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Mobile developer. Sourdough from Alaska, now a Buckeye (I guess).
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If Progressives want to fix shit, we need a PR *machine*. Primed with the energy of Millennials, energized by the anger of Gen Z, and prepping for Gen Alpha. Look. I'm a leading-edge Gen-Xer. I don't know how to fix shit. So depending on younger generations is a cop-out. Yet here we are.

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So, the Constitution is a flawed document. That said, as an experimental first-of-its-kind thing, it's not really that bad. Sure, maybe should've given more than an unclear clause limiting gun rights to well-regulated militias. Still, kinda hate seeing it shredded with support of GOP right now.

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I submit that any time we *must* refer to Trump, we do so as "Putin's favorite bottom," like this: "Trump, who is Putin's favorite bottom, called Zelensky a dictator, as is tradition for Nazis to call democratically-elected officials."

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It's hilarious to me that Trump destroys DEI initiatives because of something something, but then gives us the least qualified, most incompetent administration *EVAR*. It's kinda like an argument *for* DEI. "Uhm, sure, you can be Secretary of Defense. Just beat this black dude at Stratego."

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Have an ex-friend on Facebook who went from middle-class to kinda-rich during pandemic. I've een posting about how ultra-rich are the reason America is in trouble, not immigrants or DEI. He's gotten spicy-defensive. I'll ignore for months, and still @s me. Been fucking with him tonight. Am I bad?

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So, I know I should be doing something. Like, representing locally. My King of Executive Function is at war with my Duke of What The Fuck Am I Doing. Duke is winning.

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Spicy opinion: World would be better off without billionaires. And hundred-millionaires. But mostly billionaires.

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Elon Musk's takeover of the, well, entire US government is not just alarming, but illegal. If charged for $1000 per PII, that would be, let's see, 100M times $1000 is, what, $100B? So, depending on how works out, would *still* be just fraction of worth. Large fraction, but still We are fucked.

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Sometimes simple pleasures are a dark beer on a cold winter night. A light breeze in summer. The murmur of friends on a night out. The knowledge you've chosen the perfect spot to deposit the traitorous body of an unnamed billionaire. Simple pleasures are best.

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You ever feel the crushing demands of capitalism just don't make up for the costs? Me too.

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Well. That was excitement. Spent 5 minutes chasing a bat around. No clue how it got in the house. (I'm assuming the chimney. Let's go with that.) It finally settled in behind a drape, so I opened the window, tapped the drape, and it flew out. Memphis seemed to think it was just a really big moth.

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Neighbor next door gets food pantry. Recently got case of canned carrots. Has no clue what to do with. Asked if we could use. So, Aliesha turned into carrot soup. Me, made bread. Took next door. Turns out, loves carrot soup and bread. Lesson: take care of each other, motherfuckers.

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Hey! As fascism encroaches, and economies crash, know one thing: Know who you can count on. Choose your associates wisely. Do not expose the vulnerable. Protect each other. Feigned ignorance is a powerful tool.

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Executive function powers, engage. I said engage! I said ... Ah, fuck it.

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Don't know who needs to see this, but here's a particularly wholesome hour of your life. Ignore the fact Penn and Teller provide the intro. Also: a tiny dose of 1980's style misogyny. Groan-inducing, but not too offensive (for me, anyway). "Rock & roll will never die, but rock and rollers do."

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Just made turkey chili. *SO* fucking good. Keeps body and soul together. Honestly, my soul was looking for another apartment. So, damned good chili.

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So, a year ago I informed a friend I was going to update the OS on our shared website. Have not done so. I'm both a bad friend, and a bad sysadmin.

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Man. For the first time in many years, I'm actively looking for work. Do I even know how to do it now? Seems complicated, with lots of sites after my attention. Anyway. Fortunately lots of openings for mobile developers.

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Seems we're getting there.

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"Days Gone" is a pretty damned good game, story, experience. Some issues. Gameplay gets kinda same-same. But mixes shit up by using the same gameplay in story-telling gut-punches. The story is simple, but told in a complex way, with *major* payoff at the end. One side story kills in the end.

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Fuck ICE. Fuck FBI. Fuck every single 3LA in Trump's sphere of influence. The first act of resistance: DO NOT COMPLY. Period. Not in advance. Not after. Never. Mantra: Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me. Might give wrong information, if leads to embarrassment of Trump.

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When can we elect competent people again? Like, when can competence be the criteria by which we elect these fuckin' fools?

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"Vere are your papers?" was such a movie cliché. Guess there's a revival.

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Am thinking need new Constitutional amendment wherein President takes vow of poverty foregoing all enrichment while in office. Must sell off capital and give to charity before taking office, and live off income only. Maybe for Congress as well.

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My great-great grandma was half Pit River, half Klamath. So, that part is indigenous. Didn't grow up in that culture, so don't feel I can claim it (unlike Grandpa, for instance). The rest (ie, most of my heritage) is colonizer. So are you. Welcome the stranger, for they are you. Or your grandma.

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Just want to say, we're in a time when self-proclaimed Christians are wishing violence on someone repeating what Christ said. Pretty sure there's some talk in Revelations about self-proclaimed Christians following someone who would wish violence on a bishop repeating what Christ said.

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Michael Penn is highly underrated.

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Still gives me ASMR. www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8m-...

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Schadenfreudic defeat is so beautiful.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Posted for no real reason.

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Hey, I try to not post from my alt, but I was up late contemplating how charging tariffs to the exporter is completely different from charging the importer, and I'm not gonna let my bouts of insomnia go to waste. I even came up with a working formula that probably already exists.

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_The Lost Room_ is available on Youtube. Just thought you should know you can watch THE BEST FUCKING PUZZLEBOX miniseries EVER. I don't mean that as a recommendation. It's a commandment. Go. Watch. Now. I'll be here when you get back. Probably.

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That's the problem. I get drunk, I think I'm funny. Really, though. I'm pretty fuckin' funny. Especially right now.

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Lies are not free speech.

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Deeply considering all the alternatives, I've decided today shall be devoted to day-drinking. Thank you, Responsibility. You were a close second. Fuck you, Working To Profit A Rich Person. Not even in the running.

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