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hate trying to reassure myself that only my committee will actually read my dissertation and have someone say "well, or Chris Rufo if he decides he wants to destroy your life"

thinking about what is to be done on a gloomy day 

fascism suppressing history and narratives means they are more important than ever, but also they're suppressing history and narratives with violence and enclosure and unfortunately stories are not a great match against tasers and jackbooted thugs

"Terminal Island is part of one of the country’s busiest container ports... it was the first place from which Japanese Americans were uprooted and sent to government camps...

The Port of LA is reportedly considering demolishing [its historic buildings] to make room for more container storage" +

Ramsey just said "slop farmer" sounds like Glup Shitto's job in Star Wars

Listening to Werner Herzog's memoir audiobook which he reads to add some gravity to doing chores

buttondown.com/perfectsentence this week in sentences: ants, kangaroo, husk of cliché, story gear, offseason, arrival of the werewolves, collapse, full of hats, inappropriate

It's incredible what a difference hanging out with a dog has on my entire deal

dogsitting update: i'm working on my laptop on the couch with a dog curled up next to me and i'm so happy with this setup i could cry

Dogsitting for a week starting later today, excited to have something to live for

Is Tuxedo Mask the only superhero whose name is just his outfit

I just realized that bookshop dot org is offering free shipping today for #IndependentBookstoreDay, so if you wanted to pick up a copy of YOU DESERVE A TECH UNION, hey here you go https://bookshop.org/p/books/you-deserve-a-tech-union/8c1f7dfcf467bfb3

buttondown.com/perfectsentence this week in sentences: MALICE, pillar, keeps on happening, tolerance, turbines of this, dishonest ovations, sand-filled, tectonics, power, eggshell life, Moon argument

Which of these do I actually need in order to deal with a headache and late day out of it ness rn

Today Melissa Lewis over on BlueSky pointed out that the font used in the infamous "You wouldn't steal a car" anti-piracy campaign was actually designed by Just van Rossum, whose brother, Guido, created the Python programming language (bsky.app/profile/melissa.news/post/3ln7hx5rhcj2v)

She also pointed out that the font had been cloned and released illegally for free under the name "XBAND Rough". Naturally, it would be hilarious if the anti-piracy campaign actually turned out to have used this pirated font, so I went sleuthing and quickly found a PDF from the campaign site with the font embedded (
web.archive.org/web/20051223202935/http://www.piracyisacrime.com:80/press/pdfs/150605_8PP_brochure.pdf).

So I chucked it into FontForge and yep, turns out the campaign used a pirated font the entire time!

i think i'm supposed to take it as a compliment that most of my friends seem to believe i can write a dissertation in like 8 months but like, i really don't want to

Had a panic attack on the way to a protest so I didn't go to the protest and now I feel guilty

Just met a thirteen year old scruffy little dog named "Mister" so perhaps I will live another day

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Horsin' Around

This is a hometown instance run by Sam and Ingrid, for some friends.