I've spent maybe 2 hours today not in my bed. I haven't left my house even to step outside. And yet I am somehow overpeopled for the day.

Tend to yourselves.

The wife and I finally finished Crank. Really enjoyed. The last 10% was a touch slow, but I think that’s because we got all the collectibles.

If you enjoyed Universal Paperclips, and fancy something a touch longer, try this out:

https://faedine.com/games/crank/b39/

I think it took as 12-15 hours total over the course of the week.

There’s one thing I’ve noticed about the Mastodon aggressive block types of servers; I just do not care about most messages and instead let it go as a transient stream.

"The half-life of a link on the general web is about two years." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yqz3h6RF_7I

Those of you reading this post as "COVID is over", please check your own biases.

COVID pods was a cultural event in 2020 and 2021, and not really since then. The remembering is for the pods part, not the COVID part.

—a dorky hat

Discovery report feedback. Too many stand-ups? And Jukesie's working in the open talk. #Weeknotes https://www.benjystanton.co.uk/blog/discovery-report-feedback-stand-ups-and-jukesie's-talk/

“or later”

Rands Social Update. Mastodon and Thread continue to grow at a slow pace. Bluesky growth is faster on a smaller base. Rands Leadership Slack… grows consistently. Same with that mailing list. Blog visits have increased significantly, despite erratic posting.

"I don't ever wanna disappoint my fans, and especially in Philadelphia. Y'all mean too much to me. There's absolutely no way that I could perform across a picket line and pick up money when I know that people are out there fighting for a living wage."

- LL Cool J via Twitter

LL Cool J dropped out of performing at the Wawa Independence Day concert on the parkway today after posting that he would not be crossing the picket line.

Today's #SanFrancisco photoblog post: Stern Grove without all the concert series fans https://webuiltthiscity.tumblr.com/post/788164272465264640

Afrophobic metamorphosis

Afrophobia in South Africa is no longer shouted—it is rationalized, rebranded, and wrapped in the language of law and patriotism.

https://africasacountry.com/2025/07/afrophobic-metamorphosis

"sporadic xenophobic 'attacks' morphed into a formalized paramilitaristic 'civil movement,' and the phantasm of the African immigrant was crystallized."

#Africa #SouthAfrica #AIAC #AfroPhobia #Immigration #Capitalism #Poverty

I had a nice sad long cry at the movies for the fourth of July.
https://www.filmlinc.org/films/in-the-mood-for-love-with-in-the-mood-for-love-2001/

Podcast meiner Tochter: “(...) fand das Mädchen - vor *viiiiielen* Jahren - in 2020 ein Fossil am Strand."

Ich fühle mich ... komisch. 😭

Whoops! https://www.comicsands.com/tiktok-transphobic-man-roasted-video#Echobox=1680419872?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

True love is a partner who will put on a uniform to help you run your imaginary train station

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruhSLvjnKao

I’ve got—

if you’re wondering what’s happening with Forza Motorsport / Turn 10, I reported on the deep cuts at the studio earlier this week. The layoffs have hit the “vast majority” of the studio, leaving enough people behind to keep Forza Motorsport up and running www.theverge.com/news/696676/...

“There has been a lot of discussion about the two laws this week, especially after the PVV managed to pass an amendment to tighten them even further. The amendment makes it a punishable offense to be undocumented in the Netherlands. That would also mean that anyone who offers help to undocumented people would be committing a crime.”

2/2

https://nltimes.nl/2025/07/04/dutch-parliament-adopts-laws-strictest-asylum-policy-ever