It’s weird* that the president can just decide to put a huge tax on American businesses without congress even being a little bit involved.

* very unconstitutional

In Japan, games end in a tie if there’s no winner after 12 innings (as was the case with my Hanshin Tigers today). Honestly I prefer that to starting innings with the goofy Manfred zombie runner on second.

Amazing game to play while I’m waiting for GameCube parts to come in.

Be aware that modding my GameCube is going to be my entire personality for the next few weeks.

Tough week and it’s only just started. Send good vibes and cookies.

Damn.

"Virtue signaling": a phrase invented by those who've smashed their own moral compasses and are pissed off that others' can still find north.

I just finished NORTH WOODS by Daniel Mason. My first completed read of the year and boy howdy! The structure, the language, the complexity, the grief and immensity and connectedness—I loved all of it.

Jimmy Carter, a visionary on ending fossil fuels, put solar panels on the White House. Big Oil-backed Ronald Reagan ousted Carter in 1980 and ripped them out

Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades

This year, I’m attempting to be more consistent logging my reading using #StoryGraph. Here’s my profile link if you want to tune in: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/bymikerobinson

Christmas Eve 2024–

The first time I ever got the scissors to glide through wrapping paper. Please clap.

Listen I can’t not share this. Look at this commission so far! She’s so pretty!!

[ #art #sketch #wow #nightelf ]

After a few years of struggling and straggling, I’m back to fine form. The first Monday of winter break, and I’ve finished 2/3 of LotR. RotK will be the best Christmas present I can give myself. 👑

Needed some motivation for today. So of course I’m rewatching Katt Williams on Club Shay Shay.

Running on fumes from now until the holidays. Anybody else needing 723 hours of sleep a day just to function?

Nobody will ever convince me that Jake Paul didn’t actively decide to spare a man tonight. #PaulVsTyson

Remembering I have BlueSky. Neat.

For my first post on BlueSky, here’s me mean-mugging a fly in my office at the moment I snapped this picture.