I am trying to have a converstation via IM and alarms are ringing. The character reminds me of another person I eventually broke contact with. If I write something, don't give empty solutions. Hear me. Don't make it about you. Without empathy I am tempted to see it as utilitarian, rather than friendship. Being used won't change my occasional sense of isolation.

There are two types of people. Mentally ill people who use speakers, and kind considerate humane people who use headphones. I will never understand the selfish idiocy of using speakers at high volume. I'm a video editor and I prefer headphones to loudspeakers. The audio quality is better.

https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/communications/events/geneva-gender-debate-2025 "In this context, the International Gender Champions and the Geneva Graduate Institute are hosting their 6th Geneva Gender Debate. In the tradition of the Oxford Union Debates, the motion debated on this occasion will be : “This house believes that digital and new emerging technologies are catalysts for accelerating gender equality.”

Has anyone started a "Killed by Trump and Musk's Cost cuts" clock yet?

I must remember to keep my threads tab closed.

I wouldn't call it a playbook.

https://www.youtube.com/@LastWeekTonight Seven million views per episode. People want well reserarched factual content.