going Down the Rabbit Hole with the green queen of bluegrass Molly Tuttle and her incredible band 💚 / at the beautiful and woodsy Mishiwaka on the Poudre river 🏞️
Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway / The Mishiwaka Ampitheatre / Bellvue, CO / Sunday June 2 2024
If it’s not preventing him from running or landing him in jail, I don’t want to hear about Trump’s convictions. Like I don’t give a flying fuq! What an annoying day seeing people celebrate like it’s the Super Bowl. It’s only going to further embolden his supporters. He won’t lose a single vote over it and might even gain a bunch. Meanwhile Biden continues to lose supporters over Gaza. This is all so stupid. (1/2)
@Stoneycase I totally understand your sentiment, but felony convictions matter. It is a big deal and will hurt him down the road. I know it's slow, but remember he still has THREE far more serious criminal cases ahead of him. That not only will he likely lose, but those carry actual jail time.
Sure it may get postponed until after the election (or even after his term if he wins) but they'll definitely happen. The wheel of justice is slow.
@Stoneycase@mrcompletely It definitely will. One reason that we won't get any jail time is because this is his first criminal conviction, he has no previous record. When the other trials move forward (and one of them is for January 6th, inciting a riot to overthrow the government) if convicted they can point to these felonies as reasons for harsh sentencing. ie. jail time.
If the suffering of Black people is invisible to you, then you miss so much of what's going on in the world. But if you can see Black people as entire human beings, then a few things immediately become apparent:
Most hate comes from fans, not other players. Other players have only said, "Caitlin will be great. But even great rookies struggle adjusting to the competition level of the WNBA." Fans send death threats + racist slurs.
Angel Reese gets much more hate than Caitlin Clark.
Kids these days don't know it, how would they and why, but there was this really weird 20-year period that us GenXers had to go through where a whole lot of old people were absolutely adamant about the fact that Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was the greatest album ever made. Year after year of Best Album Ever lists, and this novelty record - that's doesn't even belong in the top ten records by the Beatles - was there at top every time!
@FlockOfCats YES! Thank you. How did she go from sing-along pop bangers to boring, breathy, mumbled, undifferentiated mid-tempo emo in just a few years?
“Durational works can relieve the listener of any obligation to interpret a narrative arc. And when long sustained tones are part of the arrangement, I find that the listening experience is more akin to being inside a physical structure. Details can emerge and ask for attention, but they can also recede back into the architecture of the sound, at which point other details may become focal points.” #ambient
It's fascinating to me that I've picked up such a strong enthusiasm for a genre that would have been completely foreign and unappealing to me just five years ago.
My liberal arts education weirdly compels me to pick up and read any so-called "Great Book" I happen to find in a local little free library. I recently found an abridged version of Edward Gibbons' "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", and friends, I have thoughts. 🧵
Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.
I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.
Pros:
This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.
Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.
It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".
I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.
We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.
Cons:
Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.
While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.
We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.
@RickiTarr I live in Durham, NC and I love it. It's diverse, has a vibrant food scene, and a strong economy with many tech, health, and bioscience companies. There are three major universities here in the triangle (as the area is called) and all the major music touring acts stop and play. Plus North Carolina has access to the mountains and the beach with a bunch of diverse biomes in between.
Initially I moved here on a whim, but 23 years later I'm still here and all in.