The English Bed - by Guillermo Lorca García Huidobro (2020)

Jimmy: “Mane n’ Tail.” Is this horse shampoo?

Chazz: Yes, it is.

Jimmy: Do you use this stuff on your hair?

Chazz: Uh-huh.

Jimmy: “For a lustrous coat.” Does this actually work?

Chazz: You bet your ass it does. It makes my hair shine like Orion’s belt…

–== B L A D E S / O F / G L O R Y ==–

The crazy thing is, the person who made that decision isn’t there for you to be mad at them. It’s a perfect example of turning us against one another.

Important to talk to people we know, and make sure they actually vote.

Hey, I’m just a lurker on this discussion, but I’m going to assume you’re asking an honest question here and not sealioning. If you really want to take action, I’d recommend looking at changing policy at the local level. I believe California has recently passed a couple laws that do things like disallow mandatory gratuities for large groups, and increase minimum wage for service workers. So if you want action items:

• easy: look up the specifics of those California laws, and look up similar laws across the country, and see if any of them could fly in your municipality or state. next time the politicians come calling, say: “what are you doing to implement [policy]?”
• medium: if you don’t think any existing policies would solve the problem, then try to think of what policy would.
• hard: instead of tipping, save up that cash, keep track of it. figure out what organizations in your region could help implement those policies, contact them directly, and tell those organizations that you’ve saved up money that you’re willing to donate to help implement better policies.

The way they sneaked up on us was: during the pandemic, I started tipping a dollar or two for take-out because “we’re all in this together” and “these are extraordinary times.” Then those Clover bastards came through and turned that dollar or two into a baseline 15%.

can potentially spot hazards in a home like broken glass on the floor.

There you have it! The killer app for home robotics! This is exactly what everybody’s been calling for. _/s

Just put a sign saying “$1 per toot.” I’d pay it at least once. Wait, no 3 times. Maybe 4.

Mildred sounds like a lot of fun.

• is the chief wit at her monthly book club, where everyone is a published author
• serves tea with strange flavors that you’ll never taste again (and leave you feeling a little… dizzy)
• can tell you your future just by talking with you for 5 minutes - with 90% accuracy
• understands that the 1980 BBC miniseries of Pride & Prejudice is the best Austen adaptation ever
• knows more about gardening than most horticulturists
• when she insults you, you don’t realize it until weeks later.

Great article.

Science publishing is central to the whole scientific endeavour, and should be governed in ways that avoid the pathologies described above. The current system poses risks to the credibility and integrity of the scientific endeavour, a crucially important issue when the proper functioning of science is so central to the whole range of human concerns. It is for these reasons that it is imperative to set acceptable standards for publishing, to identify and highlight anti-competitive activities by publishers, and to facilitate coordinated responses by institutions globally when they negotiate contracts with publishers

https://council.science/news/more-is-not-better-the-developing-crisis-of-scientific-publishing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-is-not-better-the-developing-crisis-of-scientific-publishing

“Mad World” by Gary Jules.

But really you want to start off with “Take On Me” and “Never Gonna Give You Up”.

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Yeah but then google will tell you to microwave your glue and eat it.

“He told me to tell you… He’s sorry you didn’t have bad memories of him?”

https://rickandmorty.fandom.com/wiki/Memory_Parasites

Might makes right, obv.

Maybe it’s Quechua.

Because mice sin too.

the mythic Third Temperature which only muppets can feel.

YouTube has several copies of this, here’s one:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEptCSLhgfk

He’s not. He’s a Roman, his father’s a centurion in the Jerusalem garrison, and his name is Naughtius Maximus.