I am absolutely loving this story. It has burrowed into my brain and I cannot stop thinking about it.

I think it’s fine to bully people for reading Harry Potter in 2025 actually

If you want to read your old Harry Potter books, you should do it in secret and shamefully - you know, in the way that J.K. Rowling wants to force trans people to live.

You are truly at terrible person.

I was feeling really overwhelmed so I called the dems that are not meeting the moment and let them know my uncivil unfiltered thoughts. THEN I called the dems that are; and thanked them for everything they are doing. I still feel awful - but like marginally less awful?

Something that TikTok did for me was provide audio snippets while I did other things. Since that is over I am leaning on podcasts specifically two:
- ghosts in the burbs
- you must remember this

Both are so well done and help me feel not awful in this gross world.

He is puppy

There is a really good TikTok talking about what we are feeling. It is grief for all the better futures we could have had.

We should name wildfires after the useless shit that should be regulated out of existence but isn’t because our feckless political leaders are in thrall to capitalism’s death drive.

The ChatGPT fire. The Bitcoin fire. The delay-congestion-pricing-by-six-months-for-no-reason fire.

A candid photo of him as a kid in a rare happy moment where he is smelling a flower and smiling. It is worn around the edges and fading.

Macaroni Pie is absolutely over it all today.

My passenger and back windows stopped working in my car. I thought it was electrical. The mechanic just let me know I have a lock button for my windows . . . I can never go back to this shop. Ever.

Really into trees right now.