@obdurodon
Retired programmer and proud parent. Runner and pickleball player. The A (formerly B) in LGBTQIA+. ND-supportive. Genuinely progressive and anti-authoritarian, so both centrists and tankies will be blocked along with fascists.
Just sitting and watching Pomelo reboot over and over - three times so far - as part of the initial update process. For a brand new machine. I see Apple hasn't gotten better at this while I was away.
Matthew 25:40
"Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me"
Possibly the least heeded part of the entire Bible.
I'm sorry all this happened to you. I know we've only interacted a little, but the vibes are good and I'm always glad when I see there's another post from you. Just FWIW. I hope things get better.
FWIW, here are some of the most abusive lists I'm on. All reported, never any action because I'm on bsky staff's own hit list.
"Likes child slaughter"
"Epstein's clients"
"Family tree doesn't branch"
Also "Secret Republicans" *and* "Marxists and anti-capitalists" which is just kind of funny.
Because I speak my mind, and it's *my* mind instead of a group mind, I get almost daily notices about someone blocking me (usually via the many spite lists I'm on). But I've gained even more followers from being on a single good list, in just one day. Suck it, haters.
Great choice of colors. 😉
This is kind of a Bluesky thing. Of the five social networks I'm on now, and far more going back decades, this is the only one where I get *zero* engagement on most posts. Even Mastodon, which is smaller and also has a strict follower-only feed, does better. Something's broken here.
To give just one example of how bad the current system is...
When I had prostate cancer, a new MRI ordered by the chief of urologic oncology at Massachusetts General (i.e. the absolute top of the field) was denied by a non-practicing gynecologist in California. Of course they folded at peer review.
Anything ordered by a physician should be paid for *by default*. If an insurance company disagrees, they should have to present before a board of certified professionals (correct jurisdiction and scope, unlike the company's own mercenaries) to make their case.
If they do institute a draft, a *whole lot* of their base is going to be hopping mad. And they might be so blinded by blood-lust that they'll do it. That would mean a blood-bath in November, but if they try to cancel the election that will be a whole different shit-storm. We shall prevail.
I'm 60. Until a couple of years ago, the only book I ever DNFed was Anna Karenina. Twice. Then I guess I just decided life is too short. Just DNFed a perfectly fine book, moved on to another, and I'm *hooked*. Turns out that there are more good books than I can ever read, so I'm skimming the cream.
Reflexive contrarianism rears its ugly head again. It's a rot that runs all through both Silicon Valley and MAGA, and it might be the death of us all. So little surprise that Jay "waffles" Graber, creator of a site optimized for conflict, is its latest exemplar.
A pile of 15-16 Amazon bags and boxes, next to our front door. Not shown: the *huge* item that I couldn't be bothered bringing up from the basement for a picture.
One week of "free" stuff from Amazon Vine. After we had agreed to reduce clutter, and specifically to give Amazon less business. Some of it arrived while I was in the basement, actively sorting through older junk so we can get rid of it. I can't keep up. If anything makes me leave, it will be this.
This is me. Just not my thing <shrug> but I've seen that you're into it and I think that's great. At least two other writers I follow seem to be into it, and I can't think of anyone else, and that just seems like a really interesting coincidence.
In addition to tons of posts in Spanish and Portuguese, now I'm getting German and Polish as well. I think this is bsky's latest shenanigan since "let's force-feed lots of furry and vore content" got stale. I'd say they're childish, but that's an insult to children.
For reasons I can't even be bothered explaining, I'm going to be visiting this site a lot less often. Maybe a couple of times a week, like Mastodon or Facebook. Life's too short to spend much of it on a site optimized for conflict. Xitter refugees re-created Xitter. No fucking notes.
Are any other English speakers suddenly seeing a ton of posts in Spanish or Portuguese? Seems like the bsky Discover algorithm is having another stroke.
He's going to be supervising the exact same people he was cowering from on that day. Awkward.
Apparently the last straw for Trump with Noem was the award of a multi-million-dollar ad contract to an eight-day-old company clearly set up only as a receiver for the grift. So, um, Trump fired someone else for corruption? Only because he didn't get a cut, I guess.
Cross stitch on black background with the Oregon Trail wagon and cause of death listed as "you listened to RFK"
For the last couple years I've started a cross stitch project shortly before the Iditarod with the goal of finishing it by the finisher's banquet. I am very slow, clunky, and overall bad at cross stitch despite it being "beginner" but this was last year's.
This year's is more colors, so we'll see.
A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔
If executives are using AI to make decisions, then they're proving that they themselves add no value. Cut out the absurdly overpriced middleman. Give the money back to employees and/or shareholders.
Imminent or not, the US has been much more of a threat to Iran than they have to us. When was the last time they bombed us out of the blue, or engineered a coup against our popular leader?
About what I expect from bsky.team TBH.
Oh come on, we just cleaned it up. Let's enjoy it a bit before we start dumping trash into it again.
I really wish I could comment more on this Armageddon stuff. It's not even true to Revelations, and has mostly entered evangelical consciousness via Left Behind - the religious version of Atlas Shrugged. 🤢 But a lot of my family is adjacent to that, and they're good people nonetheless, so 🤐 it is.
I take gummies for sleep, and I'm not about to stop. Other people use cannabis for chronic pain, which can also be traumatizing, or for AuDHD/sensory issues. The concern is valid, but evidence shows that legal cannabis is net positive for mental health. (2/2)
A family member recently warned me about the dangers of cannabis-induced psychosis. I appreciate their concern, but...
AFAICT there's a particular risk related to heavy use among young people, otherwise about 3% are susceptible. But you know what else can cause psychosis? Sleep deprivation. (1/2)
Well, we're not exactly dealing with FDR here either, are we? 🤣
