Old Man Josh (he/him)

Checking in. Still Aro-Ace AF.

I have the coolest parents.

I got Apple TV for Ted Lasso and Murderbot Diaries. Both were excellent. Is there anything else on Apple TV I need to watch before I kill the subscription?

Damn it, Gurathin. How are you so punchable? I've read most of the books but only watched the first two episodes of the show so far. He's so f***ing punchable.

TBH, I don't see a "MAGA civil war" over the Epstein files. It's more an example of how long it takes to turn around a massive ship when it has momentum. They'll turn it around eventually and people will lose any sense of urgency, remembering whatever is convenient and discarding the rest.

We need a meme where Harvey Korman says MAGA is revolting and Mel Brookes responds "You're telling me, they stink on ice!" Alas, I suck at memes

You and your favorite album, game and movie. as with all favorites these were chosen based on current memory and mood and are subject to change

We need a better name for our space telescope. The real James Webb would be using it to find the space gays while blurring the images of any space Nazis. What I'm saying is fuck James Webb. Fuck him everywhere his telescope can see.

Share 4 of your favorite books. Three are "favorites right now based on my mood and memory" and are likely to change if asked again. Catch 22 - Joseph Heller. My absolute favorite. Going Postal - Terry Pratchett To Say Nothing of the Dog - Connie Willis Mother Night - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

Shared for no particular reason this morning.

The new Advent-ure Calendars are already 60% funded. It must be nice to be so beloved by your community

Why is the first Time Lord called Omega instead of Alpha? And what has David Tenant's Doctor been doing these last two seasons?

Signal boosting: If you like their style maybe you need to get a commissioned piece. Or maybe not. It never hurts to ask. I have their word that it is "none of that AI bullshit." That might not be a direct quote but it's definitely in the same spirit.

Anyone committing acts of violence against civilians to achieve political change is probably going to be the bad guy. That statement scales from individuals up to entire nations.

When I first read The Murderbot Diaries I thought he was on the spectrum but on my first re-read I realize it is all trauma shielding

Costco now has refrigerated ramen bowls, just add water and microwave for 4 minutes. It will never be as good as the real stuff but its better than instant and takes about the same time to make. It's a little more fresh and crisp than a really good canned soup would be. The veg was not mushy at all.

Crappy AI is drastically changing the work/reward ratio on doom scrolling YouTube. YouTube and BlueSky are my preferred social media but BlueSky has tools that keep the hit rate up.

My periodic rant that if Idiocracy were about a specific ethnic group then it would be indistinguishable from Nazi propaganda, but since it is about poor people in general then it is somehow acceptable. "They" are inferior but breed like rabbits. "They" will replace "us" and destroy what "we" built

Perfect watermelon recipe for summer: Take one watermelon cut into appropriate-sized pieces. Serve chilled.

Being a sitting member of the US Congress is now the most dangerous job in the US. US representatives are 20x more likely to die per year than even agricultural workers. Maybe it is time to weed out the older members after all. I'm going to repost this every time we lose another one

My problem with the Murderbot Diaries is that the first three are pretty self-contained and it took so long for book 4 that I lost the momentum. Now that I keep seeing ads for the series I've picked them up again and I remember how awesome they are

Since Republicans toe the party line and spread the same talking points, it doesn't really matter which one you iltalk to. Democrats still value a conscience and a soul over party loyalty. You will get very different responses from AOC, Buttigieg, Jeffries, or Schumer. This should be a feature.

Maya hieroglyphics were deciphered when someone realized the language itself was still being spoken but history killed off anyone who could actually read it. And for once it wasn't the Spanish.

A sitting US Congress member has literally a 20x increased chance of dying each year than an agricultural worker has of a workplace fatality and over 100x the rate of overall workplace fatalities. Maybe we do need to elect younger people

Real, official LEGO brand building blocks have that weird place where they are way too expensive yet worth the price if you can afford them. The cheap, knock-off bricks are low quality. LEGO strives for perfection where the others strive only for "good enough for most purposes".

I hope they bring David Tennant back for an episode or three to connect the two bi-generation events. Otherwise it feels kind of cheap to come up with this new, super-rare Time Lord thing then use it twice in two years.

I finally watched Wayne and I can see why people wanted a Season 2 so much. When the cop took his shirt off the backstory wasn't even really needed. If you see tats like that on your opponent you know you made a mistake.

Literally a description of "ethnic cleansing"

My new wish for Trump is that he stays in office long enough to fuck over just about everyone to a point where it can't be ignored. If he retired today not enough people have learned their lessons. The damage has still been mostly to marginalized communities or other small groups.

The makers of Vespa now make a Star Wars droid for just under $3k. Don't need it, can't afford it, and yet, I am in love. Actually this would be fucking useful for the mobility impared. I'd love having 20 pounds of storage following me like a puppy piaggiofastforward.com/shop/g1t4-m1n1

If we had a free and fair press, attacking Biden'e mental state months after the election would hurt Tru.p since every video of a Biden mental stumble could be bookended by more recent examples from Trump. The conservative media and social media landscape ensures those videos would never get seen

I just finished The Residence on Netflix. If you liked the Knives Out movies you will like The Residence. Also, if you've ever complained there is not enough bird-watching on the small screen, have I got good news for you!

Apparently a tornado touched down today on Delmar somewhere in the CWE and you could see it from the arch

MCU. John Walker is the least likeable person in the MCU to get super serum. He is worse than "unnamed background flag smasher." John Walker's only purpose in life is to be an object lesson on why it should have been Sam all along.

I just finished The Residence on Netflix. If you like murder mysteries you'll probably love this one, but I don't know how much of the bird stuff is true