"There is a weakening of power. There is a want of resolution. There is a dimming of the sun. I feel, my lords—I feel as if we who sit here talking, were all wounded mortally, and while we talk and talk our blood runs softly from our veins..."
—Ged, the Archmage
Mark Enjoys being a father, husband, and faithful servant to Murray A. Goodness (the cat). Creator of #ThePrecept.
One of my Board members reminded me of a modern dynamic.
For larger vendors (think professional services), they only have 3 or 4 *large* customers that they think about. Everyone else gets substandard service, or worse.
Oh, they'll accept payment. But good luck getting what you paid for.
#The21stCenturySucks
#Business
#Marketing
#LateStageCapitalism
#Life
Literacy isn't just being able to read. It's knowing how to read with empathy and not solely as a narcissistic exercise...otherwise, it becomes pointless at best—and, at worst, unhealthy.
( Another #FunFact from the #BeforeTimes )
My ship’s sensors say it’s all too radioactive to touch. But I can’t just ignore it, the debris that was…Earth.
I wasn’t going to touch it anyway. Instead, I use the tractor beams to arrange the largest pieces into a simple message. A final benediction:
“Release the Epstein Files”
#ScienceFiction #SF #VSS #Dribble #USPol #Politics #Writing #WritingCommunity
In case anyone was still unclear on this point...
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/12/greenland-rejects-us-takeover-under-any
Arguments about whether or not there is a God or whether or not we have Free Will don't interest me as much as they used to.
This is because, when you strip away all the arguments, it turns out that whichever side you land on the best and healthiest behaviors you should exhibit remain the same.
"How long was it before you got a permanent job, I ask him. "I haven't," he says, and he holds up his green ID badge. Permanent employees have blue ones, a better hourly rate, and after two years share options, and there is a subtle apartheid at work."
McKinsey (the consulting behemoth) apparently counts 25,000 AI agents as "staff"...?
—They (the ruling class) *really are* doing this.
They are going to try and pass off these magic 8-ball guessing machines as 'alive'; and 'having emotions'; and 'deserving legal rights'. And, most importantly, as 'responsible' for all the crimes and torts they commit' (de facto indemnifying their creators (Big Tech)).
How stupid are we going to be?
That sound you hear is #TechnoFascism is at the door...
Let me be plain. I don't care how good your web novel is...there is no universe where I start paying you a monthly subscription just to read it, one chapter at a time, endlessly...
Show me you can finish the story—any story; THEN I'll buy it (physical copy and e-copy, as a package).
When I do a web novel, I'll make it a free novelette (~10 Chapters or so)...so that people can get a taste of what I can do.
I'm sorry; but isn't this why God invented Craigslist ads?
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15563533/Scientist-Havana-Syndrome-BRAIN-damage.html
Insanity. They are laughing at us.
#AI helps me wash my car ~ It's like a billion, gazillion PhDs in your pocket...
Couldn't hurt. Might help.
#TechnoFascism #Resistance
If the #NBA comes back to #Seattle here's a list of 12 possible mascot names that
*should be rejected*:
Seattle "BigFeet"
Seattle "SAD" (seasonal affective disorder)
Seattle "Parks and Rec"
Seattle "...and Lightning" (inside joke, there)
Seattle "Emos"
Seattle "Lower Costs-of-Living than SanFran"
Seattle "Ground Zeroes"
Seattle "Drizzle"
Seattle "Construction Zone"
Seattle "Taint"
Seattle "Them"
and, finally the
Seattle "Fighting Pacifists"
https://flurrysports.org/possible-nba-expansion-cities-new-team-names/
Journalism is not about presenting “both sides” of an issue. It’s about finding the truth and telling it. And doing so regardless of whether or not it’s popular, profitable, or in the interests of the powerful.
Reddit, Meta, and Google Voluntarily Gave DHS Info of Anti-ICE Users, Report Says
https://gizmodo.com/reddit-meta-and-google-voluntarily-gave-dhs-info-of-anti-ice-users-report-says-2000722279
I started wearing a dog funnel in my early teens and never looked back
Is it true that in medical school, first year med students can only use epi-PENCIL?
I was behind a truck on the road. The sign on back of it read: "HOW'S MY DRIVING? CALL [number]"
So, you know, I called it and said: "Not bad."
Yeah, about the so-called "Socratic Method"? I have questions...
A corrollary to this is that I have never, and will never, allow this little spy device (that we call a phone) to become a distraction in my life.
So, there's that.
