Surviving the Next Four Years A practical guide for coping with and getting through Trump 2.0

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Andie didn’t deserve Duckie.

Leviathan day is always a good one in the webslog house.

But when you get both within 15 minutes of each other? Oh friend, that’s mighty fine indeed.

That said, Cracklin’ Oat does sound like a laconic son of the West Virginia coal fields, whose easy-going manner, love for his momma , and freakishly accurate aim with “splashin’ bogies” all but guarantees his tragic fiery death as the conclusion of the second act.

The world may be in flames. But @nytimes.com SuperMega endures. Thank you @sidsivakumar.bsky.social, Holiday 2024 will glow bright.

I mean, she’s lowering her carbon footprint soooooo win/win maybe?

I hear good things.

She’s not wrong though. ;)

Return-to-office policies suck ass. I blame Bezos.

‘People are rooting for the whale’: the strange American tradition of Moby-Dick reading marathons For decades, diehard fans have joined together to read Herman Melville’s 600-page novel aloud in exotic locations

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My retirement plans have suddenly firmed up considerably. #moby-dick #readathon

Bus stop temps tmrw morning 17°, wind chills in the tweens.

I have been hiding in my house until I can be sure that I won’t roll up on red friends and acquaintances and ask them “hey, so what part of your internal compass were you willing to override/ignore to be able to vote the way you did?”

So “skeet/skeeted/skeeting” was the best that we could come up with? Did we workshop “sky”? “Fly”? Literally anything other than “skeet”?

Is there ever not a good time to read Moby-Dick? No.

#booksky #mobydick #melville #biggiantbooksbouteverytbingandohyeahsomewhalestuff

Who carries cash any more?

Yes. This.

Hey #booksky #InfiniteJest again for my winter long-read? Or #Ulysses for the first time. Show your work.

I mean…

Quick update on the arc of the moral universe. We should go ahead and order our entrees.

Okiedoke #nashville friends. The only reason to stay on Twixter has hung out its shingle on @bsky.app

Clinch Mountain Gospel Ralph Stanley · Album · 2005 · 12 songs

Coffee, the @nytimes.com, the Clinch Mountain Boys on the hi-fi and you lovely people. Feels like a good start to the week.

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Word of the Day is a true favourite, as some of you will know.

Apricity (17th century) is the warmth of the sun on a winter’s day.

This. #MobyDick

Mooby-Deng by Herman Melville

is this anything?

DVRd for tomorrow morning coffee.

McRib in and of itself is not terrible; McRib as a stand-in for actual ribs is abomination. But it’s sorta like you don’t get a Filet o’ Fish because you want a fish sandwich. You get it because you want a *Filet o’ Fish* sandwich.

Friend of mine once wisely said that nerd bullies are the worst bullies.

Healing takes time, friend.

watched JESUS CAMP (2005) last night to remind myself how goddamn long this has been going on