Who's Brian Now?

Randomness

[plasmalink]

The axe forgets. The tree forgets. The squirrels in the forest forget. Nobody remembers

[plasmalink]

post cancelled

[theycantalk]

miserable

[bribearoh]

Oh, I was.

[pfannkuchendammerung]

Finally finished rebuilding my Lego NASA and space/science sets.

[adventures-in-poor-planning]

prayer to whichever dead catholic person is most appropriate: may I not have to run a whole week of surprise camps on crutches. in a knee brace.

[adventures-in-poor-planning]

Im agnostic raised liberal protestant, but absolutely the catholics got saints right. Sometimes your problem is so fucking specific you need Some Guy. If you're listening, Guy of Workers Who Have Strain Injuries,

[adventures-in-poor-planning]

No fucking WAY, there's actually a knee injury Guy? Catholicism accidentally reinventing the medical specialty system......

[youremysunshine8]

I know you're wondering: are there slutty pictures of him revealing his knees?

Saint Roch, by Francesco Ribalta, c. 1625, Museo de Bellas Artes, Valencia

[image id: st. Roch staring soulfully and hiking up his robe to show that his thigh has a bubo on it, also sluttily revealing his knees]

[running-with-toast]

what the dog doin

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Whimsical 1862 Italianate villa in Amherst, MA. 4bds, 4ba, 5,311sqft, $2.25m (Zillow's est.: $2,184,600)

It has a short entrance foyer leading directly to the reception room.

Nice arched opening with pocket doors. Beautiful original fireplace, too.

This home sure is cheery and the owners like to incorporate modern furnishings and art. This makes a lovely library with the original fireplace and view of the terrace around the house.

In the dining room, there's another lovely fireplace.

This looks like a nice family room. More shelving and every room has a beautiful fireplace.

They renovated the kitchen and pantry, which is, of course, modern, but doesn't looks too bad.

I'm surprised that there isn't a large central staircase, just regular stairs leading to the bedroom floor.

There's this small foyer, though, that opens to a terrace. The flooring is original.

Very nice bedroom with a cute little seating area in the corner.

The bath was modernized, but still looks vintage.

This bedroom has room for a desk and a sofa. All the bedrooms have the original fireplaces.

Adorable child's room.

This bath was completely modernized.

Large family room.

The guest bedroom looks mid century modern.

A renovated shower room.

The attic is not finished and has a lot of new ductwork.

The 3 car garage has an apt. on top.

This is very nice for a rental or guest apt.

Spacious bedroom.

And, a small shower room.

Lovely porch and patio.

1.21 acre lot.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/38-Gray-St-Amherst-MA-01002/80391734_zpid/?

[shubbabang]

its not funny but i do think about it a lot

[dikdikpronouncedxylophone]

This made me think about this panel from Calvin and Hobbes:

But unlike the adult in this strip, Calvin’s dad actually APOLOGIZED for yelling at him when he saw how guilty his kid was:

[adultlikers]

[porksweats]

e me a mail

[fortooate]

make the attachment a pic of a snail

[jumpingjacktrash]

give me two gifs

of critters in clover

[nuclearcarrots]

then photoshop them on the CLIIIIIIIFFS OF DOVER

[laurasinele]

I still reference this post today. And yes, when I say I reference it I mean I sing it.

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[dancinginadarkabyss]

[catchingflieswithhoney]

I mean technically you do if you want to persevere

[bribearoh]

Instant MBA

[quakerjoe]

[drdougdouglass]

[velasmonet]

[depsidase]

[diane-nguyen-watches-cartoons-d]

[retroactivebakeries]

#I had to look it up#they tried to ban sex *in public*#but misphrased it#and instead banned sex everywhere

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

Exploded whale chunks are an aphrodisiac, they really had no choice

[yr-tiktok-mom]

[intothewildsstuff]

[contemplatingoutlander]

How many people will come in contact with the cyclospora parasite because the Trump regime is trying to protect one of its wealthy donors?

But that's only the tip of the iceberg, because cutbacks to the CDC likely interfered with how rapidly the government responded to this outbreak.

The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year

“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC la

As cases of the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora rise across the US, former employees of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say the country’s response is being severely hampered by personnel cuts at the agency. [....] “Cyclospora is just one piece. It's making the news right now, but there are other, more dangerous pathogens than cyclospora" [said a former CDC lab director].

Contrary to Trump & the MAGA GOP's lies, the "deep state" ((i.e., agencies that regulate businesses & protect public health) is what protects Americans from being potentially hurt by shoddy corporate farming and production practices. They protect us from food, water, and air contamination.

Notice that RFK, Jr. of Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) fame, just went along with all these cuts.

If anything, under RFK, Jr.'s leadership, the CDC & other DHHS departments new mission logo should be: Make America Sick Again (MASA).

Source (before caption & frame edits): Greenpeace USA

[posttexasstressdisorder]

Salinas-based Taylor Farms pulls Mexico-grown lettuce linked to Taco Bell Cyclospora outbreak

Unlike E. coli, which can be spread by livestock manure, cyclospora is believed to be carried only by humans, and is spread through feces.

[bribearoh]

“Tip of the iceberg” lettuce

[robertreich]

"Drain the swamp."

[scottguy]

Trump filled the swamp with crocodiles and snakes. It's worse than ever now.

[wilwheaton]

“The Trump administration’s decision to publicize something like Alligator Alcatraz is not just a useful weapon that they can now threaten their enemies — and Elon Musk — with. It’s also a distinctly new form of propaganda. Something they seem to have picked up from the video tours of Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) in El Salvador. The concentration camp reimagined as a hype house. A place to make content, both real and AI-generated, that glorifies the power of the state. What Democratic super-poster Will Stancil described this week as “pornography for Trump’s sadistic base.” But also content that desensitizes you. That normalizes state violence and, most importantly, turns it into a meme. Trump’s administration knows that most effective propaganda of the 21st century is viral, ephemeral, and, crucially, stupid. Something CNN hosts can joke about on air, distracted by how idiotic the name is. How goofy the T-shirts are. Completely removed from the human misery happening behind closed doors.”

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Trump’s big, beautiful gulag

This is what Republicans voted for. This is what they wanted. 

Don’t let anyone tell you they didn’t vote for this, they actually voted for [low taxes | strong defense | the party | the price of eggs| some other bullshit], and now they are horrified. They never wanted masked thugs to terrorize and kidnap an innocent mother while her children watch. They never wanted masked vigilantes to terrorize entire communities and beat fathers bloody in front of their families. 

They never wanted any of this, they tell us, and maybe they didn’t want it, but he promised it, and his base held up signs celebrating it. He promised to inflict this terror and this sadistic cruelty on as many people as he could, and that even if they say they didn’t want this to happen, his repeated promises to do exactly this certainly weren’t enough to stop them from voting for him.

So many people who voted for him like to pretend that they aren’t Nazis; it’s the MAGA extremists who are the Nazis. It’s not this guy who lives in the middle-class suburb! This guy goes to church and takes his kids to soccer practice! He was appalled by January 6 (though he’s rewritten almost all of it in his head into something less violent). He doesn’t support those MAGA people; in fact, he’s embarrassed by them!

Deep breath. Okay. Hey, buddy, I have some news: there is no difference between you and them. You’re just as deplorable, and you do not get to pretend you didn’t vote for this like they did. You may dress nice and check all the “good neighbor” boxes, just like a lot of Germans did in the 1930s, but you don’t fool me.

Whatever justification you invented to feel good about what you did, doesn’t matter. It’s the result of your vote that matters, and you voted for terror, suffering, and incompetent malevolence aimed at the heart of our Constitution.

I will never forget this. I will never forgive you for the suffering you enabled. 

[samrobotize]

[quakerjoe]