James Jacoby
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James Jacoby
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Human who licenses music for film/TV, plays the tuba (capably) and the ukulele (less capably), enjoys soundtracks & speculative fiction, and votes. (he/they is a-okay)
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What’s happening in Sudan is not getting the attention it deserves.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 1d
The war involving the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created the world's largest humanitarian disaster, a leading hunger agency says. The major city of El-Fasher has been particularly hard-hit. n.pr/3WxwHHX
Famine is spreading in Sudan, a global hunger authority says
The war involving the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created the world's largest humanitarian disaster, a leading hunger agency says. The major city of El-Fasher has been particularly hard-hit.
n.pr
The audiobook is phenomenal. I remember having to pull to the side of the freeway after one section, just so my spouse & I could absorb the moment.
We’re one “let them eat cake” moment away from a turning point.
Democrats have a messaging problem.

Republicans have a N*zi problem.

Big difference, huh?
By my count that’s about 6-7 double yolks.
In this case I mean the relocation of the button to the right side of the screen when reading comments on a mobile device, placing it exactly when your thumb wants to go when scrolling up or down, resulting in constant accidental likes, even on comments you haaate.
For the sake of St. Fuck, Facebook managed to enshittify their “like” button. 🤦‍♂️
So that carton ended up having about 6 double-yolked eggs. 🥚

I figured the was that, but this morning I opened a fresh new carton and yoked it up anew! 🪺
I’M SEEING DOUBLE!

Yesterday I had a fun-size pack of peanut M&Ms, and there were 2 stuck together. (No pics, sadly.)

Today I ordered fried pickles from Gus’s Fried Chicken, and there was a double in there too!

WHAT’S HAPPENING?
You’re living a double life!
Or does it just mean there are younger hens being harvested for eggs to catch up for the scarcity earlier in the year? (Younger hens are more likely to yield double-yolks than mature hens.)

I’m going to go with both—a double conclusion!
It has been a double-yolk week, finding them three days in a row. Does this mean something good is about to happen?
Worse than the sound mix was the sound coming from the instruments and vocals of that awful artist they call a role model.
Last night’s SNL was marginally better, but barely. The writing is so meh.
It’s the Alt-Text that sealed it for me.
Also, never let Bad Bunny near another sketch. This is not where his skill set is.
There has always been an ebb & flow cycle for SNL: years of greatness, years of awfulness. I’m sad to observe that we’re in the Ebb years right now, when we have the greatest need for Flow.
Last night’s season premiere of SNL was really, really bad.
I drop this meme whenever it’s relevant, as it appears to be now.
I asked my company’s new #AI chatbot to name all U.S. states with the letter “A” in their names, and it listed 42 of them including “Connecticut” “Tennessee” and “Wisconsin.”

Weirder still was the response at the bottom of the list.

WTF???
Hey, there may not be anything you can do to affect change at the federal level right now, but it’d be awesome if you went at least slightly out of your way to be kind to a stranger, whether being nice to your barista or letting that car merge in. Just something to help someone carry the load a bit.
The book is excellent. The descriptions are gruesome. It will definitely make you squicky!