The first time that happened to me - she said it in not those words but in a more subtle way - I was shocked. It took me a few moments to ingest the complete lack of empathy.

That was sweet of you 🙂

In April of 2023, right-wing podcaster Steven Crowder announced that he and his wife, Hilary, were divorcing—an event, he explained to listeners of Louder with Crowder, to which he did not consent. She “didn’t want to be married anymore,” he said, “and in the state of Texas, that is completely permitted.”

Crowder, upset, lamented: “My beliefs don’t matter.”

Fuck you. You consent to be in a marriage, not out.

[…] has no place in education other than its historic significance to the art of literature.

I don’t think it belongs as art in literature. It’s garbage, jumbled, mad texts. I’d say it belongs in studies of mythology or the analysis of our frail human minds to accept such idiocy for so long and so deeply.

Not to mention the other problematic ones that actively discourage subtlety in favor of dogma. It’s not automatically wrong if you covet something. Additionally, your parents earn your honor and respect, they shouldn’t be granted it unconditionally.

Recently cut, myself! Happy to have done so.

“Yellow taxi goes vroom” is delightful to play on the Deck.

Same here. I went through applying a 60 fps patch for dark souls 1 (cause I do prefer it) and once I hit a listed bug of getting flung off a ladder I unapplied that shit immediately. It’s not worth it.

It’s not that they necessarily care, it’s that it’s the assumed default. So then I have to respond with “I can’t do that, can you upload it here?” it makes me the odd one out making people jump through hoops.

The iphone/non-iphone situation is utterly insane to me. I am constantly being punished for not having an iphone, be it texting or airdrop. These things should be standardized and interoperable, not owned commodities by companies. Grrr.

https://github.com/k2-fsa/sherpa-onnx has some apks you can download. The quality of the voice I’ve used is fantastic: I prefer it to Google’s to be honest. The program itself has been buggy for me, though… Needing to launch the TTS launcher before I can use any application that would use it

I used to play a game where I guessed the top comment on a post. I was right more than I’d like!

I regularly go to classes for (non-ballroom) latin dance and occasionally dip my toes in a swing event. I used to professionally perform classical music and burned out real hard some years ago; It’s nice to have started something from the ground up. Enjoyment and mastery at my own pace.

It makes me happy to see techie enjoy the job rather. It makes the whole thing feel more human and connecting as everyone wants to be there showcasing their craft.

Dancing! Both socially and performatively. It’s very fulfilling to me and is an easy way to raise my mood. there are very rarely any times where I come in and out with a foul mood.

These stories continue to come out. And things continue to not change.

Good choice! It looks super nice.

Soooooo I’m guessing you aren’t feeling refreshed? 🙃

Hope everyone is healthy and you get some quality downtime too!

A reasonable guess!

I meant the holiday season was relatively relaxing compared to previous years.

Yeah, I feel barely any better than before I left. And this year was a chiller one.