It’s been my goal to make an effort to reconnect with people through the months of September and November. We’ll see how it goes.

I tried to reconnect with an old good friend of mine but he has kind of gone off the deep end, deep into drugs and conspiracy theories. We used to see eye-to-eye on things. Used to be compassionate, informed. Kind of a burnout now.

He asked me recently what I thought about “the shot” knowing my partner and I both worked in hospitals during that time. He got immediately cold when I was blunt about my pro-vaccine stance after he prodded. After he got cold, I reciprocated and that’s that. Oh well. Hope he finds stability. I can’t put out everyone’s fire.

My sister is another story that I started to write about, but I think I’ll save that for another time. That one naturally hurts the most.

Oh wow, yeah, truly small. It depends on your own outlook and how willing you are to assimilate, or if you’re okay with being kind of an outcast who sticks to themselves. If for instance you’re a young progressive atheist moving to a rural Tennessee town of deeply religious conservatives, yeah that’s not going to be fun. Small Vermont ski town? You’ll fit right in. Alaskan town? They’ll be conservative, sure, but given the weather and isolation, people have a tendency to rely upon each other and that brings the community closer together.

I grew up rural just outside a town of about 30,000 that was just transitioning to a formally-designated small city. You could go to the grocery store and not see people you knew 2 out of 3 times, I’d say. It’s not always bad. We’re social creatures and the internet has gotten us away from that, somewhat detrimentally.

How small we talking?

To each their own, but similar to glp-1, not for me. I’ll just age naturally and do my best to maintain levels via diet and exercise.

I had one of the weirdest conversations with acquaintances at a lunch outing one time, and it was about them using testosterone to, uh, not look like Joe Rogan? Idk. They were all conservatives and certainly the first to be opposed to LGBTQ+ rights or other forms of gender-affirming care.

I listen to a lot of music in languages I don’t understand. Growing up I especially loved Rammstein. No clue what they were saying until I was older, but feeling is feeling.

There’s a time for both instrumental and vocals, and that’s of course dependent on my mood and focus. I’ll put on something like an elder scrolls soundtrack or lo fi hip hop if I need to focus.

Don’t be duped by fairy tale stories of any variety that seek to shackle your mind.

Ah you got the early access for a couple bucks? I’m bummed I missed the window.

I have a lot of things to say having been in the software, journalism domain and thought heavily about conceptualizing what such a platform may look like for the betterment of society. Jimmy Wales has been trying, too. Was on their discord for a bit but I was a little skeptical of their direction, even if noble.

I confess, I’ve been cautiously optimistic about the new old Digg. What’s BS about it in your view?

Digg is returning to something resembling its OG days.

It’s being led by the unusual partnership of Alex Ohanian (one of 3 co-founders of Reddit, better than Huffman), and Kevin Rose (Digg founder).

They bought back the rights and are building it now. It may end up being more popular than reddit.

Owl is who came to mind for me while Tigger represented ADHD

Addiction, OCD, Anxiety, Arrogance, ADHD, Depression.

WtP hit hard.

What conservatives alsp forget is their own system of capitalism they worship is what drives its high cost of living. People want to live there. If there wasn’t a demand to live there, cost of living would lower.

More homeless are seen in the west coast states also because the climate is more hospitable, and the governments and people a little more so, too. Also because right-wing media magnify the problem.

Dota without question. CS along with some rts games like zero hour and CoH used to be up there but it’s not even close. Got to a ranked immortal at my peak. Still, was a lot of fun playing with friends and family, so not like it was always a solo activity. Glad I quit though.

120 wpm peak; comfortably 100 with high accuracy. Playing online games with no mic had me typing fast. Then I got a heavy data entry job. Not winning competitions, but I’m pretty happy considering I don’t follow the formal method.

I have a specific old Dell membrane keyboard I prefer over anything I’ve tried. Not a fan of mechanical keyboards. Tried blues and browns.

This may sound like an odd question, but why are you dating? What are you seeking out that you don’t have now?

I guess what I’m trying to say is my philosophy is to not go out of the way to find someone directly, but rather build one’s own self confidence and communal hobbies that naturally draws you to people, friends or love interests alike.

Ironically I ended up meeting my soul mate within a year of committing to being content with being single. That altered my mindset and I guess made me more attractive and focused on self-improvement.

I’ve been doing this with a guitar I want. Gotta put 100 hours in on my current guitar to earn it! Got a nice little progress bar to help gamify it lol.

No that tracks for me, and I work in Healthcare in the US just the same. I personally had what I perceived as urgent but non-emergent and got into my doctor within a week.

I would go to urgent care (I know it’s in the name but alas) if I had more pressing concerns or symptoms were bad but not life-threatening.

I would go to the ER if I was in massive pain and felt at imminent risk of death.

Take out back and sh–

–own a great time with a BBQ cookout and given a big plate of delicious food while friends brainstorm how to help get them back on their feet!

There’s a saying among BBC journalists that all who work there eventually end up at Al Jazeera.

Watch one of my favorite documentaries of all time, Control Room (2004) about coverage of the Iraq War.

Al Jazeera is far from perfect, and I’d argue has fallen from its peak in terms of quality. But it’s still worth viewing to get a more well rounded perspective.

Now do I believe they can cover topics that hit close to Qatari interests? Not necessarily. For those I take with a grain of salt.

There are some moments in that which are pretty brutal and I was like, “Oh wow… Not sure if my kid should be watching this yet…” but it was an incredible film.