If you don't measure against the dominant currency, you miss reality. View quoted note →

⚠️WARNING: UNORIGINAL IDEA⚠️ According to Glenn Beck, our values are meaningless unless we use them when we don't want to. Glenn Beck. (2026, July 13). Lindsay Graham's Sudden Passing Reveals Something Very Dangerous [Video]. YouTube.

I frequently see people use the American Revolution as a justification for political violence. What I think they miss is that the ultimate goal of the war was 1: create a better system (not just destroy shit to land in a worse place) and 2: end up with a system that makes it much easier to live more freely and initiate change without shooting people. Yes, they shot people, but I think with the goal of not having to again. I don't think they wanted rule by force, even if they were using force to get there (I view oppressive/offensive and defensive force differently, but that's a different conversation). Obviously (I have notes complaining ad nauseam, so I won't engage with whataboutisms), we didn't end up with a perfect replacement and will always have work to do. But I think we have it pretty good compared to everywhere else and what we had in the past. I can afford to go anywhere in the world, yet I stay.

My Yeti bottle lid doesn't give much to hold onto when taking it off the bottle to refill. The gasket also makes it even harder to get off. I discovered that if I tighten the lid a bit, it's much easier to remove. Probably half or less effort. I'm sure there's a lesson in that. GM.

An indication to me that the sort of crimes plebs would typically worry about aren't the primary motivation for the cameras. They can't even protect themselves. View quoted note →

There's some humor in the fact that Flock cameras aren't solving the crimes. View quoted note →

There are a lot of loud mouth dipshits out there. The loudest ones seem to have the least to offer. Live. Laugh. Mute.

My plan is to do nothing and ignore it. To each their own. View quoted note →