Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

It's my birthday. As is tradition, I request boosts.

There it is, folks.

I remember when paying for an internet connection meant you got an email account, a ~user style web space, and access to a local-ish Usenet server. And when a static IP for your broadband connection was $4/month and they didn't care what you served from it as long as it didn't hurt the network or get them in legal trouble.

Somewhere along the way we got tricked into core services like email and hosting simple pages being either additional (and high!) costs or vehicles for ad-oriented surveillance. And it's been so complete a shift that people who aren't even that much younger than me just accept this as the natural order of things.

Sometimes i forget about my physical body but its nice to remember that i have one nowadays.

I sort of love that these two vehicles have the same bed size.

The Kei's is actually a bit more useful because you can fold down the sides.

An electric Kei could be a game changer in cities.

people in skirts regardless of their gender

boost if agree like if yes

Sounds about right.

Taylor Swift confirmed for Smash

👓

You've got to love a burning question.

Teacher: William Shakespeare is credited with the invention of over 1,700 words. He was a linguistic genius.

Student: Can I make up words and use them in my papers?

Teacher: Absolutely fucking not.

*decompresses*

...

*spits a bunch of garbage across your file system like a poorly configured package manager*

I don't understand people continuing to work after getting a few million dollars

I'd jump right to retirement

In light of the Internet Archive losing its appeal to hachette, I just wanted to point out some websites you should avoid:

* https://annas-archive.li/
* https://downmagaz.net/
* https://ebook-hunter.org/
* https://forcoder.net/
* https://freemagazines.top/
* https://liber3.eth.limo/

If you were to download books from these websites, you might cut into hachette's more than three billion dollars of annual revenue. So make sure to avoid those websites and the following:

* https://libgen.is/
* https://oceanofpdf.com/
* https://pdfroom.com/
* https://pdfstop.com/
* https://pdfdrive.to/
* https://pdfmagazines.club/
* https://sci-hub.se/
* https://singlelogin.re/
* ... or any of the other sites listed at https://rentry.co/megathread-books

#internetarchive

Today I saw a beautiful thing happen that tech made possible: a woman came in to the imaging center and presented paperwork which was actually for the medical office around the corner at the back of the building. She spoke only Spanish and none of us knew how to adequately explain this in Spanish.

The woman checking me in dropped everything and opened her phone translation app which speaks the message you type into another language. She was able not only to help direct the patient to the correct location, but also told her what floor she needed, and that she would personally call the doctor and let them know that she was on her way.