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tantramar, 1 day ago to random

opened the kitchen window tonight. the screen has some holes, but I didn't have the light on, so I didn't worry about bugs getting in.

next thing i know there's a massive June Bug in the living room, FLAGRANTLY VIOLATING THE SOCIAL CONTRACT THAT'S RIGHT THERE IN ITS NAME.

violinguy, 1 day ago

@tantramar maybe it's just a May Bug. Did you check its ID ?

violinguy, 1 day ago

@tantramar that'll teach you to duct tape those holes like a true handyman.

violinguy, 1 day ago

@tantramar lots of us procrastinate like that. Gave you an amusing story though.

skinnylatte, 24 days ago to food

More soy toots: when you buy soy sauce look at the ingredient list and label.

If it has ‘hydrolyzed soy protein’, it’ll be roughly the same quality as ‘cheap Chinese restaurant takeout soy sauce packets’. Soy sauce made from chemical processes. It doesn’t taste good to me and is usually amped up with sugar.

If it just says ‘soy beans’, and the label says ‘naturally brewed’ or ‘naturally fermented’ or ‘first draw soy sauce’ it will be pretty good.

#Food

violinguy, 23 days ago

@skinnylatte what about that Bragg sauce ?

pluralistic, 1 month ago to random

All digital businesses have the technical capacity to enshittify: the ability to change the underlying functions of the business from moment to moment and user to user, allowing for the rapid transfer of value between business customers, end users and shareholders:

https://pluralistic.net/2023/02/19/twiddler/

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If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/24/naming-names/#prabhakar-raghavan

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violinguy, 1 month ago

@pluralistic hella yes. Truest thing I've read in days.

StillIRise1963, 1 month ago to random

I still can’t get over the fact that people discussed trickle down economics like it made any fucking sense.

violinguy, 1 month ago

@StillIRise1963 it was bullshit for the rubes.

18+ pluralistic, 1 month ago to random

With Pluralistic, the solo blog I founded 4 years ago, I've moved into longer, more synthetic essays that try to connect the things that caught my attention today with all those things I've written about for the past two decades. That's also proven very fruitful:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/02/20/fore/#synthesis

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violinguy, 1 month ago

@pluralistic I wanted to see ELO one last time soon like I did at the CNE in the 70s. Can't afford to go. Only scalped Ticketmaster tickets available. Could muster $200.

Elo Out Of The Blue GIF

yaelwrites, 2 months ago to random

@pluralistic I was worried my expectations would be too high but your book is mind blowing; thank you for putting it out into the world 💕

violinguy, 1 month ago

@yaelwrites @ChrisWinters @pluralistic Phew.

StillIRise1963, 3 months ago to random

Dear women,

ALWAYS have secret money just in case you find yourself in a situation.

Love,

An older woman

violinguy, 3 months ago

@StillIRise1963 and a bug out bag

Mrfunkedude, 4 months ago to random

This is your reminder not to censor yourself because you're afraid you'll lose followers.

Only the people who stay are worth knowing who you are. Be you. Be as much as yourself as you want to put out there, but be yourself.

We need more sincere people who aren't trying to put on a show to get followers. People just being themselves. Sometimes goofy, sometimes angry, sometimes brilliant, but always true selves.

To me, that's what makes a great social media platform. People being who they are.

violinguy, 4 months ago

@Mrfunkedude okay, er sure. Haven't spend much time on X have you ?

dangillmor, 4 months ago to random

Historian Timothy Snyder asks us -- all of us -- if we understand the whirlwind we are going to reap if we sell out Ukraine. https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/23878

Everything will get worse if this happens. Everything.

violinguy, 4 months ago

@dangillmor When is the financial cost to the western nations such as America too much to prop up Ukraine. ? When their currency is devalued ? When their credit score drops ? I don't know and not saying I do.

rbreich, 9 months ago to random

Just a random reminder that we desperately need to overturn Citizens United and get big money out of politics.

violinguy, 9 months ago

@rbreich how's that going to happen when both parties rely on it ?

MeanwhileinCanada, 9 months ago to random

It's not the heat, it's the hum - an induced climate crisis.

violinguy, 9 months ago

@MeanwhileinCanada iI just wanted a normal summer til it snows again.

violinguy, 10 months ago

@theotherotherone @music it's sad that he has no creative urges now just playing the Piano man etc til he dies.

donni, 10 months ago to random

something bad happens
This means my worst fears are correct
something good happens
This means nothing

violinguy, 10 months ago

@donni I think the covid and Trump years has made a lot of us less optimistic about anything.