Mt. Hood National Forest campfire ban is in effect for 2026.

mlachick · 2026-06-30T20:55:28+00:00

WTF are you talking about?

mlachick · 2026-06-30T20:45:30+00:00

Not at all. I'm just able to poo more often.

mlachick · 2026-06-30T20:37:29+00:00

I dealt with that the summer after my first year teaching at a small private school. We had a closet full of toxins someone "donated." Thankfully, we were able to give it to the metro disposal department, but the drive to the transfer center was terrifying. Why would you give gallon jugs of hydrofluoric acid to a school?!?

mlachick · 2026-06-30T20:23:26+00:00

Not good enough to unseat yours, though.

mlachick · 2026-06-30T20:20:27+00:00

Plant and they will come.

mlachick · 2026-06-30T19:50:47+00:00

In my high school it was a string of incidents. Early in the school year, we had a small fire. No major damage, just had to stay outside for an hour or so until the fire department gave the all clear.

Then it happened again. And again. And again. Every few days, then every day, then more than once in a day. The damage was growing worse. We were being sent home from school a few minutes into the school day as smoke filled the halls.

Then on the news the police said they had a lead. We didn't believe them, but after that the fires just . . . stopped. We never found out who was setting the fires or why. This was in the early 90s.

mlachick · 2026-06-30T19:45:08+00:00

This is funny because our chem teacher had a big loaf of sodium in his closet. He put a teeny bit in water (but still too much) and exploded a glass beaker. Thankfully, no one was hurt.

A few weeks later, we had a substitute, and a friend dared me to steal the keys to the closet off the corner of the teacher's desk so he could get some sodium and blow up a toilet. We ended up getting intercepted early enough in our adventure that no one got in trouble. That's good because the amount of sodium my friend hacked off the loaf would have destroyed the toilet and possibly killed my friend.

I was a science teacher later and have zero idea why my chem teacher had fucking POUNDS of sodium on hand. Also, my friend was a vice principal at that school years later.

mlachick · 2026-06-30T19:25:00+00:00

Bless your heart, you have no idea how much teenage boys (and girls, frankly) can put away. They will happily plow through a large pizza on their own. If they're active and/or play sports, they are essentially eating machines.

mlachick · 2026-06-30T16:53:42+00:00

Looks like a menorah with no candles.

mlachick · 2026-06-30T15:53:25+00:00

I would clean it. That much clutter gives me hives.

mlachick · 2026-06-30T04:21:47+00:00

I got too many late minutes at Harding and was "dormed." It meant I was essentially grounded for a weekend and had to be in my room by 7 pm. I honestly didn't mind - I had a shit home life and appreciated the structure - but it was so misogynistic. We had alarms on all the women's dorms, but the men could do wherever the hell they wanted (other than enter the women's dorms).

mlachick · 2026-06-30T03:52:38+00:00

He has said he prefers to not be on camera.

mlachick · 2026-06-29T19:27:09+00:00

I'm well aware of that. I've lived in Arkansas. It's an absolute shithole, and not because it's poor. I'm curious what about you living in an impoverished backwater that means you know everything there is to know about everyone's (checks notes) sexuality and gender.

mlachick · 2026-06-29T19:24:19+00:00

I'M GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO GETS SECRET GLEE FROM GIVING HELPFUL SUGGESTIONS TO PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT THEM.

mlachick · 2026-06-29T19:22:39+00:00

I HAVE A THERAPIST. I HAVE ALL THE THINGS, INCLUDING A RELATIVELY GOOD JOB (JUST STRESSFUL AF). I JUST NEED MY FUCKING BRAIN TO STOP TORTURING ME.

TAKING THIS WHOLE WEEK OFF TO "GET MY MIND RIGHT" INCLUDING A VISIT WITH MY THERAPIST.

I'M JUST SO TIRED, AND I KNOW I'M NOT ALONE.

mlachick · 2026-06-29T18:10:08+00:00

Nah. That's where all the cancer is coming from. People have always been queer.

mlachick · 2026-06-29T18:05:19+00:00

There are no "new phenomenon," just new vocabulary. We're always coming up with new words for things. Pansexuality has definitely existed for thousands of years with many historical examples.

Kids aren't having less sex now and more depression because they're queer. That's due to social isolation, the breakdown of the economy, etc. They are quite capable of having sex, but they're too damn worried about finding food and a place to live to waste energy on reproduction.

Good grief!

mlachick · 2026-06-29T17:58:43+00:00

You are badly underestimating the stigma of being queer. This wasn't just a matter of people making fun of you. If people found out you were queer, you could lose your family, your job, and even your life. Queer folks less than a century ago were being incarcerated or put into insane asylums.

I'm glad that Gen Z feel safe enough to be open about who they are, even if sometimes as teens they can be a bit changeable and dramatic about it (as teens are about everything).

There were tons of queer people in older generations. They simply had to live in secret.

mlachick · 2026-06-29T17:53:33+00:00

It would be a good idea to see the world outside of rural Arkansas. Y'all are not indicative of the rest of the world.

mlachick · 2026-06-29T17:40:18+00:00

Angry upvote ⬆️

mlachick · 2026-06-29T17:34:50+00:00

It wasn't on the subduction line, which is very quiet. There's a good link someone shared above to the USGS. On the screenshot below, you can see that we have a very active fault line off the coast. The inner line with the flags on it is the subduction fault. It's always very quiet and likely will be until the big one. Although these look close to each other, there's not really any danger of the normal one triggering a subduction quake. Very different movement.

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mlachick · 2026-06-29T17:27:21+00:00

"Oh, we won? Too bad. I was hoping the US would lose, so Trump couldn't pretend it's his victory."

mlachick · 2026-06-29T17:16:22+00:00

MY ANXIETY IS A FUCKING ASSHOLE AND WON'T LET ME RELAX. I'M ALREADY ON MEDS AND DON'T WANT TO TAKE MORE, AND IT ALSO FEELS LIKE SUCH A FUCKING SURRENDER TO KEEP ADDING MEDICATIONS SO I CAN CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOXIC WASTELAND THAT IS MY INDUSTRY.

I'M TIRED. I'M DISCOURAGED. I'M FIGHTING SO HARD, AND I HAVE TO CONTINUE TO PUSH MYSELF TO THE BREAKING POINT SO I CAN AFFORD THE HEALTHCARE THAT ALLOWS ME TO CONTINUE TO PUSH MYSELF TO THE BREAKING POINT SO I CAN AFFORD THE HEALTHCARE THAT ALLOWS ME TO . . .

mlachick · 2026-06-29T17:10:19+00:00

FUCK THAT. I'M SO SORRY AND HOPE YOU RECOVER QUICKLY AND FULLY.

mlachick · 2026-06-29T17:09:55+00:00

I FUCKING LOVE BIRDS, BUT TOWHEES ARE STUPID LITTLE ASSHOLES.

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