@chriswarcraft.bsky.social Retire and start making software for myself, friends and family instead of either mass market or corporate fiat.

@leahmcelrath.bsky.social I think I must be a little weird because I genuinely enjoy turkey. I would do it more often if I could justify the cost but I know a lot of people don't care for it.

@ai6yr What strikes me ironic about this one is that it's not hard to do right, it's just hard to do right on the cheap.

The pot has to be *substantially* larger than the turkey which increases the cost of the pot, the oil and the fuel as the size of the turkey increases.

You absolutely don't […]

@Holberg I was taught that as just basic elevator etiquette as a kid. You always allow people to exit, and assume someone will be exiting.

It never occurred to me any other adults didn't know better.

I should add two things:
Fucking up a visa and getting refused or turned away at the border can impact your travel for decades, and banned from that country for years.

In the modern world of computers you will not be able to get most essential services on a visitor visa at all.

@adamparkhomenko.bsky.social The only thing any Republican has a problem with in this fascist regime is that they all wanted to be the ones on the throne when they finished killing democracy.

It's why an alliance with Liz Cheney was such a liability for Harris, everybody knew Cheney's complaint […]

@Nonilex My income increases have only ever beaten inflation when I was switching jobs or being promoted.

Employers are *proud* not to give cost of living raises and crow about it. They're mysteriously silent about their merit raises also only being 1%

@shoq I learned portions of this from Dr. Demento decades ago as part of his intro to playing Mbube.