George Budd @Gbudd@qoto.org

I love reading ancient cuneiform tablets. Classics such as "Fuck you, this copper sucks." (Ea Nasir), "I should get more new clothes, my dad's employee gets new clothes twice a month and it's embarrassing.", and of course "The sesame harvest will die — let nobody say I did not warn you!", which is absolutely a set up for "Per my last clay tablet.".

Social media & email may be part of the problem. But if we're still like this when we have to carve our petty bullshit into clay then it's clear that we're the problem. It's us.

Accidentally put 4 spoons of instant coffee in my cup rather than 2 this morning, and have spent the day wondering why I can smell bluetooth.

to;dw

"This is not about favor for any party or campaign because the moment you enter Arlington, politics are to be left at the gate. It’s not about you or me or anyone other than those buried in that ground and their loved ones who will never see them again because of their collective sacrifices."

READ: https://charlotteclymer.substack.com/p/in-praise-of-the-hardest-job-in-arlington

Start your week with all the key facts about #GW170817 with this infographic by @UofGravity's @daniel_williams

#Astrodon

“Come to think of it, denigrating the worth of a soldier’s service based on whether he deployed to a war zone is… kind of like denigrating the worth of a woman’s citizenship based on whether she happens to have children.”

— Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, on X, defending Gov. Tim Walz against accusations by Sen. J.D. Vance.

Pretty good.