I want my government to be boring and competent enough so that I don’t have to think about it every goddamn minute.

Yes, the stock market may be tanking and our national security apparatus has never been more vulnerable and we're on the verge of both economic collapse and war, but it was all worth it to keep pronouns out of email signatures.

Chicago, you pretty. 😍

MY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THIS WEEK

1. Consciousness
2. Respiration
3. I petted several cats
4. Consumed pizza
5. Strategic AND tactical napping

Two truly amazing American patriots who love our country more than Russia.

In terms of how empires fall stories turning the whole thing over to a ketamine addled tech baron and a band of incel teens is probably one of the most pathetic options

never gonna Alt+F4
never gonna Ctrl+W
never gonna :q! and desert you
never gonna Ctrl+X
never gonna Esc
never gonna Ctrl+D and hurt you

Still true. If someone wants to ban a book, run - don't walk - and find it and read it. School library, public library, whatever.

TFW you realize Word has enabled CoPilot, and after fussing and much cussing, you finally figure out how to disable the damn thing. Stop giving me shit I didn’t ask for! Thx. The Mgmt.

Okay, I’m hoping this will gain some traction on Bluesky *inhales* SALEM PUBLIC LIBRARY IN OREGON IS IN DANGER OF CLOSING. This sets a dangerous precedent for state capital libraries!!

This is a continuation of the saga from last year, when we were saved at the last second by the then-mayor. (1/2)

#Booksky important term:
-Book Worm: Avid devour of stories, in any way shape or form
-Book Dragon: Avid collectors of book, mostly in physical form
-Book Wyrm: The dangerous combination of the first two, and I admire them so much

There used to be a debate about whether reading actually improved people as people or it was just another way to pass the time.

I feel like the 21st century decline of reading and simultaneous rise in ~waves hand at all that~ provides a pretty clear answer.

Work computer is running slow

Open Task Manager

<Internal PC discussion: Scram boys, the fuzz is onto us!>

Watch CPU load drop from 60% to 11%

When I visited Chicago, a single $20 pass got me unlimited, stress-free transit to points around the city for a week. It was glorious.

youtu.be/lVTS_J7Xmxs?...

I. JUST. WANT. THE. RECIPE. I. DON'T. WANT. FOUR. PAGES. OF. STORY. ABOUT. HOW. THIS. WAS. YOUR. AUNT. LINDA'S. FAVORITE. DISH. ON. WINTER. ESCAPES. TO. THE. MOUNTAINS.