Use phrases like “during the pandemic” because we all know COVID ended when Biden was elected.

I’m speaking for all of those who donated to you because this is 100% true (and if they disagree then they’re just doodooheads), we don’t care about any money we’ve give you. We care about you. You are a priority, much like anyone who finds themselves under the heel of our unjust society. Sure, we care about your whales too, insofar as they matter to you. You matter infinitely more than any dollar wasted, drug taken, or property lost. We’re comrades.

I wish I could take away the pain you are experiencing.

In the last thread some people suggested reaching out to state-funded groups, like rehabs and/or group homes. Have you considered this further?

If you don’t know where to start looking for this information, please reach out to someone in-person or DM someone you trust on Hexbear or Lemmygrad or whatever.

Edit: I swore a bunch because I got passionate.

Or accepting more than like five immigrants.

Flip the canvas? Without seeing what you’re working on it’s kinda hard to give advice.

Gotta love the old “blackface in Europe only has origins in racism but not so much anymore” reasoning. Real bulletproof logic there.

Our AC was finally fixed on Friday. It’s been nice not having to sleep and play in just our kids’ bedroom where I put a window unit. I somehow managed to get a full refund on the window unit yesterday when I returned it!

This morning our toddler and I made almond flour pancakes. My partner and our baby helped. We added blueberries like Curious George does in one of our books.

With the way things are going we’d better hope this is the way it works.

Same with people who drive without shoes.

I read this for the first time last year, the English translation by Bill Johnson. Never seen any of the adaptations.

I wouldn’t say I love this book. I will say that I was captivated by it. I read that, with the planet ocean, Lem was trying to describe something truly alien. How could you not agree that he succeeded? The ocean’s inscrutable motives, if you could say the ocean had motivation at all, and actions were so fucking bizarre. I loved that.

I think a lot of sci-fi authors and filmmakers try to do this. The Engineers in Ridley Scott’s Alien franchise come to mind. But there’s some sense of human logic to what they do. Some others that get close might be Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer and Blindside by Peter Watts.

I’m always amazed by how much of the neoliberal economy is held up by ads. Producers want people to buy their products so bad that they literally throw away hundreds, thousands, millions of dollars so that 1.0% of us rubes might click a link or go to a drive-thru.

My brother works in marketing. He’s explained the ROI for ads. I just don’t believe it. It’s a fucking shell game.

Neat! Hope your pencils stay busy!

No I like it that size. I imagine the upper windows are just a clearstory and the inside is huge.

I like the stone lintels. And the belt course and cornice are neat on such a small scale. They all look kind of Italianate.

It’s been quite a long time since I took an architectural history course, but do you happen to live in a Midwestern city?

I like the rendering of the facade. Looks like it was drawn from life.

The scale for the upper story is so cute!

Being an alleged grown up, I think you can say it whenever you want.

And my students aren’t cool. They’re “gegagedigedagedago,” which I believe means something slightly different.

Are you three children in a trench coat?

I can’t not picture you as one of my 11-year-old students, who refer to their friends at the same table as “chat.”

Not immediately throwing my clothes in a wash and showering when I got home like usual. That small mistake resulted in a months long battle with bedbugs. Never again.

“We did it, Patrick! We saved the city!”

Please, I want off this ride.

Kind of pointless when you realize babies already understand concepts like securities and compound interest. Has he never seen Dreamworks Boss Baby?

Pretty sure that’s just a regular American toad. As long as you wash your hands after gently picking it up you should be fine. Also do not place the toad directly in your mouth.