Here are some nice mushrooms

Today and in the coming days, remember

Don’t give your day job your soul as they will gladly take it and give only money in return, reserve your soul for your loved ones (hobbies, pets, and people) who renew your soul

Back in the day people used to pay for ringtones that were advertised on TV and in magazines. Now, when you hear a phone ring it's usually the default ringtone. Not me though, my ringtone is Metallica's Enter Sandman

Still thinking about this sign spotted at the @inkandswitch.com get-together:

I keep trying to write something eloquent and just being tired.
History matters. Philosophy matters. Languages and literature matter. Indigenous studies matter. Arts and humanities and social sciences matter. All of them.

Signed,
a physicist

i really do think a not insignificant drag on general literacy is the way that trying to read anything longer than a single blurb results in browsers (*especially* mobile ones) absolutely imploding, thanks to draggy designs and overwhelming ads

Surround yourself with the kind of people who support their local library, bakery, bookstore, and café.

Quite a few Americans like the idea of strongman rule. Essential to it is the idea that a strongman will be your strongman. He won't.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-strong...