Notices by Saethelred the Unsteady (sethrudy@c18.masto.host)

Americans needing #Andor to explain fascism in America be like:

On this day in 1956, the toxic stew created by Jewish scientist Jonas Salk was “made available” to the public as part of his plan to deny Americans their God-given right to have polio

I think in for a few weeks each Spring human men should get to dress in bold colors and patterns like birds trying to attract mates

Whales are effing amazing. Like if you told me I had to haul my ass all the way upstairs every time I wanted to breathe

Faculty: can we get some more pens

Universities: we will create a task force with an associate dean acting ex officio to determine best practices re: pen acquisition and distribution and report our findings when classes resume this Fall

Government: abandon your students and principles

Universities: finished it before you were even done asking

American Airlines, 1960: Fly the American Way

American Airlines, 1984: Something Special in the Air

American Airlines, 2025: Shut Up, You Made it Out Basically Alive

Ahead an hour? Screw that, I wanna Rip van Winkle my ass straight to the far side of 2028.

I was killed right after taking this photo. #caturday

I think we all know that the real Gulf of America is between the billionaires and everyone else.

50% of being an adult is finding polite ways to say, “are you out of your fucking mind?”

Feels like the entire tech industry’s plan is to hope they make enough money by destroying civilization to live comfortably through the destruction of civilization. But as we’re learning this week, money can’t save you from fire.

Ours is the timeline that dares to ask, what if Hitler had also been the richest man on the planet and controlled the sky?

Antifascists: don’t obey in advance
Media: sorry I’m late I was just at the Obeying in Advance conference in Craven-on-Hudson, what did I miss

The X-Files led us to believe we were being ruled by a shadowy cabal of wealthy and highly intelligent elites working against our interests in secret for their own survival, not an ostentatious cabal of wealthy and incredibly stupid elites working against our interests openly for funsies

You must be the IP you wish to see in the world.

Can you believe his four years haven’t even *started* yet?

What people should be angry about: robber barons exist

What people are angry about: not being robber barons

Improbably Optimistic Hot Take: I suppose one way to finally teach people how government works is to make huge portions of it suddenly stop working.

I’m the son of Boomer Jews, which means I grew up with a very WWII, Holocaust-centric Judaism in which “never forget” was a central mantra. So I never forgot. And here we are, and a lot of that generation now is explaining how our fears are overblown and administrations come and go. They won so hard they can’t understand losing.

@notroot ack! Get him off me! Get him off me!!