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* swaps from Tinariwen to The Cure, clicks on more Indeed.com job listings, wonders what happened to "I'm going to read my new Forgotten Realms splatbook to chill out before doing this thing I hate."

man if I had all the time and capability in the world I'd learn French, Arabic *and* Tamasheq

Rahim AlHaj is great, but there are other people in this coffee shop so maybe I shouldn't drum along on the table, or my latte, even if the lid means I can get two tones easily out of it.

once again so in love with James Horner's soundtrack for Willow - him pulling Grieg meets Prokofiev and slightly earlier Horner soundtracks isn't especially original, but you'll notice it also *works*.

#drawings today, continuing trying to loosen up on faces with a page of characters (gnome assassin, halfling with staff-sling, halfling druid) and portraits; and, a sequence with an elf kensai attacking a purple worm.

"Begun, these Clone Wars have."
"uh-huh."
"Tasty, this is. Extra whip with chocolate sprinkles did I on my mocha order." #EpII #Soundtrack

Out of all possible "shit that's weird with Germany" about the last thing I ever expected was "'Kevin' blew up as a name after the Home Alone movies and now people really hate dudes named Kevin it's somehow the 'poor white trash' name."

I know that Republicans hate public schools and want to harm them at any opportunity, but this is just so needlessly cruel to kids and teachers all because some puffed up rich fascist wants to score more brownie points with his churchy supporters.

https://popular.info/p/florida-teachers-told-to-remove-books

confused by "Jewish rye" because theoretically its mother would have to be Jewish but you use sourdough starter to make sourdough, not rye bread

I’m reminded that without limitations my diet and habits would freely mix very healthy with profoundly unhealthy, gladly mixing long walks, weightlifting and martial arts with cigs, pastries and breakfast food. Lactose intolerance is the only reason I don’t eat blocks of cheese.

A twitter post suggesting photos of environmental health and devastation as proper use of the right wing "this is what they took from you" meme, above a twitter post about newly revealed - and the only non-German - photos of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Sheer coincidence this morning.

put in for a batch of jobs, thanks to listening to Amon Amarth albums I checked job listings for "housecarl," "bondi" and "trading voyage to Miklagard" but nothing as usual.

daydreaming of "Ulfhednar," a proposed but sadly completely fictional Amon Amarth/Powerwolf collaboration building off how werewolves could easily wield Dane axes and survive horrifying amounts of non-silver weapon dino damage

oh LOOK a customer specialist job for less than minimum wage in Seattle for TESLA, because clearly there's a company operating on a shoestring budget

how nice, yeah no. I'd rather work for fucking Amazon again.

The most extreme example;

An *entire ethnic group* exists solely because rich people wanted to cheap out on agricultural labor. Since that time, their descendants and all their ancestors have been abused in all sorts of incredible manners all because someone wanted to make money - either by capitalizing on the desperation of poor Blacks (eg, how did Harlem become a thing?), or offering anti-Blackness as a consolation prize to mistreated non-Blacks (the beginning of "How Long? Not Long").

And my own people? Wealthy people realized that by barring us from land ownership and military service, they got rid of a potentially hostile faction, alienated non-Jews and Jews, and *yet* maintained the advantage of literate, desperate people who'd serve as their doctors and bankers, successfully blamed for both. Conveniently timed exiles and any hint of tolerance sent my ancestors hither and yon until they wound up in this country, where we are dismissed as the people who secretly have all the power and all the money when in reality we have none (and there's more, but that rant would alienate people, and I don't feel like it now).

It's horrifying how nearly all prejudice exists largely as a distraction (one which, if you're in a scapegoated group or close, you cannot afford to ignore) from how we face very real problems, the solutions to which practically always involve rich people giving up money.

How many millions of people are being hurt right now because someone wanted a tax break?

"Excuse me, Grand Moff. Request for brief leave."
"Whatever for, Leftnenant Clyton-Rhees-Smythe?"
* whisper whisper whisper *
"EVACUATE? In our moment of triumph? I think you overestimate their chances!"