I’d also argue it’s not necessarily a bad thing. If you’re talking shit be sure you’re able to back it up. I am naturally contrarian but in many cases it’s less about what I feel and more about taking the side of the voice that is missing.

For those of us like me that can step back. This timeline is absurdly funny.

We (white people) gave black people the shortest and shittiest month to celebrate their heritage which a segment of us still bitch about them celebrating a month meanwhile bitch every month is White Heritage Month and this is what a large segment of the population feels and you cannot argue with feelings.

Why do they feel this way? Let’s get to that and work to solve the problem.

Being a bit of a pragmatist.

I’m probably as liberal as they come but I’m also older. When I do vote compasses I’m always square in the social and fiscal liberal columns.

That said, I am friends with people from all walks of life and I can tell you the general consensus is that things have swung too far to the left and what we are seeing is a swing back to the right. It’s all a pendulum. I’ve had this conversation with pretty much every one from every background so it’s not just a white people thing. People need to understand that people from many different backgrounds being their own flavour of hatred and bigotry to the conversation. Asians are notoriously racist. Black people are notoriously homophobic (my African girlfriend doesn’t like my earrings or the fact I wear colourful socks for Christsake).

What truly amazes me is how fast and how hard the pendulum has swung the other direction in America and damn does it not look good. In Canada it’s swinging right but far more measured and the hope is not much farther.

Even as progressive as I am my daughter has an after school program called “Girls Inc” and I have thought to myself why don’t my sons have a Boys Inc to which the response in my head is it’s still a mans world and if I tried to make one I’d be accused of something negative I’m sure so I never pursue it.

I will say right now if the expression is “a rising tide lifts all ships” we have not been paying adequate attention to the ships that are not rising as fast or as much. This is what is causing the pendulum swings IMHO and without addressing the deep underlying and systemic issues it’s only going to get worse.

Open source router you install it on your personal router instead of the vendor firmware and gain 200% of the functionality.

Aha but Alan Rickman is dead and I’m not so point me.

RIP Alan.

Maybe it wasn’t as difficult as we think?

Last 3 points millions of years ago the planet was much warmer with a lot more oxygen so for dinosaurs they would be moot.

Photopea. Why bother with paint or a download when it’s all in a browser and Photoshop lol

My sense is orgs are correcting now from the over-hiring they did a few years ago. Our InfoSec department blew up over the last 5 years as did many corporations but the problem is in the boom you had, for lack of a better way to put it, a lot of morons snuck in under the auspices of “I took a course I’m a security engineer!”

Now corporations are moving on to risk mitigation which is a completely different skillset.

We all know they have no souls. It’s not like they’re real people anyways.

A man whispers into another man’s ear, reminiscent of the famous George W Bush image

I am here for the AI transcript of images. What a magical time to be alive.

I use dreamhost and it’s just normal IMAP.

whoisearth.com - had for 20+ years. Personal sandbox

ifuckswithit.com

ifuckswiththat.com - both just general blogs

“Surname”.com - I get my personal email and my kids all setup there

I may be alone in this but I don’t lik how a pressure cooker impacts the texture opposed to a traditional slow roast. I am constantly making pulled pork with a pork shoulder bone in and the pressure cooker the meat has a weird consistency. It’s tougher. Not a fan.

Running.

Anxiety is horrible with ADD and chasing negative thoughts.

Running helps me to focus and practice the mindfulness that they keep saying is good for anxiety but for people with focus issues is damn near impossible to realize.

Only war is a class war. Ever and always.

Only day 1 game I’ve purchased in like 2 decades is Elden Ring lol. Patient gaming is where it’s at

We aren’t there yet but soon. GenX I bet you’ll see the first person die directly as a result of micro plastics. Boomers, I think cancer has got them for the most part and I’m confident we will solve that riddle in the next few decades

Assuming I can find Sam and Dean or stay the fuck away from Sam and Dean I would be safe.