interesting and level-headed analysis by Pete Reid on today’s historic council decision for #MLS2ATX:
“with that sort of settlement, Austin gets a team immediately, and the Crew would be #saved.”
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that article by Stephen Miller’s uncle is great.
“Laws bereft of justice are the gateway to tyranny… the normalization of these policies is rapidly eroding the collective conscience of America.”
Founders KBS & Ruta Maya
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#saturdaybeers
really interesting consideration of software not as craft, art, engineering, etc. I was really struck by this:
“The output of everything we do is some side effect on the world and the next version of ourselves.”
Karbach’s Bourbon Barrel Hellfighter ⭐️⭐️⭐️
#saturdaybeer
I’m volunteering on #TheLastWeekend before midterms. I want a blue wave, you want a blue wave, THIS IS HOW IT HAPPENS. not watching tweets or frowning at your computer screen. connecting with real people, in real life. this is it, let’s go.
new (to me) coffee shop, Barrett’s Micro Roast Coffee
Nick Heer, on The Bullshit Web:
“You know how building wider roads doesn’t improve commute times, as it simply encourages people to drive more? It’s that, but with bytes and bandwidth instead of cars and lanes.”
bought a handful of @cardpool cards the other day, they all have $0 credit. multiple attempts to contact them have gone completely unanswered. an auto-reply email, a useless chatbot, and years-old FAQs; avoid this scammy ghost company at all costs
may be reading too much into these statements by Garber, but the very notion that both #SaveTheCrew and #MLS2ATX could happen is genuinely blowing my mind ⚽️
Mateo & Bernabé and Friends’ 29 Daniel
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#saturdaybeer
heard the first episode of this new podcast, Everything Is Alive, via 99% Invisible. “an unscripted interview show in which all the subjects are inanimate objects”, funny & clever.
morning
…adding: if you don’t use your library or haven’t been lately, you should check it out! (pun intended.) quiet workspace w/wifi (& no purchase expected); downloadable ebooks, audiobooks, & movies; branch transfers; it’s more than old cookbooks! but also: old cookbooks!
just now seeing some of the (intentional, I’m sure) uproar about libraries. spent a day last week reading & working @ Austin’s big beautiful new one; it was awesome. libraries are fucking magical, you keep your filthy damned capitalist hands off ’em
Freetail’s Local Coffee Stout
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#saturdaybeer
heard this as a substitute episode in another podcast, it’s odd and really really excellent: “S.E.I.N.F.E.L.D.” on Imaginary Advice. link to Soundcloud (bleh) here or search for it with your podcast app (which should be Overcast btw). ?
finished reading: The Song of Achilles, by Madeline Miller. I really enjoyed this modern telling of The Iliad story, which I knew broadly but have never read. This is so well written, evocative, with superb characterization. highly recommended. ?
@manton you probably saw this but in case you didn’t, thought you might find the arguments interesting: The Case Against Retweets, from The Atlantic
Samuel Smith’s Organic Chocolate Stout
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#saturdaybeer
happy birthday (estimated) to this handsome fellow who is three years old (estimated) and who has three legs (estimated)
…though on the other hand, I typically drink a lot more #BEL beer, by style if not actual imports, than #ENG beer. so: back to just hoping for good games ?
I even like #CRO; also think it doesn’t really matter who #FRA get to beat on Sunday, but: still pretty bummed that #ENG aren’t going to be in the final. hope I’ll at least be able to celebrate a third-place win with my other English #saturdaybeer ?
six activists displayed the rainbow flag across Russia in a clever, creative way to avoid arrest: The Hidden Flag
disgusting. U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials
“The confrontation was the latest example of the Trump administration siding with corporate interests on numerous public health and environmental issues.”
Samuel Smith’s Yorkshire Stingo
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#saturdaybeer #itscominghome ???????
nobody writes about soccer like Brian Phillips: Kylian Mbappé Bends Time & Space, Leads France Past Argentina
“the ball finds him & the lights in your head do the stretchy hyperspace thing that the stars outside the windows of the Millennium Falcon do.”
Galveston Island Brewing’s Mr. Bill’s Imperial Wheat
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\#saturdaybeer
Morning again.
