It’s a lying game.

Republican politicians and thought leaders pretend they are the victims of unfair persecution (“cancel culture”) and censorship in order to 1) encourage a sense of righteous indignation in their base, and 2) create pretext for them to perpetrate actual unfair persecution and censorship when they’re in power.

“If they can do it, why can’t we?”

Half of the Republican base doesn’t recognize this happening, and the other half doesn’t care because it’s working.

Whoops, correction: it was installed using the debian package onto ubuntu 24.04.3.

The Linux GUI client still freezes for 5-10 seconds when you change focus to it (under Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS). Is that ever going to be fixed?

Edit: “Debian” -> “Ubuntu”

west hollywood indeed

Dangerfield buttonups

If anyone knows good brands for button up shirts for trans dudes who are still binding, can you please share them with me? I know someone who is having the hardest time finding shirts that properly accommodate their butt and chest.

Salt & Straw had a prosciutto and melon flavor last month. It was outstanding. Salt is magic.

VIP-Halla welcomes you with open arms. Craft services are in the circus tent.

I had a really good conversation about this sort of thing with someone who has been to Wasteland, the Max Max-style cosplay festival on the US West Coast. They are reportedly very strict about people always being “in costume” or “in character” (ie: dirty, post-apocalyptic-ish) whenever outside private camp spaces.

I find it pretty ironic that the Deathguild folks from Burning Man are out there, running an event that enforces mandatory culture. Subsuclutre implies depth, nuaunce, context, space to fuck with things.

It’s all play, which is what all this ridiculous stuff is supposed to be in the first place. If you want a shallow simulacrum, go to Disneyland.

Rich enough to outrun consequences.

This is heavy.

A few hours before this article was published Jason Koebler at 404 Media published something remarkably similar:

https://www.404media.co/charlie-kirk-was-not-practicing-politics-the-right-way/

Finally these guys are getting a new ride.

Unattractive people: never not getting screwed over.

You’ll love the bronze statue of him then.

One will kill you every time, the other will show you a very brief good time first before ruining the rest of your life.

Could you not?

10 PRINT BUTTS

20 GOTO 10

This is all hilarious of course, but that sandwich thrower would probably be dead if he wasn’t white.

There’s quite a few of those to be sure, but having been for many years and no longer going, the vast majority of people there are either going mindlessly because it’s part of their personality or folks who’ve never been before and are in search of something.

The originating ideas continue to be intriguing, but I wouldn’t say it’s much more than a pricey escape from the troubling default world. I was lucky enough to be able to enjoy it when the world didn’t quite seem as doomed as it does now.

Also, seriously, everyone there should be wearing an N99 during dust storms. The playa is full of silica dust and silicosis is a real thing and really really bad.