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First Christmas holiday evening with some Carne Asada on the new charcoal grill. Turned out great!
December 24, 2025 at 2:09 PM
First Christmas holiday evening with some Carne Asada on the new charcoal grill. Turned out great!
Got tired of having a static html site that was separate from my blog so I rebuilt my personal site in hugo to have both hosted from the same build. Hopefully inspires me to write more
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December 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Got tired of having a static html site that was separate from my blog so I rebuilt my personal site in hugo to have both hosted from the same build. Hopefully inspires me to write more
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I don't begrudge anyone for streaming, but as someone that doesn't use Spotify I gotta say, I hate wrapped season. Nobody ever has interesting music taste.
December 5, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I don't begrudge anyone for streaming, but as someone that doesn't use Spotify I gotta say, I hate wrapped season. Nobody ever has interesting music taste.
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Anti-fascistic software is made possible by pro-labor licensing.
I've been trying to write this piece for years. Every time I get started I'm just overwhelmed with paralyzing visions of the FOSS commentariat accusing me of WrongThink.
But I'm tired and we urgently need to get our shit together.
I've been trying to write this piece for years. Every time I get started I'm just overwhelmed with paralyzing visions of the FOSS commentariat accusing me of WrongThink.
But I'm tired and we urgently need to get our shit together.
Open Source Power
We have to talk about open source licensing.
blog.muni.town
November 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Anti-fascistic software is made possible by pro-labor licensing.
I've been trying to write this piece for years. Every time I get started I'm just overwhelmed with paralyzing visions of the FOSS commentariat accusing me of WrongThink.
But I'm tired and we urgently need to get our shit together.
I've been trying to write this piece for years. Every time I get started I'm just overwhelmed with paralyzing visions of the FOSS commentariat accusing me of WrongThink.
But I'm tired and we urgently need to get our shit together.
The news of senators caving to the the shutdown is yet another reason we should abolish the Senate.
www.dsausa.org/blog/abolish...
www.dsausa.org/blog/abolish...
Want Democracy in the United States? Abolish the Senate! - Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)
Senate Chamber c1873/ Wikipedia By Sean Monahan Ending the filibuster isn’t enough, we should demand the end of the Senate itself. Socialists correctly insist that the only way to truly “get money out...
www.dsausa.org
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The news of senators caving to the the shutdown is yet another reason we should abolish the Senate.
www.dsausa.org/blog/abolish...
www.dsausa.org/blog/abolish...
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Anybody who has watched the Times pull this shit for ages knows this game. Good piece.
November 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Anybody who has watched the Times pull this shit for ages knows this game. Good piece.
Very excited to see these election results and I'm hopeful that we can carry this momentum into building something that actually resembles a left party in the US. Less hopeful the Democratic party will be that.
November 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Very excited to see these election results and I'm hopeful that we can carry this momentum into building something that actually resembles a left party in the US. Less hopeful the Democratic party will be that.
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Sometimes I like to entertain the fantasy that maybe Trump is actually secretly intelligent but it's hard to believe it considering how stupid he is.
November 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Sometimes I like to entertain the fantasy that maybe Trump is actually secretly intelligent but it's hard to believe it considering how stupid he is.
Stayin up all night watching Hotelier live sets
October 17, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Stayin up all night watching Hotelier live sets
Trump reading the Epstein list out loud to the tune of The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
September 8, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Trump reading the Epstein list out loud to the tune of The Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny
Happy Labor Day, enjoy Theo galloping into the water and swimming away from last month
September 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Happy Labor Day, enjoy Theo galloping into the water and swimming away from last month
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This week at Fingers, I interviewed @resnikoff.bsky.social on the perverse relationship between parking minimums and drunk-driving, and why it's imperative to integrate bars and restaurants into broader conversation about housing density, zoning, etc.
The "housing theory" of corner bars
The Fingers Interview with Public Comment's Ned Resnikoff on third places, urban policy, and much more
www.fingers.email
August 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This week at Fingers, I interviewed @resnikoff.bsky.social on the perverse relationship between parking minimums and drunk-driving, and why it's imperative to integrate bars and restaurants into broader conversation about housing density, zoning, etc.
Nothing is more disappointing to me than bands that only have their music accessible via streaming
August 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Nothing is more disappointing to me than bands that only have their music accessible via streaming
Every recipe that leads with its macronutrients or "high protein" completely and utterly worthless to me.
July 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Every recipe that leads with its macronutrients or "high protein" completely and utterly worthless to me.
Why does every clip of a show I see on dropout give such big theatre kid energy?
July 15, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Why does every clip of a show I see on dropout give such big theatre kid energy?
Anyone got any tips for dealing with the dissonance of having the world be on fire but everything just continuing normally?
July 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Anyone got any tips for dealing with the dissonance of having the world be on fire but everything just continuing normally?
Seeing first hand erosion of extremely intelligent people's critical thinking skills as they choose to rely on AI to think for them is disappointing.
July 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Seeing first hand erosion of extremely intelligent people's critical thinking skills as they choose to rely on AI to think for them is disappointing.
Feeling vindicated in having gotten into an argument with a redditor about why Cobra Burger is better than Steak n Shake.
unexpected turn of events to see the retro burger joint go full fascist burger and posting nazi dogwhistles. i feel so insane, look at the state of things dawg
March 9, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Feeling vindicated in having gotten into an argument with a redditor about why Cobra Burger is better than Steak n Shake.
God I love the Richmond airport. Not even 5 minutes from curb to gate.
February 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
God I love the Richmond airport. Not even 5 minutes from curb to gate.
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Are the next 4 years really going to be logging on everyday to sentences like "a 19 year old doge intern called Big Balls has your social security number" because I'm already at capacity for this sort of thing
February 3, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Are the next 4 years really going to be logging on everyday to sentences like "a 19 year old doge intern called Big Balls has your social security number" because I'm already at capacity for this sort of thing
Beautiful and prescient piece by RVAMAG. Articulated a lot of the lingering nebulous worries present since the election with clear calls to action.
Local Rachel Scott Everett highlights the urgent need to resist Trumpism and confront the growing threat of oligarchy in America.
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A Nation Adrift: Confronting Another Trump Presidency
The article examines the return of Trump to the presidency in 2024, highlighting the rise of oligarchy, the normalization of authoritarianism, and the threat to American democracy. It calls for resist...
rvamag.com
January 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Beautiful and prescient piece by RVAMAG. Articulated a lot of the lingering nebulous worries present since the election with clear calls to action.
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More post-mortem on the RVA water crisis from Sarah Volgelsong and Graham Moomaw at @richmonder.bsky.social
Side note: This is also kinda why we need a strong EPA, which issued a 2022 report (i.e. warnings) about the water plant.
Side note: This is also kinda why we need a strong EPA, which issued a 2022 report (i.e. warnings) about the water plant.
State health officials say Richmond water crisis was ‘completely avoidable’
Questions remain about delayed response to 2022 inspection
More than two weeks after a power outage set off a series of events that crippled Richmond’s water treatment plant, Virginia regulators are ...
www.richmonder.org
January 24, 2025 at 1:11 PM
More post-mortem on the RVA water crisis from Sarah Volgelsong and Graham Moomaw at @richmonder.bsky.social
Side note: This is also kinda why we need a strong EPA, which issued a 2022 report (i.e. warnings) about the water plant.
Side note: This is also kinda why we need a strong EPA, which issued a 2022 report (i.e. warnings) about the water plant.
Happiness Hours by The Sidekicks is genuinely one of the best songs ever written and I'm tired of pretending it's not.
January 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Happiness Hours by The Sidekicks is genuinely one of the best songs ever written and I'm tired of pretending it's not.
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if we are all going to be forced to relive 2016, they should at the very least let us see mad max fury road in theaters again
January 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
if we are all going to be forced to relive 2016, they should at the very least let us see mad max fury road in theaters again