Haha, I’m so happy for you. I hope this sparked joy on your anniversary of life.

It’s my first Thanksgiving under a corrupt, authoritarian government.

I know something about this since I used to commute through the data center Mecca of Louden Co. He means data centers while saying it’s also coal plants and people who build data centers. There’s nothing so charming as mile after mile of nameless formless boxes under power lines and sprawl.

You need a guy with a mill

In my estimation the cultural issues in the SOF community are partially attributable to spending an excessive period in a wartime posture. War didn’t create the problem but it sure metastasized it.

I would say it’s downstream of SOF culture creep.

OMG, seriously we’re lionizing the consumption treadmill because ‘economy’?

I’d really like to see a direct comparison of the distribution of economic benefits between replacing a completely serviceable smart phone vs spending the equivalent value at local restaurants that source locally.

Than you, I’m usually the picture taker so it’s a rare day I end up in one. I treasure my album of father son portraits like this.

I used to spend weeks studying maps and imagery ahead our trips out west to find interesting places off the beaten path. Now instead of having to drive 2,000 miles to go exploring we can get to nowhere in under an hour. I’ve got maps full of waypoints to investigate and lead us to these places.

Raising a commercial side by side with heritage was an education. Commercial grew 2x speed, 2x issues, inherently unwell despite identical conditions.

In the stress and density of commercial operations we’ve got the setup for a biological wildfire, and the gov is willfully neglecting the risks.

His memory isn’t worth your time