Back in the day it would always be like "prices starting at 59.99"

I am what, 5 months into taking this instrument seriously? Practicing daily. Today's practice session went pretty well. Hit the notes that are high for me relatively smoothly. (High notes are not the be-all end-all, but I would like to at least have the ones I'm asked to hit frequently in the pieces I'm playing down confidently. I do need some amount of range!) I'm proud of myself for that!

I FUCKING HATE THE FIRST-PAST-THE-POST/PLURALITY ELECTORAL SYSTEM FUCK IT IT IS A STEAMING PILE OF BULLSHIT THAT PRODUCES STEAMING PILES OF HORSESHIT BLENDED WITH DOGSHIT-STEEPED BOG WATER SERVED CHILLED IN A MILKSHAKE GLASS I HATE IT I WANT IT TO DIE IN A VOLCANO AND THEN WHEN THE VOLCANO ERUPTS I WANT THE LAVA CONTAINING ITS REMNANTS TO SOLIDIFY AND GET SMASHED BY A METEOR IT FUCKING SUCKS HAIRY SHITTY ASS HOW FUCKING DARE YOU NEGLECT VOTERS' FULL PREFERENCE RANKING AND DENY US A CONDORCET WINNER (assuming one exists) YOU FUCKING DUMBASS FUCK WHY THE FUCK IS THE WINNING CANDIDATE THE ONE WITH 40% SUPPORT THAT MEANS MOST PEOPLE ARE UNHAPPY YOU FUCKING SHITLICKER I AM GOING TO CRAP A MOTHERFUCKING CASTLE AND NOW THE ELECTORATE GOES AND BLAMES PEOPLE WHO VOTED FOR SIMILARLY-MINDED CANDIDATES FOR SPLITTING THE VOTE NO NO NO IT IS THE FUCKING FIRST-PAST-THE-POST/PLURALITY SHITSTAIN YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE WITHOUT FEAR OF THINGS SHITTING THE BED FUCKING FUCK

I’m not in Florence. I’m just posting backlog. Trying to post at least a few good pictures a week.

Except for urgent care, I haven’t been out for anything at all; Influenza type A is no joke. Get vaccinated. I’m gonna lay here next to my dining table and almost die.

I remember I had, with the help of my cane, skated down a sand dune in Florence. I thought that game, Nier Automata, was just bullshitting, letting its characters glide gracefully down dunes, but no, that’s actually how it works, and it was super fun too! I didn’t have the strength to climb the dune for a second go though.

I’ll get better, I’ve got enough drugs to see this through. The cool thing about my dining table is that since it’s one of those traditional Japanese ones, I can stack up a couple zabutons and rest my head on them, set my glasses and phone on the table, and pass out. Even when I’m healthy, I fall asleep at my dining table all the time.

Thanks for seeing my work, I’ll heal up.

I just voted for opportunity.

I hope everyone got their registration in and that you vote.

I am what, 5 months into taking this instrument seriously? Practicing daily. Today’s practice session went pretty well. Hit the notes that are high for me relatively smoothly. (High notes are not the be-all end-all, but I would like to at least have the ones I’m asked to hit frequently in the pieces I’m playing down confidently. I do need some amount of range!) I’m proud of myself for that!

cross-posted from: https://hcommons.social/users/adachika192/statuses/117499807901710289

Mesut Özil calls out FIFA for “double standards” over Russia and ‘Israel’ (Roya News, 2026-10-24)

https://en.royanews.tv/news/75252/Mesut-%C3%96zil-calls-out-FIFA-for-%E2%80%9Cdouble-standards%E2%80%9D-over-Russia-and-%E2%80%98Israel%E2%80%99
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>> Former Real Madrid and Arsenal star Mesut Özil has accused FIFA of applying double standards by maintaining sanctions on Russian teams while allowing ‘Israeli’ sides to compete freely in international football.

>> The 2014 World Cup winner with Germany made the comments after a veterans’ match between his former club Istanbul Başakşehir and Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg in Istanbul earlier this week.

>> The friendly, which Başakşehir won 3-2, took place in connection with the Verona Eurasian Economic Forum.

>> “As is well known, and as you know, FIFA has not imposed any sanctions on Israeli teams, but it has done so against Russian teams. ... Hopefully, they will stop applying double standards and treat everyone equally.”

#MesutÖzil #FIFA #DoubleStandards #palestine
@palestine@lemmy.ml @palestine@fedibird.com

Damn, stop making communism look like an anime power

Jesus Christ. 60,000 employees. That's insane!

Two US senators say the Trump administration is breaking the law by withholding the FISA court decision while it presses Congress to renew America’s most sweeping surveillance program.

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