Mike Rastiello

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Just a reminder that People mag has a great Project 25 write up that you can share with your less politically aware friends and fam people.com/what-is-proj...

What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Educationpeople.com Donald Trump's far-right allies created Project 2025 as a blueprint for his possible second term. The controversial plan would push a Christian nationalist agenda that dramatically reshapes the U.S. g...

We got back from a week’s vacation with Ali’s family. E opened up Door Dash to order dinner and found it sobbing because the app was so lonely without us.

I will also require bidets everywhere.

I’m running for President. My platform is that I will increase the size of tables at all Mexican restaurants by 25%.

Just got my ass beat by two nephews and a niece in Super Smash Bros. That game makes zero sense.

My in-laws have been without power in #Houston since Monday. Luckily we are all at a lake house outside of Austin, but they are going to go home to epic messes to clean out and still no ETA on full power being restored to the city and surrounding areas. #HurricaneBeryl #Beryl

Mike Rastiello (@[email protected])mastodon.social My in-laws have been without power in #Houston since Monday. Luckily we are all at a lake house outside of Austin, but they are going to go home to epic messes, multiple fridges and freezers to clean...

The indention in this chair looks like John Lennon’s self portrait.

Exploring. #dogs #dachshund

I’m running for President. My platform is that I will increase the size of tables at all Mexican restaurants by 25%.

Poppy is pure chaos gremlin and I love her so much. #dachshund

Locking in the very important Joey Tribbiani vote.

Huh?!

How she sleeps after whining all night until we let her get in the bed with us where she barely slept and kept us up all night. #dachshund #dogs #chiweenie

FINALLY.

This is a long shot, but I saw an article sometime this week, about how hard and why it’s so hard for rock bands to be discovered/signed nowadays. I know Sleater-Kinney was quoted in the article, but I can’t find it anywhere. Any chance someone here saw it/knows what I'm talking about? #musicsky 🎧

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Lmfaoooooo at Brian Fallon liking this

Now what about charges for the violent offenders sorry I meant cops.

79 UT protesters’ charges are dropped as the county attorney says nonviolent charges aren’t a priority.

79 UT Protestors’ Charges Droppedwww.austinchronicle.com County attorney says nonviolent charges aren’t a priority

Fuck Greg Abbott.

In April, Gov. Abbott called for restrictions on transgender and gender-nonconforming people from serving as teachers. In June, such a policy became part of the state GOP party platform. Now, trans educators are speaking out. My latest for @texasobserver.org www.texasobserver.org/abbott-gop-t...

Texas Republicans Put Trans, Nonbinary Teachers in the Crosshairswww.texasobserver.org Trans educators speak out after the Texas GOP adopted a platform plank to ban them from the classroom.

My Top 10 TV Shows (in no particular order besides Scrubs) 1. Scrubs 2. Parks and Recreation 3. 30 Rock 4. Fringe 5. The Office 6. Battlestar Galactica 7. The Good Place 8. Brooklyn Nine Nine 9. The Sopranos 10. Arrested Development

My Top 10: TV 01. Breaking Bad 02. Fargo 03. The OA 04. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia 05. Better Call Saul 06. 30 Rock 07. Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel 08. Oz 09. Broad City 10. Yellowjackets

I had two of these into my 20s. I was such an idiot leaving them in my car all the time, but I was never broken into for them. www.downbeat.fm/downbeat-vol...

It's wild how much I lugged one of these around in my youth

🎧 Downbeat Vol. 3 Track 10www.downbeat.fm CDs nuts

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the erasure of 20+ years of news stories here is yet another sign that future generations will have much richer knowledge of the 1930s than they will the GW Bush and Obama years. The wayback machine is carrying a lot of weight these days. If that goes, adios: variety.com/2024/digital...

MTV News Website Goes Dark, Archives Pulled Offlinevariety.com The website of the already-defunct MTV News has been fully pulled offline.

🎧 Do you like indie and alt rock? Consider signing up for my monthly newsletter and playlist (Apple Music/Spotify). The next installment goes out next week! I only email people once a month, and it’s free. Check out the back issues and sign up here: www.downbeat.fm #musicsky

Downbeat.fmwww.downbeat.fm A free monthly newsletter and indie and alt rock playlist curated by Mike Rastiello.

🎧 Making pancakes. #vinyl #musicsky

Found my first #geocache today while out to eat with my wife. I’ve seen a few videos in my YouTube feed recently and it looked fun to try out. #Austin

Me, ordering dinner.

I wish the /collapse Slack command worked in real life. There’s so many things I’d just like to put out of sight.

I’m 43. I have a handful of friends that I’ve known online for 20+ years, including my now wife. IRC, message boards, several instant message platforms, MySpace, Twitter, Tumblr, plus flash in the pan sites like Path, Ello, etc., and others I’m definitely forgetting have come and gone for my group.

If you're gen x or millennial, odds are you have known some people online for *decades*. Across multiple now-dead forums, across vast gulfs of time in internet years. You've probably got a friend group that outlived multiple sites.

🎧 “Now that’s America’s ass. #vinyl #musicsky

🎧 Cherry Tree Vol. 6 by The National #vinyl #musicsky

I’ve been doing a new journal project and it has very painfully reminded me just how terrible my spelling is and how much I rely on spellcheck. I have had to look up very COMMON words. Several times. For the same word.

More than half of my “Heavy Rotation” mix from Apple Music this week were songs from Sea Change by Beck. I guess I had a few more bad days lately than I remember.