My wife and I went to two different records shops in Berkeley trying to get a copy of Kind of Blue just behind another couple who was putting all the copies on hold so they could price compare. Managed to get one and now we treasure it all the more knowing we had to fight for it

Turned out delicious!

I would love an "If books could kill" on the kind of insane mainstream coverage of Mamdani! I haven't read much of it since it pisses me off but the headlines alone are pretty wild

[End of grievances] It's hard to find as much joy in Independence Day this year, but I hope you can use it in a way that's relaxing or meaningful. It's so easy to get burnt out, but it's hard to help anyone when you're burnt out, so self-care is valuable. I'll be smoking a brisket for family!

He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us... [No need to print the rest of this one since it’s super racist, but Jan 6 fits this to a tee]

For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments: [Neutering or abolishing regulations and stripping away rights via executive order]

For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences: [Concentration camp in El Salvador]

For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: [ICE and its utter lack of due process]

For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world: [Tariffs]

He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation: [Deporting, detaining, and torturing migrants as well as US citizens]

He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. [National guard and Marines in LA]

He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance. [DOGE]

He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries. [Less so on salaries but loyalty to Trump has been his main qualification for appointing judges]

He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers. [Repeatedly ignoring court orders, particularly with deportations]

He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands. [...that’s like his whole deal]

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. [Threatening governors by withholding funding unless they go with his agenda]

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good. [Various times he’s ignored laws passed by Congress such as defunding USAID or striking Iran without war powers]

I would just be on TV all the time calling them child genital inspection bills and say they want a Larry Nasser in every school.

See this link for more about the burning of the Institute of Sexology and the Maintenance Phase on "Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria" for a through debunking of the modern anti-trans movement hmd.org.uk/resource/6-m...