Author Archives: John Lusk

Farm to Taber

https://patreon.com/user?0=u&1=%3D&2=5&3=6&4=1&5=0&6=5&7=6&8=0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=tyshare2

I follow this person on Twitter and she has a lot of interesting things to say about farming, racism, and the whole nostalgia-for-the-family-farm/organic-farming-to-treat-Gaia-with-love thing. And she’s turning all that into a book! With proof!

Not sure who it benefits that I use Patreon’s let-us-track-you link, but we’ll try it.

Unvaccinated hospitalized patients say they regret not getting the shot

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/unvaccinated-hospitalized-patients-say-they-regret-not-getting-shot-n1273342

At this rate I’m just waiting for a red-state governor to go on TV and say, literally, “get the damn vaccine.”

«People can still get extremely ill — at Mercy Springfield, 29 of the Covid-19 patients are in the intensive care unit, and 27 have been placed on ventilators.

The younger age reflects the relatively high vaccination rates among older adults, who were prioritized early on — even in states with low vaccine uptake.»

Nikole Hannah-Jones Statement on Decision to Decline Tenure Offer at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and to Accept Knight Chair Appointment at Howard University

https://www.naacpldf.org/press-release/nikole-hannah-jones-issues-statement-on-decision-to-decline-tenure-offer-at-university-of-north-carolina-chapel-hill-and-to-accept-knight-chair-appointment-at-howard-university/

I found this statement to be a really good read.

“no fraud in our elections in South Carolina since 1884”

https://twitter.com/pptsapper/status/1413101463149101058?s=20

Oh, THAT rings a bell.

Angry Staff Officer (@pptsapper) Tweeted: The instigators bragged about what they had done and were never brought to justice because they defeated Reconstruction with violence and political compromises. “We have had no fraud in our elections in South Carolina since 1884,” boasted one of the organizers

Iron Fist

Watching Iron Fist on NetFlix. Pretty disappointed with how they treat his relationship with the homeless guy.

“Piss in your shoes.”

“People must think we’re alike.”

Lost opportunity to honor what he said, delve. “Where did you learn that? Who did you hear that from?”

And then that hunter-gatherer we-never-should-have-started-farming BS. Please.

Oh, right, and then some pop Buddhism. EYE. ROLL.

“My brother’s a very… black-and-white kinda guy.”

OH GREAT THIS MEANS WE GET TO DEAL WITH HER DITHERING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SERIES DOESNT IT?

Om mane padme om??? Seriously???

“I can’t be involved in this.”

YOU ALREADY ARE HONEY

Jiminy crickets.