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Cake day: June 18th, 2023

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  • On the other side of this, you have company’s that are in tangential fields looking to grab up a piece of that pie. Electricians, low voltage companies, fucking furniture companies (oh, we totally do audiovisual, that’s similar enough), the C-suite is trying to force their way into this new golden goose and expecting their staff to be able to handle this without training, time, or real hands on experience. And, no, a 2 day workshop from a manufacturer isn’t really “training”, at least not the only training needed…





  • What’s ironic is that it’s the liberal-eating-local-buy-local-equality-socialist types that are are subsidizing their ability to live in that small rural town at all.

    County State Aid roads, clean water infrastructure, education, business development grants, farm grants… All of that is paid for by big city taxes, which typically (not always… Looking at you Ft. Worth…) lean liberal. In my state one rural community received tax funding at a rate of 480% compare to what they paid in, where as the city center reviebes about 60% of the taxes they pay.

    Farm-to-table? Anti-trust regulations? Farm subsidies? The USDA rural development? All paid for in large part by taxes, most of which come from city centers.

    And yet exactly what you said - they want liberal big cities gone. They see them as a plight upon the land.

    It’s crazy.







    • Photograph
    • Prince - Batdance.
    • OPM - Heaven is a halfpipe
    • NWA - Fuck the Police (radio edit)
    • Incubus - Aqueous Transmission
    • The Mandalorian Theme song
    • Aphex Twin - Bucephalus Boubcing Ball
    • Dre - Next Episode
    • The Broadside Band -Gathering Peascods
    • The Gourds - Gin and Juice
    • Steely Dan - Rikki don’t lose that number
    • Slipknot - before I forget (or slayer raining blood - take your pick)
    • Lingus - Snarky Puppy
    • Nonpoint - in the air tonight
    • Cunninlynguists - the Light
    • Rush - la villa strangiato
    • Jethro Tull - cross-eyed mary
    • Photograph.

    All are on Spotify, which you can link to Touch tunes. Load it up as a playlist, then select “smart shuffle”.

    Find a booth. Grab a pint. Enjoy the clusterfuck.


  • In the past, rainbow flags were used as a sign to students that you as a teacher were available for anyone to come talk if they needed support, and that your classroom was a safe space. This was especially important for some of the most stigmatized and marginalized groups in the US.

    So there is a bit of history behind it.

    This may only be anecdotal, and I can’t quote statistics on how effective or important pride flags are to that type of support now, but a close friend of mine who came out in high school first came out to a trusted teacher. They ONLY did this because the pride flag to them meant someone who might understand. It was a year or so later when this person came out to our friend group, and only because of the guidance of that individual who help them through some serious shit, and got them the support infrastructure they needed.