We pivoted from social justice causes like child labour to systemic racism (but only in the first world, not where our actual daily racism is practiced) and transphobia etc because the former requires personal sacrifices while the latter mostly “requires” snarky takes on social media.

https://www.wired.com/story/metadata-shows-the-dojs-raw-jeffrey-epstein-prison-video-was-likely-modified/

I don’t think everyone has to have read the original source material to enjoy something made from that material.

But if you’re going to complain about it being faithful to the source material? Naw, that’s in no way legit.

Which of those groups do you routinely lie to?

“Sorry date/group of friends/family/work function, we can’t eat here. I don’t want to scan a QR code.”

Judging by how many people wear clothes made by children in sweatshops, I’d say the wants of the many seem to outweigh the needs of the few.

Admittedly, a lot of taxes are misspent but a quarter of your income seems a bargain.

For example, I imagine getting to your jon would be really difficult without roads. Or a semi functional legal system that stops people from just robbing your business whenever they feel like it. Or a system that enforces contracts and property rights.

I’ve had a job where I didn’t pay taxes. It didn’t end well.

This really just seems like “I want to complain about .ml” with extra steps.

I don’t care for them, so I don’t go there.

Open source projects will be used for things of which you approve and of which you do not, that is life.

So glad trump has ended this conflict like all the Killer Kamala krowd predicted.

It was going to be announced at his retirement party on Monday… You know the dev likes surprises.

Honestly, a lot of days make me feel satisfied. I work on the comp side of a fundraising department for a large public university. I’m good at what I do, enjoy it and have earned enough of a reputation that people generally let me tackle whatever comes my way however I want.

So, if I have a good productive day, I feel like maybe more students got scholarships because of my work that day. And I work from home so if I did well at work, found time to do my “old man refuses to stop playing sports with kids in their 20s” exercises AND had a couple good homecooked meals, well yeah, I feel pretty accomplished and satisfied.

But yeah, doing something I like for a cause which I ferverently support, I have more good days than bad. Working from home is a heck of a cherry on top though.

I’ve wondered and never thought to ask. Thanks, the resulting conversation has been awesome.

Ha, yeah that connection capability made me switch from Qobuz. (My receiver has an app that connects to Deezer, no such luck with Qobuz.)

And fully agree on the playlists, I’ve really dug a few already.

I don’t know if it hits all your needs but I switched to Deezer a couple of weeks ago and I really dig it.

Free trial month and absurdly easy to import all your stuff from spotify, so I’d just give it a shot and see if it scratches your itch!

I love a good jerk chicken:

https://dinnerthendessert.com/slow-cooker-jerk-chicken/

Honestly, I’ve had a lot of success recently using LLMs for suggestions like this plus whatever I have in my fridge. Came up with a tasty siracha maple and maple mustard pair when I saw a deal on shitty bulk maple syrup.

They’ve really let me take advantage of deals and sales etc.

Late 20s. Full head of hair, putting on muscle happened almost accidentally etc.

I’m in better shape now but if I trained then like I have to now…

What a sad way to spend your time.

I hope things get better in your life.