Spending a lot of time ripping out crab grass by hand so my clover can take root out back, and it has me meditating a lot on what it means to take out fascists.
We always used to say it was whack-a-mole, it wasn't.
Successful antifascism in a democracy is a practice of weeding
My favorite "surprise happy triad" recently was Seraphina series by Rachel Hartman
I was so distressed when I found my second-to-last 12 oz glass cracked in the dishwasher but soon I will be rich in what C&B calls "double highball glasses" aka my preferred vessel for drinking coldbrew coffee.
Yesterday I made the incredible discovery that the reason Ikea doesn't have my favorite glasses "anymore" is that they're from Crate and Barrel. (I got mine from a consignment shop in like 2012 so I don't know why I was so confident about the origin)
The greatest
Here, the complete chronological watch order. Note this is chronological for the universe and not for the characters, time travel shenanigans are slotted at the year they take place in an absolute sense. And the TNG/DS9/VOY mess is by stardate when they interact but by series when they don't.
This is incredible! VOY "Future's End" (the one with Sarah Silverman!) is in 1996.
LOVED your listing the ENT finale in the middle of "The Pegasus", that's one of my favorite pieces of trivia to shock people who never watched ENT.
Make sure to rotate your pronouns periodically, so that if your gender becomes compromised, attackers can only access it for a short period of time.
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Yeah, it's probably also significant that they have years of my data for recommendations. Every time I catch sight of the logged-out interface I run screaming.
In the safety of my own account there is only history and science and musical theater
Oh yeah it's definitely only tolerable because I pay for ad-free, it's the subscription payment I get the most use out of.
But I do suspect the commercial impetus for pivot-to-youtube is more about access to casual viewers than desire to show faces
I listen to YouTube when on the treadmill or folding laundry. Laundry time in particular I wind up trying out totally new-to-me things
Meanwhile my podcast backlog is overflowing
I wouldn't have assumed that I would feel this way, but I almost never listen to podcasts anymore but DO watch multiple talking-head YouTube channels that also have podcasts.
I think in my case it's not video but a preference for streaming over downloading/lower commitment/being fed by algorithm
NGL I'm low-key reeling in "pen fandom." I'm always charmed by the specificity of who counts as a celeb at the SF pen show (usually bloggers and youtubers). LA getting actual celebrities really shifts the vibe 🤯
Star Trek Deep Space Nine scene. And in case you never gave it a fair shake, DS9 is absolutely the real deal good shit. Ok, so here we see a fella named Damar. He's a Cardassian with a "C" not the other ones. He's got a boney ridgey facial structure because he's not human, with spiney features on his face and forehead and around his eyes. And a mega thicc neck too. He's wearing a military shell type armour outfit that also looks hard and tough. He's addressing the camera, as if he's making some kind of announcement. It's 3 screenshots but the visual is all the same. Damar looking serious as a heart attack. Closed caption reads, "RESIST. RESIST TODAY. RESIST TOMORROW." (Also, in case you were wondering, FUCK ICE)
Alts in pic 1
Alt is still in pic one I promise I'm not lying to you go check it'll be there trust me
This is a valid beef, and also I am endlessly delighted by the news from (I think) last year that the kale marketing push was driven by a veggie superfan who pretended to work for Big Kale but actually did it out of love
"this film needs an erotic skin graft, and it's non-negotiable"
If it's who I assume it is based on the hair description, he usually has a second English track available with the slurping noises edited out
She's so goooooddddddd
To be fair I think Kronos has maybe 2-4 sentences of dialogue in season 1 and it's just as a spooky dream voice. Not the most exciting god-cameo on the show but still it's EMMRICH
I'm steeling myself for a rewatch/season 2 because since s1 came out, Nick Borraine (who plays, or at least voices, Kronos) has stolen my heart as Emmrich Volkarin-Veilguard, my new top videogame crush of all time
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Ooooh, what a good stack! I loved Sorrowlands, and Some Desperate Glory was my favorite read of 2024! (Dawnhounds didn't really click for me but I understand that this puts me in the minority of its readers)
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I'm trying to remember literally anything I did during the Drains Week other than the mechanics of the drains and I can't. Congratulations on Silksong!
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Phew. Okay, so, this is tough.
I can't afford to pay for the surgery my beloved Eugenides needs to save his mouth from severe inflammation and infection. I'm chronically underpaid by my day job and already struggling financially.
Please ... I need help. www.gofundme.com/f/gen-sad-ki...
