curmudgeon extraordinaire says fuck off, fascists
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Silicon Valley is a Hate Machine
It seems the rich white men who run Silicon Valley have gotten together and agreed that women are bad. Every single one of them recently published a screed about how women are ruining everything. This is terrifying shit.
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My Dog’s Butt Exploded
Poor little doggo. She was scooting her butt on the ground so I took a closer look and she had one of those anal gland issues. I made a vet appointment, but it was five days away. The next day there was an abscess approaching the size of a ping pong ball so I called…
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But Sure, It’s a Meritocracy
Zuckerberg wants companies to have more male energy. What happened to Tech is a Meritocracy? It guess if you exude male energy, you merit a job at FB and you’ll even get promoted! If you come off as girly because, oh, I don’t know, you’re a girl or a guy who isn’t traditionally masculine enough…
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Life Hack
Do not ask for legal advice from someone who isn’t a lawyer. This is a two-for-one, friends. Do not take legal advice from someone who isn’t a lawyer. You’re welcome!
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Little Mind Huge Ego
After a conversation with a family member I jumped on the interwebs and searched for “Elon Musk Path of Exile 2” and it was everything I was told and more. I highly recommend doing the same search if you haven’t already heard about it.Here’s the background: Path Of Exile 2 is an APG (Action Role…
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This is NOT helping me write
“Autocorrect” is getting more and more dangerous. I’m realizing now that we’re in this age of forced AI that after decades of writing fiction I have developed an expert level of finding normal typos and errors when I’m rereading/editing my work. Now autocorrect is making stupid dumb and WRONG changes that slip by me because…
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Free Speech for Some
Fucking Tech Bros. They bleat about free speech and how tech is a meritocracy and they are different trust them while they make billions off the misery they cause. Centralized social media with no brakes is a globally destructive disaster that harms anyone who isn’t a straight white cis-male or a social elite in their…
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Where Should We Send the Bill?
Gov. Newsom should send a bill to Exxon Mobil and their ilk for the cost of rebuilding Los Angeles and for getting all of California onto solar and battery backups. Those assholes sold all of us out, including their own children and their descendants.