Dug
@douglaswrightiii.com
Programmer, writer, atheist, humanist.
Occasional posts about my cats, birds, book research & screaming into the void of our current existence.
Working on a novel, you can read the rough draft here:
https://douglaswrightiii.com/scp
Occasional posts about my cats, birds, book research & screaming into the void of our current existence.
Working on a novel, you can read the rough draft here:
https://douglaswrightiii.com/scp
The Algea, the personification of grief.
historycooperative.org/algea/
historycooperative.org/algea/
Algea: The Greek Deities of Grief, Sorrow, and Suffering
Who is Algea in Greek mythology?In Greek mythology, the Algea were personified spirits of pain, grief, and sorrow. They were individually identified as Lupe, Achos, and Ania. The Algea were associated...
historycooperative.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
The Algea, the personification of grief.
historycooperative.org/algea/
historycooperative.org/algea/
Alabama Shakes - Hold On (Official Video)
YouTube video by Alabama Shakes
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Now that's the kind of gonzo hallucination I've been waiting for, the prompt: which side is the host port in the docker compose file:
November 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Now that's the kind of gonzo hallucination I've been waiting for, the prompt: which side is the host port in the docker compose file:
Luddite, part 3
Continuing with my little rant, a practical example on how I try to distance myself in an admittedly small way from the machinery the demands of us to "Consume." The next step on is all about fostering an ecosystem. Why Biodiversity Just like with bananas or chestnut trees, having…
Continuing with my little rant, a practical example on how I try to distance myself in an admittedly small way from the machinery the demands of us to "Consume." The next step on is all about fostering an ecosystem. Why Biodiversity Just like with bananas or chestnut trees, having…
Luddite, part 3
Continuing with my little rant, a practical example on how I try to distance myself in an admittedly small way from the machinery the demands of us to "Consume." The next step on is all about fostering an ecosystem. Why Biodiversity Just like with bananas or chestnut trees, having these singular corporations own the software, middle-ware and hardware, or the product, marketplace and shipping platform is a really bad idea.
douglaswrightiii.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Luddite, part 3
Continuing with my little rant, a practical example on how I try to distance myself in an admittedly small way from the machinery the demands of us to "Consume." The next step on is all about fostering an ecosystem. Why Biodiversity Just like with bananas or chestnut trees, having…
Continuing with my little rant, a practical example on how I try to distance myself in an admittedly small way from the machinery the demands of us to "Consume." The next step on is all about fostering an ecosystem. Why Biodiversity Just like with bananas or chestnut trees, having…
Today's random descent into wiki, the first girl to play little league...in disguise:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn...
Kathryn Johnston Massar - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Today's random descent into wiki, the first girl to play little league...in disguise:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn...
Lovely time to be a parent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ii1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ii1...
Exposing the Gambling Epidemic
YouTube video by Coffeezilla
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Lovely time to be a parent.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ii1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ii1...
October 29, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Maybe I'm getting old but I'm not too into mindless slashers or gore-porn so for my Spooktober viewing list I've leaned into the weird and humorous:
With the wife:
* A Ghost Story
* Crimes of the Future
With the boys:
* Dracula: Dead & Loving It
* Young Frankenstein
* Brotherhood of the Wolf
With the wife:
* A Ghost Story
* Crimes of the Future
With the boys:
* Dracula: Dead & Loving It
* Young Frankenstein
* Brotherhood of the Wolf
October 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Maybe I'm getting old but I'm not too into mindless slashers or gore-porn so for my Spooktober viewing list I've leaned into the weird and humorous:
With the wife:
* A Ghost Story
* Crimes of the Future
With the boys:
* Dracula: Dead & Loving It
* Young Frankenstein
* Brotherhood of the Wolf
With the wife:
* A Ghost Story
* Crimes of the Future
With the boys:
* Dracula: Dead & Loving It
* Young Frankenstein
* Brotherhood of the Wolf
Luddite, part 2
So, I've established I don't care for the present circumstance, the inequalities, the monopolies, the cruelty of the gears grinding through so much flesh and so many lives just so the few can profit. And I've gone so far as to write down a list of how to disengage, of how to…
So, I've established I don't care for the present circumstance, the inequalities, the monopolies, the cruelty of the gears grinding through so much flesh and so many lives just so the few can profit. And I've gone so far as to write down a list of how to disengage, of how to…
Luddite, part 2
So, I've established I don't care for the present circumstance, the inequalities, the monopolies, the cruelty of the gears grinding through so much flesh and so many lives just so the few can profit. And I've gone so far as to write down a list of how to disengage, of how to reassert control. Lets start digging into that list.
douglaswrightiii.com
October 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Luddite, part 2
So, I've established I don't care for the present circumstance, the inequalities, the monopolies, the cruelty of the gears grinding through so much flesh and so many lives just so the few can profit. And I've gone so far as to write down a list of how to disengage, of how to…
So, I've established I don't care for the present circumstance, the inequalities, the monopolies, the cruelty of the gears grinding through so much flesh and so many lives just so the few can profit. And I've gone so far as to write down a list of how to disengage, of how to…
Luddite, part 1
I've already written about this, screaming my little song, my tweets and twits lost in the din of the forest. However, work has been done and for those...two people that might be interested, I figured I'd check in. For reasons, I've decided to trim my exchanges had by the grace of…
I've already written about this, screaming my little song, my tweets and twits lost in the din of the forest. However, work has been done and for those...two people that might be interested, I figured I'd check in. For reasons, I've decided to trim my exchanges had by the grace of…
Luddite, part 1
I've already written about this, screaming my little song, my tweets and twits lost in the din of the forest. However, work has been done and for those...two people that might be interested, I figured I'd check in. For reasons, I've decided to trim my exchanges had by the grace of tech bros; de-googling, re-naturing, antitrust...ing, antimonopoly...ing, call it what you will; I just want as little to do with the odd sad little men that sit a top so much money and power.
douglaswrightiii.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Luddite, part 1
I've already written about this, screaming my little song, my tweets and twits lost in the din of the forest. However, work has been done and for those...two people that might be interested, I figured I'd check in. For reasons, I've decided to trim my exchanges had by the grace of…
I've already written about this, screaming my little song, my tweets and twits lost in the din of the forest. However, work has been done and for those...two people that might be interested, I figured I'd check in. For reasons, I've decided to trim my exchanges had by the grace of…
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Oh, that delicious tension found between trying to do right by the growers at the farmers market and the globalized infrastructure that is keeping billions fed.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People
The astonishing story of how a movement’s quest for rural simplicity drifted into a formula for mass death
www.monbiot.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Oh, that delicious tension found between trying to do right by the growers at the farmers market and the globalized infrastructure that is keeping billions fed.
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
www.monbiot.com/2023/10/04/t...
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October 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Adding some quick notes to one of the flash pieces, who could be disinterested in this?
Title: GRAFT
Time: 5:08
Theme/Genre: sexual, eco/body-horror, apples
Title: GRAFT
Time: 5:08
Theme/Genre: sexual, eco/body-horror, apples
October 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Adding some quick notes to one of the flash pieces, who could be disinterested in this?
Title: GRAFT
Time: 5:08
Theme/Genre: sexual, eco/body-horror, apples
Title: GRAFT
Time: 5:08
Theme/Genre: sexual, eco/body-horror, apples
Bangor area, Bangor, Maine that is, tonight at 7 we're reading some flash fiction and hopefully having fun; I've got a couple horror pieces for the season.
October 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Bangor area, Bangor, Maine that is, tonight at 7 we're reading some flash fiction and hopefully having fun; I've got a couple horror pieces for the season.
Probably not a good sign in a democracy when everyone is wondering if we've tripped the line into another mode of governance.
October 2, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Probably not a good sign in a democracy when everyone is wondering if we've tripped the line into another mode of governance.
I see they put the least qualified at the top...
Flash fiction reading next Friday in Bangor, Maine.
I might be saying some naughty words in public plus its free and I think there's beer.
Flash fiction reading next Friday in Bangor, Maine.
I might be saying some naughty words in public plus its free and I think there's beer.
September 22, 2025 at 12:15 PM
I see they put the least qualified at the top...
Flash fiction reading next Friday in Bangor, Maine.
I might be saying some naughty words in public plus its free and I think there's beer.
Flash fiction reading next Friday in Bangor, Maine.
I might be saying some naughty words in public plus its free and I think there's beer.
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I love this so much
I FEEL IT IN MY BONES 😆
I FEEL IT IN MY BONES 😆
September 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I love this so much
I FEEL IT IN MY BONES 😆
I FEEL IT IN MY BONES 😆
Been months of trying to avoid Amazon, paying more in person at a local hardware shop I'm cool with but, the drop shippers on ebay are a real pain in the ass. Rent seeking slugs.
September 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Been months of trying to avoid Amazon, paying more in person at a local hardware shop I'm cool with but, the drop shippers on ebay are a real pain in the ass. Rent seeking slugs.
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Microsoft Word to begin saving people's documents in the cloud *by default*
Reminder that LibreOffice is free and a good drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office software: www.libreoffice.org
www.theverge.com/news/767522/...
Reminder that LibreOffice is free and a good drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office software: www.libreoffice.org
www.theverge.com/news/767522/...
Microsoft Word now automatically saves new documents to the cloud
Word documents will be automatically saved to OneDrive
www.theverge.com
September 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Microsoft Word to begin saving people's documents in the cloud *by default*
Reminder that LibreOffice is free and a good drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office software: www.libreoffice.org
www.theverge.com/news/767522/...
Reminder that LibreOffice is free and a good drop-in replacement for Microsoft Office software: www.libreoffice.org
www.theverge.com/news/767522/...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Per usual, terrifying and enlightening. Love your work you weirdo.
August 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Per usual, terrifying and enlightening. Love your work you weirdo.
Some times are harder than others, stripping a story down to that 500 word mark. 🤘 #writingcommunity
August 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Some times are harder than others, stripping a story down to that 500 word mark. 🤘 #writingcommunity