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Sometimes I watch things like tonight's footage from Jan 6, or the HBO documentary, to fully remind myself again why I haven't spoken to my parents since then.

When I call these people Fascists it's not a meaningless term of abuse. It's an exact description of the politics of the groups involved. They're not just on the right-wing fringe. Their whole purpose is to destroy democracy and free elections and institute autocracy and dictatorship. It's about worship of the all-powerful leader. It's about the cult of intimidation and force. It's about the assumption of natural superiority and the right to rule. It's Fascism.

I need to write a song called "European, and I'm a-Watchin"

There were always 36 naked cowboys at Ram Ranch!

Hey @Oh_Katy someone is trying to fight you to be my best friend... And they brought thugs!!! @spacesloth @ketchup9080

@spacesloth There's at least one other person on here who might argue that I already agreed to be their best friend, but I think people can have multiple...

@spacesloth I think that customer might have been me, because I often reply with that. (And similar other phrases)

Fairly certain I'm the only human born after the 70s who not only owns several Mystic Moods Orchestra albums on vinyl, but also actively listens to the MMO on streaming services.

@fatinah That storyline went on for weeks, and it's still my favorite running story from Calvin and Hobbes!

@PaintedMask @TimRR She's probably not on a shit-ton of drugs anymore like they all were back then...
Back when I studied the murders as part of my major, one thought that's stuck with me was: Imagine becoming fully sober in prison and having to then come to terms with having done something like that. (Not at all saying they shouldn't still have to face the consequences, of course.)

@DarksideStraxus I described it to someone as the fact that it's the first entertainingly bizarre and unreal slow-motion train wreck thing occurring publicly that's not former-guy related in years, that people found it refreshing.
Tim Heidecker's fake trial was more believable and less absurd than this...

@mouses That's what I got... I was always an LG person, but they stopped making phones, so I've made the jump to Samsung.

@bit Thank you! The past year hasn't been horrible, which I suppose is good enough!

@mouses I got myself a new phone and a new smart watch... Planning to get a nice dinner once the move is done. Sometimes, the "treat yourself" method is the way to go!

@mouses Thanks. Lol I clearly don't take much stock in my own bday... I have to work, too, but I get paid overtime for it! Also, I'm moving on Wed-Fri, so that's kind of just been my focus. I'll relax next weekend and celebrate!

I had to be reminded at least 3 times today that not only is my birthday this week, but that it's tomorrow.

@SalK I would have sung the Northern Exposure theme, and would not have been able to keep myself from doing so.

This winter, I waited for an hour and a half in NEGATIVE 4 DEGREES through 5 ghost buses, just trying to get home from work... I actually had frostbite.

Here’s the CTA’s explanation for the infuriating “ghost” bus and train problem – Streetsblog Chicago
chi.streetsblog.org/2022/05/26

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