I think the idea of self-care has become really warped, so I'm switching to making "maintenance and morale" bigger priorities in my life. Maintenance is eating right, sleep, hygiene, cleaning my apartment, doing all of my laundry. Morale is seeing friends, fun adventures, hobbies and takeout orders

I’ve always loved the origin of the word amateur on this kind of note- it’s literally from the Latin word for love, someone who is doing the thing but not for money, just for love. Doing things for love is good.

Raised this cardboard palm from seed, and now look, it's all grown up (and because it's a cycad, a male, at least I think?)

Gonzo/Scooter/Rolf, which I think means (quite correctly) I'm an earnest, weary, competent weirdo.

I wrote about the long and important history of laughing at fascists and the Democrats' "weird" allegations against Trump and Vance as an extension of that tradition: bad-faith-times.ghost.io/weird-and-th...

‘Weird’ And The Breaking of The Fascist Fever

One word to break the fascist fever. One word to deflate the power Trump and his cronies think they have.

Shell ginger flowers just past their prime.

Plumeria in week two of its spring bloom-a-thon.

I am genuinely shocked I remembered to do something 200 days in a row.

White ibis snacking on bugs in my yard.

Black vulture taking a break outside my bedroom window.