Looks like a student was arrested on campus today.
What I know: there were some obvious rage-baiters there earlier today, with signs like "Women Are Property" and "Muslims Are Terrorists" and "The Jews Killed Jesus." When I went by, and stopped to see what was going on, there was a crowd of students around them (they were up on a sort of porch in front of a campus building), but most of the students were standing well back and watching with "WTF?" looks on their faces. One or two went up on the porch thing to heckle them, but those students looked like they knew what they were doing -- not directly engaging, just standing about ten feet away and shouting their own stuff to the crowd. There were several cops watching the whole scene, but not doing anything.
Several hours later, there's news that a student was arrested. People are saying it's because he was carrying a Palestinian flag -- I wasn't there, so I don't know everything that happened. There's a video of the arrest, and it's in that same location, and one of the sign-carrying guys (not carrying his sign, but definitely the same guy) is standing just a few feet away. People are organizing a protest now at the jail where the student is being held. I don't know what's going on, but this is getting tense.
Got some more info about the student who was arrested. At the time I went by, there were some students from Student for Justice in Palestine having a fundraiser nearby -- they had a table set up and were selling cups of chai to raise money for medical care in Gaza. Apparently one of those guys went up to where the sign guys were and started waving the Palestinian flag in front of them, and allegedly shoved one of them. (I have no idea if he actually did or not.) The police told him to stop, and he didn't, and they arrested him. There's video of like four officers tackling him, while whoever was filming keeps shouting at him, "Stop resisting! Baby, I know it's hard, but you have to stop resisting!"
I'm sorry, Hil. That sounds stressful.
In better news, Elon Musk lost the Wisconsin Supreme Court race. By a significant margin.
The GOP won the 2 open house seats in Florida, but by much smaller margins than Trump won those districts.
And Cory Booker made an amazing speech.
In sadder news, apparently Val Kilmer died.
Sad news about Val Kilmer. Cory Booker is an inspiration.
I just had to send feedback to a colleague's manager about what an unhelpful jerk this guy is (but, like, phrased all professional and shit) and it was very hard and I think I deserve a nap and a cookie now and also to maybe never have to email anyone ever again.
Yay Wisconsin and yay Cory Booker. Boo having to work again after not working yesterday, for me. Jess you totally deserve a nap and not having to email. But only if I can too.
If there are bodies to be buried, I have a new shovel and a yard in need of gardening.
We might want to wait until after the weekend though. After the thunderstorms/possible tornadoes this evening we're supposed to get up to 10 inches of rain through the end of the week, leading to "generational" flooding. Wouldn't want anyone popping back up unexpectedly!
Shovels are so old-school, requiring a lot of time and a lot of effort. We can do better.
There's video of like four officers tackling him, while whoever was filming keeps shouting at him, "Stop resisting! Baby, I know it's hard, but you have to stop resisting!"
Dude, you can't jump right to not resisting. People trained for this. The film Rustin has a good depiction of students practicing being harassed by each other.
It's clear and cool after several days of random cloudbursts that caught me out more than once.
One of my curved windows isn't closing properly and it's been chilly inside and my thermostat is being non-compliant. Heat me, bitch!
As of yesterday, I administered my first ozempic shot into my belly. It turns out my home scale has been lying to me and I was even more chunk than I thought, so, that's one step in getting my body right because the weight is aggravating my sciatica.
And tomorrow I have a one-on-one pilates class, and next week I have regular classes twice a week.
So those are active steps in building flexibility and getting into a better shape. Something less trapezoidal.
Throw in an eyebrow touchup, a derm appointment (quarterly skin cancer checkup - four biopsies - only one bad, so now I need a Moh's procedure on the back of my hand) and I'm flexing my executive function on self care.
Matilda's having issues at her language school after missing classes due to norovirus and it's making her miserable. She's only got three weeks left before she returns and I would much prefer she enjoyed them instead of grinding it out to the end.
It's really hard when your kid is struggling and there's only so much you can do.
You know how you have a scheduled phone call sometimes and you dread it? I have a call in an hour and I'm really looking forward to it!
I would like a round of happy anticipation for all of my friends.
