three tiny swords sticking out of a box of Little Ceasars Pizza symbolizing the Ides of March
This weekend is the annual event where I go from having an weekly average tumblr notifications of zero to several hundred then back to zero thanks to this dumb picture I posted of some letter openers that I stuck into a cheap box of pizza:
Give me a chance at being a CEO. I can house a burger in three bites and not seem like a lizard at ALL.
i bring this up periodically but goddamn is it easy being a dude. so little is expected of us. you can coast and people will treat you like a champion
I mean, didn't the AIOC Brits essentially hold the Dulles brothers hands to coup Mossadegh? The US might be the most, but they are the evil older sibling who showed US the ropes
They spent billions on regime change in Venezuela and left the Maduro's head of torture in charge.
They are now spending billions on regime change in Iran, knowing the most likely outcome will be harder line leadership.
We do not have serious people running our country.
When I don't know what to do, at least I will be informed and my people will be well fed when the opportunity comes.
All the Shah's Men by Stephen Kinzer
I have two rules for myself when I am overwhelmed with a lack of direction and feelings of dread. The first is that it is always morally good to feed people. The second is that reading can't hurt either.
New York Times: Dozens of U.S. strikes are being carried out by attack planes based at bases around the Middle East and from one or more aircraft carriers, a U.S. official said.
“Dozens of U.S. strikes are being carried out by attack planes based at bases around the Middle East and from one or more aircraft carriers, a U.S. official said.”
It should be a moderate, middle-of-the-road, commonly accepted position that nobody should have so much money they can control the laws, governance, religious institutions, and overall health of an entire nation, much less one as vast as the United States.
of the likely choices available i don't see us doing much better
Catherine O'Hara passed away last week. I received this and a note from her today, 2/12. Tell people you appreciate them while you have the chance.
More specifically, I wrote to tell her that I knew that the world's appreciation for John was genuine and not weighted by losing him too soon, because myself and so many others felt the same love and appreciation for her.
A personalized photo from actress Catherine O'Hara.
When I watched the John Candy documentary last year, I wrote a quick note to Catherine O'Hara's office to thank her for her work.
I quite like when people have this realization about Chicago as well.
I wonder how much money Hoopla makes from patrons impulsively borrowing audiobooks without noticing that they are in German or Italian. Project Hail Mary in Italian is in the top 25 borrowed audiobooks rn and I refuse to believe its because that many people knew that it was in Italian.
I have existed on the other side of the spectrum of belief and it was farther from hope than a lot of you may recognize. It was such a fight to claw my way back to reality. I don't have to do that again and I recognize how much work was ahead of me when I wasn't even questioning.
It is a monumental victory to hold the unwavering conviction that all people are deserving of safety, dignity, health, and community. It is a *triumph* that your heart is tuned to react to suffering, injustice, and violence. So much power has been exerted to prevent you from meeting this moment.
Catherine O'Hara and John Candy laughing together at a film festival in 1978.
I always really liked this picture of these two.
Did David Lynch and Werner Herzog ever meet? I could look it up but I don't really want to know the answer bc I want to imagine that interaction for myself.
It's the courage to be nice AND fierce. It's leaders who don't lick boots, whine, and run away from the collapsing infrastructure they fail. It's neighbors who stick up for each other.
I never want to hear a Texan talk about their state being the bravest, toughest, and most freedom loving.
It's Minnesota.
As an incredibly proud, lifelong Illinoisan, it's Minnesota.
Keep fighting, my beloveds of the driftless, the lakes, the hot dishes, and the Twins.
Repeal the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
Reconstruction was a failure. Nuremberg was a failure. J6 hearings were failures. The ICE trials will not be failures. There can be no Jim Crow Laws, Operation Paperclip, and presidential pardons for these crimes against humanity.
My vote to anyone who will prosecute the administration and every ICE agent for sedition, treason, murder, and crimes against humanity.
Living a moral life in an age of bullies requires collective action; it cannot be done alone. Each of us must organize and participate in a vast network of moral resistance. From this solidarity we will grow stronger. This is what our current moment requires.
If I give the president my LJ Movers & Shakers award, will he leave libraries alone?
Mark my words, the minute I no longer need a reliable vehicle for professional commuting purposes, I'm buying a sh*tboxx and airbrushing a wizard on it.
A black cat in an empty cabinet.
Sven's NY resolution was to be more mischievous. He's doing great so far.
The Dubai Chocolate is the conspiracy, to be clear. Stuart & Lynda Resnick are very real and shouldn't be in business anymore.
I'm not gonna research this, I'm just gonna call it my once a year little conspiracy theory as a treat: I think Dubai Chocolate is a marketing conspiracy from that evil pistachio family in California that is stealing everyone's water.
