M C von Schratz 🏳️‍⚧️

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Sci-fi nerd, occasional writer, permanent government suit
Reminder; Maryland primary elections are TOMORROW Tuesday June 23. Get ‘er done!
When the Strait of Hormuz reopens again the first ship they send through should be the Ever Given.
Caught Disclosure Day. Fun but not deep. Like ET if the main character were Edward Snowden. Wasn’t prepared for it to be so long though (2.5hrs). At least warehouse cinema has an outstanding beer selection.

Coming back from Artscape we decided to metro home. “It’s free!” child one said.

It’s not free. It’s $2. So I buy $6 on the app. While I’m trying to scan the QR on a turnstile with no scanner, a woman in an aquarium staff shirt walks past. “It’s free! Hope you enjoy your visit.”

I’ve been tourist-jacketed.

As someone who writes headlines for a living it's good to see a pro at the top of their game.
We think our cat just had an aneurysm. So shocking, right in front of us. I tried CPR but he was gone so fast. <3 Deimos
If you are in your late thirties to mid-forties right now, there is a good chance that you have spent most of your life in a cycle of making some sort of home on the internet only to have it crumble beneath you like chalk and having to start over.

The slow death of the power user.

"This isn’t an accident. This is the result of two decades of deliberate, calculated effort by the largest technology companies on earth to turn users into consumers, instruments into appliances, and technical literacy into a niche hobby for weirdos. They succeeded beyond their wildest expectations"

https://fireborn.mataroa.blog/blog/the-slow-death-of-the-power-user/

#technology #tech #sustainability

The Slow Death of the Power User — fireborn

Our two boys Phobos and Deimos seem to illicit two responses. Either ‘how do you pronounce that?’ Or ‘niiiiiiiiice….’
Trying to call a vendor after DOGE removed all our desk phones. Used the unit’s ‘emergency phone’. MAGA literally returned us to party lines.