i don't like this.

Just a generation ago in the United States, our parents could afford homes, cars, college, 2-3 children, annual vacations, and then retire on a middle-class salary. What happened?

The power of sound in a virtual world https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/26/1124655/the-power-of-sound-in-a-virtual-world/

If you're a barred attorney and you think the text messages a guy on the ground sent in the days prior has any bearing on whether its justifiable to shoot him in the back, you should be disbarred. You are unfit to draft a memo.

...::: #Unpopular Facts :::...

You don't have to get married if you don't want to.
You don't have to have kids if you don't want to.
It's nobody's job to flirt with you or be flirted with. If you're into someone, do the work and tell them.
People will judge you and reject you without knowing you. This isn't your fault. You're not the broken one.
Your clothing and hair and other style choices are to make YOU feel good first and foremost.
Signaling to your people is the secondary job of hair and clothes. But don't dress for them. Be you, they'll see it.
Anyone who judges you badly for your hair and clothes is not your people and can fuck off.
Physical affection in public is an act of deliberate courage.
Family is a matter of choice. Loyalty is a two-way street.
Mental health is important and it's hard. Anxiety and depression are natural reactions to the world.
Sensitivity isn't weakness. It just means you pay attention.
Everyone who's interesting reinvented themselves after their world fell apart. Just like you did.
Community is a safety net from an unfair world. Let it catch you when you need it. Catch others when you can.
Don't live your life for anyone else's happiness. Live for your own, and share it.

@adamhotep

Noice!

RE: https://mastodon.scot/@marisa/115965753056915564

I certainly feel this way now more than ever.

@ShredderFeeder

Right on. See, I could be about that someday.

@ShredderFeeder

I'm hoping that's how it works, cuz I want zero part of this #AI shit.

@oxytocinated

Yes, and done. Thanks for the reminder.

⚠️ Update: With #Iran's internet shutdown approaching day 20, many networks are becoming visible internationally.

HOWEVER:

📵 No return to usual: Web still heavily filtered on a whitelist basis.
🔧 Circumvention still needed: The opening of protocols can enable new workarounds.

RE: https://mstdn.social/@dtnsshow/115968644546637153

One of my favorite shows.

Is this the six inches they were talking about? #KSwx

And now I want a #Hoodie

Why weren't flat #CRT monitors used much?

#Music

Check this new keyboard out, built in steam deck. https://www.corsair.com/newsroom/press-release/corsair-introduces-first-gaming-keyboard-with-built-in-stream-deck-controller

@hermannus

I didn't even think of that until you mentioned it. Good call.

Canada gives conditional approval for Marineland to export remaining belugas to the US
https://apnews.com/article/whales-marineland-canada-captive-e3a9891e18e8d09ca4af97ad354c0bb0?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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