Mike J
@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social
Tech industry burn out, pigeon protector, sea gull whisperer and abysmal erhu player. LGBTQ+, intersex, insulin & hrt should be free and accessible π³οΈβππ³οΈββ§οΈ
created November 11, 2024
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Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Have the same issues in my building, they want to blame the birds for everything. People are so disconnected from the natural world that they see it as an inconvenience to deal with, rather than something to live alongside.
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Will go one further and say to fight a bigoted piece of shit, you don't have to be an ableist piece of shit. Hurting Trump doesn't do anything, getting rhetorical wins doesn't do anything. But if you must then Trump is flawed in many ways, get more creative or admit you're a hack and fuck off.
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
When you wield the tools & speak the words of your enemy, how are you any different? I get the idea of playing rougher and with fewer rules for these fascist pr*cks, but you don't need to lose your integrity and insult your supporters to do that. Take a lesson from IHIP, no slurs required there...
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
The price is too much, but then, who we grieve for are worth everything to us. We don't have choice, but if I did, I'd still pay that price and more..... Always
Last of the Brunnen-G (@quasarmike.bsky.social) reposted
Sister Act is always a traumatic film to watch, you see Harvey Keitel pop a cap in Rom as Guinan walks in, she has to flee to the nunnery run by Wendy after Peter Pan went awol, and befriends Mary Sanderson on break from her sisters. Only to put them all in danger, without Molly Jenson this time...
Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign (@ipsc.bsky.social) reposted
β€οΈ Books Upstairs, Dublin. #SolidarityIsAVerb π΅πΈ
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Not to dismiss the use of the video as a primer, but, to point out it could lead people to less than useful conclusions without additional context and resources. As someone with ADHD & ME/CFS the video would have made me unnecessarily cautious of medications that now on, make life more bearable.
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
I found the video too broad, it would have been better if it had three tracks, medical, historical and recreational. And break down the pros and cons for each. As is, the video jumbles them together, recreational effects on general populations being entangled with medical applications to groups
Rebecca Watson (@skepchick.org) reposted
Thanks to "health influencers" and fear mongering organizations like Environmental Working Group, every summer, people ask me if sunscreen is actually bad for you. NO. WEAR SUNSCREEN! YOUR SKIN WILL THANK YOU π§ͺ skepchick.org/2025/08/suns...
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I like to buy crystals, I always get the people asking "what did you buy it for? Health, love, luck, energy" and I just say "it's pretty, it doesn't need to (and can't) do anything but that.... Maybe, a homemade radio or a defensive implement if it's heavy and someone is breaking in" π€π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
Israel harbours and defends criminals with the aid of its US vassals. Corruption at this scale cannot be ignored, not when the price is deep trauma to the living victims, genocide and impunity/empowerment of the most reprehensible people our world has produced share.google/EIIRxHPue2gu...
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
The genocide must stop, what a horrible price the world will pay for it's cowardice... Rest peacefully little one
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I loved him in that film, there was charm, finely aged wisdom and a slight bitter kick to the character that just brought every scene together. He was a complicated man, but as my aunt used to say "every great actor has a few skeletons in the closet, if only to hang the costumes on"
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Isn't it just science without the gobbledygook.....? π The gobbledygook being the body of work of everyone that isn't them. I think my personal issue is class based, I got forced out because I couldn't afford it. But then, I don't make books about electric universes or aliens in ocean scrap π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
I wish ill upon billionaires, bigots and those comitting and assisting in genocide π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I used to live there for a bit, there was a guy on a unicycle doing rounds every morning in Vondel Park. He just liked the route and the mode of travel. I hope he's doing well
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Awesome illustration, made me smile, also made me wish there were more pigeon superheroes π€π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Given the rumours about his house parties, a chip would let him control guys more than I've heard on whisper networks This is why I crashed out of tech, men with no boundaries, huge egos, lacklustre imaginations and endless supplies of capital makes for an immensely toxic environment and world...
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
3 different guys and still considered a Christian, yet I have the extact same number (with a "to the power of" for the math types to truncate) and get called the cheapest bike on the scrap heap. The sheer hypocrisy of Kim.... the Kimpocrisy π
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Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Just make sure you wear biodegradable materials when she does, we don't need any more microplastics π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
My town loves a wickerman barbecue, tourists rarely volunteer but the escape rate is really low since the efigy got advertised as a unique experience on AirBnB Praise to the mighty Gull gods, may they bring the sky waters to us again ππ
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
My dad once told me "your feelings are real, but without critical thought they are easily misdirected or inflated". I the issue is people conflate "valid" with "attributed" and assume they know the reasons they feel a certain way. The feelings aren't illegitimate, but orign/targets probably are
Matthew Hodson (@matthewhodson.bsky.social) reposted
Recovering from surgery. Attempted some art and thought it was good enough to share. Please be kind.
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
It has a really pleasing grain, it's autumnal, the red and gold on the horizon, the deeper cool coloured flowers meeting it with a pain hidden in the shadows, a transition both seasonal and personal for kind eyes only. I love it, keep posting, I promise I won't write a soliloquy on every post π
Owen Jones (@owenjones.bsky.social) reposted
Israel murdered five al-Jazeera journalists, including Anas Al-Sharif. They did so because they're now liquidating Gaza City, and want to silence the remaining witnesses. To Western journalists silent about the slaughter of your colleagues: Their blood is on your hands, too.
Gareth Watkins (@garethwatkins.bsky.social) reposted
Somebody on LinkedIn said what we're all thinking.
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I mostly post about how genocide is bad and call out companies and individuals facilitating it. It's a useful place to do that, cause that's where they push their PR hardest to investors etc. But the author is correct, beyond a few good apples, it's a fermenting cess pool of corporate mulch....
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
Solidarity to these awesome people. They are standing taller than the rest of us, so we have to make sure we support them. Kier Starmer, Yvette Cooper and every shill taking money to silence us are cowards, frauds & accomplices. These protesters aren't standing for it β youtube.com/watch?v=Mw3N...
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
Poor poppets, who could do this.... I'm lucky to know people who care for tarantulas and they shape their whole lives around them, they'd do everything for them. This would horrify them, tarantulas have lives, fears and joys. I hope the survivors are ok. (BBC = Bleh) www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
If only it were sh*t for brains, I suspect you could tap his head like a boiled egg and the vacuum inside would suck the air/hair in through the crack in the thin orange stained shell....
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Scraping the rust off with his tongue, like every other fascist billionaire b*stard. Hope he has upto date tetanus shots.... Wait!, no I don't...... π
Avery (@averyofbirds.bsky.social) reposted
It happened again
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I look after poorly birds, the days JKR's face is on the donated newspapers, I make sure it's directly below the perches. She can view the "egg producing equipment" next to the poop producing equipment π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
She would hate the fact she inadvertently validates people like us, I hope she finds out at a really inconvenient time. Like a day wearing all white, surrounded by media and is dealing with hair-trigger nuclear level diarrhea π
Medlife Crisis (Rohin) (@medcrisis.bsky.social) reposted
There is nothing ivermectin canβt do
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Pitch idea: "Ivermectin lube, it's totally not gay if used liberally". From RFK Pharmaceuticals & Porton Down. Side effects will include nuclear threat level diarrhea, mild amounts of death, bleeding out of orifices, new orifices & fox news employment. Consult vet/mortician if symptoms persist
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
Lindsey Hoyle has blocked the release of his own correspondence with Israeli government officials.... Not shocking given his links to LFI, but it should enrage everyone. Our democracy is merely a proxied body to the US and it's colony Israel
Declassified UK (@declassifieduk.org) reposted
πΉNEW VIDEO -- We found the Israeli soldiers secretly being trained by Britain After months of research, Declassified managed to locate and identify the Israeli military officers training in London amid the Gaza genocideπ www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQiY...
Freya HolmΓ©r (@freya.bsky.social) reposted
me (trying to sound normal): ah, i just help look for lost cats sometimes π₯° also me (holding a $1000 thermal hunting scope irresponsibly bought specifically to find cats):
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
This is the only and most acceptable use of that technology π. I once thought about buying some when I was a hunt sab, but they are heavy things to carry and I needed to be fast to avoid buckshot from the owners of the tyres I just slashed and the traps I just recked...
Alejandra Caraballo (@esqueer.net) reposted
"While the avatar was created by Oliverβs grieving parents with the noble intention of gun control advocacy, the method is profane and disrespectful. This is not Joaquin Oliver. It is a sophisticated deepfake wearing his face, a ghastly marionette ventriloquizing the agenda of the living."
Last of the Brunnen-G (@quasarmike.bsky.social) reposted
Your body is beautiful because it's different, not because it's the same as everyone else. Everyone changes over time, each change a thoughtful choice or necessary transition, each scar a story that is yours to tell, not anyone else's to judge or comment on. Your critics are pitiable not powerful.
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
No one will want to read the article because it's the gen*cide denying BBC, so I'll put the most interesting bit here....
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
Β£24k for that horrible painting?! I wouldn't use the scraps to line my cats litter box.... I say, cut the losses, turn it into kindling for a bonfire. Can throw an effigy of Netanyahu made out of American dollars and a doormat with Trump's face under it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
The Aufseherin, the only one I know of was Kohlmann, Yvette would probably get on with her. Cruelty has no age or gender, but it always seems to rise to the top...
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I've mixed feeling on allotments, the associations can be authoritarian in their management yet confused in their policies. I want common land, freely accessible with reasonable usage policies, not private tenancies with bored wealthy gossips & pigeon haters. Also, trans rights before potatoes βπ³οΈββ§οΈ
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
When labour supporters defend this, they are complicit in it. We all wanted a Labour Party to undo the damage of the corrupt and bought out tories, instead we got torh-continuity with a red rosette and more gen*cide enabling
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
She knows that information doesn't exist, she knows what intelligence our spy planes retrieved from Gaza & she knows it was given to Isr*el to conduct the gen*cide. One day she will be in the dock denying all knowledge & hacking her colleagues to pieces to save her own skin. She's a fraud & a coward
Zack Polanski (@zackpolanski.bsky.social) reposted
The Home Secretary says βThis isnβt about Palestine.β But everyone can see the truth. Theyβre arming a genocide and criminalising those who speak out. This is how fascism begins. We must stand up. For Palestine. For all our rights. For democracy.
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I prefer Tank Girl, we all know Liquid Silver is Mar-a-Lago, Rat Face is Trump and the main character is called Rebecca who terrorises the rich in cool outfits and a modded tank π
Dr. Caelan Conrad PhD CPI (@caelan.bsky.social) reposted
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Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I call them poppets, the wood poppets like string music and the rock poppets like ballads π they all like head scratches
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Those robes might look fun, with the easy opening and tear-away function etc. But they aren't, hope you are ok, you have friends everywhere who wish the very best for you π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm not judging, I've skipped meals, gotten so ravenous you start wondering what random stuff tastes like. Then, the intrusive thoughts win out near a camera and you never leave your den out of embarrassment π¬π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
Not that anyone should, but I do get it... Suggestions for monetisation: OnlyPostDocs, OnlyProfs, XLabHamster, PrePrintHub, grinDr, DeviantDocs, TenureRed. All just have SFW videos of dishevelled academics solving problems. On an unrelated note @joescott.bsky.social when's your next video out. ππ€£
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
This is why I don't run ads on my back, Google is always tracking the visitors, recommending local competitors and clinics, then they leave early and I don't get the AdSense π¬
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
They know what they're doing is racism and cruelty, but they believe themselves to be knights errant in a fantasy where they are fighting bad guys and restoring peace. They can't accept the reality that dashes that, the reality that they lead by the proxies of the billionaire's robbing them daily
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Are you ok? Don't make us Pikachu it out of you... well, I can put a pikachu sticker on a violet wand and turn the dial up to 11
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I love everything about this, the style, the colours and how it just invites us in. Following immediately, must see more π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
Seigneur Baba, L'honorable Marquis du GouttiΓ¨re.... π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
The ouroboros has concluded it's meal, and you never had to clean any pots or pans afterwards π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Dolly is a living deity. Now let us anoint ourselves with the divine hairspray, place the holy albums upon the rhinestoned alter, cast the demon Jolene out and pray for salvation from 9 to 5 (for another album/tour) π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
There's no rivalry between Cromer and Sheringham, Cromer is a wonderful magical place and Sheringham is a perfectly average town.... (If you love weekly "purges", burning wicker men and decorative gibbets) No rivalry at all... Says this Leslie Knope π www.northnorfolknews.co.uk/news/2535485...
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
It's seems well known at this point, but you can't speak to him without a lot of followers, money or media. He's a paid puppet like Starmer, but from what I've heard he's also a lazy git too. So the lobbyists will fund Starmer as leader, but they won't fund Wes because of that.
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
The "goodbye horses" scene is Bill representing transphobes. They are dangerously obsessed with a group of people, covet femininity, vivisect the people they envy, live in mouldy houses and want to put their victims into holes in their basement. It's a complete description of nearly every transphobe
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
Empathy is what costs us our sanity and gives us our humanity. You can be rich, powerful and influential without it, but I'd rather be poor and ignored for its presence than have everything else in its absence....
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
2. Empathy should be inconvenient, it's not your pain but you feel it and can't ignore it. Both for ally and enemy alike, you don't choose. It occupies us so much, the world falls to fascists who don't have it and exploit that. But without it, fascism persists and takes us all down with it
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
1. Empathy that is conditional, is not empathy, it's ingroup interest with altruistic garb. A person once harassed me for a year, it was awful, then years later I saw her on the streets. A life crashed, some might call it karma, I felt pain for her. I got social services for her and gave some money
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Same, I stopped watching it pretty early. I just wanted a Samantha spin off, but can't hate it, people seem to enjoy it for various reasons. It did fell like a mirror to all the problems with the original show too
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
2. I get people are nominated for good works, but it's a cover, the landed lords using good people to paint the title with altruistic clout, stolen valor through tokenism. Every time we refer to "Sir" Blair and "Lord" Cameron we butcher our dignity to elevate war criminals and crooks. So let's stop
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
1. It's gross to have honorary titles, especially when they are so degraded by people who have them, especially the ones who insist the rest of us use them. F*ck the Lord Gobshites & Lady Crapper Creeps who occupy the halls of power without ever getting public consent.
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Her mansion is like the ship from the film Event Horizon, shrouded in darkness, the walls whispering as she creeps through it's shadows like Dr Weir. The crew are the underpaid house keeping staff who pray in Latin before they enter it... "Liberate Mae ex JKR's mouldy af domus inferni" π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I like a very light dusting of finishing powder to slow the spread of it. I just try to avoid too much powder, as I'm not sure about how it effects coverage. Plus I apply sunscreen like a face mask, if it ain't dripping off I apply more π @labmuffin.com does great videos on sunscreen and guides too.
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm not contending he isn't, so not sure why it needs to be reinforced when I said exactly that in my quote post as well. Like exactly what you just said.... π Think we are crossing wires when we don't need to
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
It's not neutral though, there's a lot of popular use beyond it's meaning in academic texts. That's why it's used, because it stirs people. My op contention is mostly trivial, that climate change should be apolitical, but I'm fully aware that it isn't & Zack uses that to stir the media towards it
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
Intersex people exist, we aren't greek myths, objects or outliers. We exist as we are & just ask to be considered & acknowledged. Not mutilated, fetishised or used as objects in arguments we aren't a part of or included in. Solidarity requires all parts of the rainbow, not just the convenient bits
Erika Hall (@erikahall.bsky.social) reposted
We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
I'm always cautious backing anyone, but Zack seems genuine and an attempt to keep the Greens "green" whilst also pairing climate change to its capitalist cause and it's working class victims. The climate is changing because of greed and we all suffer for it, I hope he keeps that message going & wins
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
"Eco-populism" should be eco-realism. Climate change is happening and dealing with it is a real concern, populism infers it's transitory or a trivial wedge. I hope the Greens live up to their name and don't get stuck trying to pander to the right wing rags or the lobby of think tanks as Labour have
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I hope they will eventually, not sure they have any policies yet. We need to keep pushing though, as a friend once told me "better to be a pain in the arse of politicians you like, to do something, than be a cushion they sit on to do nothing"
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Please be prepared for smear campaigns, we know it's going to happen again so having a plan for it is important. And collaboration with the Greens too, I don't want people being pressured to be loyal to party over principle. Greens seem like natural allies, so working with them is vital
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
We knew phrenology was a bunch of crap and horrendously bigoted in every way possible, now the right wing creeps have created a new form of it that's many times worse, more creepy with added "AI" (cause theft and hallucinations make everything worse and that's their goal)
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
Brianna is one of many barnacles on the populist grifting arse, they are attached as long as the money flows or as long as there aren't too many to compete with. We can't forget what she said and supported, no one should be able to shake off the complicity in genocide
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
She's going full Lady MacBeth, desperately trying to wash the blood off whilst reassuring herself that once clean no one will notice. We will, we will remember everyone who supported this, every ghoulish one of them....
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Never spiked stuff, they always get stuck and are a nightmare to clean, same for chains. You really need something solid like a bat'leth, the use of which technically falls in the medieval era....
Matthew Hodson (@matthewhodson.bsky.social) reposted
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Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Wow, people went hard on this comment. Found it funny when someone mentioned this is an app of kindness when some comments seem to prove the opposite. Even here stuff about Gaza gets deprecated, so there's room for significant improvement, genocide shouldn't be ignored so change is necessary
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
I love my home, it's a home, not an asset or a service
Medlife Crisis (Rohin) (@medcrisis.bsky.social) reposted
I also liked this touching tribute to Dr Kalpana Chawla PhD, Indiaβs first female astronaut (later an American citizen) who tragically lost her life with all her crewmates when Columbia burnt up on re-entry in 2003. At the Visvesvaraya Museum in Bangalore. Alt text: her love of Deep Purple
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Avi really is the crackpot's crackpot. He ocillates between the urge to wear a tinfoil hat with an orgone pendant & the need to be a legitimate scientist with a media presence that changes their underwear more frequently than leap years.
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
"To really understand that your country, your collective, is actually committing genocide, that is a very hard mental and personal process," Shouldn't have taken this long, history won't forgive the delay... www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I know it's a museum, but samples would be awesome. Museums are always a bit dry and flavourless, I probably shouldn't be licking the exhibits... but if they talk about food then there ought to be food to try π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I saw that post, it really matters when people speak up, especially when they have an important perspective to see things from. LinkedIn can be a dark place, it's nice when compassion can be found
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
I keep hearing conflicting things about substack, so I could be on his side, against it or in the void between worlds with Bavmorda.... I just don't know. I could join and find out but....... effort π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
An ex of mine had a mother who would give me hibiscus tea and random seeds. I still get a package every few months despite not dating her son anymore. All round good family, although my luck with the seeds is very mixed. I wonder if UK libraries have seed banks π€
Davis Bickford (@davis.social) reposted
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
Oh that terrifies me, in a good and bad way. But glad they reposted you otherwise I wouldn't have found you π
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
It's like opera without the music, you laugh, you cry, you see wild hairstyles, her holiness Dolly Parton and at the end you feel both worn out and energised. I watch this film as a matinee alongside "Boys on the Side", "9 to 5" and "Gorilla's in the Mist" Hope you enjoy the film
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social) reply parent
We see people with horrible views hold power, their following so bound parasocially to them they will justify anything. So, it's for everyone else who wants to follow them to know what they are getting into. It sounds reductive, but we live in dangerous times and we need visibility of the red flags
Mike J (@pigeonpoppets.bsky.social)
I never liked call outs, various reasons mostly personal to me not something anyone should feel judged by. But recently I'm finding large accounts who are peddling horrible messaging on AuADHD, pro Israel propaganda and LGB transphobes. Frankly I want a log of their shit kept in case they backpeddle