rynogeny

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Christ-follower; professional herder of geeks (i.e., IT Manager), lover of stories. Obsessed with Bones, JD Robb, and LOTR. Pro public libraries.
rynogenySep 10, 2023

Corporations have no idea how seldom older people access email. Or how often they created an email address just to satisfy an account creation requirement and then never checked it.

(This post brought to you by my afternoon spent trying to reset the password for the Xbox account for a family member who has never, not once, used the email address in question.)

rynogenySep 3, 2023
Show threadPrincess NO CARRIERSep 3, 2023
@juglugs reminds me of
rynogenyAug 24, 2023
(Follow-up details on the library stupidity)
Pro-censorship board members: "The library thinks PARENTS should decide what their teens read. We disagree. We think WE should. So we're moving YA books we don't like to the adult section. That way, we're not banning them, and the teens can find actual adult stuff to read, too! Also: the library director, who's done everything we asked, is why people think this is a stupid, expensive waste of time, so we want to fire her."
rynogenyAug 24, 2023
Did you hear about the pro-censorship library board members who, in response to negative attention for their policies, met in a coffee shop and loudly discussed ways of firing the library director as a response to the backlash they're getting for having moved most YA books to the adult section?
(The notes about what they said are on the bird site, posted by someone sitting nearby.)
rynogenyAug 21, 2023
Robert McNeesAug 20, 2023
Getting an earthquake during a hurricane is the sort of story you get when your writers are all on strike.
rynogenyAug 17, 2023

Kids are returning to school in central Indiana. Gone are the days when new clothes or backpacks were the answer to 'how to be cool.' This year? Guns.

https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/more-students-bringing-weapons-to-school-carmel-clark-pleasant-north-central-warren-central/531-fd5ab8c6-d4b4-43b5-8987-767ae8bb0ee9

rynogenyAug 12, 2023
Steve HermanAug 12, 2023
#Hawaii officials were warned in 2014 that Lahaina, #Maui was at extremely high risk of burning in a #wildfire. https://www.wsj.com/articles/hawaii-maui-fire-risks-plans-government-e883f3a3?reflink=share_mobilewebshare #MauiFire
Hawaii Officials Were Warned Years Ago That Maui’s Lahaina Faced High Wildfire Risk

‘It’s just really frustrating and heartbreaking to see that some things could have been done,’ says author of 2014 report

WSJ
rynogenyAug 10, 2023
ScalziAug 10, 2023

Pro tip: If you're actively rejecting the word of Christ, you don't get to call yourself a Christian. #uspol

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/08/1192663920/southern-baptist-convention-donald-trump-christianity

rynogenyAug 10, 2023

Personally, I don’t think I should have to start every single morning with, ‘better check to see if Microsoft broke anything overnight,’ but HERE WE ARE.

(This comment brought to you by the fact that I didn't check this morning, and yes, a server had restarted on its own.)

rynogenyAug 5, 2023

Another J6er, who 'expected a civil war to break out if Trump wasn't returned to the presidency,' goes down.

I still think social media echo chambers were instrumental in setting the stage for that day. They all believed they were the majority, because they were surrounded by people online telling them they were.