Shaft

I loved OA and still think about it a lot.

I use the cashier, but still bag my own. Just kinda like bagging groceries

If it tries to run away, I don’t eat it.

Started just a year ago. So much free instruction on YouTube. It’s been great

Just assumed I had to be a human, but now given the choice, I’ll take life as a robot.

Less well known but,

Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers or

The nine worlds of The Hands of the Emporer by Victoria Goddard

nice people doing the best they can, in a world that isn’t like our current dystopia

I didn’t know we could get Margaritas in a jug

I’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Risotto

For someone used to desktop Linux, where respect for the user, consistency, customisability, and performance are still held in high regard, Windows 11 feels like an endless string of punches in the face.

I sense a challenge coming on…

Greta Thunberg

“eels that come when called”?

So much better to do it in person.

Started improv a few years ago. Very good for my mental health.

What does it taste like?

children’s beer made from fermented black rye bread

sounds crazy enough

We have been turned into sheep

We are like children.

White Americans have been raised to believe the most preposterous set of lies about ourselves (land of freedom, etc) and the amount of effort to sustain that belief despite all evidence to the contrary is hard to imagine. Effort from the ruling class (eg “god save America” at the baseball game) but also internal efforts from the people themselves - because the collapse of the lie tears your self image apart. This actually started during the George Floyd Black Lives Matter moment but the reaction the other way brings us back to Trump.

People who want real change, and end to imperialism and capitalism feel isolated and hopeless. 1/3 if the country are committed to racism and misogyny. All lot of better off folks just want the illusions of the old normalcy back.

It doesn’t help that truly unedited critical voices here get shut down for somehow being responsible for Putin.