The OG Linda Belcher (he's really the voice)

They're young and I try to be tolerant cause in the end he's as much a part of society as anyone else. But he's kind of a mean little shit that is friendly to my kid. I believe he has a diagnosis for something, I didn't want to pry and ask his parents. He's the kind of kid that sees red when he gets mad and can't control it. I have no idea why my kid gravitates towards him but also glad he can make friends with people like this cause I truly believe if you don't support kids like this they'll be ostracized and fall into some pretty terrible online influences etc as they get older. But man it's like stressful to hang out with him. He's so antagonistic and mean spirited. Alas, such is parenting.

My six-year-old asked me how we walk and as I was trying to tell him a literal simple explanation of how our brain tells our muscles to move and lift our leg etc. he lifts his knee and as soon as I see his pose it hits me like HEY there's a game that is about exactly this. QWOP!

Ah ladies and gentleman, take a trip down memory lane to the absurdity and inanity of trying to get your able-bodied runner down the track in his quest for the 100m. My personal best is... 3.7m and I consider that a feat! Ah this game is the best of the Internet.

As an American parent, I'm probably not going to stay up for mine lol. Celebrating the UTC new year. Woo!

Ha! Just finished Thank Goodness You're Here and it was the silliest, raunchiest, Northern Englishest?? thing I've played in a while. It was a bit of a fever dream. Like an Adult Swim cartoon with a joke a minute that you're sort of "playing." There's not much in the way of controls and yet it was still incredibly satisfying how you unexpectedly interact with this bizarre world. Everyone in this town is off their rocker yet also loveable? I don't even know how to describe it it was so unique. I guess just play it if this at all sounds intriguing. Short, but a completely wonderful way to spend a few hours.

Wow! It's so fun. I got the Etsy glass bead magnet tool and it works like a charm. This is ILNP Velour. I only used the magnet after the top coat and I'm impressed.

Was on the other site when a commenter pointed out a response that and like 5 or 6 replies to that comment that were all bots. I am finally getting exposed to the concept of dead internet theory. So, how prevalent are bots on a place like lemmy? Are there natural safeguards against bots? I'm not an engineer and probably need a dumbed down explanation. But I did make it to lemmy! So I've got that going for me...

Awful to see the steady dismantling of the CDC. There are doctors and science advocates coming together to scaffold and build up trustworthy sources of info outside of the CDC. I follow epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina and she has a great newsletter she started up around Covid and has kept going - https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/ She recommends the general public avoid the CDC web site now. She recommends healthychildren.org powered by the American Academy of Pediatrics. Some U.S. states have also partnered together i.e. the West Coast Health Alliance that have pulled away from the CDC recommendations. A friend of mine in health noted it's a big reason why we (I'm in California) can still get our Covid vaccines regardless of age while her sister in Oklahoma was denied. I know there are some North Eastern states that have also partnered up. Going to be very different healthcare messaging to navigate state by state...

Hope this is true for other states as well.

Saw an early screening in 70mm of One Battle After Another - highly recommend it! Great time. I didn't really know what to expect other than I knew it was Paul Thomas Anderson and I've liked his films and I've seen this trailer. I laughed a lot. Acting is top notch. Benicio Del Toro chef's kiss Johnny Greenwood score. I feel like anyone who appreciates movies will appreciate this one. I believe it opens wide (U.S.) tomorrow Sep 26.

This Saturday is the annual California Coastal Cleanup Day. Berkeley's is out at the Marina, by Shorebird Park or there's also a setup at Brickyard Cove. Come and pick some trash! It's a nice time. Honestly the Internet would have you believing the world is ending soon (and...maybe it is), why not literally touch some grass and then pick up trash to give your brain a break? https://berkeleyca.gov/community-recreation/events/coastal-cleanup-day-2025

One of my fave Berkeley institutions. Had Thai Temple brunch this weekend. I probably haven't been in several years but realized I have been coming here very occasionally for over two decades now. Nostalgia washed over me, appreciation for the community and the tireless volunteers that spend all week to prepare for the Sunday brunch. Berkeleyside profiled a bunch of the volunteers recently. Brought my kiddo this time, he's too picky to eat anything but hopefully one day. Talked about a friend's first Burning Man experience in his mid 40s trying to convince us all we need to go with him next year even though we gave away all our gear years ago lol. Ahh a very Berkeley experience. Love living here.

Took a chance and it paid off. She was very sweet.

Until I had fresh heirlooms. Now I like to try and grow any kind and they're generally all great. Didn't plant any this year though, these were from a neighbor's generous bounty :)

I woke up to the news of DOJ raiding Jon Bolton's house and as I skimmed through the article, saw the rich quote from man with perpetual deer in headlights face Kash Patel say "NO ONE is above the law." Pssshhhh it's all so farcical.

But anyway any current U.S. law students or professors out there? What is being taught currently given the obvious flouting of the laws by our highest arms of government? What's con law like? Yeesh! Genuinely curious. Now excuse me while I melt away down our slide into fascism. Sigh.

American here (yes, yes, boo hiss etc). I admittedly just learned about the online safety act and listened to an American podcaster talk about it like the sky is falling. Is it over there? What's it practically like?

I know it never could or would work, but every so often I wish there was some imaginary huge tract of land that nobody had owned before...and I guess somehow didn't affect the environment for all the assholes that want to play power games or pretend they could rule the world or just live lawlessly so they could be silo'ed off from society. Of course it would fall apart, innocent people would somehow end up in there. They'd probably end up attacking the rest of the world and I'm sure a myriad of other terrible problems. But man that'd be nice.