We have friends in the USFS and National Park Service who lost their jobs last week. I am worried about fire season, as support staff are essential—the people making these decisions have no understanding of the work.

“The New York Times went with ‘Elon Musk Ignites Online Speculation Over the Meaning of a Hand Gesture.’ The Washington Post opted for ‘Elon Musk gives exuberant speech at inauguration.’ Some local TV stations even cut their footage right before the first and most obvious salute.”

Sergeant Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social sent me this picture. This is his call log. Each call is an automated Dept of "Justice" notification saying "The defendant you testified against is being released from the dept of corrections."
Each defendant assaulted him.

r.e. Lynch, I'm with @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social

"In the arts, the torture and death of a beautiful...or young woman...was forever...portrayed as erotic, exciting, satisfying...the desire was enshrined in the films of...Hitchcock, De Palma, David Lynch,...Tarantino."

& repeated IRL.
Enough.

Watched The Third Man last night with my oldest, Aidan. Ages ago, it was recommended to me but I misremembered the title and paid to watch The Thin Man, which might be a perfect good old movie unless you were expecting film noir. We recognized so many shots imitated in other films. Brilliant.

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