mushroom

ISIS?

being a groyper in 2024 is so lame lol. always funny when someone tries to be edgy by doing something that wasn't even that edgy nearly a decade ago

vibes based ranking of the last 7 centuries by how interesting i think they are:

20th

16th

19th

17th

21st (so far)

15th

18th

here's a very interesting article from Tony Dokoupil: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/04/my-adult-circumcision-how-i-made-cut-my-new-religion URL ought to tell you everything you need to know

adult converts, we need to figure out what's going on there. i'm used to adult catholic converts being weird so this is a nice change of pace if nothing else

the CA congress hasn't over-rode (overriden? overrid?) a veto since somewhere around 1980. the point of passing the bill but not overriding the veto is that way the congresspeople can signal to their constituents that they are progressive but they don't actually have to change anything or make anything better.

Missile sirens in Tel Aviv and across central Israel. Another missile from Yemen fired right at Tel Aviv.

i was pretty mad that they took out liars dice in rdr 2. its a fun game that few people like/know how to play irl so it was nice being able to play in the game

i'd like to have a cabinet of curiosities

they should make an oceans 11 style ensemble movie where all the countries that bribed eric adams team up to break him out of prison

this is not exactly headline news to most, but the US Forest Service will not be hiring any seasonal employees at all next year, except for firefighters, due to budget constraints. the forest service employs thousands of seasonal workers across the country in trails, maintenance, archaeology, natural resource management and science positions, etc. without seasonals it'll be a hell of a lot harder to keep the millions of acres of forest service land well maintained - especially considering that many non-fire seasonals are called in to help fight the fires in one way or another when they begin, and since so much FS land can hardly be called "well maintained" already. i have to imagine this will also put a strain on the national park service and other land management agencies who'll have to deal with thousands of applicants to a far fewer number of jobs - not to mention the seasonals at those agencies who'll be looking at this and seeing that their departments could be making the same decisions a few years down the road.

as always, congress can spend billions at the drop of a hat for bombing children across the planet, but breaks out the fucking abacus when it comes to hiring people who actually do useful and decent work. wonder how long before they just decide to straight up sell entire forest service ranger districts to timber companies or ranchers. can't be too long, at this rate!

i remember at the time chuds saying "well you have to hand it to him, he is a hard worker, doing two rallies a day, hillary can't even go to an event without collapsing afterwards"