around us in real time is hard enough, but knowing that it’s going to be a long road to hopefully put it all back together is even harder.

My #adhd self: I'll remember this. I don't need to write it down. My wiser self (occasionally remembering to speak up after years of getting burned):

Magic words: #Alexa, exit Alexa plus. You’re welcome.

My usual ride has a blind left-hand turn on a one-way street. When there, I'm always watching for a car going the wrong way because sometimes there is. What there hasn't been, up to now, is a goose. No, no incident, just surprise. Yes, the damn thing tried to charge me anyway. #bikesky

Offside xkcd.com/3268/

“Next time, just give us a call before you come in.” Dude, you don’t know me. #adhd #rsdsucks

People who spiral out overusing LLM chatbots are really just experiencing the kind of brain-damaging stream of unconditional validation that’s always been the norm for the hyper-wealthy, which explains a lot.

People who confidently declare that all cats are "mean" really have no idea that they're telling on themselves for having boundary and consent issues.

I was raised on these streets.

[Looks at job market again] AI Winter can’t come soon enough.

I have my reasons.

Got some Moxy Früvous stuck in my head today.

This was a stupid thing for Palantir to publish. It’s one thing for the CEO to say things like this (hear me out). It’s a whole other thing for the *company* to say “Everyone here believes these things.” Employees must now choose between tacit agreement with overt racism and leaving.

my latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com

Hello. I just found out that a death metal band has covered John Cage’s 4’33”, and now I need you lot to know that a death metal band has covered John Cage’s 4’33”. youtu.be/voqCQSDAcn8

Come on then, and remove him.

You are a senator.

I feel sick to my stomach waiting around to see what atrocity Trump has in mind for the people of Iran this evening. It's hard to fathom our other elected leaders aren't able to check him in any meaningful way. It's an indictment not just of voters but of our whole system. We're ruled by a mad king.

As the husband of an Iranian woman, as an American, and as a human being, I’m honestly not sure how much more of this I can stand.

I’m trying to incorporate more standup sprints into my thrice-weeklies. #bikesky (not agile)

random close-of-weekend thoughts

“I will NOT sacrifice the Oxford comma. We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They assimilate the em dash and we fall back. They capture ‘not just X but y’ and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn here! This far, no further!”

Republicans in the House and Senate: impeach and convict and remove this deranged man. You have blood on your hands already and you are about to have a lot more. Trump is destroying this country and he’s not stopping there. You cowards. You worthless power-hungry cowards.

(Sometimes people just need to demonstrate that they don’t respect your boundaries. And those people should not be welcomed in polite society.)

#TrumpsNuts

Ready.