get vaccinated*! the suffering you prevent may be your own.

* unless advised otherwise by a health care provider

notably, my feelings are whatever but responsibility for my behavior lies with me.

I'm having a bad brain day. sort of independent of events or anniversaries, actually. not as an explanation or excuse. just posting.

i might have graduated college into one of the great economic slumps of a generation, but at least i don't have people telling me about LLMs and calling it an education

now that said, you'll have to pry my symmetric gigabit from my cold dead hands.

back in *my* day you got 56.6 kilobits per second BEFORE overhead, and you were ***grateful for it***.

ok so if kryptonite is from krypton and weakens kryptonians, what's earthite? #superman #DCComics

the antecubital vein is a terrible place for an iv catheter and i don't know why human medicine is so obsessed with using it. right on the inside of my elbow? what do they think is going to happen when a narrow semi-rigid tube gets bent at a sharp angle?

Don't mistake griping online for being the only thing someone is doing about gestures broadly

practice little disobediences, just to keep the skill sharp

white people with too much money keep telling me that the economy is complicated. but I've been to a grocery store And to a casino, so I'm pretty sure i understand both parts of the economy.

customer support phone numbers should have an "I already tried what I can do, connect me to someone who isn't using a script" option, and the representative dumps people back to the voice menu if they don't actually need a person.

has anyone studied the specific phonetic and grammar changes people make when they're talking to pets? (also tag help is appreciated if you have tips) #pets #babyTalk #linguistics

details that don't make the story funnier:
- i rent, which is why I'm not super motivated to invest in the repair
- i could do it for cheaper, but i didn't have any nickels handy

the valve in my toilet float sticks. after the tank emptied i was having to tap it to make it refill. i know how to replace the mechanism, and the part is less than fifty bucks. I, however, have solved the problem for 75¢

by stacking three quarters on the floater

real "staring into the abyss" hours on here

i like having access to the internet. i don't like the internet having access to me. https://social.coop/@eamon/116897648483374710

at this point it's safe to assume that Microsoft software is adversarial toward its users

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/10/you-cant-fully-disable-microsofts-gdid-windows-11-tracker-but-these-settings-limit-what-it-captures/

bike wheel alternator jacob’s ladder

see also: batteries. even "non-replaceable" batteries. They're more than a few dollars, but if $50 saves replacing a several hundred dollar device, money well spent. a surprising array of faults can be traced back to a bum battery, even when some devices are connected to mains. https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/116851725608359543