As tax day approaches, I would like to know what I'm paying taxes for if all the things government does are being forcibly and suddenly ended.

Elon Musk probably would have fired Ron Swanson.

Devastating.

This is my last week of work before the new year and I'm already mentally checked out.

The deep goal of bluesky is to decentralize the social internet so that every individual controls their experience of it rather than having it be controlled by 5 random billionaires. Everyone thinks they signed up for a demuskified twitter...we actually signed an exciting and bizarre experiment.

Today’s eye bleach

I think if there’s one thing sinking in for me about all the discourse online around this election (especially through AOC’s questions to those who voted for her and for T) it’s that we as humans are starving for authenticity. Let’s build those connections and see what happens.

Things are bad but that means I go back to basics. Do kind things for strangers. Pay it forward. Am I stressed? Yes, of course. But optimism feels radical these days, so let’s try that.

I don’t really feel like blaming anybody except people who were willing to vote for trump

Agree very much with this from @davekarpf.bsky.social davekarpf.substack.com/p/what-the-f...

It feels gloriously autumnal today and I’m ready for it.