Laura Flanders: The American Dream is a project of individuals will kill all of us collectively.

Out of Context Quote of the Day:

“I’m having a lot of trouble with Work/Nook balance right now.” – Context is looking for Bells instead of TP

“Hyperlocal groups” as a form of mutual-aid.

The in-person WisCon 44 is not happening this year.

There will be an online event.

If you want to join in on an online version of the Safer Space for Trans/Genderqueer/Gender Non-Conforming people, contact me.

“I’m (not a wage) Slave 4 U”

“Hit Me Baby One More Time (and I’ll bring you up before the worker’s committee)”

“Ooops, I Seized the Means of Production Again”

In a few years we’ll find the corpse of some fool in a bunker with all the guns, ammo, and TP, but who forgot to buy food.

Is spam the ID of our culture? I ask because the stuff in my spam filter is pivoting from erection pills and open-carry permits, to filter mask scams and open-carry permits.

Love to everyone practicing physical distancing, washing their hands, and not hoarding TP.

Have a snoring hummingbird to brighten your day.

Jekyl engines to speed!

Eric Meyer: “If you are in charge of a web site that provides even slightly important information, or important services, it’s time to get static.“

Reminder to my fellow White people that our choices and actions have consequences for marginalized people. So let’s practice some self-awareness, shall we?

My high school graduating class’ song was “Through the Years.” I don’t think it’s his best (The Gambler, and Coward of the County are IMO better) but he was part of me growing up.

God grant you rest and a good hand, Kenny.

Kenji from Serious Eats with a good explainer on food safety for the emergency.

I call on you to resign immediately.

First, for not sharing, the moment you knew, about the severity of the coronavirus outbreak and how unprepared we were.

There was no reason on Earth to keep that information classified other than to protect wealth horders.

Second, because you used that information for your personal gain.

I expect your resignation immediately.

And, that you give your stolen wealth to the people of California who no longer have jobs because of your collusion with other wealth horders.

Using models and a game to educate people about why social distancing matters.

What three albums, that were released in your youth, but you came to later in life, would you send a message to your younger self to seek out?

I’ll start:

• Horses, Patti Smith Group
• Station to Station, Bowie
• Marquee Moon, Television

Eva Walker, of the Blacktones, leading the radio and streaming audiences in community hand-washing to the Audioasis jingle on KEXP tonight was a great, calming ritual.

Today’s Astronomy Photo of the Day (a long-running web institution) is a spectacular time-lapse of the stage separation, 2nd stage start, and 1st stage burnback of a Falcon 9 launch vehicle. A good way to remember the Web’s 31st b-day.

Silicon Valley’s two-tier system of FTEs and contractors risks public health.

San Jose passed an temporary ban on evictions, but it still puts a burden on underpaid, hourly workers to provide documentation to bourgeois landlords (who are whining, of course.)

Current mood, angry as hell at cis-white people claiming to be liberal who think healthcare, education, housing, workers’ rights, and not getting killed by a cop to be extreme.

Woke: Handwashing meme lyric generator

Bespoke: Handwashing lyric video

San Jose people: the city council is meeting to vote on Liccardo’s weak sauce anti-eviction measure. Call your councilmember to demand an unconditional moratorium.

JWZ won at this one.

www.jwz.org/blog/2020…

Following up on an earlier post on music to wash one’s hands to, I give you this poster (via https://washyourlyrics.com/.)

The reason Millennials were hoping for spontaneous vaccum decay is that current astrophysics predicts a universe that, in the long term, is dominated by dead stars, black holes, and Baby Boomers.