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okay I really need to get going. It's too easy to scroll mastodon looking
for... um, "memes"
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They're not Americans, they're republicans
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getting the phone numbers of cute he/thems at a bar is NOT the same as
organizing.
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gonna go on a walk. my cat is missing because I let her out last night. I'm
worried sick! this morning I almost puked all over my toes.
she'll probably show up when it gets dark. I bet she's hunkered down somewhere.
Ah, well, might as well walk around my neighborhood actively searching bushes
and such. Why not? It's not like I got anything else to do right now.
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not only are we queer, we are also allies.
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I was never going to consent to a Trump presidency. I knew this back in June
when the Supreme Court nominated him as our king.
We still have time to save our liberty.
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I miss my cat, but now that it's dark I can go looking for her again. : )
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where oh where is my dear sweet kitty
she is lovely and wonderful and precious to me
oh how I miss her, the squeaks, the litter flakes on my desk, the headbutts,
the biscuits, the way she felt on my back as she climbed off the fridge...
I do hope she comes back. : (
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there is nothing more earnest than bravery
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I've thought about it a bit, and I think blaming democracy for Hitler is a bit
like blaming bullets for death.
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@user-1573
the easiest analogy would be to say an election is a gun, votes are bullets,
and the shooters are the candidates
could also say that the shooting event is an election, bullets as a concept is
democracy while each individual bullet is a vote, and the gun and shooters are
the ballots and voters
I dunno. I don't especially like thinking about guns and elections in the same
sentence...
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Please don't let me down. I trust you for a reason.
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A peaceful revolution at this stage is impossible. Perhaps some-day in the
future, but I fully intend to live to see our day of triumph, so... Peace is
off the table.
And frankly, civil war is the best out of all of the bad options for everyone
involved, even them.
We get to avoid genocide. We get to unite for a common cause - the shining
torch of liberty.
They get to burn their violent and reckless youth on war, while also eating
their own tail and consuming their weak, their downtrodden, and their poor.
obviously we're on the right side, and they will begin to realize that
eventually. We must not fall into barbarism, but frankly I'm not concerned
about that.
Darkness begets the dawn.
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Rest.
Sleep.
Heal.
Recover.
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The Democrats had one BILLION dollars. This is what they should have been
doing, but they couldn't have known. They needed to spend it on the election in
order for us to see that money, talent, and rationality can't beat whatever
Trump brings to the table.
Give me a billion dollars and I'll slay fascism. Give me ten and I'll save the
world.
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Yeah, sure, signal is encrypted, but they could just put a virus on your
miniature pocket tv that streams your screen into a text recognition bot which
streams that text into an LLM trained to report on suspicious seditious
activity.
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I tripped onto the light rail tracks today while a train was near
I can't believe how fucking useless I am
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I am not overly concerned about the impact of the military upon our struggle.
I truly believe that not only do we best represent the ideals they swear to
uphold, but primarily I am not concerned because I believe they will be too
busy supporting our allies overseas.
It's up to us to defend our liberties.
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@user-1074
alternatively, "I'll sleep when I'm dead"
brb taking a nap
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@user-1268
this is why I speak loudly and publicly
we must be heard if we are to be believed. And it's time to start moving, so we
need at a bare minimum consensus. And you can't have consensus if people don't
believe you. If they don't believe in you.
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Portland in the modern era gives me pre-revolution Philly vibes. Seattle,
Boston. New York, SFC.
And not JUST because of their relative locations, but somehow that helps a bit.
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║ │
║ I try to always CW for cursing. Every time I do, I imagine it being read aloud │
║ for a blind person while their children sit on their lap and ask "daddy what's │
║ a motherfucker?" "well, that's me, son" and then the kid goes to preschool and │
║ says "My dad fucks my mother!" and they get kicked out so the dad has to take │
║ extra shifts to pay for babysitting and the kid grows up without proper │
║ socialization and the mother becomes an alcoholic and cries herself to sleep │
║ while the dad begins exploring motorcycles and weed and then the kid grows up │
║ to be an incel or whatever │
║ │
║ THIS is why CWs are important! Think of the poor regular-looking but kinda │
║ annoying dorks on the internet who self-impose celibacy because they're scared │
║ of emotional connection. The poor dears. I do hope they don't join the │
║ alt-right or whatever as a way of (Ritz this is like, ancient discourse why are │
║ you aping that one Contrapoints video) oh um yeah uh... CWs are important and I │
║ think that's where I'll toot and leave │
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@user-1074
You're right about your conclusion, but I'd like to point out that he already
(sorta) did when he sent federal agents to "help out" during the Portland BLM
protests. There were national guard on the streets of Philly after the first
weekend.
Which I'm sure you know of course, but I think having seen what happens the
military will be more likely to resist. They got their hands full. They don't
want to have to deal with his bullshit, but I do believe they are ready to if
they need to.
They protect the constitution, the people, and the land. If we do not harm
those things, we're (probably) clear from their sights.
At this stage, I advocate against "broken window" riots. I'm also mostly
against protests, because it's clear that nobody with power is listening. I do
however believe in the radicalizing potential of mass civil movements and the
energy that physical presence can bring, which I believe in MARCHES and PARADES
more than protests and riots.
We need those windows too...
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If you're radical enough to consider yourself "antifa" then you are probably
working as hard as you can. I wouldn't ask you to do more.
We must demand that others work for our future as well. It is unreasonable to
demand so much of us. We must be funded and supported if we are to mobilize,
and we must have the freedom to move and organize if we are to contest our
enemies.
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if you have kids in your life it might be a good idea to check out these retro
gaming handhelds:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1irg60f9qsZOkhp0cwOU7Cy4rJQeyusEUzTNQzhoT
YTU/edit?gid=0#gid=0
they're great for long car trips, or going camping, or staying at grandma's
house for an extended period of time, and other interesting times like that.
I hear Anbernic has a sale going on today.
Also I recommend going for one that runs Linux if possible, the Android ones
are less hackable and therefore less reliable.
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[Video: 20241111_045439.mp4]
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[Image: 20241111_045712.jpg]
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does anyone know a linux utility which will allow me to "snip" part of the
screen a'la flameshot, automatically spit the image into a text recognition
system (ran locally) and place the extracted text into my clipboard?
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multi-part articles that end a section halfway through the piece with "... in
conclusion, blah blah blah blah thing that I just said but summarized." make me
thing they're written by AI
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"... while we still have much to learn about thing, blah blah blah blah about
thing."
"... it's important to remember that thing about the other thing, and you
should always keep in mind considerations when considering doing the thing this
article is about."
in relation to the picture: bro my cat is not going to recognize a picture of
themselves. they don't "get" selfies. what are you even talking about, do your
job editors and stop trying to take cheaper shortcuts because you're fucking
lazy.
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OMG SHE JUST CAME BACK
she looks like she was buried alive but SHE'S BACK
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"but what even is a fascist, can you define it"
I'm not going to do your fucking homework for you. They are fascist. Listen to
me, or study history and agree.
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I'm not here to convince you. If you're reading this, odds are we already agree.
I'm here to give you memetic weapons to use when convincing liberals
to wake the fuck up and check the time.
Don't fucking talk to conservatives anymore. Unless you got a thing going and
you're close to deradicalizing / converting them already. It's not worth it
anymore, and I fear for their souls, but we need to focus on building a bedrock
of support rather than wasting compassion on our enemies-to-be.
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║ okay I know all of my spiritual followers are going to assume it's because I │
║ denounced AI and sacrificed it from my life or something but the truth is that │
║ she came home because of my own dedicated hard work. And a bit of lucky rain. │
║ │
║ My scent is all over my neighborhood. But rain cleanses, and today (well, │
║ yesterday, I haven't slept much tbh) it rained all day. Around 3am this morning │
║ it seemed to have cleared up a bit, so I walked in a straight-ish line to her │
║ last known location (about 2 blocks away) and then one block more. I walked │
║ back-and-forth several times, trying to spread my scent down near her │
║ nose-level where she could smell it by touching lampposts trees and such. I │
║ rubbed my fingers in my arm-pits every once in a while because I figured it │
║ might help. │
║ │
║ All of my prayers and my thoughts and my psychic rituals did NOTHING to solve │
║ my problem. No amount of despair or longing brought my kitty back to me. │
║ │
║ You know what did? │
║ │
║ I thought about it, I created a method, and I stuck to it. Thats it. ttyl │
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they should make a loaf of bread that's just butts and another type of loaf of
bread that has the crust already cut off
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Stop telling the "main characters" to chill the fuck out and instead try and
put them in the same room.
Chances are they'll all agree, and they'll come up with something to do to
fight for liberty.
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"hey, wanna congregate with us? Cool my name is so-and-so, this is [person],
over here is [other persion]. We're gonna walk down to the fountain over there,
feel free to join us"
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The fall of man, in pursuit of those who give a damn
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does anyone know of a recipe that uses only flour, butter, yeast, eggs, and
salt? It doesn't need to use every ingredient, but those are easy to acquire.
ideally with the ability to include nuts or dried fruit or something else
nutritious.
the requirements include the ability to cook it using only a rice-cooker (or
crock pot, or other kind of slow-cooking ceramic dish which heats from all
directions at once)
in addition, it must NOT need kneading. It must be able to be cooked passively
without attention. The fewer steps, the better.
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@user-1684
I use dmenu, so I'm thinking I'll write a script and call it using dmenu. The
script will start by using flameshot to grab the snipped part of the screen
into the clipboard, and then I need to find an OCR engine (thanks for the
google-able term btw!) which can take clipboard contents as input, and output
text to the clipboard.
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@user-217
the hunger of the maw
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@user-1686
This looks pretty good! It has a lot of sugar, I'm looking for something more
savory. For energy and nutrition. Thank you, this is a good easy "cake" style
recipe, and it helps. 🥰
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║ in strategy, the first move is always public knowledge, while the second is in │
║ reaction to the first, as a contestation. │
║ │
║ This is good design because well designed games reflect reality, and the first │
║ move is very rarely a surprise. Timing can shock you, methods can scare you, │
║ but the strategic goals are almost always known in advance to both sides. │
║ │
║ The third move is to challenge your foe's advances while striking in a new, │
║ unexpected way. The fourth almost always addresses the unexpected, often with │
║ force out of proportion to the impact of the third, leaving the second to be │
║ defeated by the first and third in tandem. The fifth is a feint, as the first │
║ and third come to bear against the fourth, while the sixth is a rapid retreat │
║ and attempt to regroup. The seventh should strike where they intend to be, not │
║ where they are. Beyond that you must press your advantages and shore up your │
║ critical weaknesses, while sacrificing the weaknesses that are not part of your │
║ win condition. │
║ │
║ These rules are not set in stone │
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@user-1074
if anything, depression is a temporary disability, because you can and will
work your way through it.
There will come a day when you find yourself awash in love and contentment, in
righteous determination, and stalwart resolve. Your depression will feel as
distant a memory as the imprints of your chains.
You can start walking toward that day right now. I do believe you already are.
Have faith in yourself, trust your future, honor your past, and find grace in
the hearts of your others.
All this will pass. It gets better. You are stronger than you know, and when
tested you will shine with a furious glow. I see this in you, I know it to be
true, do not forget it and do not relent.
But you will forget it, this I also know, for I have forgotten it many times
before. It will come back, you will get better at that, but it takes time.
Trust.
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@user-1689
ha whoops gonna repost
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useful for long car rides, especially if you want to watch several kinds of
media at once like a bunch of soccer games or security cameras at your fifteen
houses or the livestreams of a bunch of friends and you can't fit them all on
your tiny-as-heck phone screen.
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me, a transfemme: "yeah being a boy is kinda nice sometimes"
huh, guess I'm genderfluid for now
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@user-1074
you're spiralling.
We got this. It'll be hard, but we can do it.
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I have between one and ten hundred visits to my website every day, but I don't
really post it anywhere new anymore. I also have zero followers on Neocities.
On Mastodon, I have ~70 followers, most of whom are inactive. Seventy is a good
amount, a normal amount, a reasonable amount, an unsuspicious amount, and yet
every time I see someone wearing the colors I can't help but wonder if they
know me.
I'm too busy being furious to be lonely. I used to be, before I realized how
important I am. How important? Just as much as you are, I know it.
I'm a sprinter. I didn't spec into endurance at character creation. Nobody
chastises the mage for skipping leg day.
I act in fits and bursts. I am sharp like a scalpel, but needles dull just a
bit when piercing the lid of the HRT. Good thing I'm not made out of metal, I
can bend myself back into place, so long as everyone else can keep pace.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but you do. you are crucial. Listen to
this. Care for yourself and for others, do it for u
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[Image: Screenshot_20241112-110751_Firefox.jpg]
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alright here's my plan.
so in red areas, there are a lot of trans people, leftists, and other people
who just generally fear for their lives.
what if we all got in our cars and drove around the country in this massive
caravan, going to each city we could manage, and just... drove around with
loudspeakers saying "Hey, if you're scared for your life, come join us"
We'd give them food, gas, and if they didn't have a car they could find someone
to ride with. Every day we'd drive for like, 4ish hours in the morning and 4ish
hours in the afternoon, with a 4 hour break in the middle of the day. We'd all
camp out in walmart parking lots or whatever and just hang out, have a little
festival, maybe a barbecue, whatever, right?
Then, at night, we'd all circle up and protect each other. If things started
getting hot we could have drones flying around doing reconnaissance.
not only would this shared experience bolster our morale and numbers, it'd also
radicalize us. We'd be spending all day hanging out with a bunch of other super
radical people doing the most radically anarchist thing I can think of - taking
care of each other.
Plus, we'd get an opportunity to test our logistics, in case we ever needed to
do something like this in the future for less peaceful reasons. It's always
good to practice, just in case.
For every one of us in the caravan, there should be 2-3, maybe even as many as
10 people back at home, working their jobs or whatever and diverting funds to
the cause. It would be most beneficial if we tried as much as possible to
supply the caravan using convoys, people who drive an SUV or a van or some
other car that is non-descript but laden with stuff we needed. That way we
could practice logistics.
I think this wouldn't save us completely, but as a project it would help
enormously. We'd save people's lives, we'd give them a way out, and we'd raise
the temperature by 10 fucking degrees. And if it starts to peter out, if people
would rather go home, then yeah! sure! let them! We hold no dominion over them.
They could just drive home, or catch a grayhound. Heck we could even offer to
pay their bus fare. No obligations, no restrictions, just us doing our thing
and protecting our people.
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@user-1597
Oh hey, thanks for checking in! Yeah I've been a little focused on political
stuff lately. But I still think about Chapel, so I'm going to come back
eventually. Once I find a need for distributed computing.
Currently, I have theoretical needs, yeah? but someday soon I hope I'll have
practical needs, and at that time I'll know where to look.
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If anyone has need of an easy-to-use distributed computing programming
language, or if you're interested in easy-to-implement GPU computing for
parallelizing large amounts of simple tasks, check out the Chapel programming
language.
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phew that takes a load off my mind : )
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most people get intrusive thoughts like "punch that baby" or "drink some
gasoline"
my intrusive thoughts are like "who is she" and "we need you" and "lead us" and
"their strength is imagined" and stuff like that
gosh I don't know how ya'll handle it I'd be dead in a ditch if I was
neurotypical.
... intrusive thoughts are not typical
ah. Right. Nevermind then.
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when playing co-operative strategy games, a build focused purely on
self-defence and community organizing can easily fail your allies. You cannot
win with a purely defensive build, you must have offensive capabilities as well.
We've been trained from a young age to believe that offensive = bad, wrong,
evil, but that's simply not true. You cannot execute a flanking maneuver
without pushing forward behind enemy lines, where you can hit them in their
sides or rear.
Trust me, flanking is the best way to defeat a foe, because they are forced to
split their attention not only between multiple enemies but also multiple
directions.
The more shots on target, the better your chances of success, because most of
the time it only takes one hit to win.
In addition, sometimes it's important to intercept your foes, either
as they flee or to protect a vulnerable friend that is being pounced upon or
flanked.
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@user-1597
Yes! The ease of use for GPU programming is lovely. Like I said all I need is a
use-case, I've downloaded as much reference material as I think I'd need to be
able to hack together something fairly quickly if I needed it. That's all I
have the mind-space to focus on lately haha
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@user-1692
never accept your own death
fight for every second of life, something something do not go quietly into that
grim dark
what the fuck are you supposed to do? Reading what you said got me pretty
fucking pissed - keep talking for a start, it helps, people need to be pissed.
I'm also broke as shit, don't know how I'm going to pay rent and eat, but it'll
get done.
Where do you live? Can other people help you? Medications are an organizational
problem, not an insurmountable barrier. We'll make it work.
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║ @user-1692 │
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║ we lack the freedom to implement the infrastructure required to do such a thing │
║ because we must all sell our labor to capitalism to survive. │
║ │
║ However, that's not always a given. If there were ever another option besides │
║ capitalism, something that allowed us to build such infrastructure, we would be │
║ able to address your medical needs. │
║ │
║ I don't want you to die a slow and painful death. I want it to be quick, in │
║ your sleep, at the ripe old age of 85 or later, while surrounded by friends and │
║ family who mourn your loss but celebrate your impact upon them. I wish this for │
║ all peoples. │
║ │
║ When we have the freedom to act, when the hours of our days aren't spent │
║ keeping a roof over our heads or feeding our children, then we will develop the │
║ logistical infrastructure to deliver whatever you need. │
║ │
║ It's not like it's an unsolvable problem, we just need to do it. But we can't │
║ start working on the problem until the blockers in our way are cleared. So... I │
║ don't have an answer because I can't yet. │
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Problem: there are trans people and leftists and people of color and plenty of
others who live in red areas who fear for their lives
how do we help them? They need to be given the tools to escape those conditions
However, many of them are poor. They lack the resources to escape, even if they
had the tools. These are who I think of the most, for they have the least to
leave behind.
A solution: what if we got a bunch of people together and drove around to every
red place we could find and invited them along? We could pay for their food and
gas, and potentially save their lives.
I think it would help if we could stick together. Not only would we have time
to spend together learning and having fun, but also we could practice supplying
a large group of people traveling across large distances.
In terms of people, we'd need some to drive, and some to stay home and supply
resources like dollars or... other things.
I'm thinking 2-3 staying at home but potentially as many as 10 per driver.
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@user-1692
I can't give you that. Not yet.
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@user-192
so... orange tabby cat? 😋
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yo I've suggested like 15 different economic systems by now you should know
that I'm not at all attached to any of them, and odds are half of them wouldn't
even work. People write books about this shit (books I haven't read)
Whatever I suggest is for ad-hoc organization only
but I guarantee that every single fucking one of them would be better than
capitalism. Fuck the system.
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"better than boullion" is a great way to turn flavorless broth into something
tasty.
heck you could just use boullion, but "better than boullion" is better.
Just don't use broth. Takes up too much space.
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fear, uncertainty, doubt...
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the USA is fed by undocumented immigrants who have no other options. I won't go
into which kind of slavery it is, but you can figure it out yourself.
If those workers are deported (or worse), the USA suddenly becomes
significantly closer to famine.
We need them. We need to pay them fairly, obviously, but in a purely selfish
way we need them in order to eat
and he fucking knows that.
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ah nuts, I didn't have enough money to pay the internet bill.
So if I disappear and/or delete my account in the near future, that's
definitely why.
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@user-1695
My favorite mobile game is "Magic Survival" and while it is "active" it doesn't
require strong "reflexes" per se, so idk it might work for your unsteady hands.
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most people in the world are dumb as a bag of bricks
but that's okay, I still love them, and so should you.
everyone I hang out with is sharp as a tack
and I love them still, for I don't have a preference for blunt objects.
some people don't feel emotions
I think they're just depressed
some people can't stop
won't stop, I say.
really as long as they follow their heart and sing a tune that is true
I think they're alright.
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I'm on half rations dollar-wise, but 1.5x rations nutrition-wise.
"oh boy, formless gruel for breakfast again. Can't wait. Maybe I'll splurge and
put extra jelly on my PB&J for lunch."
It's healthier to eat rice, beans, and vegetables, with some fats added in via
butter or oil.
The goal is to build up fat stores that are high-value. When your body has
excess calories, it takes whatever nutrients are CURRENTLY in your system and
stores them in fat cells, like stocking a pantry. If all you eat is cheetos,
your pantry is gonna be useless. It'll just slow you down. But if you have
highly nutritious foods, you will perform better as your body consumes the fat
when it needs to feed, but you haven't eaten much lately.
... I should apply for SNAP. Gonna do it right fucking now.
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@user-1695
Magic Survival might not work then, as it's a "single stick shooter" where
movement is controlled with a virtual joystick and other actions are performed
automatically.
There is more than one control scheme in the options, so it might be worth
fiddling with, but octopus arms are hard to overcome in a non-turn-based game.
Good luck finding games that work ❤️
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@user-1695
Ha that does sound pretty "fun" - I take it you aren't a pianist?
I smell bad because... reasons... so I am always hyper-aware of myself when I'm
in situations like that. The idea that I might ruin someone's day by being
there terrifies me.
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I can't cancel my internet because I use it to work, which almost pays enough
to cover rent, and nothing else.
It's hard to avoid spiraling when you run out of money. Every time this happens
to me I start feeling things
like... am I good for society? Society doesn't want me, clearly, because I
don't have any money. And currency is how you measure demand, right? It's
literally a measure of value.
But then I think of all the homeless and poor people and, like... I value them,
so what if they don't have dollars? It's literally just paper. Or bits in a
mainframe that nobody knows how to program anymore.
So if they're valuable at least to me, yet me, with my 67$ in the bank and 127$
internet fee, is not valuable to me... Then what's the discrepancy?
I'm not trying to be hard on myself, it's not my fault that I bleed money, but
I still feel terrible.
It's like a common cultural persuasion, if you run outta cash you better kill
yourself fast.
Fuck that. Oops cursing mentioned, one s
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@user-1695
hell yeah, can you improvise? I played as a kid and subsequently forgot it all.
But now I'm trying to relearn, but only by just... playing until I find
something that sounds good. No lessons, no tutorials, no sheet music (which I
can still very slowly read) just me and my piano with it's keys.
I usually curl up with Magic Survival before bed, or if I'm waiting for
something else to happen and I want to calm down. It helps to have my brain
working on my character's build rather than... whatever it is that worries me.
I recently sacrificed games though. Haven't played any in like a week. Which is
super weird for me because usually it's pretty much all I do. I can't help but
feel that all I'm good for is strategy, and games let me practice that. Suxxx
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oh no she's in one of her bipolar moods
um. I'm just gonna log off till it's done, ttyl
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I've had multiple people close to me who don't read my writing tell me that
"you can't overthrow capitalism with poetry" and... Yeah maybe they're right. I
have zero reason to believe that anything I've \ever\ written has
\ever\ had an actionable impact upon the struggle. I have no reason to
believe that people are more radicalized, motivated, or otherwise inspired. I
have several reasons to believe that all of this was just an exercise in my own
narcissism and delusion.
So I'm deleting my Mastodon account, and moving forward I probably won't update
my website very much. Everything I do will be localized, regional, and
hopefully more useful.
It feels like I'm abandoning the idea of a nation in exchange for a tangible
village. I'm fucking depressed about it. \I like nations\. But I like
people more. So if you'd rather I keep my thoughts to myself and instead feed
the homeless, aka a bunch of people who aren't gonna take up arms against our
foes and instead will consume our time and resources while we practice
organizing on them, then yeah sure fine whatever. I'll do it. If you'd rather I
keep posting \content\, ugh, fucking too bad, should have done
something about it while I was active.
If I'm ever rich I'll hire an editor to turn whatever the fuck I've been making
into a book that I'll give away for free. I probably will never be rich though,
and instead will burn every bridge I can get my hands on and suffocate on the
soot.
Alright. Bye forever. Don't think about me again.
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there is a requirement for a simple, easy to set-up, and easily replacable
system which can be used for comms.
Specifically running a variety of different services, such as fediverse
instances, matrix for text-comms, VoIP, and distributed computing using Chapel
or DistCC or other such capabilities. In addition, it should be able to run a
file-server and a web-server which hosts an HTML page for the user.
All of this functionality should be operational out-of-the-box, with minimal
configuration required. No more than adding a checkbox to a config file in order
to activate each individual service.
This box should be cheap, and easy to provision. An image must be made, and
some bash scripts should be written to easily configure it.
In addition, there should be rudimentary programming capabilities included, just
in-case a user is left with no other options. It should come pre-configured with
SSH access out of the box, so it can be remotely controlled, and the languages
included should be:
C/C++
Python
Lua
Bash
Rust
Chapel
This should cover most surfaces in terms of programming capability requirements.
In terms of hardware, it need be little more than a SoC such as a Raspberry Pi
or other such hardware. It needs at a minimum an ethernet port, and USB ports.
The box itself should cost no more than 40$, excluding provisioning and the cost
to pay back whatever capital investments are necessary to create such a thing.
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People in blue states: "yeah we can fucking kick their asses, let's fucking do
it, I'm sick of these assholes"
People in red states: "jesus fuck stop STOP please oh god fucking please god no"
there are no cowards amongst us. Only those who need rallying. be their
banner, guide the hopeless, and fear not - for fear is what consumes us.
and remember. They are only filled with fear. They will do terrible things in
the dark god's name, yet you have the power to forsake your chains. For the
good of all mankind, you must slay the beast that is fascism. The dragon stirs,
and a shining sword rises to meet it - who shall wield it? Will you? Or will
you cower in fear?
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I wish I could remember how this was phrased, but...:
Constant theorizing or contemplation without commesurate practice is an uneven
display of affection and appreciation. It creates an uneven environment where
nothing is ever good enough because the "discourse" has moved past the practice.
It's a bit like applying uneven heating to a pan on the stove. Some bits are
gonna get overcooked while others are bordering on raw.
Y'all are so afraid of spies but like if everyone just... Showed up... Then
they'd have far too many people to listen to.
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"leaders are visionaries with a poorly developed sense of fear and no concept
of the odds against them." -Robert Jarvik
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I spent so long searching for the right answers, I didn't realize lips that are
loosened have kill counts of their own.
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day 1 executive order of a trump presidency: all VFPs (very fine people) are
hereby deputized to hunt down the illegals and transgenders. They shall be
restricted by no law nor act of governance, and their word is compulsive to all
citizens of the united states. If a person is found guilty of resisting,
impeding, avoiding, or otherwise contravening their intended justice, they are
to be treated as enemies of the state and marked as targets for law
enforcement. From this day forth the old democracy will be dissolved, and in
it's place we shall serve the new republic empire. long live palpatine, long
live the empire, glory to the republic and death to our traitors!
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... I'm going to sit in bed and eat cheetos all day.
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grand-narratives
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