The Onion: “Well, I’m not even three days into giving optimism a shot, and it already sucks”
Taibbi: “An alien crashed on earth & given a 2-minute tutorial on dealing w/reporters would have done a better job”
for #musicMonday: Nikka Costa’s Everybody Got Their Something (2001). standouts: So Have I For You; Like A Feather
summer of Miyazaki #12: Secret World of Arrietty (2010) – book adaptation, like Howl’s; good story & characters in another interesting world
summer of Miyazaki #11: Ponyo (2008) – Little Mermaid adaptation some fun moments, but it’s too simple, even juvenile, to be a favorite
Samuel Adams’ “Thirteenth Hour”
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considering adding Slack reaction-pic eval to our hiring process. “no, we don’t whiteboard code, but suppose someone has a work anniversary”
Gessen: “queer rights are anything but a distraction: they are… the frontier in the global turn toward autocracy”
“A Privacy Choice”. I agree with the sentiment; my choice is nonprofit, open source, & updated more often: Firefox
#musicMonday Never Mind the Bollocks, Here’s the Sex Pistols (1977). standouts: God Save the Queen, Sub-Mission
Alesmith’s “Speedway Stout”
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#usmnt #goldcup2017
party with Lenny on Lake Austin
really gross, propaganda via conglomerate ownership of local TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvtNyOzGogc if you watch or follow @cbsaustin … maybe stop. (Full list of Sinclair stations to avoid like the poison they are: on Wikipedia.)
this neighborhood DGAF about your kids or your caution
#musicMonday brand new from Waxahatchee: Out in the Storm http://bit.ly/2tik1cR standout tracks: Silver, Brass Beam
Hulk (getting) smashed
#goldcup2017
summer of Miyazaki #10: Howl’s Moving Castle (2004) – one of our favorites, with all the great characters, magic, & themes you’d want
summer of Miyazaki #9: The Cat Returns (2002) – a stretch since he didn’t write or direct, but a favorite years ago; still really cute & fun
summer of Miyazaki #8: Princess Mononoke (1997) – a classic, but sprawling storylines & an ambiguous ending made it not my favorite tbh
Jolly Pumpkin’s “Madrugada Obscura”
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#saturdaybeer
if you’re interested in trying out https://micro.blog before its public launch, I have a few invite codes
#musicMonday A Tribe Called Quest’s We Got It From Here… Thank You 4 Your Service (2016) http://spoti.fi/2fptIvq standout track: Melatonin
fascinating insights using Google searches as “the most important dataset ever collected on the human psyche” http://bit.ly/2twyG2j
Rahr & Sons’ “XI” Russian Imperial Stout
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#saturdaybeer
“the program provides every eligible Seattle resident w/$100 in taxpayer-funded vouchers to donate to candidates” http://bit.ly/2szGIV6
this is what democracy looks like
some attempts at a clever/punny headline are cringeworthy, but sometimes they are perfection + 1: http://bit.ly/2sCLZQ2
though to be fair we’re going see to Jamaica v El Salvador & Curaçao v Mexico in the Gold Cup in San Antonio, so, you know. I’m easy ?
the prestige of Confederations Cup might be debatable, but Chile vs Germany, in a final? that’s a hell yes in my book. (1PM, FS1)
Cellar 3’s “Divine Belgique”
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Cellar 3’s “Divine Belgique”
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#saturdaybeer
just found out our recent move changed our U.S. Rep! instead of far east Houston, now we’re far south Waco #gerrymanderingsucks 