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aurelius.quest
Failed academic, software developer, cat person, parent of children, maker of pizza, pro-library partisan, Guardians enthusiast, skeptic of your philosophical system
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LA (that is, the United States) should lose the Olympics and the World Cup thanks to Trump's immigration policy generally.

submitted 37 minutes ago • 1 comment

Hey, remember when banana prices go up to (a) blame Trump and (b) blame Chiquita, who laid off its entire workforce because of labor disputes, because they’d rather subjugate people than pay a marginal subsistence wage.

submitted 56 minutes ago • 10 comments

PSA: the latest COVID strain presents more like an allergy attack (sneezing, sinus congestion) than “classic” COVID. Just found out that the sinus infection I’ve been battling since Friday is, in fact, the rona.

submitted 54 minutes ago • 10 comments

I feel arrogant for thinking it sometimes but … God damn I’m smart and casually ahead of the curve Why am I poor ? We have failed as a society !!!! *faints dramatically* But yeah I wish it was a deep thought but AI can’t tell me how a strawberry tastes It doesn’t know everything

submitted 3 hours ago • 6 comments

At this point I’m just leaving guilt trips on each call. Though I’m sure my messages are deleted as soon as I mention I’m from Columbus.

submitted 2 hours ago • 0 comments

Yeah, I was right then, but didn't understand the degree to which the trajectory would continue

submitted 3 hours ago • 3 comments

It’s only terrorism if it’s a CEO or a Republican. 🙄

submitted 2 hours ago • 14 comments

“I got better!”

submitted 5 hours ago • 8 comments

This is some bullshit!

submitted 7 hours ago • 3 comments

Looked in the mirror and realized I was dressed in a "me" costume.

submitted 18 hours ago • 1 comment

Posting one more time. Not because it's the best thing I've ever written (no one's read that yet) or the best public writing I've done, but because I haven't written anything for broad consumption in years and it's nice to do that again.

submitted 18 hours ago • 0 comments

It's so poisonous, especially because it still has this effect on people who otherwise hate AI. My bf despises AI both in art and in his field of software development. But this morning he believed Google's summary when it told him there was a dog breed called the Lesser Pyranees!

submitted 21 hours ago • 5 comments

Rook is an *amazing* artist. They have done some outstanding paintings and I'm proud that I own one. Take a look at their wishlist and maybe get yourself one of their pieces.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I talked to my dad this morning and he asked me, chuckling if I saw the parade. Me: parade? Him: Hahaha, you weren't with those losers at that dumb parade? Me: Uh? The Pride Parade? Why do you even care? Him: *howling now* No! Was that yesterday too?? I meant Trump's parade.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

It's more pathetic than I even dared dream. 😂 He fantasized about a show of power and a clash with protestors and violence ... And instead everyone is at a different party. Laughing at him.

submitted 1 day ago • 4 comments

The LAPD budget for 2025 is $2.14 billion. The LASD budget for 2024 was $4.16 billion.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Hi everyone I was denied entry, detained, and deported from the USA over the last 48 hours because of my reporting on the Columbia student protests I arrived back in Melbourne hours ago and had my phone handed back to me upon landing

submitted 2 days ago • 211 comments

No Kings includes Draft Kings

submitted 2 days ago • 37 comments

35 years later, the Columbus Ohio Pride Parade is well over two hours long. I don’t think it’s POSSIBLE to reset this to 1990, let alone 1950.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Turns out a wheelchair is a self-contained multimedia rig. #nokings

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Just hanging out, at the library, with a jazz band, for Juneteenth

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

Thread.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Got MMR booster today and now my arm hurts. So much for vaccines being beneficial.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

I'm praying for ICE agents today. May they not know a moment's peace until they quit, and seek amends. May their children revile them. May their parents regret them. May they know they deserve the hatred and distrust of their countrymen. And may all their tomatoes be underripe and flavorless.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

There are SO MANY protests. Yes, in your red state. Go to a big one. Go to a small one. Go to one, if you can.

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

They just stumbled into a fascism.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

It's been a long week. More overwhelming news and scary developments. But we made it. I'm glad you're here. It's Friday afternoon. And that means something. At least one. Good. Thing.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments