will fain
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Man, this is terrible. One of the brightest minds on the left - learned a ton from reading him over the years. Viewpoint was a revelation.
Really sad to hear about the passing of Asad Haider. Such a brilliant mind and such a sweet guy. And a great lover of Tiki cocktails
December 5, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Man, this is terrible. One of the brightest minds on the left - learned a ton from reading him over the years. Viewpoint was a revelation.
I saw one or two operas in high school, but until tonight I don't think I'd seen a professional musical on stage. ALW's 'Phantom of the Opera' is a lot of fun.
(and having seen the silent film on the silver screen, with accompaniment, a few weeks ago made it even better.)
(and having seen the silent film on the silver screen, with accompaniment, a few weeks ago made it even better.)
December 5, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I saw one or two operas in high school, but until tonight I don't think I'd seen a professional musical on stage. ALW's 'Phantom of the Opera' is a lot of fun.
(and having seen the silent film on the silver screen, with accompaniment, a few weeks ago made it even better.)
(and having seen the silent film on the silver screen, with accompaniment, a few weeks ago made it even better.)
finished with the project of putting insulating plastic on all the windows.
happy to be done with the less than delightful experience of removing years-old plastic, which crumbled in my hands as I held and manipulated it.
happy to be done with the less than delightful experience of removing years-old plastic, which crumbled in my hands as I held and manipulated it.
December 4, 2025 at 2:34 AM
finished with the project of putting insulating plastic on all the windows.
happy to be done with the less than delightful experience of removing years-old plastic, which crumbled in my hands as I held and manipulated it.
happy to be done with the less than delightful experience of removing years-old plastic, which crumbled in my hands as I held and manipulated it.
becoming a bit chauvinist when I entertain thoughts like "if you don't work in healthcare, you're not really working a job. have fun at adult daycare tomorrow."
I live inside the burnout machine, man. everything else, even working in the kitchen, is nerf life.
I live inside the burnout machine, man. everything else, even working in the kitchen, is nerf life.
December 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
becoming a bit chauvinist when I entertain thoughts like "if you don't work in healthcare, you're not really working a job. have fun at adult daycare tomorrow."
I live inside the burnout machine, man. everything else, even working in the kitchen, is nerf life.
I live inside the burnout machine, man. everything else, even working in the kitchen, is nerf life.
Thursday night I woke to use the toilet, tried to flip on the hallway light but it wouldn't turn. "Better replace the bulb tomorrow", I thought.
Friday morn the light works fine. I'm thinking that I dreamt the bathroom trip and that they're right: light switches don't work in your dreams.
Friday morn the light works fine. I'm thinking that I dreamt the bathroom trip and that they're right: light switches don't work in your dreams.
November 29, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Thursday night I woke to use the toilet, tried to flip on the hallway light but it wouldn't turn. "Better replace the bulb tomorrow", I thought.
Friday morn the light works fine. I'm thinking that I dreamt the bathroom trip and that they're right: light switches don't work in your dreams.
Friday morn the light works fine. I'm thinking that I dreamt the bathroom trip and that they're right: light switches don't work in your dreams.
after four years of Pfizer, this will be my first of Moderna. hopefully I make it to year five of no covid. shoo, XFG/Stratus, don't bother me
November 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
after four years of Pfizer, this will be my first of Moderna. hopefully I make it to year five of no covid. shoo, XFG/Stratus, don't bother me
Steppenwolf
Cheap Trick
Boredoms
GZA
My Bloody Valentine
bonus concert: Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" (blu-ray on the big screen)
Cheap Trick
Boredoms
GZA
My Bloody Valentine
bonus concert: Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" (blu-ray on the big screen)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
Townes Van Zandt
Keith Jarrett
Simon and Garfunkel
Koko Taylor
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Townes Van Zandt
Keith Jarrett
Simon and Garfunkel
Koko Taylor
Dave Brubeck Quartet
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 29, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Steppenwolf
Cheap Trick
Boredoms
GZA
My Bloody Valentine
bonus concert: Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" (blu-ray on the big screen)
Cheap Trick
Boredoms
GZA
My Bloody Valentine
bonus concert: Talking Heads "Stop Making Sense" (blu-ray on the big screen)
a man says: if I were you, I wouldn't pick a fight with me.
hell, I thought, I wouldn't pick a fight with myself no matter who I was, and kept walking
hell, I thought, I wouldn't pick a fight with myself no matter who I was, and kept walking
November 29, 2025 at 2:14 AM
a man says: if I were you, I wouldn't pick a fight with me.
hell, I thought, I wouldn't pick a fight with myself no matter who I was, and kept walking
hell, I thought, I wouldn't pick a fight with myself no matter who I was, and kept walking
first round of snow shoveling for the '25–'26 winter season: completed. yay but mostly uff da
November 27, 2025 at 7:12 PM
first round of snow shoveling for the '25–'26 winter season: completed. yay but mostly uff da
zero is prime number.
(I was dreaming about this last night, and today I couldn't figure out if my subconscious was trolling me or if I'd read this argument somewhere. turns out it's the latter, and follows only half-jokingly from the fact that the zero ring is a prime ideal in the integers)
(I was dreaming about this last night, and today I couldn't figure out if my subconscious was trolling me or if I'd read this argument somewhere. turns out it's the latter, and follows only half-jokingly from the fact that the zero ring is a prime ideal in the integers)
November 27, 2025 at 9:49 AM
zero is prime number.
(I was dreaming about this last night, and today I couldn't figure out if my subconscious was trolling me or if I'd read this argument somewhere. turns out it's the latter, and follows only half-jokingly from the fact that the zero ring is a prime ideal in the integers)
(I was dreaming about this last night, and today I couldn't figure out if my subconscious was trolling me or if I'd read this argument somewhere. turns out it's the latter, and follows only half-jokingly from the fact that the zero ring is a prime ideal in the integers)
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big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
No more PJM data centers unless they can be reliably served: market monitor
The PJM Interconnection’s market monitor urged the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to rule that large data centers can only come online if the grid operator can still meet reliability metrics.
www.utilitydive.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts
host: And that's the Daily Double! "You want it all but you can't have THIS"?
contestant: It's it.
host: Please answer in the form of a question.
contestant: What is it?
host: Correct, but you can't grab it.
contestant: It's it.
host: Please answer in the form of a question.
contestant: What is it?
host: Correct, but you can't grab it.
November 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
host: And that's the Daily Double! "You want it all but you can't have THIS"?
contestant: It's it.
host: Please answer in the form of a question.
contestant: What is it?
host: Correct, but you can't grab it.
contestant: It's it.
host: Please answer in the form of a question.
contestant: What is it?
host: Correct, but you can't grab it.
fondly remembering the most perverse non-immoral thing I've done: once when I was a child, I let a mosquito suck itself full on my upper arm, then I let it fly away unsquashed.
(out of curiosity, to watch the whole process uninterrupted)
(out of curiosity, to watch the whole process uninterrupted)
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
fondly remembering the most perverse non-immoral thing I've done: once when I was a child, I let a mosquito suck itself full on my upper arm, then I let it fly away unsquashed.
(out of curiosity, to watch the whole process uninterrupted)
(out of curiosity, to watch the whole process uninterrupted)
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This is my yearly PSA that, no matter how old you are, you should have a basic health directive and will. The forms are free online in California. The number of senior citizens in my neighborhood with no directives and no plan who are already a little off the rails is staggering. A short rant 1/
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is my yearly PSA that, no matter how old you are, you should have a basic health directive and will. The forms are free online in California. The number of senior citizens in my neighborhood with no directives and no plan who are already a little off the rails is staggering. A short rant 1/
preference for primarily low-stimulation, solitary activities and persist negative mood/low motivation—introversion and depression—harmonize quite well.
given that I've known I have both for 25+ years, I am no foolin' a bit embarrassed that I'd not considered their synergy before tonight.
given that I've known I have both for 25+ years, I am no foolin' a bit embarrassed that I'd not considered their synergy before tonight.
November 26, 2025 at 8:02 AM
preference for primarily low-stimulation, solitary activities and persist negative mood/low motivation—introversion and depression—harmonize quite well.
given that I've known I have both for 25+ years, I am no foolin' a bit embarrassed that I'd not considered their synergy before tonight.
given that I've known I have both for 25+ years, I am no foolin' a bit embarrassed that I'd not considered their synergy before tonight.
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"Spleen and Ideal", the second studio album from #DeadCanDance, released on this day 40 years ago.
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"Spleen and Ideal", the second studio album from #DeadCanDance, released on this day 40 years ago.
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jesus was granted bond in a hearing this morning. we already have folks driving down to brazil, il to pay it and get him home. i cannot thank everybody enough for their generosity. midwest immigration bond fund could use donations to free hundreds of others secure.givelively.org/donate/midwe...
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
jesus was granted bond in a hearing this morning. we already have folks driving down to brazil, il to pay it and get him home. i cannot thank everybody enough for their generosity. midwest immigration bond fund could use donations to free hundreds of others secure.givelively.org/donate/midwe...
I still don't know if my preferred second-best politics (communism) is compatible with pessimism, but permit me to offer the pessimistic perspective, which I think has a lot going for it:
humans can only ever choose among Unpredictability, Oppression, or Poverty.
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humans can only ever choose among Unpredictability, Oppression, or Poverty.
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Anyway, this turned into a ramble, but the whole point is that I think a lot of the discontent currently expressed in economic terms is only expressed that way because those are the only terms available. Taking it too literally & responding technocratically is a mistake. Deeper shit is afoot. </fin>
November 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I still don't know if my preferred second-best politics (communism) is compatible with pessimism, but permit me to offer the pessimistic perspective, which I think has a lot going for it:
humans can only ever choose among Unpredictability, Oppression, or Poverty.
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humans can only ever choose among Unpredictability, Oppression, or Poverty.
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looks like 5" (25 cm) of snow tomorrow, followed by a week of sub-freezing temperatures.
this will almost certainly clear my personal bar for the beginning of winter: the first lasting snow.
oh bother
this will almost certainly clear my personal bar for the beginning of winter: the first lasting snow.
oh bother
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
looks like 5" (25 cm) of snow tomorrow, followed by a week of sub-freezing temperatures.
this will almost certainly clear my personal bar for the beginning of winter: the first lasting snow.
oh bother
this will almost certainly clear my personal bar for the beginning of winter: the first lasting snow.
oh bother
was all set to read 'My Brilliant Friend' until I saw the 7+ families in the index of characters. I'll be ready for that kind of commitment in 2026, I hope, but not now. 'The Sound and the Fury'—public domain as of this year—you're up!
November 24, 2025 at 7:28 AM
was all set to read 'My Brilliant Friend' until I saw the 7+ families in the index of characters. I'll be ready for that kind of commitment in 2026, I hope, but not now. 'The Sound and the Fury'—public domain as of this year—you're up!
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while it didn't reach the heights of peak Solondz ('Dollhouse', 'Happiness', and arguably 'Storytelling'), 'Dark Horse' was still great. wish I'd've seen it around the same time as '40-Year-Old Virgin'.
it's always surprising when Solondz gets financing, here's to hoping he can keep scaring up money
it's always surprising when Solondz gets financing, here's to hoping he can keep scaring up money
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
while it didn't reach the heights of peak Solondz ('Dollhouse', 'Happiness', and arguably 'Storytelling'), 'Dark Horse' was still great. wish I'd've seen it around the same time as '40-Year-Old Virgin'.
it's always surprising when Solondz gets financing, here's to hoping he can keep scaring up money
it's always surprising when Solondz gets financing, here's to hoping he can keep scaring up money
Should I buy a suit?
My job does not require one, nor can I imagine ever applying for one that did.
I have no siblings or other close family members who might marry, nor do I have any friends. (It is possible that I could make friends in the future, of course.)
My job does not require one, nor can I imagine ever applying for one that did.
I have no siblings or other close family members who might marry, nor do I have any friends. (It is possible that I could make friends in the future, of course.)
November 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Should I buy a suit?
My job does not require one, nor can I imagine ever applying for one that did.
I have no siblings or other close family members who might marry, nor do I have any friends. (It is possible that I could make friends in the future, of course.)
My job does not require one, nor can I imagine ever applying for one that did.
I have no siblings or other close family members who might marry, nor do I have any friends. (It is possible that I could make friends in the future, of course.)
thinking about the epistemology of prophecy, and how idempotent future descriptions—those which, when learned, cannot cause their learners to change what's described—must (usually) necessarily be misunderstood.
November 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
thinking about the epistemology of prophecy, and how idempotent future descriptions—those which, when learned, cannot cause their learners to change what's described—must (usually) necessarily be misunderstood.
people's reactions to things—news stories, movies, music, etc—doesn't color my perception or sour my mood. if bad people like good things, or good people like good things for the wrong reasons or in the wrong way, who cares?
no, it's people's reactions to people's reactions that grind my gears.
no, it's people's reactions to people's reactions that grind my gears.
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
people's reactions to things—news stories, movies, music, etc—doesn't color my perception or sour my mood. if bad people like good things, or good people like good things for the wrong reasons or in the wrong way, who cares?
no, it's people's reactions to people's reactions that grind my gears.
no, it's people's reactions to people's reactions that grind my gears.