2025-06-12 10:37:26
I had watched some news on the California protests & national guard and marines ... and I was motivated, energized, angry.
SO I went to Walmart, bought some foam board, wrote "Trump is a Dictator" with a big permanent marker, and then ...
I went to a busy(ish) street corner Downtown and stood there with my sign for half an hour.
It was good. Lots of support, a couple "fuck you"s. I want to do this again. Gotta be doing something.
2025-06-12 10:25:08
When ICE raided communities in California, local law enforcement should have arrested them. They weren't wanted there.
When national guard were ordered to come, they should have said no. When they did come, local police should have stood against them.
When the District Attorney learned of people throwing bricks at ICE vehicles, he should have done nothing.
Get ICE out. Get the National Guard out. Get the fucking marines out.
My president is a Dictator. The national guard and marines who show up are the ones giving him power. The District Attorney and local cops failing to stand against it are giving him power.
2025-06-11 12:18:00
I purchased the early access version of 9 Kings. I am rooting for this game, and I hope to purchase again in the future, but I have asked for a refund at this time. I like the game in a lot of ways, but also have criticisms, and just don't think it has enough content for me, especially not for $15.
Anyway, this is the feedback I gave to them:
The gameplay is too repetitive. I like the overall style & concept, and I think it has a lot of potential. Hopefully it gets better through early access. I don't think it's worth $15, though. And as it is now... well, every run just feels kind of the same. While the Kings do have different cards, they end up playing roughly the same. Plus, you get too many cards from the other kings you face, so you don't really have to go hard for the strats of the king you actually chose. Additionally, the game moves kind of slow (gameplay pacing, i mean. framerate is fine). I just kind of ... kind of want to *do more stuff*, make more decisions. The gambler relic thing is cool because then I get two cards per turn. I don't know. I like the overall idea, I think it has a lot of potential. If it were $7 or $8 I'd probably hold onto it in hopes of later updates improving things & giving more replayability, but at $15 it's not worth it, in part because I am poor.
I think each individual king needs more of their own cards. I think the starting hand should be the king's castle followed by a series of 3 or 4 card choices (picking one of three each time), and then playing 2 or 3 cards on the first turn. I think there should be some kind of system to play extra cards (maybe spend gold and go down to one card in hand) or to get more cards in some battles. The 3X gameplay speed boost could mayybe be faster. Better quality sounds would be nice. The art style is cute, i like it.
Also keep in mind that I have less than two hours of gameplay, so some of my feedback may be premature.
2025-06-08 02:05:00
SPOILER ALERT! Grey's Anatomy Season 13 or 14.
Dr. Bailey is the Chief now and hired this woman Dr. Minic to lead the residency program with a new teaching style. They've done "See 1, do 1, teach 1" for ages under Dr. Weber, but Minic has the residents operating on surgeries they haven't seen before.
There's some pushback on the program from the attendings, but the new teaching style isn't really the problem.
Earlier on, it was proposed that Minic and Weber would work side-by-side, but Minic said "I don't share authority; I am the authority" so it was either replace Weber, or Minic won't take the job.
So Baily hires Minic, and 3 days before she starts and takes over the residency program, she comes in because there's a mass medical emergency and more hands are needed. This is the day Weber finds out he's being replaced. He didn't hear it from Bailey, his Chief, the one who fired him from the position. He heard it from Minic.
And Minic is a bully. She doesn't propose her teaching plan, or discuss with the attendings, or open herself up to any kind of compromise. She pushes and pushes and pushes and shows nobody any ounce of respect.
But she has the power.
So the attendings resist. They dodge her, and ban her from their Operating Rooms. When Grey refuses Minic's entry, Chief Bailey suspends her.
Then Kepner takes Meredith's (Grey's) job temporarily while she's suspended. Kepner had been totally in support of the resistance.
But, Bailey blamed the resistance for the hospital not functioning and called on Kepner to take the position. Kepner says the hospital needs her and it is her duty, so she stepped up.
But this was all Chief Bailey's fault, and she literally never took responsibility for it. It was Bailey's duty to manage the hospital and lead her people better.
She is the leader, and when she makes decisions, they have an effect. The people she leads didn't support her, and she didn't fix it. She just bullied them, beat them down, and forced her hand. It's wrong.
The actual problem is that she didn't lead, and she didn't work with her people.
She wielded power and forced changes without any attempt at communication or compromise. It was childish, and it was petty.
Over the next few episodes, things settle down, and everybody basically just falls in line.
The new educational program is good; it does a good job of teaching the residents.
But Bailey should have worked with the stakeholders (Attendings and Residents), gotten buy-in, and just taken things a little more slowly, and a lot more respectfully.
And frankly, if she couldn't get buy-in from her people, then she should have let it go. It's typically not appropriate for one person who thinks they're right to force changes onto a bunch of other people who think its wrong, regardless of who is actually right or wrong.
The resistance was being accused of "mutiny" and doing a "coup", which ... sure. But it was framed (by those in power) as bad or wrong. It wasn't wrong. It just wasn't what the person in power wanted, and that person in power had no respect for anybody but herself.
P.S. I still love Dr. Bailey but I definitely was hating her for a little bit. This show makes me hate almost everybody at least some of the time.
2025-06-04 08:05:49
I sent the following message to Climate Town after watching their video Dairy is Milking America Dry
I've made a few action-oriented flyers that i leave around at grocery stores, the gym, or wherever else i go out.
If i make one around dairy (and perhaps beef too) would you consider sharing it with your community?
The focus would likely be on climate impact. Honestly though, your team could probably make a much better flyer than i could.
Either way, i think getting people to spread information is an important part of making change. Only a small number of people will see your video compared to how many people it would take to meaningfully reduce dairy's climate impact. A little bit of info and a couple of action steps on a flyer (plus a link to an article) could give more people something very approachable to do. "Print and spread these flyers in your community" is very hands on, and quite easy. And you could do flyers likr I'm suggesting for every video you make. Let me know if you want to see any samples I've made previously.
2025-05-16 12:06:00
i think they're afraid that gay acts will doom their sons and daughters to an eternity in hell.
The fear of sin is serious. I know, I was raised with it. I harmed myself as punishment for masturbating as a teen (I had promised God I would give it up for Lent). I was raised Catholic, but have grown atheist/agnostic.
It didn't work. The fear of sin. It just damaged me.
And of course, those who fear the gay, specifically those who work to take our rights away, to shame us, to keep us in the closet ... don't have the fear-of-god in them with regard to their own heinous acts - the judgement of others, the cruelty, the greed, the selfishness, the anger.
Someone told me once that the "phobia" in "homophobia" means "fear" as if to say maybe there was a better way to classify the hatred they point our way.
But I think it really is fear, and maybe we should treat it as such.
I've heard commentators talk about the downfall of society, the concern about birth rates, the threat of drag queens to children, and the threat of Hell.
They're afraid. Afraid that my choice to kiss a man will corrupt the world, that their children will fall "victim" to the culture and become sinners too, that gays are more likely to assault children than straights.
If you're up for it and you have a hateful uncle or friend, ask them what they're afraid of. "Why does it scare you so much?"
And listen.
I've been lucky, and I don't really have any hate in my life. My family loves and supports me. But I'd like to consider that fear may really be at the heart of it, and approach bigots with compassion.
But also, know when to step the fuck away. We each have different limits, and you don't have to take abuse. But if you're not the target of their abuse, please have the courage to fight for us. The fight is found in connection, in listening, and in long-term growth.
Oh. And the threat to us is real. It is material. Especially for trans people who need medical support for transition.
P.S. I'm using "the gay" as an umbrella term, including thems, gays, lesbians, pans, aces, and all the other funky forms we come in.
P.P.S. Also see Sodom and Gomorrah
