Didn’t get woken up by hammering, but does a leaf blower’s volume set at 11 to clear their driveway of snow count?

There are a million different ways to prepare for whatever is coming our way. The biggest and easiest is to champion our public libraries. They are more than just a source for knowledge and that is why authoritarian governments target them.

Worked for a startup that was planning on getting into bed with Thiel. I noped out of there fast. I’ve never met a startup that was happy to have worked with them. “Evil” was the most common adjective used to describe him.

I honestly don’t know. What I can say is that when I entered the store and I saw everything behind locked plexiglass doors, I immediately felt dirty. Someone made a judgement call on my character and declared me untrustworthy. I didn’t like feeling this way and left.

I traveled to Austin for a conference and the airline lost my bag. Went to the nearby Walgreens/CVS to get toiletries and was shocked that everything (I mean every aisle) was locked up. It felt so hostile that I left. Bought my stuff elsewhere.