You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

My brother and I had that mussel pizza once at a giant pizza-and-beer student joint in Florence

one of the ways the mid to late 20th century political world has distorted the historical memories of even sophisticated observers is in the idea that you can achieve major transformations of american political life through something like bipartisan consensus

Shel Silverstein Three Legged Man YouTube video by Baz Daly

youtu.be/_LZzk6Uqvow?...

Kiss
When Doves Cry
Housequake
Joint 2 Joint
Rock and Roll is Alive (and lives in Minneapolis)

Mission From Hank YouTube video by Don Schlitz - Topic

youtu.be/SNudNfCV8zc?...

Anne Buckle Anne Buckle is a singer, songwriter, and fiddle player based out of Nashville, TN.

I only do because my kids kept on me until I caved. I hired Anne Buckle a couple of times early on as an accountability partner. She’s a delight. www.annebuckle.com

His name (but not his songs ofc) is new to me. Listening to Live at the Bluebird Cafe now. Thank you!

Unrelated: Do you write songs yourself?

Yes. Trump is Trump. White people are morally ill.

this is the energy I want to see from elected Dems. salt the earth where the Republican Party once grew; it is the only way to save the Union

Fata Morgana! what a treat! i don't think i've ever been lucky enough to see one of these 😻

most gerrymanders are republican legislators saying fuck the voters

these ones are the voters saying fuck republican legislators

"should we really resort to playing dirty to defeat the nazis i–"

yes. kick em in the fucking balls. what kind of question is that. grow the fuck up

1/1² - 1/2² + 1/4² - 1/5² + 1/7² - 1/8² + ⋯ Announcement that Dimitrov and Tang proved this number is irrational... and on April 18th they won the $100,000 2026 New Horizons in Mathematics prize!

1/1² - 1/2² + 1/4² - 1/5² + 1/7² - 1/8² + ⋯

Together with Calegari, Dimitrov and Tang proved this number is irrational... and they just won a $100,000 prize!

It's the biggest advance in irrationality since Apéry showed

ζ(3) = 1/1³ + 1/2³ + 1/3³ + ⋯

is irrational back in 1978.

(1/n)

Goddamn fucking Third Way bullshit corrupts everyone. 🤬

Olive oil, minced garlic, chili flakes, chopped parsley, salt, pepper, mussels in the shell. The mussels open as the pizza bakes.

Friendly reminder that this “wisdom” comes from a specific era and demographic wherein it was typical that the older you got, the more wealth you accrued.

Silicon Valley has forgotten what normal people want Did the tech industry get high on its own supply?

from the annals of getting high on your own supply (gift link) www.theverge.com/tldr/915176/...

Corollary: The Overton Window tracks tax policy. Walter Cronkite was an artifact the top marginal tax rate staying above 60% from 1917-1981.

Heuristic: The Overton Window tracks the distribution of wealth.

a funny (not funny) aspect to american society is if a reporter asked a republican if they could vote to make being a democrat illegal they would say yes and the reporter would write a diner story but if a democrat said republicans should be illegal that person would be history's greatest monster

I saw a post recently saying that Hegseth is so committed to lethality he doesn't care which side it affects.

Sacrifice your job for the glorious AI future How tech CEOs use the threat of job loss to distract from how AI is really used against workers

Perplexity’s CEO is just the latest tech leader to tell the public their jobs will be sacrificed on the altar of the glorious AI future.

It’s a compelling narrative, but it distracts us from the real impact of AI: not to take the human out of the loop, but to take away their power and cut their pay

FUCK DELTA

Any time some young kids wanna form a Big Star tribute act and roll through town, I’m gonna show up!

Mod Lang, “What I Can’t Have,” TV Eye, NYC, 3/15/2026 YouTube video by Steven Korn

youtu.be/61bqQGPU8B4?...

(My brother gave me a stern talking to: "AI doesn't have to 'work' in any neurological or philosophical sense. It already works incredibly well in the business sense: As long as workers think AI might someday replace them, they will be less likely to ask for raises and better working conditions.")

The Shy Sisters Behind Austin’s Breakout Breakfast Tacos (Published 2021)

if you ever get the chance to go, I recommend it

:more note-taking:

Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet.
This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.