Kevin J. Maroney, he/him
A dilettante in the old sense.
"We are all us."-Greg Stafford
"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting."--Stoppard
- Wordle 1,693 5/6* ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟨🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Bogey, lost to the 'bot by 2. I found this surprisingly elusive.
- Connections Puzzle #971 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 Solved as shown. Gubhtug vg jnf irel svraqvfu gb unir gjb bs gur jbeqf va gur svyz genc (Pubj, Lrbu, Gvtre, Qentba) npghnyyl or va gur checyr tebhc.
- This is a spurious speculation offering a thin reed of excuse to anyone who wants to believe, despite all evidence, that Trump is not a gutter racist. Is there anyone who actually believes that Trump wouldn't have posted it if he knew the Incredibly Racist Thing was in it? I'm doubtful.
- The new Muppet Show: absolutely perfect, a balm for the soul. 100/100. Oh, 99, maybe not to the old-time canned laughter. Just as dark, just as life-affirming, absolute fun.
- When "Pigs in Wigs" started, I said to Nellorat, "You know, 'Piggerton' was right there"... and, well!
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- Literally his first appearance in the NY Times was coverage of him being so racist he got fined for it. embed.documentcloud.org/documents/21...
- Despite the stereotype, modern fans of pro wrestling lean politically left.
- I wonder if part of it is the switch from all kayfabe, all the time, to it becoming presented as a contemporary performing art
- The best description of modern wrestling I've ever heard was from @theisb.bsky.social , roughly: Wrestling is a giant LARP, where a bunch of athletes play-acts as wrestlers and a large audience play-acts as wrestling fans. That type of *playful* doublethink repels authoritarians.
- Wordle 1,692 4/6* ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨 🟩🟨🟩🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Par, tied the 'bot.
- Connections Puzzle #970 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟪🟪🟪🟪 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Solved as shown; the purple was so obvious I was certain it was a trap (and it did have trappy elements).
- Not a Christian but starting to believe there might be something to that whole Antichrist thing.
- I've been saying that at least since 2019 (e.g., "Said this before, will say it again: I'm a pretty deep-dyed atheist and I still seriously find myself wondering if Trump is the literal Antichrist"). And I still do wonder!
- This is actually a good list, especially the "fire Kristy Noem as an indication of good faith" punchline, if and only if there is some way to enforce any of it. Many of these are current law (up to and including 4th Amendment requirements) or DHS policy and are not being followed.
