New Jeffrey Lewis album day! https://albumwhale.com/albums/28848

Lately, I've been separating as many of my dollars from big tech as possible. Today I shut down my AWS account after dumping Amazon devices and services over the last couple of weeks.

Fuck Jeff Bezos and the other gutless billionaires ruining our country (see my last quote post about WaPo if you need some more reasons).

Twice in my lifetime the innocent French fry has been elevated to national controversy. First freedom fries after 9/11 and now Steak ‘n Shakes’ new nazi fries. What a ludicrous timeline we live in.

Job cuts and cuts to benefits aren't just line items in some spreadsheet. Those numbers represent real damage to people. I know the cruelty is the point for these ghouls, as they inflict as much damage on Americans as possible. When do things start to break?

Today feels like one of the worst days to be an American in my lifetime. What a miserable farce this government is. All for what? Money?

It's new Cheekface day! https://albumwhale.com/albums/28233

Three good things: my wife’s public service student loan forgiveness was processed, Mylar balloons that last forever, and this guy:

Kid brought the flu home from daycare. Gonna be a long week.

Three good things: chips and queso, making "Muppet face" at my kid, windy weather (but not like a hurricane or anything).

Nirvana with Post Malone at the SNL50 concert did complicated things to my Gen X heart, but I think I loved it. I wouldn’t be mad to hear more of that.