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A nighttime trail cam photo of a coyote ( left) and a deer (right) facing off with a round water bowl between them
Standoff

curmudgeon extraordinaire says fuck off, fascists

  • crashing the economy for our own good

    You know what’s a rip off? Deodorant. Like everything else, the amount in the container is shrinking while the cost increases. And the container itself is constructed such that you cannot use all of the product you overpaid for. Oh, well, pretty soon no one except billionaires will be able to afford deodorant anyway. The…

  • Zero Day: Review

    I watched Zero Day, a Netflix limited series that stars Robert De Niro. It was good and maybe a little too on the nose given the current times but it lost some of its punch with certain decisions and backstory. I won’t say a bunch because it just came out and I don’t want to…

  • the rabies test

    Most of us have this idea that we will become old but not debilitatingly infirm physically or mentally. But that, sadly, is not going to be the reality for many of us. As the US slides into theocracy raised on Ayn Rand and fever dreams of a 10 cent minimum wage, old age is going…

  • we should all be terrified

    The US government has “disappeared” Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder and recent graduate of Columbia University. They’re now in the middle of lying, saying he was here on a student visa which they have revoked. This is a lie. As mentioned, he’s a green card holder married to an American citizen. They’re also lying…

  • spring into hell

    Get rid of this time change. I don’t even care if we pick standard time or daylight savings (which is STUPID and not the one we should pick but whatever). Just pick one and leave it that way. We know it’s dangerous and that people die because of this. Come on, Congress. Give us this…

  • I hate fb so much

    Alas, I have a page on FB that means I need to maintain a presence there. I have grayrocked my personal profile for years and recently stopped posting anything there. But honestly. The way FB forces you to manage a page is just insanely bad. Side bar: Some time ago and without my consent, someone…

  • Newsom is playing a dangerous game

    Sit down with a Nazi, you best be careful you don’t end up sounding like a Nazi yourself. Which is what Gavin Newsom did on both counts. There’s a reason he’s never been on my 2028 Candidate list.

  • Go East or South or North Young Person

    Here is the point where parents with kids in college or grad school are starting to realize the STEM jobs aren’t going to be in the US. Those jobs and careers are going to be in other countries. We’re about to start sending our best and brightest overseas. People with children eventually heading off to…

  • Rank Over(Partition By MostWanted ASC)

    Here’s my (2025.03.05) current POTUS in 2028 ranking in order: Yes. I DID make a T-SQL joke. I will update as conditions warrant. I just hope the DNC gets its head out of its ass. Every time they wait for the GOP to self-implode they don’t. Wake the fuck up and do something.

  • Weeds

    I’m trying to garden with native species and to do that I also needed to identify what’s growing around here that isn’t native and contained. Turns out most of the grass in the fields is invasive. All of the thistles are. As I enter my third year of this project I am learning a lot,…