J “Do you read Sutter Kane?” Marotta
@jmarotta.bsky.social
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Very angry nerd. Texas based. All opinions my own, and I stand by them usually.
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Former gifted kid to kind of a dumbass pipeline here.
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Actual thought just now: these olives are delicious, but kind of oily. I wonder why.
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I was waffling on that!

The one that really gets me is Refugio.
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What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?
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I’m petty and want to see Save Austin Now, who works hard to make this city worse, fail spectacularly. I’m still mad at the camping ban.
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That’s pretty much where I landed on it.
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I can’t say I’m particularly ok with someone who’s going to bulldoze peoples’ tents, either.
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The struggle for civil rights stops at one particular group of people, apparently.
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Got lectured recently about “purity testing” when I said I wouldn’t vote for Newsom. But man, fuck that guy.
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This is your regular reminder that Sub Pop remastered all of The Gits’ albums last year.
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Also, ftr, Austin is as Texas as anywhere else in the state. There’s a lot of No True Scotsman-ing because it’s the capital.
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I will say it’s pretty accurate to treat Tucson as a separate and distinct entity from the other major Arizona city.
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“Austin isn’t *really* Texas!”
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This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.
Cultural Regions of the US
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Dr Teeth and The Electric Mayhem is genuinely a fantastic name for a band.
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“It’s Friday, it’s noon, this is Comedy Corner. LET’S START THE FUCKING SHOW!”
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Important to remember that a proposal to the Texas constitution up for vote this year (in a month!) affirms that “parents are the primary decision makers for their children”.

I’m pretty sure this is intended for schools initially but conversion therapy is no doubt a very close application.
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Conversion therapy isn't "voluntary" for children when their parents are the ones deciding to do it.
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Certainly MY Irish and Sicilian ancestors, whose current cuisine is based on nothing but indigenous foods will-

Hold on, I’m getting a message-
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I know this is said a lot but if you hate immigration, you can only eat the foods of your people prior to 1492. So for people of European descent that means not just no indigenous foods (no potatoes, no tomatoes, no corn), no Mexican food and no soul food either - there's no slavery exception clause
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I’m not 100% sure why I’m still on Nextdoor since there are a number of petit-bourgeois fascists there. It’s probably a a good place for ol’ Matty Mack though.
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Man, Mackowiak and Save Austin Now making a big Nextdoor push against Prop Q.
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He should talk to the parents of trans kids maybe.
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I wanted to do the announcer thing for Comedy Corner so bad but I don’t have a good announcer voice.