Good evening y'all! I still haven't raised any funds for my rent yet and I'd really like to get the ball rolling soon. I need $1600 by April 30 to pay my rent, every dollar helps right now. #MutualAidRequest

Any of y'all have favorite dumbbell pull exercises? Trying to figure out what I want to put in my pull day

"When [Charlus] had discovered that he was 'one of them,' he had supposed this to mean that his tastes, as Saint-Simon says, did not lie in the direction of women. And here was this expression taking on, for Morel, an extension of meaning of which M. de Charlus was unaware, so much so that Morel gave proof, according to this letter, of being "one of them" by having the same taste as certain women for other women." -- Proust, "The Captive," in which even queer people are routinely surprised at all the stuff "queer" can mean

When the Glenns Greenwald and Katies Herzog of the world complain about "diluting the meaning of queerness" feel free to assure yourself that it has always meant A Bunch Of Stuff

Book #20: Heartsong by TJ Klune (I haven't gotten into a series like this in forever, starting the last one ASAP)

Yesterday in dumbbells

Legs

3 sets of each:

8x Deadlift 30lbs each hand
4p sec Suitcase walk 30 lbs
12x sumo squats 30lbs

future generations will need a series of textbooks just to explainhow this dumb question became a litmus test because these fascists were so stupid and their leader so far up his own arsehole that they couldnt even just lie about what they thought to get into power

I'm trying to read a book while I wait for my car to be serviced, but I keep hearing this man's voice and wanting to punch him

This Kevin Warsh is a dick

I am in a situation where this fed chair confirmation hearing is on a tv I'm near and, like, Sen. Warren is an imperfect politician (like all of them, and all of us) but she sure is a badass

Book #19: Ravensong by TJ Klune

an orange striped cat laying down with one back leg extended up onto a nearby pillow, he is squinting sleepily at the camera

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Anyway I was talking about how flowers need and ecosystems need and people need stuff that does "digesting" and often the products of other things' digestion. Which was a metaphor for our need to do the gross complicated work of digesting our own experiences and repairing ruptures in relationships

It's also very funny to me that saying poop is a rarity, because I say "fuck" on that stage with shocking regularity

I said poop on stage so many times today. I could not have anticipated the ridiculous and delightful thing my career is sometimes (I also didn't anticipate needing to know so much about HVAC systems or how to manage event rentals, so like, it's surprising in so many ways)

KC, a fat white person in a leaf print shirt and a daisy headband, behind a podium. A candle is on a smaller podium to the left and many vases of flowers are on a table in front

KC, a fat white human with bleach blond hair and brown facial hair, wearing a leaf print shirt and a daisy headband

I'm a very serious flower

My muscles were shakey after I finished this, but I'm suspiciously not sore this morning

Today in dumbbells

Push

3 sets of each

8x chest press 20lbs per hand
10x skull crusher 10lbs per hand
10x floor flyes 10lbs per hand
7x seated shoulder press 20lbs per hand

I regret to inform myself that I have been thinking about my split

whoa, Kent State and Wright State are eliminating their chemistry BS degree programs #chemsky

$55/ $500 while GFM continues to hold my money. They keep requesting the same information, while giving me zero guidance on what's happening. I have rent coming up 5/1 and don't want to be behind.

I wish I didn't have to fundraise every day so that I can pay my rent on time and I'm sorry to be a bother. Yesterday's goal was $130, which I nearly made! Trying to raise $87 today in order to stay on track. Thank you for sharing and helping

Today in dumbbells

3 sets of each:

8x Deadlift 30lbs each hand
30 sec Suitcase walk 30 lbs
10x sumo squats 30lbs (+2 reps on last set)

Tiny bean-shaped strawberry in a white person's palm

I grew a tiny strawberry

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The “Calvin’s dad explains two types” meme, inspired by a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. Clockwise from top left: 1) Calvin’s dad walks into frame to find Calvin trying to operate a record player. The dad says: “There are only two industries left in America: gambling, and fraud.” 2) The dad shows where the record goes, and how to turn on the player, while Calvin watches. Dad says “Derivatives? Gambling. AI? Fraud. Video games? Gambling. Social media? Fraud.” Calvin says “yeah”. 3) With one hand open palm up, Calvin’s dad cheerfully explains to Calvin out of frame below him, “The stock market looks like gambling, but it’s actually fraud.” 4) In bed in a dark room, Calvin clutches at his pillow, eyes wide in existential terror. There is no text in the panel.

Police as a totemic ward against the presence of “others” at the low low cost of 1/3rd of your budget.

finding a surprise check for over $500 was a real nice addition to this otherwise kinda shitty day

The caption “Neil banging out the tunes April 13, 2006” under a photo of a rat playing on a tiny plastic piano

And a very happy 20 years of Neil banging out the tunes to all who observe

We have that sushi toy!

Today in dumbbells:

3 sets of 10x bent over row 20lbs each hand

1 set of 8x, 2 sets of 6x:

Arnold press 20lbs each hand
Alternating bicep curl 20lbs each hand