Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

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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.

The local CVS locks up deodorant and toothpaste so they can’t be shoplifted. That’s always made me uncomfortable, but it’s been hard to express why.

My partner just summed up my feelings beautifully with the line, “I believe things should belong to people who need them.”

I don’t think people shoplift deodorant and toothpaste unless they need them.

I love this line and wanted to make a note of it so I don’t forget.

I looked out my window just now and next door's cat, Lady Oblong the Destroyer is performing her duties as Chief Judger of the Peasants Next Door (us) with magnificent aplomb.

She's an unbeaten champion in her chosen profession. If only she could sniff disapprovingly, her life would be complete.

#cats #catsofmastodon

#StarTrek

If you meet a MAGA influencer, be sure to treat them gently — they have defended Putin for free for two and a half years, and they just found out, others got paid 10 million for doing that.

what was i assigned at birth? unrealistic expectations

I don’t, and I cannot stress this enough, wanna.

#StarTrek