dad-jokes

I know lots of bowling puns.

I’ll spare you specifics.

One of the best license plates I’ve ever seen was an 80’s Voyager minivan with the license “V-ger”.  Deep cuts are the best.

A cheese factory in France exploded today

De Brie was everywhere

politics

I’m intrigued by “Grey Capitalism” https://www.theverge.com/lyft/659621/lyft-silver-older-riders-seniors-app-vehicles

Memes

The discrepancy between Andor and Ahsoka is staggering.  The full weight of Disney is behind both.  Why is Andor so much better?  Writing.

4 bee stings is the fitting end to truly this craptastic day.

gen-x

80’s music beefs hit different https://ew.com/freddie-mercury-said-michael-jackson-brought-pet-llama-into-studio-11723912

My Neynar score is 0.99, click to find out yours!

30 Rock, Arrested Development, Schitt’s Creek, Parks & Rec

If we do see huge price spikes in consumer goods thanks to tariffs, the various second hand markets for those goods are gonna go absolutely gangbusters

Garage sales, OfferUp, and Facebook marketplace are going to be more popular than ever

Google “Bin stores near me” - you can thank me later

Strong opinion, loosely held: Calamity isn’t going to validate an asset class people disliked before the calamity.

My son likes elevators; my daughter likes escalators.

They are raised differently.

privacy

👀 https://www.wired.com/story/police-records-car-subscription-features-surveillance/

This age craves a Lincoln-like figure, who can steer the country through intense polarization

Whether by melancholia or meditation, the leader needs to discern truth through aloneness, while still heeding the crowds (or the group chats)

I worry, though, that we lack the spiritual infrastructure to allow such a leader to emerge

Do we really need “great men” to steer us?  I push back on this take of history.   Strong institutions have protected us from “great men” 9 times out of 10.

🥑🍋 Farmer / LAMP stack dev / Husband / 🌈 Dad / Web1 dude loving a web3 world / Collector of things digital & physical / 
CdeP ‘94 

Jawa

@jawa