I guess the right thinks that this is a normal, appropriate amount of affection for a widow to express to the US President at her husband’s funeral. Looks weird as hell to me.

I don’t know if there’s a formula for this, but I picked “the end of his memorial” to stop shedding tears about his truly wrongful death, and return to assessing how bad a person, what a blight on society, and how harmful to other people Charlie Kirk was. We lost a bad man in a bad way.

I feel strongly that being assassinated doesn’t absolve you of your “sins”. Sometimes bad people get murdered unjustly.

So … when do we get to start acknowledging again what a complete and utter shithead hater Charlie Kirk was? Because I think his murder was appalling, too, but we should never forget what a bad person he was.

If you ever wondered how anybody could support Adolph Hitler while he upended German social norms, villainized people by race and sexuality, and suspended or ignored national laws, just ask your friend why they still support Trump.

In case I wasn’t totally clear: I changed my mind because of my kid. This is something I hope to do repeatedly as I get older.

I hesitated to cancel Disney Plus, in part because I know my kids rely on the entertainment from those channels. When I said something along those lines, my older son said “we could probably get those shows from the library.” He knew the priority, and he was nudging me in the right direction.

It’s surreal, as a 50 year old man, to live in the timeline I always dreaded. When I was a teenage punk in the SF Bay Area, we lamented HINTS at fascism that were evident in the worst of our elected representatives. Here we are, 30+ years later and all of our paranoia is coming true, triple-fold.

I was finally moved to cancel Disney Plus when I saw they are “in negotiations” with Jimmy Kimmel. I want him to have as much leverage as he can, so I did it.

I got a lot of pushback on my plan to get all four vaccines at once, but I did it. Usual annoying shoulder pain, and 12 hours of sleep with fever dreams. But now I’m all vaxed up. Going all in CAN work. Know your body!

It would be better for our country, and more entertaining, if Disney made headlines by standing up to an authoritarian government, rather than by cowering before them. I never took Mickey Mouse for a fascist appeaser.

I just scheduled an appointment for FOUR VACCINES in one visit. A new personal record. I’m getting Flu, Pneumonia, Shingles, and yes, Covid-19, because I believe in science, and because I live in a state whose governor believes in science.

You puke you clean.

Welcome to San Gennaro!

Video description: colorful Ferris Wheel on Manhattan street, with Italian festival banner in lights spelling “Welcome to San Gennaro” hung in front.

No stopping anytime.

Just published MarsEdit 5.3.6, a quick follow-up to yesterday’s release that restores web browser integration functionality. redsweater.com/blog/4232…

Made me look twice.

Just posted MarsEdit 5.3.5 with a fix for a crash on macOS 26 Tahoe, and some other bug fixes. redsweater.com/blog/4230…

My town has been at work all summer, scrambling to adopt the Liquid Granite design language.

I don’t know if proximal-fascist shaming is a thing, but it should be. And Cheryl Hines should be very ashamed. I think at some point you can’t remain silent, you have to speak out: “Am I with my husband, or do I have my own take?”

Just heard @marcoarment@mastodon.social acknowledging on ATP that he benefits from therapy, and I want to throw 1000 positive awesome strokes in his direction for normalizing what we all can benefit from.

I’ve always been a huge CCR fan, but this video of John Fogerty playing with his kids only drives home how pure and cool he is. www.youtube.com/watch

It’s probably obvious to any peace-loving individual, but the “Department of Defense” spoke to America’s desire to be non-combative. Why would such a successful, rich country, want to be combative with anybody? Trump’s change to “Department of War” only serves to stir up potential rivalries.

I felt something on my hand, and found this little bug crawling around. So little. This is the tip of my index finger. iPhone camera did pretty well considering it was moving (!) while I took this.

A friend shared this video with me, from a recent competition. It’s not my fastest time in competition (21s) but it’s pretty good for a full-grown man!