I hate to do this, but my spouse and I are in a dire situation and I see no other way out. Please help, even if it is just hitting like or share to boost the algorithm. Thank you. gofund.me/1d5a7942

My work just laid off a large percentage of its staff and the rest of us are taking on extra duties and also a pay cut. I'm worried I'll be the next one to go. Every day is a nightmare. If I become homeless there'll be no one to pick me up. Thank you Trump for making America great again.

Today I learned that the Arizona Rangers exist. They are a non-profit team of armed volunteers that ride along with actual cops and do things regular cops do, including using threats of lethal force to subdue people. I really don't understand why any sane person would want to be a cop for free.

I'm breaking my self imposed social media silence to report that I actually found a game I wanted to play, a modern 3D game, that worked the first time in #Linux! #Solasta is a great RPG that hearkens back to the tactical combat in the Gold Box #dnd games. I'm impressed. www.gog.com/en/game/sola...

If I were to kill myself today, people might be sad for a while but they would eventually forget me. Even my spouse has men waiting in the wings who can do the job much better than I ever did. People only cheer for winners.

The longer this bullcrap goes on the more I want to unal*ve myself. Is there any hope for America, for our future?

I may yet have very few of my real-life friends on this platform but at least I can mention #linux and #distrowatch without being flagged as a malware-slinging terrorist. boingboing.net/2025/01/27/f...

I am so depressed about the fate of America right now. Too bad I'm not skilled or rich enough for any other country to want me. Guess I'll just die in the gutter or the gulag like the peasant I am.

I don't want to live in a world where empathy is a sin and hatred is a virtue.

Carrie Layson should be happy. #cyborg #romance novels are a thing that exist in real life, not just in my own YA cyborg novel universe :)

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I almost had this thing completely solved. But then I made one wrong turn, forgot which side was up, and scrambled it beyond my ability to fix it without completely starting from scratch. Life do be like that sometimes. #rubikscube

I really really wish that there was some kind of feature on any social media platform where I could just filter out conversations about things I don't want to read about. I don't care what Orange Man and his flying monkeys are going on about. I want to block all posts that mention them.

The computer used to be websites and it was awesome. Now it's apps and it sucks.

I want to go home. By home, I mean back to 1996 when I was still deluded enough to think there was good in the world and it was not all a constant cavalcade of horrors. And I still had hair and people still made the occasional attempt to like me.

Reject modernity. Embrace tradition. #aim #aolinstantmessenger www.youtube.com/watch?v=taDO...

Now YOU TOO can read the #harrypotter #starwars #thelaststarfighter #jackdinero mashup fanfic that got me cancelled on Zuckerbook: thewanderingnerd.wordpress.com/2024/12/23/a...

Okay, I have joined the throng on Bluesky. I hope it will not soon be taken over by bigots and morons.