when I think about this I can't help but think about (1) the increasing # of places I see on country drives covered in barbed wire and "KEEP OUT" signs, and (2) the multiple news stories this year of people getting shot because they tried to make a 3-point turn in someone's exurban/rural driveway

I've become firmly Shermanpilled. I make no apologies

just scoffing at the notion that anyone might ever believe in anything bigger than themselves

my problem with free buses has always been that I can't believe for a second they'll do it without affecting quality of service or coverage. but if he somehow can, well, godspeed

"why would we ever use tax money to build anything for ourselves when we can always just hand it all off to some random, less accountable nonprofit"

my whole career as an eng I've had to assume that it was just a fool's errand to fight obsolescence of your current job, and you just have to keep thinking about what your job looks like in five years

(I know he doesn't care, but wtf)

"you mean, like Peter Thiel, your boss?"

for now I'm still ok with my developing role as technical lead over an army of bots, but who knows how long that will persist

I actually didn't even know the teacher in question was trans from my first reading. it was other posts I saw here that pointed it out

5th place at the Malvern Autumn Show! you go, big veg guy

the GOP has found ways to quietly maintain small pockets of power, outside of the party label, in Democratic cities like SF; there's probably room for Democrats to do something similar in hostile territory

the ramp up in mental effort and attention required with a older kid is starting to take its toll. less physical effort, but I can't just kind of operate on autopilot at home anymore