Amazon did more for killing off small businesses – the big box store chains did more for killing off shopping malls (their preference is the strip mall where they can showcase their entire frontage (and do an end-run around building codes))

and yes, everyone is too broke on top of everything else

“Rise and shine, Mister Gleek. Rise and … shine. Not that I … wish to imply you have been sleeping on the job. No one is more deserving of a rest … and all the effort in the world would have gone to waste until … well, let’s just say your hour has … come again. The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world. So, wake up, Mister Gleek. Wake up and … smell the ashes …”

whatever happened to “No platform for fascists!” ?

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unless they’re priests – mixed fabrics were only for the elite, not the peons

“toilet water for men”

sponsored by Raytheon and [Redacted]’s Child Hunting Island

the products and services sponsoring today’s show? they definitely won’t sell your kidneys, you have our word on that!

Deja Vu (but Worse)

forget Martha Stewart – but Snoop Dogg and Willie Nelson as heads of the DEA and FDA

keeps getting better the further you read:

¹⁴ For if you forgive other people for their offenses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But if you do not forgive other people, then your Father will not forgive your offenses.

¹ Take care not to practice your righteousness in the sight of people, to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.

² So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, so that they will be praised by people. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. ³ But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, ⁴ so that your charitable giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

—Matthew 6:1–4

“… because this cannot be real life! It just can’t!”

Robert Evans – writer, comedian, conflict journalist, podcaster – Cracked, Bellingcat, Behind the Bastards, did a podcast from Rojava, and reported live from Portland’s George Floyd protests

Trump is a bullshitter, not a liar – a liar at least has a passing acquaintance with the truth

“We don’t appreciate you stealing our stolen data!”

(also keep an eye out for where you’re stepping)

no love for RISC-V?

• handwriting is pretty much pure muscle memory – regardless of which direction you head, it’s going to require practice to learn a new style and practice to break old habits
• cursive was based off of drawings (copperplate etchings), not writing, which is why it comes across as hard to read and feels artificial
• italic is an older style out of the Renaissance that has the advantages of being based off of writing, is far more legible, looks just as elegant, and (with practice) can be faster than both print and cursive
  • Rosemary Sassoon and G SE Briem, Teach Yourself Better Handwriting
  • Gunnlaugur SE Briem Handwriting
    • Free books

if you’re going fast enough, you can just hydroplane over that flooded road section