Told ya. Due to an increase in asymptomatic “cases,” Brown University just imposed a suite of new restrictions — including prohibitions on student social gatherings and going to bars/restaurants. Once again, they’d already mandated vaccination. The “permanent crisis” continues pic.twitter.com/DqaerxocOv

— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) September 14, 2021

I think the goal for many is indeed becoming social control and has little to nothing anymore to do with the pandemic. It’s the only way to make sense of what is happening in many areas. This is preparation for the pod life.

The time to resist is now. But we probably won’t. Not enough.

The first ten on today’s playlist:

Apparently some folks are planning to live like hermits for the rest of their lives. It's a choice, I guess.

— John W Kloetzli, Jr (@JJcoolkl) September 13, 2021

It’s odd. I wish they’d just shut up and go away; go full hermit and not admonish the rest of us for not hiding under the bed with them.

Shit, we got things to do, concerts to attend, restaurants to eat at, friends to visit, places to go, stuff to see. Don’t have time for lockdown lifer bullshit.

One of our resident house geckos tonight was in the bathtub, I guess looking for water. I got it out of the tub and threw a bunch of water on the tile.

I hope it gets some hydration and nice bugs.

Beautiful song. Good video. Think I am detecting the prudishness wall breaking down in the youngest artists (22 and below set) and by extension the same age group in everyday life. Billie is 22, Olivia Rodrigo is 18. I’ll have some more thoughts on that later.

I’ve never seen Olivia play electric guitar before (she does in the second song). She’s so good she makes me like songs I otherwise would not care for by, I don’t know, her Olivia-ness. She sounds so much better live than she does on her album cuts. Just big fucking talent blaring out everywhere.

Not sure why they put her in front of a bunch of utility boxes in the first song, though.

When country music is good, it’s the fucking best.

it's not even about dating! I want to dress up for indoor afternoon tea with my friends, but I can't because people would rather eat horse paste

— bletchley punk (@alicegoldfuss) September 14, 2021

You’ve been vaccinated and your friends are all vaccinated. What the hell are you waiting for? Goddamn, people torture themselves and complain about being tortured. I guess it’s better and more attention-getting to pretend victimhood than to liberate yourself?

As I often say, I will never, never understand.