Howard Jones - Things Can Only Get Better (Official Video) YouTube video by Howard Jones

"And do you feel scared? I do
But I won't stop and falter
And if we threw it all away
Things can only get better"
We've got this...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OO9...

My daughter once came up with the fantastic idea of a fake zoo that would contain only Belted Galloways, purporting to be other black-and-white animals. Giant panda. Malayan tapir. Orca (Belted Galloways with a paddling pool) and so on…

owned a small club in the 80s and it spoiled me. Give me Cats Cradle, Milestone, Ziggys, our old Rhythm Alley any day

I didn't expect this to turn into a "burn it all down" thread, but there you go.

Whut? You say that like it's a bad thing.

Headline from a Kotaku article about Esquire Singapore publishing an AI-generated interview with One Piece actor Mackenyu

To paraphrase Dr. Ian Malcolm, they "were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”"

I didn't post this one as I'm not sure that Bryan wants to be reminded of it, but it gave us Rohrwaggen!

40 year old article from the Daily Tar Heel describing how technology advancement threatens our existence and is leading to a future where only a small group of people will have wealth and the rest will have a marginal existence

40 years ago today, The Daily Tar Heel. Prophetic, no?

Quadruple amputee cornhole player accused of shooting, killing man during argument while driving

Not the kind of headline you see every day.

They believe that while everyone else is stuck following "rules" and "laws" and, oh, the "Constitution", they will ACT and write their own reality. It would be a hoot to watch them as it all falls down around their heads, except that they are probably going to take us all down with them.
/fin

'We're history's actors...and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do'."

I can think of no better description of the overarching hubris of both this current administration and the techbros who fund it.
/4

'We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out.'
/3

"The aide said that guys like me [Suskind] were 'in what we call the reality-based community,' which he defined as people who 'believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.' [...] 'That's not the way the world really works anymore,' he continued.
/2

I was reminded of the phrase "reality-based community" while reading a Cory Doctorow essay today, and had to go back and remind myself of the origin. Ron Suskind attributed it to an unnamed source in the Bush the Elder's White House:
🧵

Trump’s attack on Iran is an unconstitutional escalation that risks dragging the United States into another catastrophic and endless war in the Middle East. (1/3)

sounds terrif!!

I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.

I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”

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I want Billie Joe's hair

Goliath Brewing's King Sue DIPA

My Sooper Dooper Bowl beer for this year

The Salt Collective - In the Shadow of the Moon (feat. Mike Mills and Lynn Blakey) YouTube video by Propeller Sound Recordings

She did in fact shine like the sun. The world is a much darker place today. RIP, Lynn
#leftofthedial

www.youtube.com/watch?v=itZM...

This is a must-watch.

I'm guessing that there are NDAs in place to prevent a lot of that (but I do not know that for sure).

A man emailed a lead DHS prosecutor handling an Afghan refugee's deportation case, asking him to consider the man’s life was in danger from the Taliban and to "Apply principles of common sense and decency.”

Hours later, DHS filed a subpoena. Days later, agents showed up at his door. trib.al/HhiJwrW

Valerie is my rep and she's terrific!

You could do the funniest thing and take that Gr0k training gig. 😎 Good luck!

#GDTBATH

91-75 over GT!

Tears For Fears - Cold YouTube video by TearsForFearsVEVO

A song for a chilly day

"Cold, been excommunicated cos I'm cold
My temperature's been rated and I'm cold
Bring to me my big old sweater
Nothing more will make me better"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=plGm...

emmet swimming - Arlington YouTube video by emmetswimmingVEVO

On this absolutely joyless day, indulge me in a bit of humor. This Emmet Swimming song (produced by Don Dixon) might be 30 years old, but it still slaps.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeV8...

This year's so long already it feels like we ought to be talking about who's going to host Thankgiving.