All the Things That You Need a Billion Dollars to Buy Are Bad

Brett @ttscoff@hachyderm.io Terpstra’s upcoming Marked 3 looks useful to me. I write in Markdown but often need to submit my work in Microsoft Word format, and Marked 3 will have flexible converters. Also, Marked 3 will provide a simple way to preview local documents using any website stylesheet.

“The moment you have rulers instead of leaders, your society is sunk. The moment your society operates on individual accumulation of wealth rather than sharing (gifting), you are sunk."

Why You Should Not Be Updating Old Blog Posts

Customer loyalty is a sham: Airlines, banks, and even your WiFi provider are taking advantage of your unwillingness to switch. “In this day and age, it’s par for the course for things to become more expensive over time. The newbies often get better deals, and the long-term customers get screwed.”

“So anyways with the rapid rise of fascism I feel it’s a good time to point out that it’s perfectly legal to follow unjust orders slowly, badly, or inefficiently”

I didn’t enjoy watching Idiocracy, and I certainly am not enjoying living it.

Nate Silver thinks BlueSky is a loser. Via Dave. Interesting opinions. I don’t know whether I agree.

I’m surprised Trump hasn’t pardoned this guy and given him a cabinet position.

All the President’s Tech CEOs: At a White House dinner Thursday night, America’s tech executives put on an uncanny display of fealty to Donald Trump.

The World No Longer Takes Trump Seriously

This dog just farted like you wouldn’t believe.

“I’m at a diner for breakfast. There’s a post-club girl here in yesterday’s makeup and sweats. Her friend says “Oh my God it’s the 31st.” This girl lifts her head off the table and says ‘….. of what?'"

“I’m paying to force seven thousand strangers to see a photo of my late husband having fun with his dog.”

On the Power of Small Acts of Noncompliance

Trump’s Labor Day Weekend At Bernie’s [Ryan Broderick at Garbage Day]

I am trying to swear less. It’s not fucking going well.

‘Resist Starvation’: Israeli Chefs and Restaurateurs Call to Stop the Hunger in Gaza — It’s getting harder and harder to credibly equate opposition to Israeli genocide with anti-Semitism.

Also shared privately by the same friend, who is on a roll: “The socialism that scares me nowadays is national socialism.”

Shared privately by a friend, in reaction to Florida banning vaccine mandates: “Florida is the meth lab of democracy.”