sisyphus

@scheisse_poster
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Cynical tech, politics, and Emacs enthusiast. Burnt-out software engineer in Colorado. Free Palestine!

"You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it matters."
-- Eugene McCarthy, on the similarity between politicians and football coaches

THE CHAT PROTOCOL OF THE FUTURE
Impostor syndrome #ΰ² _ΰ² 

Just when I thought pixel art had told all its stories, EarthBound (1994) hands me a broken bat and a talking bee. 30+ years late, but suddenly, every RPG trope feels fresh again.

#RetroGaming #SNES #LateToTheParty #GamingDad

Installed RetroPie on my Raspberry Pi 4B and setup RetroAchievements. SNES on a 4K 65" TV is wild to me. Going to sink quite a few hours into Super Metroid and Super Mario World. 🀘 #retrogaming
Just watched Grapes of Wrath (1940). Man, what a movie.
Deactivated my X account. Good riddance.
Mr.Links - Black Cat Dance (2024)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/18/trump-cannabis-executive-order

The US will make it easier to do research on marijuana but did not end criminal penalties for using it.

Trump signs order reclassifying marijuana as less dangerous

Change will loosen limits on research and certain regulations but stop short of making marijuana legal

The Guardian
My response to anyone asking me to do anything for the next two weeks starting Monday