Iris

@iris_meredith
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That problematic person who keeps popping up in your feeds. Blogs (or, according to HackerNews "seed[s] extreme left wing ideas into the minds of vulnerable HN members with my demented, violent writing") at https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/posts
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my latest blog entry is out a day early. totally on purpose, and not because i scheduled it for the wrong day!

read "EVs aren't going to save us" here:

https://riverwrites.ghost.io/evs-arent-going-to-save-us/

EVs aren't going to save us

There's another oil war, thousands of innocent people have been killed, and "electric vehicle" are the words on everyone's tongue. The discourse around the rising cost of oil has me feeling like I've died and ended up in the stupidest hell imaginable. What is replacing internal combustion engine vehicles with

River Writes

RE: https://mastodon.social/@glyph/116270412966563719

Definitely go and support Glyph: he's cool and does important work.

New article: and this week I was a massive Tolkien nerd!

https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/amdir_estel_peter_thiel

I've finally, in my extremity, actually produced some advertising material for my coaching offerings (it was like pulling teeth, but so it goes).

If anyone feels like spreading it around judiciously, it might prove helpful.

New article: and this week I was a massive Tolkien nerd!

https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/amdir_estel_peter_thiel

lol Mastodon remains undefeated.
This bitch has a library card again! For a good library, even!
I am stuck on the fact that LLMs seem to generate better marketing copy than me: I just *cannot for the life of me* get the writing style to work myself.
Question for the trans people of Wellington: could you please recommend me a trans-friendly GP who is also generally capable? Bonus points if they're willing to prescribe progesterone.
I still don't have a good response to the "everything you're saying about Israeli policy is entirely true *and also* you're obviously here because you hate Jews and this is a convenient excuse to indulge" situation