Just found a dead possum in our yard 😔

No wounds either. I thought he might be "playing possum" but after a couple hours it was clear he was gone.

He's been a regular visitor the past couple of years. Last week he was foraging in our back yard, not very concerned when approached. So I feel like it may have known it was getting close to the end. So sad. They're such cool animals.

Animal control is not open today either, so I had to bag it up so it's not exposed while we wait to properly dispose the body.

It's been really hard not to persistently catastrophize about the near future.

The most effective remedy is to remind myself I'm not alone.

From this it follows that community building and engagement, both online and in-person, is going to be critical.

I'm so glad I have a wonderful community right here on Mastodon. This place will remain my primary social account. You people are amazing! 💜

I keep thinking about how so many people now live in a completely different reality than mine. Not a new thought, just hits different now.

Seems like a lot of people, not necessarily the hardcore MAGA people, but the mainstream, low info conservative voters, are legitimately unaware of all the things many of us know to be extremely disqualifying about Trump.

Everyone lives in their own (mis/dis) information bubble.

So when these same people lose their healthcare, social security, medicare, and/or job, I don't think they'll be able to make the basic connection that it was a direct and inevitable result of what these mfs told us they would do.

Seriously. Ask a non-MAGA Republican what they think about Musk's threat to inflict economic pain on the country. Many of them haven't even heard this!

Huge swaths of the country can be so easily manipulated now. They don't care to think. It's all just tribal vibes.

It's terrifying to consider what this means for our future.

Hey friends. Are you watching the debate tonight?

I try not to, mostly because Trump enrages me with his ridiculous appearance, his Gish galloping lie-fest and overall inability to speak like a normal person.

But also because I'll be watching WNBA games 😃

I just keep tabs on the socials to get a sense of what's going on. Maybe turn on MSNBC afterwards to get their take.

I also figure there will be so many clips posted the following day I won't actually miss anything.

@helix2301 Very cool. Thanks. I'll check it out.

@jacklaridian Shoe. Like shoe. Gaze. Like gaze 😆

I didn’t realize 90’s indie-pop/shoegaze band Velocity Girl had reunited last year.

They just announced new shows in DC and LA. I never got to see them live, but loved their albums “Copacetic” (‘93) and “Simpatico” (‘94).

They’re also reissuing Copacetic with a new mix.

Here’s one of my favorite VG songs 👇

#music #tour #IndiePop #ShoeGaze #90s

https://velocitygirl.bandcamp.com/track/pop-loser

Really happy to see such a high profile (and extremely religious) women’s basketball coach reflexively and confidently answer “yes” to this attempted gotcha question

#sports #ncaa #basketball

https://theathletic.com/5395758/2024/04/06/dawn-staley-south-carolina-transgender-comments-womens-sports/

A friend just sent me this terrifying video of boulders crashing down onto a road during the #earthquake in #Taiwan 😵

@mike That's quite a claim. How exactly do you ensure this?

@kevinrns @Flipboard

@ike_seblon Very cool. Thanks for posting this.

I was unaware, but see they helped develop the Moog synthesizer, and popularized it through an album of Bach tunes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4z3AKXzIqE

@aral That link seems to be broken, but this one works fyi

https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/statement/2023-10-24/secretary-generals-remarks-the-security-council-the-middle-east-delivered

@oliphant Been there. It always sucks. Sorry to hear.

@chargrille

I hear you. It's frustrating. I wish everyone would just get on Mastodon or some other part of the Fediverse. All these private, for-profit platforms will always be incentivized to make decisions that are not in the best interest of their community members.

@hbuchel @Tim_Eagon @raccoon

@chargrille @hbuchel @Tim_Eagon @raccoon

What do you all think of Spill?

https://time.com/6292622/spill-app-twitter-alternative/

#OTD June 17, 1991

LL Cool J - “To da Break of Dawn” single

Diss tracks have been around forever. And I mean forever (see “Yankee Doodle”, 1754). I think the first one I was aware of was Ice-T’s “The Syndicate” track.

This one here was a diss to LL's rivals at the time, Kool Moe Dee, MC Hammer, and Ice-T. The single is just this song with several different mixes. Lots of great sampling of 70s funk as usual.

#rap #hiphop #DissTrack #music #90s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONpkwiEmC5Q