“We don’t have enough personal data points from fediverse users to track consumer data points”

“…I know. I’ll just ask them to give me their personal info. Trust me, this always works.”

“No way. They care about their anonymity, it’s the reason a lot of them are there.”

Glad to read that it’s not just me.

It’s weird watching people bitch or take sides on DE like it’s a sporting event. Which is another thing I don’t really get.

It’s just normal asshole main-character behavior. See ripples of that behavior across society these days.

I think it’s just old, but it’s still missing 2 presidents if I didn’t count wrong.

Well darn, that link doesn’t work for me.

I can’t remember if I’ve seen a house without a garage and/or driveway.

I think I could get along without the other stuff, but if I had to lose the GNU stuff I’d just end up going outside or something.

Yeah, should have been “Trust us…or not. Doesn’t matter, we’ll do what we want regardless.”

I think that’s a completely valid concern.

Neither? After Vietnam, the US doesn’t have the stomach/naivety to put up with that again. The US isn’t on a war economy. There aren’t two other massive countries supporting and supplying Iran. War isn’t waged that way anymore. It’s not going to be Vietnam, and it’s not even a semi cool war. It’ll go down as as distraction (hopefully not the distraction) from the criminality and depravity of the Epstein class. Iran will remain a power in the region and the world will have yet another reason not to trust the US.

I loved tripping in college and as a young adult. I grew up, friends changed…and now I find myself a few decades down the line thinking I just want to drop a little and I have no contacts anymore. So frustrating.

I drove OTR a couple decades ago. I knew several drivers that had regular stops across the country. If he was hanging around for 2 weeks, and not just a few days waiting to catch up with his log, he’s probably not having another big thing going. Just the normal.

Religion. Even when I’ve taken the time to look up the difference is between a Catholic and a Christian, or a Shia and a Sunni, it seems like within minutes at most, that knowledge just sublimates.

Must have gone back in time as well. It’s been many decades since a nuclear weapon was used in an attack.

The number of times I’ve taken a picture of a bird in Merlin to identify a bird and it spits back “House sparrow” or “House finch” for the umpteenth time. I think I have bird blindness. Unless it’s an obvious one, I have no idea what I’m looking at.

That thumbnail for a “bird watching” post is funny.

Had the same experience. I ended up having my doctor write a prescription for wegovy pills and am just paying $200 out of pocket. I figure I’m at least breaking even by eating less. Only been a month so far.

That is a pretty great tutorial. I mean, sure, there are easier ways, but not with the same quality. Bookmarked. Thanks for posting.

Nothing would change.