implies there's an attempt to create kind of ideal utopian society
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_upon_a_Hill
― budo jeru, Friday, 4 August 2023 15:15 (one year ago) link
Always makes me flash back upon Land of the Dead
https://scarina.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/fiddlersgreen.jpg
― fair but so uncool beliefs here (Eric H.), Friday, 4 August 2023 15:27 (one year ago) link
there's an Irish pub here with that name and I always look over my shoulder from time to time due to that movie
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Friday, 4 August 2023 18:37 (one year ago) link
from wikipedia: The relationship between utopia and dystopia is in actuality, not one simple opposition, as many utopian elements and components are found in dystopias as well, and vice versa.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 4 August 2023 18:44 (one year ago) link
WIkipedia otm.
― Tommy Gets His Consoles Out (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 4 August 2023 18:46 (one year ago) link
Dianne Feinstein, 90, cedes power of attorney to daughter — but still serves in Congress https://t.co/6ii3oDWEeI pic.twitter.com/HZN99fr0uq— New York Post (@nypost) August 4, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 4 August 2023 20:51 (one year ago) link
ugh The NY Post though?
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Friday, 4 August 2023 20:56 (one year ago) link
It's also the name of an open-air venue south of Denver, Colorado. It's plopped in the middle of a business park. When it was built in the late 80s, it was kind of the pinnacle of corporate rock venues, which is, in a very real way, dystopian.
From 2010 to 2013, it was known as "Comfort Dental Amphitheater."
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 4 August 2023 21:02 (one year ago) link
they got spoon, qotsa, wu tang, weezer, and “lost 80s live” coming this fall. and somehow gwar. overall vibe: preserved in amber.i would only see gwar if it’s original members. q: how can i be sure
― toenail fungus (Hunt3r), Friday, 4 August 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
I saw Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty (with the Replacements opening), Jimmy Buffett (with the Neville Bros. opening) there back in the day. Kind of the same vibe.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 4 August 2023 21:22 (one year ago) link
that Petty tour was where he ripped off 'rebel without a clue' from Westerberg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 4 August 2023 21:26 (one year ago) link
xp Ha i think ima go see weezer (spoon opening). maybe it’s a “savior opening” secret vibe
― toenail fungus (Hunt3r), Friday, 4 August 2023 21:27 (one year ago) link
I don't think they got along too well. The 'Mats played for 30 minutes, announced that that was all they were being paid for, and left.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Friday, 4 August 2023 21:29 (one year ago) link
Hunt3r, Dave Brockie died several years ago. Sorry.
― Steely Duran (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 5 August 2023 01:26 (one year ago) link
there have been 5 Flattus Maximuses
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Saturday, 5 August 2023 01:41 (one year ago) link
:( rip
― toenail fungus (Hunt3r), Saturday, 5 August 2023 15:32 (one year ago) link
One of my fondest memories of writing for alt-weeklies was getting to interview Brockie in the late 90s/early 2000s. He picked up the phone and said, "So do you want to talk to Dave, or do you want to talk to Oderus?" I opted for Dave, with a little bit of Oderus at the end.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 6 August 2023 00:57 (one year ago) link
I did not know him personally, but we moved in adjacent circles in 90s Richmond. My tolerance for getting sprayed with fake blood was low, at the time. Should I have seen them more than I did? Maybe. In any case, by all accounts he was a decent fellow.
― Steely Duran (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 6 August 2023 01:48 (one year ago) link
Lāhainā was once wetland.Boats circled around Waikoloa Church. It’s only became dry and fire-prone because of illegal water diversions and land theft by sugar barons in the 1800’s.Today, the same families reap insane profits off continued control of our irrigation, land…— Kaniela Ing (@KanielaIng) August 11, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 11 August 2023 14:22 (one year ago) link
https://www.popsci.com/technology/iowa-chatgpt-book-ban/
School district uses ChatGPT to help remove library books
― rob, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 13:54 (one year ago) link
sounds like that one might be a bit of malicious compliance
― mh, Tuesday, 15 August 2023 13:58 (one year ago) link
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/451367/space-forces-first-targeting-squadron-brought-life
totally normal new Space Force (a branch of the US Armed Forces) logo unveiled
― koogs, Thursday, 17 August 2023 13:16 (one year ago) link
that’s not really that, but if you’re interested in the weird history of that stuff:
I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed By Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World
https://a.co/d/3fSdgQc
― the late great, Thursday, 17 August 2023 13:20 (one year ago) link
huh, okay
Charles Haywood, creator of the Society for American Civic Renewal, has said he might serve as ‘warlord’ at the head of an ‘armed patronage network’
The founder and sponsor of a far-right network of secretive, men-only, invitation-only fraternal lodges in the US is a former industrialist who has frequently speculated about his future as a warlord after the collapse of America.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 19:49 (one year ago) link
good luck fella
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 19:58 (one year ago) link
Pic of this man pls
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 20:04 (one year ago) link
Idahohoho: Other filings identify three lodges in Idaho – in Boise, Coeur d’Alene and Moscow – and another in Dallas, Texas.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 20:05 (one year ago) link
https://theworthyhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CRH-12-22-2-1024x1536.jpg
Not super warlordy imo
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 20:07 (one year ago) link
he made his fortunes in shampoo, which is also not very warlordy
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 22 August 2023 20:08 (one year ago) link
Smash his glasses and he is defeated
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Tuesday, 22 August 2023 20:08 (one year ago) link
https://nypost.com/2023/09/18/armed-security-guards-patrol-philly-cheesesteak-shop/
― 龜, Monday, 18 September 2023 22:28 (one year ago) link
At least it’s sunny take that britishes
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 05:46 (one year ago) link
this too I guess
WARNING: GRAPHIC ⚠️ Police in Alabama used a stun gun on a high school band director at a football game just for letting his students finish playing a song. 85% of the students at Minor High School are Black. Cops attacked a teacher and traumatized these kids forever. pic.twitter.com/Wn2xSYZPKY— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) September 18, 2023
― the world is your octopus (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 06:05 (one year ago) link
“You want people to feel safe and be safe.
Yeah man, nothing feels safer than a random dude dressed up like a Blackwater merc walking up and down the street while I get lunch.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 07:43 (one year ago) link
Fwiw, i live somewhat close to that cheesesteak shop, and it’s in a “transitional” area that is equal parts working class families, light industrial, and social service agencies. Also important to note that the old original steaks shop closes in 2019 and this new iteration is the result of a guy from Delco coming in, buying the building, and creating a new version of the place while hiring all the old staff. I
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 11:05 (one year ago) link
Gotta send a message to the guys who robbed the 200$
― Nabozo, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 11:29 (one year ago) link
seriously fucking angry at that stun gun band director story
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 13:29 (one year ago) link
“It’s a little overkill. Even if you have an armed guard, OK. But, walking around with a machine gun, it’s not family-friendly,” he added.
Come on, it's the perfect ambience.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 17:56 (one year ago) link
no no see these are the good guys with guns, you can tell because they're holding guns and a bunch of innocent people are dead on the sidewalk
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 17:57 (one year ago) link
assault weapons to whet the appetite
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 17:57 (one year ago) link
Manson family friendly, maybe
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 17:58 (one year ago) link
Utopia now
he got acquitted lol https://t.co/wUoA7TSyEs— Shaun (shaunvids on bsky) (@shaun_vids) September 30, 2023
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 30 September 2023 18:43 (one year ago) link
ok guns are good now
― no gap tree for old men (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 30 September 2023 19:40 (one year ago) link
^^^
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Saturday, 30 September 2023 20:37 (one year ago) link
I don’t know, is it
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/01/us/security-guard-public-safety-portland.html
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 1 October 2023 16:51 (one year ago) link
"They were all doing their best. The police officers whose active patrol force had shrunk by 20 percent to crisis levels because of attrition, recruiting challenges and the impact of calls to defund the police." get fucked n y times
― adam, Sunday, 1 October 2023 17:13 (one year ago) link
sounds like the NYT is actually the dystopia here
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Sunday, 1 October 2023 17:14 (one year ago) link
that article was shameful copaganda
― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Sunday, 1 October 2023 17:48 (one year ago) link
If the world is going to burn anyway, let's pile some fuel on and make it burn brighter
"Americans Are Still Spending Like There’s No Tomorrow"https://www.wsj.com/economy/consumers/americans-are-still-spending-like-theres-no-tomorrow-6a1d307(use the sub-blocker of your choice)
The trip cost about $10,000, including three, $1,000 last-minute plane tickets, 10 nights at a $385-a-night 4-star resort and several elaborate meals. Even though the family decided to cancel subscriptions and cut back on dining out to help offset the bill, they say they have no regrets—especially since they got to see Lahaina just a few months before it was decimated by deadly wildfires. Fears about a changing climate are driving some people to try to see places before they’re gone. In a monthly Deloitte survey of 19,000 global consumers, climate change was the only topic among 19 different concerns that respondents reported feeling significantly more worried about over the past year.
Even though the family decided to cancel subscriptions and cut back on dining out to help offset the bill, they say they have no regrets—especially since they got to see Lahaina just a few months before it was decimated by deadly wildfires.
Fears about a changing climate are driving some people to try to see places before they’re gone. In a monthly Deloitte survey of 19,000 global consumers, climate change was the only topic among 19 different concerns that respondents reported feeling significantly more worried about over the past year.
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 2 October 2023 08:10 (one year ago) link
I want to see Venice before it sinks, if that counts.
― deep wubs and tribral rhythms (Boring, Maryland), Monday, 2 October 2023 08:23 (one year ago) link