Julian Sanchez

So this is tragic, in that she will be harder to adopt because of abuse she has suffered. But on the flip side: Once she likes you, she will absolutely rip the throat out of anyone who tries to fuck with you. I would walk through a sketchy neighborhood bare ass naked at midnight with this dog.

And if you know someone who might be able to give her a good solo-dog home, pass along the link. She still loves people, even though it seems people have not treated her too well. Let’s remedy that.

But because she undeservedly loves and trusts us, she will move on from her hostility when told to, and after a little while I’m confident her inherent sweetness will win out over the mistreatment she has been subject to if some kind person shows her a little patience.

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In short, the “Mustang” silliness is a dogwhistle for folks whose identity politics demands they call themselves Christians, but also think the Sermon on the Mount is *totally* gay. So they’ve substituted an imaginary manosphere influencer for the Jesus of the Gospels.

And if @maklelan.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy’s analysis isn’t enough, you can find a yet-more-detailed one here: zacharywagner.substack.com/p/what-hath-... What Hath Meekness to Do with ...

Now, the minor wrinkle here is… all of that is horseshit. “Meek” means exactly what you thought it meant. It’s just nonsense made up to placate people who want to reconcile calling themselves Christians with contempt for gentleness and weakness.

Taking a shelter dog out for a skip day is (1) enormous fun (2) absolutely free (3) a great way to get your steps (4) a wonderful gift to a blameless sentient creature that is spending its life in a prison cell for the crime of existing.

I was today years old when I learned that Super Mario Bros. had a “continue”—hold down A + start on the title screen and it starts you at the level where you died. Furious on behalf of my ten-year-old self.

PJ Harvey, but French. open.spotify.com/track/5LKdAz... Ça me vexe

Amazing all these major corporations paying six-figure salaries to CPAs when any dope with a Calculator app can do it.

If I said “there’s a new app where you can rent a dog for the day with zero hassle or paperwork for $10” you’d say “Great deal! Take my money!” But no! This is free, and they will GIVE you dog supplies, and also you are the best thing to happen to a lonely shelter dog that day. Go do it.

As @maklelan.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy points out, we just need to look at the Psalm the SotM is referencing. The “meek” are, very unambiguously, people who TODAY are powerless, humble, downtrodden, but will be rewarded in the future. www.biblegateway.com/passage/?sea... Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 3...

So when Jesus says “blessed are the meek” he doesn’t mean the downtrodden or the gentle. He’s talking about a dynamo of manly/equine energy, restrained only to be harnessed for WAR, baby! Jordan Peterson seems to have popularized this one.

That said, Daredevil should have gotten the damn costume like four episodes in.

This is, more generally, a super cool thing I recommend trying when you have a free afternoon. It’s a Dog Library, except you don’t even need a card. Just show up and check out a dog. They’ll give you a bottle of water & some treats, even. bvspca.org/shelter-skip... Shelter Skip Day

So Jesus needs to be reimagined as someone less concerned with sheltering the foreigner and feeding the hungry, and more like Charles Bronson. One popular tactic to this end is lying about what the Greek word for “meek” (as in “blessed are the meek”) means.

So… it’s a meaningless fnord. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mxeqcszdqn2c

Biblical scholar @maklelan.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy has a detailed breakdown here, but the basic move is to pretend that the Greek word for “meek” (πραΰς) actually refers to breaking wild mustangs to serve as warhorses youtu.be/a2B4bRiLh9k Jesus said toxic masculinity i...

I mean, part of this is that being a Socialist mayor is a little like being a Clausewitzian Wegman's manager. Sure, if you can wrangle the city council you can hike taxes and boost public services, but you have no real ability to actually implement "Socialism." RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:73t3muu2pudsajp7a2fj3aly/post/3mxcaayrk4s2l

Maeve does not play well with other dogs. This is not her fault—this is something that was done to her—but it will make her tricky to adopt. If you cannot give her a home, you can take her out for a couple hours that she will otherwise spend alone locked in a small cell. She will love you for this.

Whut? RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mxie323kem2s

Can’t adopt her right now? Maybe just go visit, take her to the park for an hour or two. This is a thing you can do! Free dog for an afternoon! And she gets some fresh air and exercise.

Match on the apps? Propose a shelter dog skip day! It’s the cheapest possible date, but your prospective paramour will be impressed by what a kind and noble soul you are. You will absolutely get laid. Also the dog will be very happy.

Said it before, but: I think an ugly shakeout is inevitable even on very optimistic assumptions about the economic value of "AI" in the abstract. Like, The Internet really was a hugely transformative technology—but a lot of the specific 90s investments in dot-coms still didn't pan out. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:756gaaeewovgn4axja34ajne/post/3mx2p4of7o22z

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I’m generally skeptical of the deterrent effect of capital punishment, but in a category where malefactors generally expect total impunity, there’s a stronger case for it.

“Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani… motherfucker.” RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:wwym6cglvbd5odxfkykn2uh2/post/3mxbcqxp3fk2u

Kinda makes you wonder how much else didn’t get put in writing. These people are just shameless crooks. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/post/3mxcwkipcmc2k

Well, if the manosphere grift blows up, there’s always the FBI. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:tr6fohwojsjgj2kxlvn74zmh/post/3mxadfkr4mk2u

This is not an attractive message if you are neither among nor sympathetic to the powerless and downtrodden, but rather inclined to celebrate power & dominance & cheer for the ones doing the trodding. So the plain meaning has to be interpreted away, however absurd the contortions required to do it.

This is such a sad little list of petty obsessions, and… half of these things aren’t true. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:3i36lxpyhd6hqfcrfl5zy4st/post/3mx64mk7wck2h

Just think of how much you'd save if you consumed no goods or services, sitting alone in a cave on a pile of cash like a dragon. Truly living the dream. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mxcivpwoup2f

I can’t help but notice that ICE keeps claiming that people it shoots were trying to ram the agents with a car, and then video keeps proving that’s a lie. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:k5nskatzhyxersjilvtnz4lh/post/3mxhapicl7o26

I really don't think anyone is prepared for the level of sheer insanity he's going to unleash when it's clear they're going to lose the White House. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:4llrhdclvdlmmynkwsmg5tdc/post/3mxciowktpy2d

"With Redactions"? I know they were planning to do Nixon in China before WNO fled the sinking ship, but I sort of doubt there are any actual state secrets here. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:353gzbhcjbznfxegvayffqek/post/3mxciatsygn2s

There are a limited number of opportunities in daily life to do an Objectively Good Deed that not only costs you nothing, but is an actual pleasure you would gladly pay for the chance to do. This is one of them.

The catch, because there’s always a catch, is that she needs to be restrained from being hostile to other dogs for now. Probably because shitty humans thought “Rotty, perfect for dogfights.” Which is not her fault. But she still loves & trusts humans, which we frankly do not deserve.

(His more recent biography of Mesmer is also fantastic, but at the escargot-like speed I read French it’s going to take me a month to finish.)

It’s striking that, while Andor has its share of action setpieces, you never really hear fans talk about them when they’re gushing about the show. If you ask someone their favorite scene, 9/10 times it’s a monologue or a two-character conversation. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:arzjgqc2nzudndirsskljm66/post/3mxexojlcss2y

It’s fun for you, there’s the National Arboretum by one shelter and a lovely wooded hiking trail near the other, and you will absolutely make the day of a pup who spends most of their day cooped up indoors alone.

Really hope that original post is engagement bait, because if that's a real parent's actual thought process, hoo boy is that sad. RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:dtgy62tymnpbnzozbpgnov56/post/3mxeja5mu4s2h