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I thought "What would be a good way to spend the rest of the year?" and then I thought "Listening through Bruce's discography and talking about it with people like @dodgyboffin.com and @frankfalisi.bsky.social and @danklain.bsky.social and @jesseraub.bsky.social (to name a few). That would be good."

The heat broke, my corn plants are pushing three feet tall, and there are hella fireflies in my backyard right now

Still thinkin about the tardigrade/puppy alien from ELIO

My book was part of the pirated corpus used to build the Llama LLM. I personally would love to be compensated for the theft of my work.

Upside to seeing a Pixar movie: I don’t have to see the M3GAN 2.0 trailer Downside to seeing a Pixar movie: literally every trailer

Deadlifted 95lbs at 4x10 today :)

Had a ton of pent-up energy this morning so I channeled it into an unplanned 5K

From 2023: “This is what war is like. This is what war does. It kills dads and rapes moms and maims kids and is much, much more effective at making widows and orphans than it is at making peace.“

Hey @briannaduggan.bsky.social—this latest one is jaw dropping

Everyone involved in making this happen, from Miller and Trump on down to the guards at the detention centers, must face trial and jail time for this.

It's the solstice, it's the day that CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 takes place, and you can read my piece about the movie for @bwdr.bsky.social here:

Elon Musk thinks he’s Hari Seldon but he’s really Zapp Brannigan

There is no spoon. Fresh ink courtesy of @christophermhefner.bsky.social; really enjoying being tattooed by him!

I love John Cho

Aw yeah baby

Commuters will now have the chance to purchase a one day pass that gives unlimited access to CTA, Metra and Pace lines. https://trib.al/aKC8qLc

Turns out the cure for feeling like you've been watching only mediocre movies is to watch a really good movie

When they said, "the meek shall inherit the earth," I didn't think they meant White Sox fans.

In hindsight trying to find a place to park in Hyde Park on 53rd Street on Juneteenth was always going to be a losing battle

trans rights btw this isn't up for debate

I'm making plans to come to interruptus and so is @dodgyboffin.com, which means you should make plans, too.

This was a personal highlight of my trip to NYC a few years ago #IFCCenter20

(sliding out from under The Gyre on a mechanic's creeper, covered in grease) okay, bad news

He loved it