Notices by Jan Koekepan (jankoekepan@freehold.earth), page 8

@Verus Also, katana beats gun and armour means you're a wimp. Naked chick with katana = unbeatable.

@augustus It's cool.

I mean, we all knew.

We support you.

(Boys, get the tar bucket, and an old pillow.)

@lain So when China has its lost decades like Japan has, what will we call it?

@Verus If they were in control, what does that say about Trump's constant fighting with the deep state?

@deadsuperhero By stopping the measuring of skin tone or heritage as a regulatory or legislated process.

Otherwise, every time anybody is asked what their race or heritage or ethnicity is, whiteness is reinforced.

Gig tonight in Seattle for me.

The first one from the top:

https://www.dennisrea.com/shows

@guizzy

You make an excellent point.

You also make me wish I were a licensed therapist, because I could see a new BMW coming from the issues that you're banking for yourself there.

@guizzy Better plan:

Be yourself and stop caring. They will self-select into the ones that are happy to deal with you, and the ones that aren't.

Reason: long term you can't keep up a facade anyway. Making a concerted PR effort from the start is just a fast road to burnout.

@Verus Not quite, but turnaround is very quick.

@Verus Oh! Of course, I forgot: reddit.

@Verus The main guy is actually cool.

Dennis Rea. His book on his time in China is a must-read: Live at the Forbidden City. (Look it up - it's a book that the chinese government wishes that you wouldn't read. Nor talk about.)

@Verus Not bad. Got back from a rehearsal. Playing a gig this Saturday in Seattle.

... that makes me sound way cooler than I really am...

@Verus

Honestly, the closest I've seen were some firearms fora.

@Verus

The Dark Web. *ominous chord*

Back from rehearsal for this weekend's gig.

@Verus On a slightly more serious note, I've had people ask me how to do vegan farming.

First, stop all attempts at pest control...

@Verus No,. actually meat grows in butcheries. Hunting and ranching are just a cunning front managed by big industry. Now that you know I'll have to kill you - or you can join us.

@Verus Shocked at your barbarism?

@Verus Also, urbanites with strong opinions on hunting and firearms that have never done either.

Urbanites who weep sad tears over invasive alien species. "Oh no, I ran over a possum!" "Cool, can you hit another on your way home?"

@Verus "I don't mind dairy, but I could never eat veal!"

That's one of my all-time favourites.

"If you had to slaughter and butcher your own, you'd never eat meat!"

"We need to protect *insert charismatic megafauna* therefore farmers must spend more on conservation!"

Just a few samples here.