Israel too.

I"ve been on Pixelfed for three days and, sadly, it’s pretty underwhelming.

I’m going to give it a few weeks though and build up a feed.

There’s no wrong answer here, but I like the bow tie.

This is my favorite argument against government regulation.

Anything not foolproof definitely isn’t worth doing at all.

I am so, so glad to see that at least one country in the world is willing to tackle this problem.

Also a little depressed that every comment thread about this law boils down to: “It’s hard. Might as well not do it at all,” especially from people who (rightly) think we need to ban guns every time a school gets shot up here in the US, which would be monumentally difficult socially but 100% needs to happen.

Might be time for Ford to get in on 2FA.

Ugh. So glad I don’t use FB. It’s already so enshittified and only getting worse.

Good.

Console exclusivity was always a super shitty idea.

There are always extra steps with piracy.

But it’s worth it.

It could happen, but if it does, it’ll be decades down the line. Gaben has surrounded himself with true believers on purpose, in part to prevent that scenario.

I have a reminder to check it on my Proton calendar every week, haha.

That’s literally the only reason I have Epic on my PC.

Free games every week.

Neverwinter Nights, probably 10k plus hours over the last 22 years, and Dead by Daylight (1666 hours).

Great games, both. I DM a weekly campaign on Neverwinter Nights.

It is interesting, the little quirks of history.

In between bombing seven different countries, Obama found a lot of time to do symbolic, meaningless shit. (Which most US presidents find time to do.)

Well… my wallet is certainly hurting after the latest $0 price increase on my $0 Mastodon subscription.

(kidding, in fact, I actually donate monthly to my instance.)

My favorite thing about social media is people who argue for no good reason other than to entertain themselves.

NGL, I was choked up in my car when I was lined up for my very first COVID jab.

Honestly thought it was over, and the events since have informed much of my cynicism about our species.

The ones I’ve played of late are:

Disney Dreamlight Valley

Dungeons of the Endless (Casual, but a tad addictive)

Dungeon Defenders

Trying to fill a 24-hour news cycle requires a lot of bullshit, and Fox, NBC, CNN, CBS, and your favorite news outlet are happy to shovel it.

Stop watching partisan, billionaire-owned news outlets and start consuming international news and non-partisan sites. (Like the AP and Al Jazeera)

Also, watch moderate people on the other side of the political divide. It may annoy you in some ways (like how I can’t listen to Maher when he gets on the topic of Israel), but you’ll learn more and you’ll have more nuanced views, which will benefit you in ways you can’t fully understand until you’re able to think about things in a different way. I’m a leftist, so for me, it’s been Bill Maher, Chris Williamson, or Jon Stewart. More people need to learn what they don’t know that they don’t know.