Flaming on the Net @densetsu@mspsocial.net

A revised #introduction!

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and my dear #cats, Kentucky and Louisiana! Welcome and nice to meet you!

Hellooooo Mspsocial! Nice to meet you! I'm Josh. I like reading, gaming, and many other things.

Here are the living beings that depend on me, Kentucky cat and Louisiana cat. Kentucky is from Kentucky, has no teeth, and enjoys chasing her toys. Louisiana's origin is unknown, but that was her name at the Minneapolis shelter so it seemed like fate. She enjoys waking me up in the morning to feed her.

#introductions

I'm Josh and trying to figure out how to be a lawyer.

I have two cats, Kentucky and Louisiana.

I post about the Court, USPol, puzzles, my cats, and whatever media catches my fancy.

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A large part of me is asking the question about how this could be a precursor to somehow raise the voting age to 21 as well. Hard to trust the destroyer of our democracy. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2019/04/18/mcconnell-to-introduce-bill-for-a-minimum-age-to-buy-tobacco-of-21.html

Flaming bought new headphones but promptly forgot them at home this morn.

There's been this lingering tension in the campaign because, of the 6 of us, 5 of us know each other pretty well, and this other player who is not a newbie to D&D but has a different playstyle to the other players. And while the 4 other players work really well together, because they have a shared shorthand, it sort of left this other player out.

So I think this player took a scheduling issue as pretext to bow out. Can't say I blame him. :/

Well that makes me grumpy but also makes scheduling easier.

Interpersonal drama!

Tonight's agenda: seeing Carol Anderson talk about her book, "White Rage."

http://www.northrop.umn.edu/events/carol-anderson-white-rage-unspoken-truth-our-racial-divide

Here are various items I've collected for my read of the report when I get to sit down with it.

DoJ’s webpage on the Special Counsel: https://www.justice.gov/sco

Advice on how to read the report: https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/04/15/how-to-read-the-mueller-report/

William Barr's 4/18/2019 remarks: https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-william-p-barr-delivers-remarks-release-report-investigation-russian

Link to Report (provided through Lawfare): https://www.dropbox.com/s/7uhsoiay98riykj/report.pdf?dl=0

Searchable version of the report: https://viewfromll2.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/mueller-report.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2CSXezdDSnPuS3Hc6J3RsLE06HxxDHxuSNVmJLmmZpv9NSybE_DLPbz8o

Wow am I hoping for headlines tomorrow to be: "Trump: 'I'm fucked.'"

Tried to suss out an accounting problem for the first hour and dealing with accounting problems before coffee is like wow.

And darkness covered the land, but at least it wasn't snowing.

Much more respect for Varys this time around.

Omgoodness. John Wick triple bill. https://drafthouse.com/twin-cities/show/john-wick-triple-feature

Maybe also around "Sleepaway Camp," but it's after 9 pm and I'm not going to spend the next 3 hours unpacking that.

I was listening to "Attack of the Queerwolf" podcast and they were talking about this in conjunction with Nightmare on Elm Street II and another film that escapes me.

We talk a lot about representation in media, but there's a negative aspect to it in that sometimes the representation available isn't great, or kind of tainted or problematic in some way, but we latch onto it anyway. I.e. we take what we can get. What we really want is good representation, that stories about our lives have some nuance to them, and we get to be the heroes sometimes.

I'm thinking about GLBTQ representation in horror especially, since it comes up pretty frequently.

Also can agree with some of the obsessiveness about Day that came from former roommate and high school best friend (former female, latter male fwiw).

Former roommate was a big fan of Day and The Guild and I was always kind of "I don't get it." I feel less bad for not liking the show now.

I've been thinking about this thread on The Guild and Felicia Day for awhile today. https://twitter.com/AnaMardoll/status/1118249536563163136

On another note, @yeahno, I found a note I wrote to you and Bill for being on the podcast for your Theatre Arlo show that year, back when I sent notes like that to podcast guests.

Is this performance art on the article because it really feels like it!