Wow, it’s almost like the protests, like the national anthem itself, have nothing to do with the troops and everything to do with the dehumanization of black people. Who knew!

yeah, that ellison passage is one of my favorites in all of american literature. that feeling of realizing that life is better when you are living it for yourself and not for others is an amazing one, and he nails the way it shows up in Black lives and culture.

This is the greatest thing I have seen in my life! To top it off, you hit me with some Ellison. Bruh, you make me want to break out some Baldwin and “Go tell it on the mountain” that Uncle Remus is the truth.

Nobody brought the Petey Greene video? You gotta have the Petey Greene video.

I barely eat watermelon myself. It’s ok but definitely not my go to fruit, let alone a significant part of diet. My fam and other black folk I know like it, but in my experience, whyte people LOVE watermelon. I have never heard black people get as excited over watermelon as the people I work with. Now, it could just…

Good lord, fuck the Internet of Things. Stupid name, stupid concept. My fridge doesn’t need to be connected to the wifi.

Agree, no Echo for me. Knowing my choice of reading material, cosmetics and cleaning materials is more than enough for them. Oh and there’s an extremely short list of Friends/Family that’s allowed to be in my home if no one is home. CRAZY.

We are technologists in my house and that is why I refuse to buy any of that smart crap. I would like to preserve the privacy I still have. Also I read a novel where the killer was killing people by hacking smart appliances and we know black people are the first ones to die so that’s a hard no.

“I know exactly what the hell people do with that data, and how poorly it’s protected.”

because I don’t want Amazon listening in to my life. I know exactly what the hell people do with that data, and how poorly it’s protected. (Ditto for any “Internet of Things” appliance or the smart thermostats or whatever.)  

I’m not a Luddite - I worked in the Internet industry for over a decade. But I don’t even want a god-damn Amazon Echo in the house, because I don’t want Amazon listening in to my life. I know exactly what the hell people do with that data, and how poorly it’s protected. (Ditto for any “Internet of Things” appliance or…

Yeah I’ve been replaying some shitty behavior in my 20s in my mind. I was pushy at times. I never ignored a hard no, but I did try to get people to change minds, stuff like that. I feel a little sick thinking about it, and I wish I knew then what I know now.

That’s some Shaolin Soccer shit right there.

Wait, so you’re telling me that feet can legally be used to strike in volleyball?

Is it just me, or are there an inordinate amount of injuries this year in the NFL? I’d be curious to see if injuries up to this time last year matched up to this year’s injuries.

This guy truther highlighting a HS volleyball SCtop10 play. Thanks dude.

Enjoy your weekend of driving through your neighborhood documenting minute lawn violations to report to your homeowner’s association.

This is insane and insanely difficult. The sheer physics of it—to have all of your mass and momentum going (airborne) in one direction and to be able to swing with enough force to get the ball to go all the way back over the net in the other direction...it’s crazy.