stunning article based on first-hand experience of how the AR-15 is different, emphasizing the difference in power and damage caused compared to other guns. “Banning the AR-15 should not be a partisan issue.”
feel bad for everyone who wasn’t at this basically perfect Diet Cig show (temperature wasn’t perfect; almost ran A/C yesterday, then tonight I go to an outdoor concert & it’s 39°F)
book review: The Book of Joan, by Lidia Yuknavitch. a literary sci-fi apocalypse story with interesting ideas and moving scenes, undercut for me by some suspension-of-disbelief breaking aspects & a few gory moments ?
an Army veteran on the automatic weapons he trained with (and loved shooting):
These are not deer rifles. They are not target rifles. They are people killing rifles. Let’s stop pretending they’re not.
Brain Dead’s Hammer of the Gods
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also hilarious: FAQ: Your New Cursed Instant Pot.
Due to our unique manufacturing process and uneasy accord with a heathen idol, you may occasionally hear the tortured & infinite wails of the damned emanating from within your cursed Instant Pot
this is hilarious, down to the sponsors: a limited series (with short episodes) Onion parody of true-crime podcasts like S-Town: A Very Fatal Murder. (just two episodes there but they’re all published on iTunes, et al)
Squatter’s Outer Darkness
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first garden, built & planted, day 0
hey I was at this performance ?? First Aid Kit, It’s A Shame at ACLFest 2017.
“Lately / I been thinkin’ ’bout the past / how there is no holdin’ back / no point in wastin’ sorrow / on things that won’t be here tomorrow”
Atlantic City came up in iTunes shuffle today, reminding of this absolute masterpiece (best enjoyed while listening along; also, if the images seem like ancient history, note they’re from just 3 months ago) ?
a writer for The Atlantic on increasing the diversity of his sources. “I assumed that my passive concern would be enough. Passive concern never is.”
oh look a #nofilter #roadpic of a #sunset that’s a #first
this – about clapping (!) – is off the charts for both stupidity and repugnance. “Un-American. Somebody said treasonous. I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Can we call that treason? Why not? I mean they certainly didn’t seem to love our country very much.”
Looking forward to our Super Bowl tradition tonight: going to a restaurant that’s normally too crowded to consider on a Sunday night, because at kickoff time it will be empty.
Sleigh Bells @ Mohawk ?
movie review: The Shape of Water – what a beautiful, funny, gripping, and human story. loved it. ?
movie review: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword – we were so excited when we first saw this trailer, then so disappointed to see the critics’ reviews. finally watched it tonight, and it was a lot of fun! (weird to see Littlefinger as a good guy, though) ?
book review: Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan. overall, not bad, but it didn’t meet the expectations I had after a truly great first chapter, some of the historical period parts struck me as awkward, and a patch or two were a slog ? #ToB18
The Guardian fact-checks last night’s speech. “The president’s claims linking immigrants to violent crime are baseless.”
Petrus’ Nitro Quad
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512 Brewing’s Wild Bear
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draw me like one of your French girls
from one year ago today: Unhappy Inauguration Day. no surprise, it’s hard to maintain the energy from that time. but resistance, Indivisible in particular, is going strong and still needs every voice
need to do something about the bars on this inmate’s cell
agree with this: “you have to blog on your own domain. medium, facebook, linkedin, huffpo will do what are in their interests, not yours.”
“This is an unhealthy and dangerous dynamic, and it needs to change – but if our main approach is assigning facile labels to individuals rather than frankly examining root causes, it never will.” Guardian Opinion on the Aziz Ansari story
a good ol’ #sunset #roadpic with #nofilter
“Today is the day many American politicians pretend to care about the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr, one of the wisest souls who attempted to save this sorry nation. Don’t fall for their scams.”
Lakewood Brewing’s Saint Dymphna
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