Jenn Dolari @dolari@driveinsaturday.org

Every pronouncement of what's wrong or who's to blame for any of the many forms of doom around us should end with "And here's what you should do."

And here's what you should do! Reply to posts and other things with "What should I/we do about it?" or something like that.

Let's focus on practical changes and not the constant proclamations of how bad/good people are.

I LOVE this so much. Maori MPs in the New Zealand parliament protest attempts by the centre-right government and far-right "ACT" coalition partners to pass legislation that water down treaty rights of Maori.

New Zealand is one of the only places (the only?) in the British Empire where the Crown signed a treaty with all Indigenous peoples at the time of contact. It has shaped NZ Law and Society ever since!

Thank you to @b9AcE for the video.
#NZPoli #IndigenousRights #CanPoli

This is an article that shouldn't need to exist but... here we are.

https://themarkup.org/the-breakdown/2024/11/14/privacy-guide-go-incognito

how did twitter end

Since we had our first politics related stream recently, here's my stance on the overall topic.

#meme #twitch #politics #cat

[taking an MRI] ok now do a silly one

Some cannot conceive of a world without corporate backing.

Some think they're somehow safer to linger in near anonymity as if that somehow protects them, or grants them reach, or influence.

It is, after all, the only world they know.

Let them go.
Plant seeds.
Tend gardens.

Cartoon by Kyle Bravo. And my current mood.

#StarTrek

Tom Kurtz, who co-invented BASIC—probably the piece of software that has meant the most to me—has died at age 96. When it turned 50 ten years ago, I wrote a VERY long article about why it was so important, and I’m very grateful that he helped with it. RIP. https://time.com/69316/basic/

Happy birthday to the amazing electronic music pioneer *and* transgender trailblazer Wendy Carlos!

sure sex is great but have you ever turned off an IBM PC AT by throwing the big red switch and been absolutely, supremely confident that all computing has now ceased and will not resume just because the operating system gets peckish for some midnight updates

Nut fact for 13 Nov:

There are two varieties of almond - sweet and bitter almonds. Sweet almonds are edible, but bitter almonds contain significantly higher levels of a compound, amygdalin, which can convert to cyanide when the almonds are eaten

#nutfacts

#StarTrek

I’m sorry but I’m not interested in election fraud conspiracy theories.

I don’t think that’s moving us forward. And I don’t think it’s a good idea to go down the same road of saying we somehow lost votes on the same ballots we won races on.

Pennsylvania, for example, has very secure elections. Nothing to be gained here.

You could go help someone who needs help or something instead.

I can't argue with that.

God I love 'Halcyon and on and on' and unreasonable amount.

2020: It looks like Fox News might finally give up on Trump.

2024: Trump has given Fox News the nuclear codes.