The Louvre suuuuuuuuuucks. A couple of neat things to see, though.
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Library dude. Rock star. Dog, two kids, a wife. Abolish ICE https://wywolf.bandcamp.com
We took a “how to make macarons” class in Paris. It was a lot of fun.
“He’s got that dog in him.” Me pointing to the lion sitting near where a local boy is looking for his chihuahua.
Yes, though it was prevalent before that. In the early days of USENET (~1985) one guy repeated it with Cato the Elder-like regularity, and the impression I get from this Straight Dope question (two years before Roger Rabbit) is that in LA it was taken as gospel. www.straightdope.com/21341716/did...
Did General Motors destroy the LA mass transit system?
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Bailing on part of our Paris plans for the day because of a great combo of jet lag and heat exhaustion. But we’re going to get gelato and sit in a park where kids launch little boats, so it’s fine.
Imma hop on this to also say that every amateur with a P.A. system also puts way too much bass into folks’ vocal mics and the audience can’t hear shit.
🪿✨ Matthew Goose, ADHD 🔎@md-goose.bsky.social · 3d agoPodcasters: I am BEGGING - adjust the bass levels on your microphones so it doesn't try to blow out my eardrums when you speak. The mids are at a whisper just to get your booming bass to human levels and STILL it's too boomy. You're voice is not that deep and "manly" stop lying.
And we just got into August. Look on the bright side, though, if we burn the whole state this year, there won’t be anything left to burn next year.
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Zach Urness@oregonoutdoors.bsky.social · 3d agoOregon set the modern record for acres burned on Aug. 2, officially blackening 1.97 million acres. That beats out the 1.93M acres from 2024 that, like this year, burned largely east of the Cascades. For impact, however, nothing tops 2020: tinyurl.com/22fbba8x
I rarely feel more disgusted with myself than when I change my pillow protectors.
After I make my first $100 million or so, I’ll make sure my contract stipulates that my residuals go to craft services and makeup and anyone who has to put up with my shit.
Alvaro M. Bedoya@bedoyausa.bsky.social · last wk.People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...
The beginning of enshittification was when the first gas station stopped using the blue stuff for washing your windows.
The song of the summer for like twenty summers in a row. youtube.com/watch?v=KFNc...
Strong Bad Email-Everybody to the Limit (Come on fhqwhgads)
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The kids are calling it Bob’s Burgers Crediting. The kids are still workshopping the title.
Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · last wk.Are sewer geysers the new norm in Chicago? Exploding manholes raise alarm. blockclubchi.co/4x4P6vO
An older gentleman audibly asking his phone about measles in the doctor’s office waiting area. I’m sure it’s fine.
Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy
I am getting this email like once a week at this point and I tried to be quiet but enough already. It is not smart to turn to Amazon to supply the library with books. Amazon already has an outsized impact on the book market. They need LESS power and influence, not more. Amazon is not our ally.
That actor names appear on a poster in a specific contractually mandated order separate from the way their likenesses may appear forever annoys me.
One of the bandmates brought some beer called Johnny Utah. So, of course, I said “Number Nine!” Reader, nobody in my band had seen Point Break or had any idea what I was talking about.
Keanu Reeves (Johnny Utah) - Point Break Thumbs Up
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Horrific. We need full accountability. Rogue, unidentifiable federal agents terrorizing our communities fostered the atmosphere where this type of assault was possible—and is just one reason why I’m fighting for a bill to require ICE to display ID.
Armed men posing as ICE agents detained, assaulted person after fake traffic stop, police say
Oregon State Police officials are seeking information after a person was detained and assault by three men posing as federal agents.
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Hello all three followers who actually interact, please support this illustrator who has had his design stolen. The link to his Threadless shop with the real design is in the thread.
Phineas@phineas.bsky.social · last wk.High five me I been bootlegged
Ah yes, the “the gop is doing terrible things, but it’s really the Dems’ fault” folks are out in full force today.
Block9 Dance Party: Man with Cartoon Dog Head
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I removed adobe creative cloud from my laptop and reinstalled CS5.5 and now it won’t boot into windows so that’s fun. Letting it do its recovery thing, hopefully that’ll work.
How many of our Congress members have investments in for-profit power companies? @merkley.senate.gov
PJ Holden@pauljholden.com · 2w agoMy personal mad idea is the government should be borrowing billions/trillions and installing solar on everyone's house in every possible place, and then instead of paying an electric bill our electric would come from that (& batteries) and we'd be paying the debt off instead of electric bill.
