I’ve been a bit obsessed with one of Cleopatra’s arias from Handel’s Giulio Cesare, Se pietà di me non senti. She’s bummed that she thinks her brother is going to have her killed.

Se pietà di me non senti giusto ciel io morirò.

Tu da’ pace a’ miei tormenti o quest’alma spirerò.

Just heaven, if you feel no pity for me, I shall die.

I shall give up the ghost if you do not pacify my torment

Now I’m picturing him being so delighted by you pulling a McChicken from behind his ear that he gives you Iowa.

There’s no shortage of dipshits in the world who see machismo posturing and threats as a projection of power.

They think they’re safe from the reactionary tide because they fly the same colors, but the thing about fascists is that they always eat their own.

Granted this one got bit sooner than most, but I guarantee he’s not going to stop being a reactionary chud.

This could use a tonguebath, and you’re apparently ready to go:

He also fled the scene after.

The mirror universe.

Your agonizer, please.

I don’t see why you should put your face in his video if he isn’t sharing the money. It sounds like he wants free labor to me.

I’m going over to hang out with my sister, we’re ordering Indian food.

Imagine being such a snowflake that you don’t do the assignment, instead going off about GAWD and DEMONS, then writing the goddamn governor because you failed to do an incredibly simple task.

Someone get this dumbass her participation trophy.

I went to a trade school to be an automotive tech, and they had a job fair near the end of the program where all of the local dealerships came out to give out information and set up interviews.

I came out of the program with an entry level hourly position as a technician at the BMW dealership and worked with a master tech until I was ready to start flagging hours.

Speaking as someone from the USA, so there’s probably a bit of a cultural difference, but I’d say it’s the most likely way to secure a decent job in the industry. Otherwise, you could likely get a job busting down tires and doing oil changes at a local shop. You’ll be getting experience that way, but what you learn will be very dependent on the individual shop. It’s a much cheaper alternative, though (at least in the US).

Get out into nature. Take frequent walks.

Be social, even if you don’t want to in the moment.

Have a goal to work towards that doesn’t have anything to do with employment (learn to draw, or play piano, or cook).

Be patient with yourself and others. It’s rough out there.

I really hate when people call them “skeptics.”

Skepticism is a questioning attitude or doubt toward knowledge claims that are seen as mere belief or dogma.

They’re the dogmatic ones; there are multiple converging lines of evidence showing that man-made climate change is a real danger; to deny that is not skeptical, it’s delusional. It’s motivated reasoning. It’s believing a lie because the billionaire propaganda machine told you to believe it.

It used to be that they’d put baseball games on broadcast TV.

Now you basically need a subscription to watch the team in my area. It’s like they don’t want anyone to see the games.

Thermal mask against FPV drones.

And a cool sword, that’d be sick.

I’d say the Coen brothers are the most consistently good filmmakers.

There’s absolute bangers like Fargo and True Grit. Even their lesser known ones like The Ladykillers and Hail Caesar are worth a watch.

There’s O Brother Where Art Thou, and Barton Fink, which are their most underrated in my opinion.

I don’t think they put out a single stinker, and most are A or A+.

Hell, they gave Henry Kissinger one. That basically means it’s worthless.

Irish and Caribbean. The accents sound musical.

Someone should invent a way to get a video file off of a phone without cracking it open and letting the Internet leak out.

I cut down construction paper to use as the front and back covers (I usually print a front cover, but the back is black), then use a sheet of transparency film on each side to protect the whole thing and give it a more finished look.

Edit: example

A comb binder for bookmaking.

I print off a lot of RPG books and music that would otherwise cost a fortune. Now it’s basically the cost of toner and paper.

I like having an e-reader for most stuff, but some things are just better as physical objects that can be marked up and tabbed.