Sturdy McSturdyPants
@sturdymcsturdy.bsky.social
Semi rural urban introvert making stuff. Half Luddite, half futurist, all duct tape all the time. San Francisco Bay Area.
Fk yeah, Berkeley!
PSA: Hey East Bay, free Narcan now available here
2150 Dwight Way in Berkeley
9am - 5pm, Mon - Thurs
No hassle. Just take what you need
#harmreduction
2150 Dwight Way in Berkeley
9am - 5pm, Mon - Thurs
No hassle. Just take what you need
#harmreduction
July 1, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Fk yeah, Berkeley!
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MY WARRIORS! THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING AROUND TELLING PEOPLE TO KNEEL IN FRONT OF COPS AT PROTESTS AND TO POUR MILK IN YOUR EYES FOR TEAR GAS. PLEASE DO NOT DO EITHER OF THOSE THINGS. PLEASE DO NOT SPREAD MESSAGES TELLING PEOPLE TO DO THOSE THINGS.
June 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
MY WARRIORS! THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF GOING AROUND TELLING PEOPLE TO KNEEL IN FRONT OF COPS AT PROTESTS AND TO POUR MILK IN YOUR EYES FOR TEAR GAS. PLEASE DO NOT DO EITHER OF THOSE THINGS. PLEASE DO NOT SPREAD MESSAGES TELLING PEOPLE TO DO THOSE THINGS.
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time for my new favorite tumblr post
June 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM
time for my new favorite tumblr post
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i'm starting to see some scoldy posts pointing out that we are laughing about a fire on the deck of our sinking ship and i have to be honest once the ship started sinking i decided i would take the laughs where i found them
June 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
i'm starting to see some scoldy posts pointing out that we are laughing about a fire on the deck of our sinking ship and i have to be honest once the ship started sinking i decided i would take the laughs where i found them
"I picked a pretty rough time to actually want to be alive."
The whole thing (waves arms frantically). Please just do yourself and your heart a favor and read it.
The whole thing (waves arms frantically). Please just do yourself and your heart a favor and read it.
This is one of the most profound essays I’ve read in years. You don’t need me to tell you that Hanif Abdurraqib is one of the finest writers of our time, but this essay in particular is a hard-won offering. Please read it and share with people you love.
In Defense of Despair
The feeling is most commonly framed as an end point, a level of despondency that cannot be overcome. But it doesn’t have to be so.
www.newyorker.com
May 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
"I picked a pretty rough time to actually want to be alive."
The whole thing (waves arms frantically). Please just do yourself and your heart a favor and read it.
The whole thing (waves arms frantically). Please just do yourself and your heart a favor and read it.
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Chumbawumba knew the deal:
"So if you meet with these historians, I'll tell you what to say
Tell them that the Nazis never really went away
They're out there burning houses down and peddling racist lies
And we'll never rest again until every Nazi dies"
"So if you meet with these historians, I'll tell you what to say
Tell them that the Nazis never really went away
They're out there burning houses down and peddling racist lies
And we'll never rest again until every Nazi dies"
May 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Chumbawumba knew the deal:
"So if you meet with these historians, I'll tell you what to say
Tell them that the Nazis never really went away
They're out there burning houses down and peddling racist lies
And we'll never rest again until every Nazi dies"
"So if you meet with these historians, I'll tell you what to say
Tell them that the Nazis never really went away
They're out there burning houses down and peddling racist lies
And we'll never rest again until every Nazi dies"
When in doubt, shush.
This is my “daughter of a Black Panther breakfast program volunteer” coming out but anyone who tells you that you have to be public about all your resistance activity should immediately be under suspicion for being an op, or being under the influence of an op
February 18, 2025 at 2:28 AM
When in doubt, shush.
This reframing fits nicely with my life goal of becoming Cantankerous Mister Rogers.
Basically I want to be like if Mister Rogers sounded like George Carlin.
Basically I want to be like if Mister Rogers sounded like George Carlin.
This is a great thread, but what struck me about it is that my grandmother had a term for what's being described here. She called it, "being neighborly," and it was just par for the course in the small town where she lived for most of her life. "Mutual aid" sounds academic, but "neighborly" doesn't.
I think a lot of people have mutual aid confused with charity on here, maybe because folks most often see it in the context of fundraiser asks (which are great!).
I want to talk a little about what it looks like in everyday life.
Because we need it more than ever. Government is getting shredded.
I want to talk a little about what it looks like in everyday life.
Because we need it more than ever. Government is getting shredded.
January 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
This reframing fits nicely with my life goal of becoming Cantankerous Mister Rogers.
Basically I want to be like if Mister Rogers sounded like George Carlin.
Basically I want to be like if Mister Rogers sounded like George Carlin.
'Even Tang Goes Stale Eventually' would be an amazing title for a practical prepping guide.
And the advice here is solid: stock up on stuff you like, that's fresh, and that you can count on when you need it.
And the advice here is solid: stock up on stuff you like, that's fresh, and that you can count on when you need it.
One of the mistakes I see the hardcore gun and bunker guys making is they don't use their stash.
Even Tang goes stale eventually. So you've got to drink it before that happens and if you're making a face right now then Tang does not belong in your emergency kit.
Even Tang goes stale eventually. So you've got to drink it before that happens and if you're making a face right now then Tang does not belong in your emergency kit.
January 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
'Even Tang Goes Stale Eventually' would be an amazing title for a practical prepping guide.
And the advice here is solid: stock up on stuff you like, that's fresh, and that you can count on when you need it.
And the advice here is solid: stock up on stuff you like, that's fresh, and that you can count on when you need it.
A non-alarmist and highly realistic place to start for those new to emergency preparedness and good reminders for the rest of us.
(glances with moderate guilt at the now-expired canned goods I forgot to rotate through in my pantry. oops.)
(glances with moderate guilt at the now-expired canned goods I forgot to rotate through in my pantry. oops.)
Now is a good time to get into preparedness, wherever you are. Being individually prepared is a good way to be in a better position to help others.
Your basic goal, to start, is to be ready for three days in your home without power or water and to be able to leave quickly if need be.
Your basic goal, to start, is to be ready for three days in your home without power or water and to be able to leave quickly if need be.
January 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A non-alarmist and highly realistic place to start for those new to emergency preparedness and good reminders for the rest of us.
(glances with moderate guilt at the now-expired canned goods I forgot to rotate through in my pantry. oops.)
(glances with moderate guilt at the now-expired canned goods I forgot to rotate through in my pantry. oops.)
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Anita Bryant isn't going to see your hurtful posts and jokes about her death but your friends who enjoy them will so that's what they call a win-win situation
January 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Anita Bryant isn't going to see your hurtful posts and jokes about her death but your friends who enjoy them will so that's what they call a win-win situation
This whole thread on evacuation and displacement is great but this "grab the dirty laundry basket instead of packing clean clothes" suggestion is absolutely fucking brilliant.
1. Clothes: Grab your dirty laundry basket. Everything in there fits you, is seasonally correct and you’ve worn recently so you don’t hate it. I packed like I was going camping in my panic. Multiple sweatshirts when it was 96° outside.
January 9, 2025 at 1:38 AM
This whole thread on evacuation and displacement is great but this "grab the dirty laundry basket instead of packing clean clothes" suggestion is absolutely fucking brilliant.
Weather events aside, this is true of much "breaking news." It's hard to remember but worth remembering.
a good test for “is this useful disaster related content” is “does this feel more like boring nerd shit or like a summer movie”
the boring nerd shit (see comprehensive plan & house fire preparedness checklist above) is the useful stuff, the summer movie content is entertainment
the boring nerd shit (see comprehensive plan & house fire preparedness checklist above) is the useful stuff, the summer movie content is entertainment
January 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Weather events aside, this is true of much "breaking news." It's hard to remember but worth remembering.
Just found the last place I lived in Sacramento (2005) available for rent. It's $1195 now. It was $400 then ($631 adjusted for inflation).
www.nielsenproperty.com/listings/det...
www.nielsenproperty.com/listings/det...
January 8, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Just found the last place I lived in Sacramento (2005) available for rent. It's $1195 now. It was $400 then ($631 adjusted for inflation).
www.nielsenproperty.com/listings/det...
www.nielsenproperty.com/listings/det...
Lesson from the 2017 Calif fire season: when outside, cover up as much skin as possible and shake off your clothes before you go back in. The particulate (ash) can be irritating. At the very least shake it out of your eyebrows and hair (lean forward to keep it out of your eyes) and wash your face.
Additional pro-tip:
Unlike with N95s for infection control, you cannot re-use them in rotation or over several days. You wanna throw them away when they get dirty, which will happen fast (same dayish) with smoke and particulates. Plus, they’ll stink. Guarantee it.
Unlike with N95s for infection control, you cannot re-use them in rotation or over several days. You wanna throw them away when they get dirty, which will happen fast (same dayish) with smoke and particulates. Plus, they’ll stink. Guarantee it.
Pro tip from someone who used to cover fires all the time: N95s and KN95s (and other masks) will protect against the particulate matter that will otherwise potentially get into your throat, lungs, and bloodstream and make you feel like total shit.
January 8, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Lesson from the 2017 Calif fire season: when outside, cover up as much skin as possible and shake off your clothes before you go back in. The particulate (ash) can be irritating. At the very least shake it out of your eyebrows and hair (lean forward to keep it out of your eyes) and wash your face.
Or, you know $0. They could end HIV if they charged $0 per dose.
Buried lede: could end HIV if they charged $50 per dose and not $42,000
This drug is the 'breakthrough of the year' -- and it could mean the end of the HIV epidemic
That's the title that Science magazine is bestowing upon the medication called lenacapavir — a twice yearly injectable that prevents infection by the HIV virus.
www.npr.org
December 13, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Or, you know $0. They could end HIV if they charged $0 per dose.
Sounds about right for here.
If you live in California, Gavin Newsom will help you buy an electric car. And if you sleep in that car, Gavin Newsom will have the police come shoot you
November 25, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Sounds about right for here.
November 18, 2024 at 1:24 AM
I need to read this about seven more times to really let it sink in but yes, yes, yes. This is gorgeous.
Over at the newsletter: I wrote about Carl Sagan, the 2024 election, the search for "intelligent life," and why people are so bad at imagining experiences other than our own: jude-doyle.ghost.io/carls-jr/
Carl’s Jr.
A few notes on the quest for intelligent life.
jude-doyle.ghost.io
November 13, 2024 at 4:26 PM
I need to read this about seven more times to really let it sink in but yes, yes, yes. This is gorgeous.
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LETS FUCKING GOOOO!!! MORRIS MOVEMBER!
In some ways, they were carrying forward the Arts and Crafts movement, whose founder William Morris said: “I do not want art for a few, any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.” Beauty is for everyone—and everyone can be beautifully clothed, should they know how.
November 11, 2024 at 8:17 PM
LETS FUCKING GOOOO!!! MORRIS MOVEMBER!
This (devouring the sun) seems unwise as I can barely handle Sour Patch Kids, but I'll try.
TOMORROW YOU WILL GRAB THE SUN WITH BOTH HANDS AND DEVOUR IT. FOR NOW DO YOU HAVE MEDICINE YOU NEED TO TAKE?
November 8, 2024 at 5:43 PM
This (devouring the sun) seems unwise as I can barely handle Sour Patch Kids, but I'll try.
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I have ended relationships over much pettier things than “Implicitly supporting authoritarian theological nationalism,” what the fuck are you on about.
November 8, 2024 at 4:21 PM
I have ended relationships over much pettier things than “Implicitly supporting authoritarian theological nationalism,” what the fuck are you on about.