Found and booted up my old Zune... The latest podcast is episode 289 of The Instance with @scottjohnson.zip, released 8/31/2012. Talk about a time capsule.

MFW Monopoly was originally a game criticizing capitalism, but now the Wichita mayor, paid for by Koch, is posing with the mascot for a Wichita Monopoly.

This would've been great satire 🥲

I just want to remind everyone that in 2008, the right labeled a fist bump as a "terrorist fist jab," and now they're celebrating an actual sieg heil salute from Elon Musk. Tell me again how this administration isn't racist. Tell me again that I've been overreacting.

It's time to start my fifth year teaching college freshmen. In a week I turn thirty-five. I'm eagerly awaiting news from my PhD applications. I'm terrified of the next four years. Let's get this bread, I guess.

Finished revisions on this piece. Romanticizing the upcoming journey I suppose.

Idk what this means but I had to write it tonight

I was hanging out with a group today, and talking with a new friend while they were drawing. Before I left, they gave me this. This small gesture made me realize just how much connection has faded from social media. What started out as networks of friends has become too parasocial. Thanks, Hunter 🫶🏻

Ope. Been there lmao. @fashionablecrow.bsky.social 😂

#books #houseofleaves #literature

More words from my brain

New poem

The only two manga to unseat One Piece in sales between 2000 and 2018 were Nana and Death Note.

The lesson here is that when a story really speaks to the gays, they listen and respond en masse.

#gay #onepiece #lgbtq #nana #deathnote #manga #anime #funny #queer

Kansas sunsets are their own majesty entirely. Plenty of places have great sunsets, and some may have them as good, but they don't surpass Kansas.

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#barista #coffee #nonbinary