I have a lot of trauma from my childhood that I still don’t talk about much. But here goes.
When I was a kid we had a Beta Max instead of a VCR.
Joan Westenberg
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“Foul-mouthed leftist” 🍕 I write about tech + politics + humans.
Is anyone else genuinely concerned about what cross-platform browser they’re going to be using if Mozilla carks it post-Google deal fallout? Like, what are the options here for a good iPad/iPhone/Android/Mac/Windows browser?
If the West cedes Ukraine to Russia, they might as well put a bow on Taiwan for China.
There are two kinds of bigots: people who are ignorant and people who profit from ignorance
the nerds at the new york times unveiling their new political coverage: “he said, she said, we shrugged”
bedtime ritual complete: teeth brushed, warm milk consumed, restraints secured. goodnight to all who pray for daylight
at this point, we’re not actually fighting climate change. We’re negotiating a surrender and pretending we’re winning.
every time someone on hacker news says ‘well, actually’, an angel loses its wings and gains a CS degree
URGENT: need 1000 people to join my “EXCLUSIVE WEALTH NETWORK” (pyramid scheme) before my mom kicks me out of the basement. this is not a grift (it is a grift)
Me: Why are we panicking?
Brain: No idea!!
12 hours later Brain: jk, we forgot the meds. Me: …Ah.
Donald Trump doesn’t “tell it like it is” he tells it like your racist, asshole grandpa wishes it was
Netflix: here’s 8 new shows. pick your favorite. great choice, we’re canceling it. that’ll be $19.99 please. see you next month for a price hike. And by the way go fuck yourself.
How a simple mortality countdown on my phone gave me more peace than chasing “eternal youth” ever could:
https://medium.com/the-realist/why-i-set-up-a-death-countdown-on-my-phone-d328d7c12c26
https://medium.com/the-realist/why-i-set-up-a-death-countdown-on-my-phone-d328d7c12c26
https://medium.com/the-realist/why-i-set-up-a-death-countdown-on-my-phone-d328d7c12c26
I left the Australian startup “ecosystem” when one of their most prominent investors publicly called me a “man pretending to be a woman” and all the folks who loved pretending to be progressive acted like nothing happened because they’re shit scared of losing access to money.
LinkedIn is a dumpster fire of misogyny, racism and right wing horsefuckery. It’s Twitter wearing a cheap suit.
Tesla now door knocking employees on their death beds like “excuse me sir do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior, unpaid overtime”
climate scientists: “we’re all doomed”
me: (chugging a 55-gallon drum of sunscreen) speak for yourself, nerds
what if i WANT the bed bugs to bite. what if thats my whole deal
the “Enemy Within” is Diarrhoea and we all know who has it
here’s why my toddler’s lemonade stand proves socialism doesn’t work 9000 points, 1500 comments