Mike Sixel

Establishment Dems keep moving to the right, the whole country sees a move of the center..... It's bad.

Damn, good for him, but my barber makes way more money than I thought.

For the past 14 months, Bryan Vance has tracked the prices of 20 common grocery staples, aggregating them into a newsletter called Stumptown Savings. Spurred by rising costs and his own layoff, the Google sheet where he tracks items is now 5,500 lines long. Every month he adds 400 points of data.

Hahaha. I own some, a lot of, Brazilian stock. I'm happy to pay A LOT of money for more freedom.

Happy Monday, everybody! This week, have you considered voting early (if you can) and voting in person (if you can)? It's fun! Try it if you can!

It's really important to pay attention to the fact that Lula beat the fascist candidate not by compromising and trying to meet fascist voters in the middle, but by sticking to his guns, promising prosecutions for election interference, and mobilising his own voters to turn out in greater numbers.

Our ballots are in. We ranked one race slightly differently.

Luckily for Minnesota, indys kicker kicks like Murray throws..

First Musk said he did not disable Starlink for Ukraine. Now he's confessing to disabling it but says he was justified in doing so. Congress, if you can hear me, we need hearings when Dems take over. www.cnn.com/2026/10/25/e...

“Cyclists are often perceived as recklessly flaunting road laws. A new study challenges this perception. The study found only 5% of cyclists broke road rules while riding on bike infrastructure versus 66% of motorists who broke rules while driving.” Safe bike infrastructure fuels rule-following.

JJ McCarthy making KOC look the problem for the Vikings....

This is what I get for starting to believe in the Vikings. Just trade for Nelson and bench Fries. Another terrible signing.

Movie review Fate of the Furious My god. So stupid. I have many thoughts, but they seem wasted on this Will we finish them all? I'm less sure than ever.

A truly evil group. We have to ignore these. If that takes completely changing SCOTUS, fine by me.

The Diplomat ending on an insane cliffhanger. Slow Horses says, hold my beer. Y'all are great shows. You don't need to do this to keep me watching....

Call me selfish, but I don’t want data centers stealing Oregon’s precious water

This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.

Another fun night of dungeons and Dragons. We're running eberron modules from way back in the day. They seem to be having fun, but I can never tell if it's just because we like each other, or more? Anyway, I had a good night.

If Trump officials and his friends and family aren’t held accountable for the corruption and theft and bribery what’s the point of even having a Government ???

Agreed. It's a terrible thing. It also says to kids we didn't trust them to be good without a threat. It's an awful , awful, awful, thing.

Hell of a cliffhanger, The Diplomat.

Enormous news. A melanoma vaccine, one of the most deadly cancers out there. Science is good and helpful and there should be more of it. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2026/...

As we approach the midterms, remember that the Alt National Park Service is a merch sales operation claiming without evidence to be a group of federal employees, and is not a genuine source of news about elections of any kind. Please get your election info from a local, reputable source.

Remember: If your vote didn't matter, billionaires wouldn't be spending their fortunes trying to buy our elections. Stay calm, support good candidates, do whatever you can to get out the vote, and vote as soon as you can. Don't let Big Money win.

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In a minor miracle....I actually wrote a bit. No more than a page, a small page, and it wasn't fiction or poetry, but still, I did write a bit today.

It's possible the barista will eventually make my coffee....

I'm fascinated that I was right that lack of empathy is one of the biggest issues we face. Like, Jesus didn't have empathy?

After years of writing games professionally and decades of GMing, I'm taking the plunge into pro-GMing! I'm starting with some Halloween one-shots, but will have more posted soon. Scroll down of click the "Upcoming Games" button to sign up for games. startplaying.games/gm/matthewjh...

Y'all, the Cato institute is well known for dressing up laissez-faire anti-tax capitalism as moderation. It's their whole deal. They're on bsky to get dunk-quoted to spread their reach. Don't let them hijack yours. Block/ignore. This is the way.

1000000 percent, yes.

Was really hoping Dr Who would turn up in the first episode of season four of the Diplomat when all hell broke loose. Oh well.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin, who's spent $100M+ against California's Prop 40, spent the weekend dining with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. These billionaires keep accidentally proving why we need a billionaire wealth tax.

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

Got my ballot in! Please be sure to vote so we can start to fix this shit. K thx

Earlier today I was explaining basic wiring to a friend. We were talking in person. Just now, a wiring guide channel appeared on my YouTube feed....

The eagles letting Hurts play shows you everything you need to know about football teams giving a damn about safety and health.

32 people have been killed in school shootings in the US this year. The only death related to the French protests is someone had a heart attack while protesting. You are safer in a French riot than an American school. French people don't need to sit down, Americans need to stand up.

Trump is claiming that the US is running low on Tomahawk missiles because "Biden gave them all to Ukraine." The US has never given any Tomahawk missles to Ukraine. Not even one. Not ever.

Now is the time to care about everyone, not “once we win” The time to care about everyone is always always always now

Movie review Sacrifice What am odd, interesting, movie. We were entertained. I'm not sure how to describe Mike's journey....

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We already have flying cars. They're called helicopters. They're really expensive and there are good reasons you have to have a pilot license and work with air traffic control to fly them. Putting jets on a sedan is not going to result in a better vehicle or transportation experience in any way.

Anyway, while I wasn't thrilled with the march we went to today, we did stop at a brewery while taking the long walk home. We spent an hour talking to a lonely older woman, and I felt we made a difference in her life.

I miss listening to intelligent stuff like this....I miss when we had serious leaders.