Yo nerds, remember the DS9 mugs? The company still makes them (mildly redesigned) and they're restocking the Deep Space Purple version on Friday.
I bought one a year ago, and it's my daily driver when it's hot tea season (basically everything except summer).
I'm not getting anything for telling you all this, just sharing because I remember how many people were excited about my mug when I first got it. 🖖💚
https://highwave.com/products/hotjo
Edit: Apparently they won't ship to the EU because of VAT tax.
Spotify just reported record-breaking profits.
In totally unrelated news, Spotify stopped paying nearly 90% of artists on the service ANYTHING (no royalties for songs w <1k streams/year)
Thoughts Before Bed
In the last 48 hours, decisions have been made, decisions have been accepted, and futures have been plotted.
It's going to be a rough road the next few years. But I have good fam around me, good allies supporting us, and if we can make it through this, we will.
But it's gonna be rough.
Watch this space.
So, I stumbled across some videos of James May back in the Covid Era making sandwiches he had as a boy in the 70s. The number one thing I noticed? He buttered the bread. Every time.
I don't do that. I use mayo and mustard, but I don't butter the bread (unless I'm toasting it, and even then, I butter the OUTSIDE).
Do you butter your bread? And if so, where are you located?
So, in an attempt to temporarily escape the nightmare of the last few weeks, I worked on updating the bed in EmuVR. Looking online, I was super surprised to find the actual pillow cases I had in the 80s, AND that the photo was totally texture ready.
The bedspread was harder to find, so I simply grabbed my current comforter, took a pic of that, and textured the bed with it. I have a thing for warm reds and browns....
All the comforts of my home in the 90s. Gonna need it for when I upload my brain to the cloud to escape the horrors of meatspace.
Where's Mr. Scott when you need him....
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Today's Low Quality Ad is for this pack of 100 high quality razor blades from Zomchi. Making videos still feels weird, but pictures alone simply would not do this box of 100 razor blades justice.
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Jimmy Kimmel said it well. It was a terrible night for those who voted for Trump. They just don’t know it yet. I walk through several examples of why that is in today’s piece: https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/its-find-out-time?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
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Creative Text Writer for MTG: Universes Beyond
Writer for Sea of Legends
One enchilada short of a Mexican Platter