We got hit by a severe rainstorm while on top. And I’m up here wearing slides and socks because my shoes got completely soaked during our river tubing trip fuck😭😭
I'm finally reading Dune. This quote, which is in the first few pages, hits hard:
"Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."
🚨GUILTY VERDICT: In Oregon, rainwater falling on your own land doesn’t actually belong to you.
Gary Harrington built 3 reservoirs on his 170-acre property to collect rainwater & snowmelt for fire protection.
The state demanded he drain every drop. “All water belongs to us.”
He refused.
They hit him with 9 misdemeanors, jailed him for 30 days, and fined him more than $15,000.
This is government claiming ownership of the sky.
What’s next — your air? Your soil?
Actually… yes. 👇
Worst part about the World Cup so far:
-Americans and Brits arguing about whose stadia are better
Best part about the World Cup so far:
-German guy discovering Waffle House for the first time
i'm not kidding, the US travel/tourism board (whatever that is at a Federal level lol) should sponsor the rest of that German guy's trip through the US, dude is doing insanely good PR for the South
My grandfather stormed the beaches of Normandy. I once asked him what kept them pushing uphill and into the meat grinder, what kept them fighting? His answer absolutely floored me.
“We wanted Hatians to sell fake Gucci at the train station.”
Croatia: overwhelmingly Croatian.
Croatia’s national team: no black players.
Nike’s ‘model’ for the Croatian jersey: African.
The message couldn’t be clearer: every group deserves representation, except white people.