It’s been a while since I posted an indulgent, vapid photo like this. Cheers, you filthy animals. 
Long day, mostly night.
Some photos from around a foggy U.S. Capitol this morning. 
A missed opportunity with The Onion buying Infowars and announcing their plans? What if they quietly acquired & published real critiques of gov’t, political parties, oligarchs' documented corruption and lies? One might succeed in Judo-ing the conspiratorial distrust that isn’t entirely unfounded among some... dcdispat.ch https://dcdispat.ch/2024/11/14/a-missed-opportunity.html
Thank you, Noah.
I watch us
in our last, most honest minutes
putting bread on credit, double-
bagging bleach and ketchup, trying
to keep what we love alive.
I still struggle with achieving the right balance of exposure to my local nuclear fusion reaction. Sometimes it is due to my own bad choices, but often I can blame systemic causes. Regardless, I managed a good starting dose this morning and it made a difference.
This day still fucks with my head.
It’s also Fuck Bell Textron Day, at least for me.
What good comes out of increasing the chasm of the void of help for the innocent? https://dcdispat.ch/2024/08/30/what-good-comes.html
I slowly became good at a sort of GTD style of managing my email inbox. Not quite Inbox Zero, but a healthy total count can be managed on a hand or two. Not as good with browser tabs. Painfully declaring tab bankruptcy today. All those novel links, essays, news articles… ‘til we meet again.
Assateague National Seashore
The Heritage Foundation’s Kevin Roberts can suck it. The vertical playground at Swampoodle is one of The Childe’s favorite places to play.
It is near several places we make regular errand runs to and, in addition to climbing fun, it provides him a vantage point to observe the train traffic coming in and o... dcdispat.ch https://dcdispat.ch/2024/08/16/the-heritage-foundations.html
This’ll do.
A lot of security in my neighborhood (or the adjacent one, anyway), including out of town police known for instigating violence with demonstrators, to protect a war criminal running out on a warrant for his arrest.
Everyone else's ego running my world https://dcdispat.ch/2024/07/21/everyone-elses-ego.html
Here we go… hold on tight!
Caught up with the most recent episode of Maron’s podcast & enjoyed the bit in his usual rambling opening where he called out Trump on not citing his sources, being a coward for not giving credit to Hitler.
Design to survive the sacrifice https://dcdispat.ch/2024/06/14/design-to-survive.html