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Cake day: April 25th, 2022

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  • I watched “Black Twitter: A People’s History”. The first two episodes were pretty good, would recommend. Insightful, funny, makes a convincing argument. Episode 3 was distilled liberal cringe that included a victory lap for electing Biden in 2020. All the coverage about 2020 was pure trash*. The ideology was getting laid on thick, so I looked up the production company of the show, and it’s from Onyx media, which is wholly owned by Hulu-Disney.

    *Spent maybe 1 minute on the murder of George Floyd. Didn’t mention Breonna Taylor. Didn’t mention defund the police. Didn’t mention police. Spent several minutes on Joe Biden (specifically the SC dem primary) but didn’t mention Bernie. Really egregious oversight. Libs want to pretend the people’s uprising of 2020 never happened so badly that they’re going to write it out of history.


  • Brakes are cheap and pretty easy to replace (really) diy. Once your pads wear out, the backing plate will be pressed into the rotor, which will warp the rotor. Rotors are cheap too ($20-$50 each) and easy to replace, so it’s not a huge deal if you warp them, but it’s not something you should aspire to do.

    Also, shops lie about brakepad life all the time, but maybe yours really are at 2mm, which is definitely worth replacing like 6 months ago. Also, your car does most of its braking with the front wheels anyway.

    In conclusion,











  • One risk is the wind resistance, increased by the canoe, pulling on the holes in the roof, stretching or shearing them, or increasing the “concave” shape of the roof.

    Another thing to consider, if the ratchet straps will bind your doors shut. This could be very unsafe in an emergency situation.

    I don’t want to discourage your adventure, just want to make sure the risks are considered. Good luck




  • Goddamn this is some thoughtless drivel. I hope our boy Gabriel enjoys his tenure at The Atlantic

    If all we do is make physical noise every now and then, we can’t really accomplish anything besides successfully antagonizing the other side.

    Right now, we’re pushing people away. We’re pushing away the very people who have the means and the power to establish actual change.

    What I saw at that protest a month ago was the perpetuation of polarization. Driving the gap between people even further. The same concept that the corruption in this country thrives on.

    As time goes on, there just seems to be more and more polarization and less and less actual unity. We keep villainizing each other and genuinely believe that doing so will fix real problems or change something.

    That’s not how it works.

    If we want genuine change, we have to be willing to compromise and meet with the opposition on the other side.