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George McCrae's Rock Your Baby is a perfect song and performance.

Today is a heavy marking day and I am listening to that minidisc set from the Ok Computer era by Radiohead. It has a bunch of studio outtakes and live performances. I love it. The keyboard additions to many of these songs were so call. It's a fantastic document of the band. I am glad they leaked it.

Our school had both a Moodle and a Blog phase. Fucking Moodle!

I once worked at a university that gutted an entire (very popular and useful) learning center and replaced it with two guys who would teach you how to host blogs. every student had to have a blog. Every single one. Our syllabus had to mention blogs. We had to teach WITH blogs.

Oh, God I am dying

The isolated Michael McDonald vocals Steely Dan's Peg are otherworldly.

Oh, man. I read an email response to a customer service complaint I made earlier in the day out of order and I was moments away from firing off a very bitchy, snippy email which I would have been mortified to send. I have to remember the wise words of my son, "Dad, it's not that deep."

ICE claims that Araujo drove into one of their SUVs with his van and then tried to run over an agent. There were no marks on the van and KHOU11's Jeremy Rogalski found surveillance footage showing ICE chasing Araujo and cutting him off. Renee Good all over again.

I vaguely remember the US bicintennial and it all seemed very exciting. Looking back, even in the aftermath of Vietnam and Nixon's resignation, many people still felt proud and excited to be alive when this event was happening. I hate what is happening now.

The ideology in question is opposing fascism. This horrific action is a shot across the bow at all of us—everyone who cares about their neighbors, who dares to dream of a better world, who opposes ICE terror and authoritarian repression. We cannot allow the state to disappear them.

Ghanian poster for FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF (1986)

I was going to be happy that the Mavs and Spurs fanbases were miserable right now, but fuck that. The pure joy of Knicks fans is actually good by itself.

Next week, Harry and I start our 40 Hour Challenge to walk 40 kilometers in 40 hours on behalf of the people of the Solomon Islands Sponsoring us with even a small donation will help immensely. fundraise.worldvision.org.nz/fundraisers/... youtube.com/shorts/A8j3W... #40HourChallenge #WorldVision

We have three dogs. One currently sleeps in our bed. Her sisters are lobbying hard to join her. We can’t let this happen.

Dog legs #Dogs

A really sincere and almost mournful conversation about the decline of Wendy’s just popped up on my YouTube feed. Food *and* enshittification talk?The algorithm really does know me!

Notice to anyone who wants to comment that it's already too late: Fuck off. If you're not going to help, shut up and get out of the way. The rest of us are busy fighting for our freedom.

I love my wife with all my heart. For real. Today, for the 1st time, I am listening to early Split Enz. One of her favs. It's proggy prog! It occurs to me that my girl is in *such* fucking denial about her *own* Prog Proclivities. I if *I* have to wear the Scarlet P, then so. Does. She.

Split Enz show last night was dominated by Eddie and Noel, which I did not anticipate.

"the voters will have their say in the election" is an uninspiring and demoralizing response to a court overturning the result of an election

So, I just finished David Remnick's Lenin's Tomb since the end of empires is sort of relevant right and then I decided for a novel... something lighter? I just started Catherine Chidgey's Remote Sympathy...uh oh...not so light...At. All.

So Eric Trump is now threatening to sue MeidasTouch because our editor-in-chief simply reported on the massive amounts of money he and Don Jr. are making off government contracts. File the lawsuit Eric. We’d love to put you under oath. Our message: www.meidasplus.com/p/trump-fami...

Mental health break today: Brian Eno Day!

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Why are we allied with these people?

The Mountain Goats were on fire tonight in Auckland. New band to me. Now, I am a fan for life.

I got this robo mower a few weeks ago for my big ass yard and we have it slaving away at all hours. Pre-dawn, I was up and I fondly watched the mower make its progress up the hill in the same way I look at my children sometimes. I think my relationship with technology is out of wack!

The Declaration of Independence specifies 27 grievances with King George III and Britain. Donald Trump and his regime have committed at least 20 of those same offenses highlighted in yellow. #NoKings

Candy is being crushed at heretofore unseen levels.

I use my modest power as a media studies teacher to show them films I love like Rushmore. The older I get, the more emotional I get about stories like this which have heart along sass, set design and great soundtracks.

This is an ICE agent at TSA. Post their unmasked faces everywhere.

I've seen videos of two different crowds screaming "you're un-American pieces of shit" at ICE agents and while I'm not sure if that's going to work on a t-shirt, it definitely fits the moment

ALERT: Professional news. Nine days after leaving CBS, I have found a new professional home: Chief Washington Correspondent and Anchor for @meidastouch.com

that feels like something you say when you're wearing a wire