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She/her. Friendly neighborhood anti-capitalist bartender & teacher. Book worm, angry idealist, shaker of cocktails/fists. I make drinks and I read things. Bay Area.

close up of lupita nyong'o looking stricken and concerned and gorgeous in Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey. She had like 3 seconds on screen as Clytemnestra and I was hooked.
By November 1, 2023, the Palestinian death toll was at least eighty-eight hundred, including more than fifty-eight hundred women and children.
Me burns glowing in the forest, saying something like “I bring you love”
Cucugato
Paperback cover of Mike Davis’ Ecology of Fear.
@jacobin Anglo-American commentary has lost its mind, blending “VAR-gentina” complaints with outrage over Milei’s cozy relationship with Trump and Netanyahu. Don’t buy the moralizing: Argentina is still worth rooting for.
Unai (name) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Unai Origin Meaning Cowherd and cowboy Region of origin Basque Unai is a Basque male given name, which means "cowherd".[1] It is one of the most popular first names for boys in the Basque Country.[2][3]
map of the world - spain rooting for spain to win. Argentina rooting for argentina to win. Rest of world rooting for Argentina to lose.
Withnail drinks some sort of mineral spirits or some other monstrosity while covered in deep heat, almost naked under his overcoat in Withnail & I
A pint glass full of red wine and Coca-Cola (known as kalimotxo) sits in a bar, Spanish flag in the foreground.
Heinz baked beans
A plate of Spanish snacks and slices of French bread next to a bottle of nice Spanish red- “Ultreia” - with a Spanish flag in the foreground. Who am I rooting for?
A Spanish flag pinned to a pannier bag onthe back of a bike
Belgian goal keeper, Curtois's, face after his replacement got very much scored on by Spain, knocking Belgium out of the World Cup.
a painting of 3 grey/metallic looking giant orbs - with a slice through the middle of each horizonally, floating above a landscape against a blue sky.
News headline “The World Cup is coming to an end. Who’s ahead and when are the games?”
Pics of Haaland and Bellingham being unreasonably cuddly while teammates. Spanish caption reads "El arma mas potente que tiene Inglaterra contra Haaland es Jude, pero porque se pierde en sus ojos" - translation - England's most powerful weapon against Haaland in Jude because he gets lost in his eyes.
Egyptian soccer supporter dressed up as a pharoah.
@mtracey Do you know a single adult woman who in any normal circumstances would describe a full-blown sexual assault or rape -- which is what's now being alleged -- as "consensually careless" activity?
@JillFilipovic Graham Platner should obviously drop out and I think he will drop out, but jesus christ, men -- if you've raped, abused, or otherwise badly mistreated women or anyone in the past, can you please just sit out running for office? Even if you believe you've changed, maybe work on a campaign or help someone you believe in, but perhaps one cost of your bad behavior is that you don't get to hold a position of extraordinary power.
Exceprt from an interview with Karl Ove Knaussgard where he talks about Erling Haaland: So we have to talk about Erling Haaland. Tell me what you think about Haaland as a player but also as a mascot for this team and the most visible Norwegian at the tournament. I first became aware of him when I think he scored nine goals in a youth national team game. So it was something sensational surrounding him from the very beginning. He’s always had pressure, but he’s dealing with it in an amazing way. He’s funny, he’s friendly, he’s well-liked, he can play with his status. And he has got an extra star in my book because he bought a book, Snorri Sturluson’s saga. It’s this old Norse history book. It was worth millions. And he bought it and donated it to the library where he comes from. He does things like that. He cares about the people around him.
Javier Bardem in a Spanish national team jersey, looking great with a salt and pepper beard. Love this man.
Mountains above hwy 120 approaching tioga pass from the east.
Pinecrest Lake looking steely blue under a sky full of fluffy white clouds. A snag in the foreground.
A cute campsite shady with tall trees and a sunny meadow in the background.
A very pretty cocktail with a red droplet garnish sits over a well full of ice where I have dropped and sadly broken the entire bottle of the bright red garnish stuff and it’s a rough way to start the day.
Screenshot of 4 world cup game replays saved under My Stuff - Col/Mex, South Africa/South Korea, Morroco/Haiti, Scotland/Brasil
Jesus I’ve seen what you’ve done for other people and I want that for me
astronaut meme - staring at a planet that says "Vote Blue" one asks, Wait, it matter who? and the other with the gun to their head answers "Always has"
Bags full of free books for the taking on the curb. A small pile in front includes a book on the Bible for students of literature and art, Barbara kingsolvers the bean trees, the Maltese falcon and a book on teaching strategies.
Passage from Wind Up Bird Chronicle, chapter 11, where Toru describes memories of a “stupid pointless event” an argument that he relives viscerally, eventually wondering why his response “had been so feeble” Whomst among us?
Cassette tape case for Johnny Blue Skies, Mutiny After Midnight next to a black 1995 Sony Walkman. This is really quite silly.
The inside of the Hotsy Totsy, sadly empty.
Pint of ice cream which, upon opening, has dunked 1/2 inches from the rim in the melting/refreshing process. This will have the consistency of tundra in winter.
Roque Santa Cruz. Cutie Patootie.
Mohist Mozi, c. 470–391 BCE — universal love and the discipline of utility You would have been a Mohist — a follower of Mozi (c. 470–391 BCE), founder of one of the great schools of the Hundred Schools period. You believed in universal love (jian ai) — impartial concern for everyone, against the Confucian gradation of moral concern by relationship. You opposed offensive war (and Mohists were famous for sending fortification experts to help besieged states), supported meritocracy against hereditary privilege, advocated frugality against aristocratic display, opposed elaborate funerals and music, and believed in Heaven as a moral force that rewards and punishes. The Mohists were organized like a religious-military order under a grand master (juzi). After the Han dynasty the school disappeared as a coherent movement and was only rediscovered in the late Qing. You are the figure of the consequentialist-egalitarian — utilitarian in something like the modern sense, anti-elitist, pacifist except in defense, organized for action.
Sometimes, when one is moving silently through such an utterly desolate landscape, an overwhelming hallucination can make one feel that oneself, as an individual human being, is slowly coming unraveled. The surrounding space is so vast that it becomes increasingly difficult to keep a balanced grip on one’s own being. I wonder if I am making myself clear. The mind swells out to fill the entire landscape, becoming so diffuse in the process that one loses the ability to keep it fastened to the physical self. That is what I experienced in the midst of the Mongolian steppe. How vast it was! It felt more like an ocean than a desert landscape. The sun would rise from the eastern horizon, cut its way across the empty sky, and sink below the western horizon. This was the only perceptible change in our surroundings. And in the movement of the sun, I felt something I hardly know how to name: some huge, cosmic love. Murakami, Haruki. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Tacos with avocado on a plate in front of a perfect margarita with a salt rim
Krystal Ball tweeting her skepticism of the Platner claims because of the woman’s conservative connections
Medhi Hasán reposting Jenin Younes calling the my times piece on Graham Platner’s abusive behavior “neoliberal slop”
Emma Vigeland tweeting “case closed” in response to a tweet explaining the platner accusers’ conservative connections
Caroline Lemp, who dated Mr. Platner for several months in 2013, described him as a “gentle giant.” She said he never made her feel unsafe or showed any signs that he was struggling with the physical or mental effects of his military service. “He was a great boyfriend,” said Ms. Lemp, 36, who now lives in St. Louis. “He was super kind, very nice, fun.”
map of europe with all the different long distance bike routes of the eurovelo system marked in different colors
Cover image for Gray Brechin’s Imperial San Francisco : Urban Power, Earthly Ruin
Headline- Lake Tahoe residents lose energy supplier to data center boom
Turkey! In a bushy bit of garden
2024 electoral map of California showing blue (democrat) counties along the coast and around Lake Tahoe and the rest is basically an inland sea of red
Healthcare costs are a central issue in labor negotiations between teachers and districts throughout California. The cost of health benefits has surged nearly 500% since the 2023-24 school year, outpacing school funding growth. Teachers’ share of their healthcare premiums is as high as $1,600 a month in some cases. Last year, the state’s school districts spent 8% of per-student funding on health benefits.
Crimson Gold Apple Review "A Crabapple in Disguise" These little shits are glorified crabapples masquerading as edible fruit and should not be tolerated outside of cider production and pretentious baking applications. Each minuscule bite of these filthy monkey cheeks explode with an intense yet somehow dry flavor combination that will make you want to spontaneously vomit. Do not be fooled by this repackaged trash, Crimson Gold is just a misleading name slapped on a swollen testicle.
Ciaran Hinds being very handsomely Wentworth.
Wentworth, all earnest and stuff it’s great he’s handsom
Demented gwyneth paltrow in a bonnet
Screenshot of 1995 film Persuasion
screenshot of a pencil case on amazon that is olive drab with an american flag on it described as "tactica pencil case for boys, large boys pencil pouch with zipper"
It’s ciaran hinds again, as wentworth, eyeing you intensely in candlelight, nonchalantly smoking and looking perfect.
Jesus I see what you e done for other people and I want that for me
Now, a coalition led by UC Berkeley math professors argues that abandoning the admissions test requirement has created “preparation gaps so severe that instructors must reteach middle-school mathematics” while also trying to teach college-level math.