Grease the Subtle

@a@girllich.link @theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social billionaires exist because of a failure in society. Somebody was not held accountable when stepping on all the necks necessary to accumulate such extraordinary wealth. At my current, decently-paid, civil service public safety job, I would have to work over 1,200 years to accumulate one billion dollars. Gross, not net. No single individual needs, or deserves, that much money and influence. Not even the "nice" ones.

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social ha, yes, they will wait until the worst moment. And then you'll have to bring them inside, diaper them, and bottle feed them. We've had to do that a couple of times. Why we no longer breed them, haha. For now anyway. Major goat mojo!

#3GoodThings well. . .

1. Fireplace roaring and going to keep us warm tonight

2. Current firewood stock should maintain through the next round of storms

3. I think I know where I stand on a recent job interview, and I'm at peace with however it goes.

@Cotopaxi@mstdn.social @csilverman@mastodon.social oh of course. Thank you.

@csilverman@mastodon.social dude, I don't know the context for this piece, but it's awesome. #goats #monsters #art

@monkeyninja@10base2.dev half the time that's how I answer the phone at work, if I recognize the extension. A bit a sarcastic default built in from hearing it repeated ad nauseum at a previous job. #yolo #ihateansweringthephone But I think it's a little of column "a," little of column "b". . . .

@MeaningfulBits@mastodon.social @a@girllich.link @theleftistlawyer@mastodon.social and really, it's not even about the money, right? As mentioned somewhere else in the thread, most net worth is not liquid assets, so it's all about consolidated power and influence. If you have one dude with $1B, versus 1,000 people with $1M, which scenario is going to better fit into the public good of an allegedly democratic republic government? Which voice might have an outsized effect on public policy? Of course that begs the question that a demo-repub govt is what we're aspiring toward.

@DeliaChristina@sfba.social palantir and thiel have been a problem for a while, but glad it's hitting the zeitgeist.

@dgar and I got the green light to order new cymbals, but ill confine myself to a ride, the only thing we're actually missing. Actually not a bad sounding set. . .might have to get back into recording/production

@dgar@aus.social roasting some coffee now, the crickets and frogs almost drown out the sound of the roaster 😂

I don't know if I can overstate how much I hate Daylight Savings Time. . I don't need my summer evenings to last until 2200, I would much rather my mornings be light than my bedtime. #daylightSavingsTime #dst

@dgar@aus.social purchased, dude. 😎

@gwenbeads so looking forward to going through the book, and I know a few family members who will enjoy it too.

@gwenbeads that's so cool. Will def appeal to the kiddos 🤗

@dgar@aus.social dude, it was sunny and warm here today. Got some stuff done, which felt nice, but mostly I'm happy I got the drums set arranged yesterday so the eldest can practice after lessons

Good news, no rogue cow. Guess there's a reason this area used to be called Echo Valley. . .

@dgar@aus.social omg I have to try to sleep knowing I saw that with my eyes. Well played.

@gwenbeads pre-ordered, looking forward to it. We just had a family friendship bracelet night last night 😀

@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social I miss the internet of the late 90s. Remember chain letters? Somebody should bring those back. Now the highlight of my day is when people reply-all to a statewide mailing list 😂

@joninalbany@beige.party seems legit.

@PattyHanson@mastodon.social @gilduran.com as a Californian I wish our state would actually stand up to the absolute nonsense that is going on at the national level. Allegedly our economy is what, number 4, 5 in the world at the moment? I've got other thoughts on that tidbit, but you'd think we might have just a bit of bargaining power on at least the national stage.

Tyler Durden, patron saint of Jane's nipple. #SaintAMovieCharacter #hashtaggames

Oof, almost broke my streak (again). This isn't the current game, but a local copy of the original code that was posted when NYT bought it. (When I added the hashtag I misspelled it as "woedle" which could also be a fun game) Wordle 1745 6/6 🟨🟩⬛⬛⬛ ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟨🟩⬛🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 #wordle

@stux@mstdn.social apropos

@janeishly@beige.party hi from California! I don't know about all the discussion about doors, but I feel the same way about us trying to shoehorn the "Scandinavian model" or "Norwegian model" into our correctional model here. Ain't gonna work. Different culture, different population, and I could probably write thousands of words but it wouldn't make a difference. All that to say i appreciate your position from the other side, and hope you can run as far away from us as possible until there are some serious changes made.

@cstross@wandering.shop how long until they start selectively breeding super-skeeters that somehow make it more lucrative for corps and VCs. . .

@gilduran.com the thing that I don't understand, if people really want lasting change, is why is it a one-time tax? That's not going to remedy anything.

@skua@mastodon.social lol you're right. Maybe I'll keep it for myself and bring the Aeropress. 😂

@TwoClownsEating@beige.party @fesshole@mastodon.social totally this.

@skua@mastodon.social I know my staff and my boss can tell when I'm on/off the coffee. Usually I just stick to tea. . .

Got the official NASA feed on one side of the screen, Spaceflight Now on the other. Godspeed, Artemis II. #rocket #sls #pork #NASA #artemis #artemis2

Roasting some coffee tonight for a friend, and I completely whiffed on the timeline between first and second crack. Well, maybe I'll donate this batch to work and stay up to do another. The people at work won't even notice, they're used to folgers. (Nothing wrong with folgers, it is a decent middle of the road caffeination device, but when you know, you know). Complication: light roast may have a helluva lot more caffeine than folgers medium roast. Hmm.

I'm not sure this is quite the flex he thinks it is. . . Also, a whole lot of delusion in so few quotes: https://www.npr.org/2026/02/01/nx-s1-5695677/trump-feds-protests-democratic-cities

@boelder@shakedown.social what's that playing on? I just watched the 2-hour "pilot" of Firefly again (Hulu), but might be tempted into watching something new instead of again. Also a few episodes into the reboot of Trigun, it's pleasantly better than I expected.

@the_etrain@beige.party I don't think you're wrong. . . but I mostly just watch the same movies over and over again anyway.