👽 Miscellaneous
- DOGE feels like an eternity ago
- Jimmy Kimmel’s ousting was so brief but inordinately impactful.
- No King’s Protests are having a real type of influence.
- Sidewalks should have a slow and fast walking lane.
- Calling a hotdog “a glizzy” is hilarious, but should be illegal outside of Washington DC.
- If you are using your phone in public, other people have the right to look at your screen.
- All two-factor authentication is fake and should be optional rather than forced.
- The drinking age in America should be 18, not 21.
- We need to build public playgrounds for adults.
- We need remunerations for people who were told they’d need to know cursive.
- Going to the movies and/or a restaurant by yourself is a form of therapy.
- Kraft Mac and Cheese is better than 99% of restaurant Mac and Cheese.
If you’re a vampire and trying to get invited into a house, whats your best angle and/or sales pitch? Go.
(Today’s conversation starter brought to you by Sinners)
🖊️ My older brother, a city councilman in Oregon, wrote an open letter to government officals expressing his serious concern over the overreach of ICE in his state:
An agency that operates outside constitutional boundaries forfeits its legitimacy as a law enforcement institution. An agency that disregards due process, lawful authority, and civil protections becomes a risk to public safety, not a guarantor of it.
Excellent reminder of the constitutional rights at stake and the legal precedent that undergirds them. Please take time to read the whole thing.
🛸 Not sure what it says about my personal interests and/or lifestyle when all of my personally targeted ads are for senior citizen products.
❄️ Gorgeous snowfall in NYC today.
A stranger at a coffee shop warned me not to face the windows, lest I be too distracted to read.
“I’ll make no such promise,” I told them.
One hour of daydreaming later, I had to take their advice. ❤️
🛸 For those who have a hard time describing their emotions—the feelings wheel.
💉 Apologies if blood makes you queasy! But here’s the easiest way to make a massive difference in your community—literally, while lying down. NYC residents can set their appointment here. 🙃
🇻🇪 It has no real bearing on my life, but knowing that Venezuelan President Maduro is being held in a Brooklyn prison roughly three miles from my apartment makes me feel strange.
🎥 Casey Neistat’s latest video about this young man with Cerebral Palsy running the NYC Marathon is so encouraging, heartwarming, and dignifying. It’s worth the 9-minute watch. Disclaimer: you may want to grab a tissue.
😱 Had a dream that Timothee Chalamet was cast to play Eminem in a biopic.
Finished my last final of the semester, which gives me few weeks worth of free evenings until next session, not to mention a lot of head space. What will I do with all this time? 🤔
🇺🇸 Kyle Tharp with an intriguing breakdown of this year’s top political conversations, based on social media engagement.
Brief thoughts:
🚊 If you live in NYC, then you should live in constant readiness—or fear—of Kareem Rahma from Subway Takes appearing and asking you for your own unique/controversial opinion. In case you don’t have one, here are some of mine for free:
HMU if you want more or feel free to comment your own on this post. Stay ready friends ✊