Yesterday I was doing yard work and injured myself, so I'm achy today, but still determined... because an all new Bullet Sunday starts...now...
• Wildwood! I own every LAIKA Studios film available and obsess over them. This movie will be no different. Holy crap what a phenomenal work of art...
The work that goes into a stop-motion LAIKA production is mind-boggling...
I see how they do it. But I can't believe that's how they do it.
• Excuse Me! Jan is speaking Dutch, but there's subtitles... and this killed me...
I laughed way too long at this.
• Flexibility! So there I was waiting for some pizzas to come out of the oven at the local pizza joint when I looked at the video games that were running. I saw Marvel Super Heroes, which I had seen before and even played. What I never noticed before is that the header art is by one of my all-time favorite artists: Arthur Adams! How cool is this...
Then I noticed Psylocke's weird... very weird leg position...
He right upper leg is perpendicular to her body (ouch!) and her lower leg is across the title of the machine there. It's a bit strange, but these are comic book characters and it's not anything too bizarre. No... it's her left leg that's just weird as all get-out. She could have easily lodged her knee against the giant "L" there, but instead her leg hangs straight down. It's such a strange choice that a part of me wants to believe that Adams didn't draw it like this, but instead he was asked to re-draw it like this so the logo wasn't crowded? No idea. Maybe it's not strange after all and I'm just jealous that I'm nowhere near this flexible!
• Mini! These kind of miniature builds fascinate me. Even if you don't want to sit through 25 minutes of him making the model, you can skip to the very end to see it completed...
I often thought that I would enjoy model-building. It's arts & crafty with a big dash of creativity, which is right up my alley. But the mess. I just couldn't do it. I know what my garage looks like when I do my woodworking. I cannot fathom having that kind of disaster in my home. Even if it was confined to one room.
• What DOESN'T Cause Diarrhea Any More? Okay... which one of you had sex with a bag of poop lettuce to create this horror?
Sexually Transmitted Diarrhea Is Spreading in the U.S.
• Tommy! Watching Abdul El-Sayed speak with an anti-American heckler at one of his rallies gives me hope...
The end of his response is everything we should want in the people who represent us at all levels of government. These faux "Christians" wanting their interpretation of their religion governing every aspect of our lives are the same people who shit their pants at the idea of having somebody else's religion even existing in the Land of the Free where our freedom to practice our religion is guaranteed by The Constitution of the United States of America.
• HOW? I cannot fathom how a piece of shit like Ken Paxton continues to convince people that he's a valid choice for Senator of Texas. I mean, I know the guy has so many scandals piled up that about the only thing he's qualified for is politics... but holy crap! The list is absolutely massive, and among the horrific shit on his record is ACCEPTING A PLEA DEAL FROM A MAN WHO ADMITTED TO REPEATEDLY SEXUALLY MOLESTING A YOUNG BOY, SO THE SICK FUCK ONLY SPENT ONE NIGHT IN JAIL AND DIDN'T HAVE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER?!??
Seriously. Look at the list of fucked up shit. Look at it and tell me how he should in any way be holding public office. And the disgusting fuck won't debate BECAUSE HE KNOWS IT WILL GO BADLY FOR HIM! What the ever-loving-fuck, Texas?
And now... back to recovery!
Today was a sad day because I had to turn the heat on in my home because my cats were always curled up like they were freezing, but I'm putting on a happy face... because an all new Bullet Sunday starts...now...
• Incredible! Michel Gagné spent 14 years animating a feature film. Here's the trailer...
Looks amazing. Those fourteen years don't seem wasted, that's for sure.
• Tomb Raider! Footage from the reimagining of Tomb Raider is burning up the internet, and it looks more like a film than a game...
By way of comparison, here's what I was playing with on my PlayStation 1 back in 1996...
And, keep in mind, that was cutting-edge back in the day. It was the best graphics yet seen at the time and I couldn't believe how crazy-good it looked.
• DOOM! Every time they release a new trailer for Avengers: Doomsday they add just a little bit more of what's going on. This latest trailer adds more than a little bit, and the film looks phenomenal...
December seems so far away.
• Scrabbled! Well this is more than a little mind-blowing...
There are people whose brains just work different. And sometimes those people make the rest of us look less than smart. And speaking of less than smart...
• The Stupid, It Burns! Pretty much...
Nobody, including scientists, are saying that science gets it right every time. But there is a scientific method that, when followed, is an authentic method of understanding the world... and medicine. Those who deny it and buy into the misinformation bullshit without knowing what the fuck they're talking about are literally responsible for harming society. We've got thousands dying from measles worldwide now. Measles!
• Stay Seated! I keep hearing these stories of airline passengers losing their shit because they asked somebody to swap seats with them and that person refused. It's insane. People book the seats they want. Sometimes they pay extra money to book the seats they want. If there's a seat you want, then book that fucking seat! I don't care if you want to sit next to your husband or grandmother or child. I want the seat that I paid for! I have swapped seats when asked a couple times... but only to an equivalent seat. I have twice asked somebody to switch seats with me... but they were military personnel flying home, and I was asking to swap my First Class seat with their Economy seat because they had already been on a very long flight from their deployment and I wanted to thank them for their service by letting them have a seat they could rest on before they get home to people who were excited to see them and not letting them rest. But otherwise? STOP EXPECTING PEOPLE TO GIVE UP THEIR SEAT!!!
• Super! "Artificial" means that something is "not naturally occurring." AI is not naturally occurring, and the only thing super about it is that real human intelligence made it possible. That's about as accurate as it gets.
This is just an attempt by billionaires to rebrand their tech to try and spin it from a negatively-perceived technology to a positively-perceived technology. You can call me "the enemy" all you want, but it's not going to change facts.
• Going Out on a High Note! I had never seen this before. It's wonderful...
Fuck anybody who thinks that public programming like this deserves to be defunded. Every other fucking thing on television is built to sell things to kids... not educate them. We need more education.
And now I'll go back to eating ramen because my cats like heat.
I'm in a bitchy mood and probably shouldn't be blogging, but it's all good... because an all new Bullet Sunday starts...now...
• noPhone! Well, shoot. Guess I'm saving my money and not buying a new iPhone 18 Pro Max after all. Turns out the only thing I give a crap about, the new variable aperture, is a non-starter because the photo sensor on the iPhone is so small that the aperture doesn't really have much of an effect when it comes to depth of field...
And so... maybe next year. Because right now the camera on the 18 Pro is not enough for me to switch just as the 17 Pro wasn't before it.
• Eyesight! On Friday I had to run to the Big City for work. While I was there, I dropped by Costco. Where I spent way too much money. I bought new silverware because my old stainless steel stuff (which I love) is starting to get messed up... I bought new reading glasses, because it's time I bumped up from -1.5 to -2.0, alas... and I also bought a 2-pound tub of Rojo's Street Corn Dip, which I will end up eating in less than a week...
Because it's just that insanely delicious.
• The Great Beyond! After Costco, I ran by Fred Meyer to pick up five packages of Beyond Stack Burgers. But before I picked up my online order, I went inside and picked up an additional five packages because they were on sale for a crazy good price. Thank heavens I bought that small freezer for my garage!
So now I have 80 burgers ready to go. Since I eat them morning, noon, and night, I figure they might last me until mid-November sometime. Hopefully they will go on sale by then, because they're way expensive when they're not on sale. Of course, I'd rather pay full price than have them discontinued by Fred Meyer, since they are the only store in the entire valley which has them.
• Reach for the Sky! The latest season of Reacher was incredible. I was very sad it was over and I'm having to wait months or years for new episodes. However... we did get a new series to help lessen the blow, a Neagley spin-off!
The show is amazing, as expected. And, talk about lessening the blow, Amazon Prime may have given us Neagley... but they canceled Ride or Die, which pisses me the fuck off. The show was highly regarded, highly rated, and had great promise for a second season. How the hell do they decide where to spend their money?
• Rarity! Now this is fucking cool as all getout...
Isn't stuff like this incredible? Doesn't it just blow your mind that a substance like this can exist?
• Interplanet Janet! Alrighty... we're going from cool shit dug out from the earth to cool shit we're doing in space! This is an incredible video. And the visualizations they're using are some of the best I've seen. Well worth your valuable time to watch...
We are capable of some truly great things as we reach for the stars. Sadly, we would apparently rather spend our time fighting in the dirt. What a waste.
• The Incredible Shrinking Food! Thanks to idiotic fucking tariffs plus out-of-control fuel costs thanks to an idiotic fucking war, the price of food is insanely expensive now. And once again food companies are trying to camouflage it with shrinkflation. My hummus was advertised as having a lower price... BUT THE CONTAINER WAS NOTICEABLE SMALLER...
And don't even ask me what the fuck this is. According to the company who makes these chips, this is a full bag. Seriously, I haven't touched a single chip yet!
It's all so fucking insane. We're paying record prices for "LOWER GROCERIES ON DAY ONE" yet getting fuck-all for it.
And now back to being even more bitchy than what I can blog about.
Apple had their annual September event and I have thoughts which cannot be contained... because an all new Bullet Sunday starts...now...
• Before We Begin! You can watch the event here, if you haven't already...
• Bye Tim! I have mixed feelings on Tim Cook. On one hand, he stepped into impossible shoes to fill and took Apple to being the most profitable company on earth. On the other hand, I feel that a lot of his decisions were not for Apple customers, but for Apple wealth, and it lead to a lot of decisions I vehemently disagreed with. Still, it was kinda a bittersweet good bye with his brief appearance in the keynote. It will be interesting to see how John Ternus approaches being the new CEO. He was VP of hardware for five years, so maybe this will lead to bigger leaps in product technology that Tim wasn't taking so he could drive up profits with smaller incremental changes. I guess we'll see.
• iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max! I've said repeatedly that the only thing I care about on a smartphone is the camera. Everything else is secondary, and if it weren't for the camera improvements, I'd probably have kept my iPhone 12 all this time. It's for this reason that I didn't upgrade from the 16 Pro Max to the 17 Pro Max. There just wasn't anything new enough with the cameras to force me into upgrading. But now? A real
When I think of things that would get me to upgrade, this would be near the top of the list... and so... I'm saving my pennies! — When it comes to all the other stuff, I don't care. Faster and more capable? Whatever. It's all overkill for me. I do care about Apple once again giving us a shitty color selection for the Pro line. The black is okay, but the white is drab, the blue is so muted as to not matter, and the burgundy looks like a blood clot. For the love of God, Apple, can we PLEASE get just ONE FUCKING COLOR that doesn't look like a funeral accessory? Bright blue, red, yellow, green... pick one!. But nope. Always the same "classy" colorways that look boring as fuck.
• AirPods 5! I will never buy the regular AirPods line. They are slick plastic that fall out of your ears, and losing one down a sewer grate is money out the window. No, I am only interested in the "Pro" line which has the earbuds which keep them in your ears.
• iOS 27! I've been a beta tester for iOS 27 since it was available. There's some niceties to be found... Siri isn't a dumb as a box of rocks most of the time thanks to "Apple Intelligence," but all the AI crap is lost on me, and when I run across it by accident (like in the Photos editor when I swipe wrong) it pisses me off. I was intrigued with the promises of faster syncing on things (especially photos) but I haven't really noticed it yet, even though all my devices are on the beta offerings.
• Apple Watch Series 12! I have clung to my Series 9 Apple Watch because it's the last Product(RED) watch Apple has released. No idea why. So the fact that the watch is a tiny bit thinner and faster doesn't mean much to me when mine does all I want it to do and is a beautiful, bright, red color. The new aluminum options are "Dark Bronze" (pretty, not my style), Light Gold (boring), Space Gray (more boring), and Black (which is the only one I could see myself wearing). So... until my red watch dies, I will not be upgrading until Apple decides to make some brighter colors that fit my tastes better. Like Product(RED). Even the bands are boring.
• iPhone Duo! And here it is... the famous Steve Jobsian "One More Thing" that everybody and their dog already knew about... the iPhone Duo! It's an iPhone that folds out to an iPad! I absolutely love the idea of it all. This is the perfect phone for me. Except for the fact that the cameras can't even remotely compete with the iPhone 18 Pro Max. Not even in the same ballpark. And since the camera is all I care about... well... this model is a non-starter for me. But one day they'll get it all figured out and get the cameras where they need to be so I'll end up dropping TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS on a frickin' phone. I dunno...
Apple is not the first company to release a folding phone. They do what they always do and wait to perfect it so they aren't rushing a sub-par option to market and experimenting with their customers to get something working as it should (the first foldable phones had some crazy flaws that was proof positive that first adopters were beta-testers). And I have to say the iPhone Duo looks very polished and well-thought-out. The way it operates and the way the interface adapts is truly smart work. But starting at $2,000 makes it not a smart option for me. Maybe one day.
• Absentee Products! The long-rumored "Smart Home" device was a no-show. As was a new HomePod and HomePod mini. Also an updated AppleTV or iPads. And no new Macs, though that's mostly a WWDC thing. But the missing item which really caught me by surprise was that no "regular" iPhone 18 was to be seen. Which is to say there's nothing new for those customers who don't want to spend the money for a "Pro" model but might be wanting to upgrade their phone. Could be a memory constraint issue since RAM prices are still sky-high, but who knows?
And now back to our regular non-Apple content.
I've been celebrating since Fall is just around the corner, but I'm still taking time to blog... because an all new Bullet Sunday starts...now...
• Snek! I meant to post this on Caturday, but forgot. This is SO Jake with his stuffed lion toy, Mufasa. He took that thing everywhere for years. I would find Mufasa in his food dish, the water dish, and even the litter box...
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Gotta make sure your best friend is getting enough to eat when they're looking a little thin.
• Oh Deer! I don't have a snek friend, I've got a deer friend now...
Such a pretty girl.
• U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A! So proud...
In an age that science is attacked, education is ridiculed, and intelligence is mocked, this is where we are now. How sad.
• BUSINESS! Exaggerated. But still conceptually true...
Business is war, after all.
• Middlemen! It's insane. It's just insane...
The near-constant mantra from politicians continues to be that the USA has the best health care in the world. But every conceivable metric has shown that's not true. The truth is that it's the best if you can afford it! Studies show that Medicare for All would save ONE TRILLION DOLLARS A YEAR AND SAVE 114,000 LIVES ANNUALLY! But we continue to pay "health" insurance companies to provide worse care for more dollars. Disgusting.
• UnJournalistic! Getting facts completely wrong on your news story is one thing... but editing it so that the original wording is preserved so as to obscure the fact that you got it wrong? Shitty...
The edit should have eliminated the word "released" completely, as NOBODY TALKS THAT WAY. "Bail has been set at $1 million" is the only edit which takes responsibility for your misinformation. But because they went the dipshit route, now we've got a bunch of "READ IT AGAIN!" assholes in the comments chiding people who commented on the original headline. I am so sick of this shit I could vomit. If you don't have journalistic integrity, don't be a journalist.
And now back to preparing my home for Fall.
Back home and feeling way overwhelmed, but making time for bullets just the same... because an all new Bullet Sunday starts...now...
• Dolly Redux! I have spent a lot of time thinking about the legacy that Dolly Parton left behind. What's most amazing is that she seems to have somehow transcended politics, despite the fact that she was fairly apolitical. Of all the interviews and videos I've watched over the past several days, I think this one is where Dolly's legacy should lay...
And you know what? I don't think Dolly would mind one bit.
• Slop! Something I think Dolly would mind very much? The death of shitty fucking AI songs eulogizing her. It started when I happened across a song by Enya on YouTube which was a tribute to Dolly Parton. I started listening to it and realized it didn't sound like Enya. Then I saw a shit-ton of other AI-generated shit and realized that everybody and their dog were "creating" AI slop tributes by real people who never made them. It's so fucking disgusting. And it pisses me the fuck off that YouTube isn't cracking down on this crap. Because I don't want to hear it. Ever.
• Skylines! This looks like it's a glorious LEGO mashup of SimCity and Animal Crossing...
Yeah, can't wait for that. Any time I can spend in a fake world is bound to be better than what we've got going on in this world we've got for reality.
• Lanterns! Nothing has me laughing my ass off harder than people claiming that HBO's Lanterns has ruined the character by going "woke." Race was a huge... massively huge... part of the comic book series. This small exchange is but a drop in the bucket...
The introduction of John Stewart was specifically made to add perspective to Black persons in the situations which were normally occupied by white people...
I wasn't reading comics in 1971, as I was five years old, but I very much remember reading the stories as back issues later in life. I was a massive fan of Green Lantern (his comic, along with The Flash, were the first I had ever bought) and I read through many back-issues where these foundations were made. The fact that the characters are being dusted off and revised for modern audiences is not an accident. It's what the foundation of the book has always been. I think Lanterns is honoring the source material very well. I just wish there was more action going on. I'm trying to be patient, but we're running through the series quickly without it.
• Dantzig! I never tire of hearing this story, which popped up today. I've copied it from his Wikipedia article...
During his study in 1939, Dantzig solved two unsolved problems in statistics due to a misunderstanding. Near the beginning of a class, Professor Neyman wrote two problems on the blackboard. Dantzig arrived late and assumed that they were a homework assignment. According to Dantzig, they "seemed to be a little harder than usual", but a few days later he handed in completed solutions for both problems, still believing that they were an assignment that was overdue. Six weeks later, an excited Neyman eagerly told him that the problems he had solved were two of the most famous unsolved problems in statistics. He had prepared one of Dantzig's solutions for publication in a mathematical journal. This story spread and was used as a motivational lesson demonstrating the power of positive thinking. Over time, some facts were altered, but the basic story persisted in the form of an urban legend and as an introductory scene in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting.
• Recall! Recall! Recall! Can anybody keep up with all the foods being recalled? I sure can't. Which means I'm probably going to die any day now. Which is strange given that everybody said I was going to die from all the COVID vaccines I've had (11 and counting!). If only there was some kind of government agency responsible for keeping our food safe. That wasn't dismantled. By assholes who keep cutting necessary government agencies so their billionaire owners can get even more tax cuts.
And now back to my post-vacation nonsense, already in progress.
I may be on vacation, but there's no time off for the bullets... because an all new Bullet Sunday starts...now...
• I Love L.A.! But L.A. is not loving me, because it's absurdly hot with not a cloud in the sky. That's kinda rare this time of year... but record-setting heat is getting less and less rare every year. This is our normal.
• Paradoxical! I've noticed this, but never actually thought enough about questioning how it works...
So now you know. And so do I.
• Naturalized American! I'm a huge Kraft Deli Deluxe American Cheese fan (the stuff that's not wrapped in the plastic it tastes like). But I finally stopped buying it because the cost is prohibitive. How can it be 4 times more expensive than sliced cheddar? So a big thanks to Safeway for carrying Sargento American Cheese, which often goes on sale to become affordable!
Great taste, and they put waxed paper between the slices for easy access! I don't eat nearly as much dairy as I used to, so when I crave a grilled cheese, I make sure I have a dreamy, meltable cheese to make it with.
• The Truth is Out There! I love LEGO. I love The X-Files. And I am in love with Gillian Anderson. Which is to say that this is really great...
I want it. Even though I have no idea where I'd put it.
• Where have you been all my life? Dorielotes... a combination of "Doritos" and "elote" (Mexican Street Corn)... is something I will absolutely have to try before I die (even if it's the cause of my death)...
Looks like it's got Nacho Cheese Doritos, corn, butter, sour cream, mayo, salt, lime, more salt, chili powder, Oaxaca cheese, nacho cheese sauce, and more corn on top. Amazing. But probably not healthy.
• Religious Bigotry is Still Bigotry! The amount of time I spend telling random bigots off TikTok to go fuck themselves has me thinking I’d be better off not looking at TikTok...
@natemccallister They/them pronouns have broken the minds of conservatives #nonbinary #theythem #ally #lgbtqia #homophobiaisntcool ♬ original sound - natemccallister
I have no idea when common courtesy became an opportunity to be such a fucking asshole about everything, but what in the hell do people care what other people want to be called? Who gives a shit? People dying to be persecuted for their beliefs, that's who. Pathetic.
And now back to my regularly scheduled vacation.
Disney's annual fan conference, D23, was this weekend. It was largely a re-hash of information we've already known about. But there were gems to be found that I'm going to talk about ... because an all new Bullet Sunday starts...now...
• D23! The most unexpected news was that the Yeti Audio-Animatronic Coming Back to Life Inside Expedition Everest...
When the ride debuted, the yeti took a swipe at you when you went by. It was kinda terrifying. But then it turned out the animatronic was so heavy that it was cracking the support structure. So they turned it off and added a strobe light... leaving us with "disco yeti" that was more annoying than scary. And it sounded like it was going to stay that way forever because genius imagineer (and notorious earring abuser) Joe Rhode said they'd have to rip open the mountain to fix the structure. So I guess they found a way to fix the structure and lighten the animatronic with servos or something so they don't have to dismantle the mountain to fix it. Very cool indeed, because the ride wasn't the same once they turned him off.
• A Vision in White! The first trailer from the new Visionquest series was released...
I'm in the minority that I didn't much care for Vision & Scarlet Witch and Agatha All Along, but I'm hopeful that the final entry into the trilogy goes back to being a comic book movie. I will say that I am thrilled that James Spader is returning as Ultron. He's one of my favorite actors, and I like what they're doing here.
• DON'T PULL THE LEVER, KRONK! There was a very strong rumor that the new Villains Land in Walt Disney World had been completely retooled after the artwork that was released. Primary of which was that the Maleficent coaster had been toned down to become a Yzma and Kronk coaster. Which, to be honest, is genius. It's such an epic scene from The Emperor's New Groove that was more funny than scary. It made sense because Magic Kingdom is more of a family-friendly affair than the other lands. But then it was confirmed at D23 that this wasn't the case at all. Still very much a Maleficent coaster that's looking scary indeed...
I really hope that it's a more intense coaster for adult guests. There's loads of rides for kids at Magic Kingdom, so it would be nice to have something more grown up. Like the very popular Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind coaster from Epcot. Here's hoping. And, oh yeah, they also showed this from the Magic Mirror dark ride they're building...
Looks like Pirates of the Caribbean but with villains instead of pirates. I hope that they at least pack it with plenty of animatronics instead of skimping like they did in the Splash Mountain re-theme.
• Branding! Branding! Branding! I was so impressed with the gorgeous logo they made for Villains Land that it deserves it's own bullet. Because look at this!
Love it. Somebody at Disney really knew what they were doing when they designed that!
• Tomorrow! Another big piece of news to come out of D23 was that they are reimagining Tomorrowland at Disneyland. Apparently they are bringing it back to be something closer to what Walt Disney intended for it. The problem with Tomorrowland has always been that no matter what you do to update it, the area is always outdated. Tomorrow is just a day away, after all. Which is why I far, far prefer how they approached Tomorrowland in Disneyland Paris. Instead of trying to imagine what the future will be like, they ran with what people from yesteryear thought the future would be like. For example, their Space Mountain was a Jules Verne From Earth to the Moon kind of affair where you get shot out of a cannon and get blasted to the moon. It was a genius idea...
And now they've announced that they're going back to this idea and restoring the Paris Space Mountain to what it originally was. Which makes me very, very happy. I wish they'd use that aesthetic for Disneyland California as well.
• Monstrous! The new Monsters Land at Disney World will be opening next year in 2027. Except the brilliant "Door Coaster" won't open with it. That comes later. Apparently the only attraction set for opening day is the re-theme of MuppetVision 3D. Which, fine... but the coaster is what everybody is actually wanting to experience. Though the 3D movie does look interesting...
And would probably be even more interesting if they didn't already re-theme the 3D theater in Animal Kingdom from It's Tough to Be a Bug to Zootopia.
• New Splash! As a massive, massive fan of The Princess and the Frog, I was cautiously optimistic about the re-theming of Splash Mountain in Disneyland and Walt Disney World to become Tiana's Bayou Adventure. But it ended up being a massive disappointment. The ride is sparse and breaks down all the time. But now they're building a new "splash mountain" ride from scratch in Paris, this time based on The Lion King...
And I am once again cautiously optimistic. I hope that they learned their lesson from the Tiana fiasco. I hope they pack it with animatronics and make them more reliable. I hope they come up with a ride story that actually makes sense. I hope they put some actual thought into how it should work. But who knows? We have two very good examples of Disney dropping the ball on this.
And that's a wrap for your Disney-based bullets.
As a serious insomniac for decades, I am not used to being so exhausted that I can't keep my eyes open. I'm pretty sure it's my brain trying to adapt to my vision catastrophe going on in my right eye. I'm constantly having floating black spots that my brain has to filter out as not being bugs or flies... and blurry spots in motion where my brain is having to fill in the blanks... and hazy spots on the edges my brain is trying to see through. Not ideal. But don't you worry about the bullets... because an all new Bullet Sunday starts...now...
• Licenses for Luddites! Just a reminder that the Washington State government is regressive as fuck when it comes to digital driver's licenses... but is very quick to tout us as a bastion of technology around election time. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell blow through tax dollars like Kleenex for everything else... why not help us keep up with (checks notes) West Virginia and Arkansas on stuff like this. It's fucking embarrassing, and we're tired of having to carry a license around when our phones are already with us. We're nearly half-way through the states who have them. Will Washington get in before #25 hits? Let's take a look at where we're at, shall we?
Spoiler Alert: Not. Fucking. Likely. If they haven't pulled the trigger by now, they've likely got zero plans. They've got Big Pharma checks to cash, and that takes priority over everything.
• Politics in America! Tell me this isn't how politics work here...
You can't. Because this is exactly how politics work here. No bill is passed "clean" any more... there's always some horrific bullshit tacked onto it.
• Narrative! Nobody takes the minutes to verify crap like this before sharing it with the world, and nobody who follows them cares if it's true or not... they believe it because they want to believe it.
Yes. Mamdani went to the ruins of the church... AND DEMOLISHED IT WITH HIS OWN TWO HANDS!! That's how much he hates Christians! Jesus Christ. Do these assholes EVER research this bullshit they shovel? There are people who read this crap AND BELIEVE IT!! And they vote. But not in New York... a place THEY HAVE LIKELY NEVER EVEN BEEN.
• Cake! "No one’s gotten a cake for me before. I bought my own cake in the middle of the night and blew out my own candles alone." (Here's a link in case TikTok is being a dick)...
@copic_pereira Last year, I could only get Connor a cake but his reaction was priceless ❤️ We had just started sharing our lives here and we had planned a small party at our place for our close friends. During the party, we went Live on here, and you guys noticed that I had vanished for a good while. That’s when Connor found me in the bathroom in excruciating pain, trying to not ruin his party. Turns out I had gallstones, and I spent almost a week in the hospital. So, we never got to properly celebrate his birthday and we changed that this year. Thank you so much for all of you that follows us!!! It was only possible because of you ❤️❤️❤️ #fyp #birthday #mlm #marriedlife #couplegoals ♬ Married Life (From "Up") - Sergy el Som
It hurts my heart that there are people so cruel that they would want a fellow human be alone for the rest of their life because of who they love. This man found his person and his community. He's hurting nobody by existing. Let him pursue his happiness, celebrate his birthday with people who care about him, and live in peace. For God's sake... just be kind.
• "You didn't mention the donkey!" Given the abhorrent state of the world today, I often find myself scouring YouTube for something funny to distract me. And few things are as hilariously distracting as Would I Lie To You...
If you want more, there's a channel right here.
• Witchcraft! I love videos which explain science in a way you can understand it without having a science background. This one had me captivated from the start...
Wild stuff. And very cool.
Since it's been a full two hours since my last nap, I guess it's time.
I'm back home again and ready to collapse after a wild weekend, but hanging on long enough to write this... because an all new Bullet Sunday starts...now...
• LEGO Giveth, LEGO Taketh Away... I feel bad for the independent store owners getting caught up in this Bricks & Minifigs drama that has nothing to do with them. But the CEO and every police officer and court official are fucking pieces of shit. Absolute trash. I watched this more than a little shocked...
Just goes to show... might doesn't always come from being right. But I don't need to tell you that.
• Filmable! George Eastman, the guy who founded Kodak, is one fascinating guy. As a phenomenally wealthy guy of his day, he was incredibly generous in so many ways. But a bit terrible in others. And I knew none of it until I watched this remarkable video...
And, like so much of history, he's just a small part of a much larger story that came after.
• Essential Viewing. Religious freedom is a vanishing breed here in the Land of the Free...
@happytimes503 #LGBTQ #ReligiousFreedom #CivilRights #christiannationalism #News ♬ original sound - Johnny
Find. Another. Job. is fucking right.
• Hummus! Who knew that it would be Ryan Gosling who would give me a cooking tip that's actually worth knowing...
Will I try it? Yes. Yes I will.
• Odysseus! Here's the deal... I have read The Odyssey in both full and abbreviated forms. But I didn't truly understand it until I read Emily Wilson's amazing translation. I was thrilled that her work is what Christopher Nolan based his new film. And this video explains why...
@chonkyseal123 As if I wasn’t excited enough for this movie #theodyssey #christophernolan #emilywilson #film ♬ original sound - eileen 🍉📚🗽
Really can't wait to see it.
• He'll Come Again. This week's trending topic... Anne Frank's diary is fake and the Holocaust didn't happen. I honest to God do not understand how we got to this point. I have been to Holocaust museums around the world. The evidence is massively overwhelming. As in unquestionably overwhelming. PHOTOS EXIST OF SOLDIERS LIBERATING THE CAMPS! EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY WAS CAPTURED FOR EVERYBODY TO SEE! — As for Anne Frank's diary being "written in ballpoint pen" years before they were invented, thus the diary is fake... that has been debunked multiple times with various evidence findings being released publicly. The thing that is so fucking terrifying about this is that denying one of the most horrific events in human history just sets us up for it to happen again. I can't believe we're this stupid as a society.
• So Long! Do not ask me to mourn the passing of an absolute fucking monster. I won't do it.
And now I will take a nap and try to recover.
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