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Neither a wizard nor a 1/2 with flying for 1B, just a guy with a computer or two
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happy Laughing Man Incident day

Since am seeing a new wave of people in the #tech industry being laid-off; presumably without severance packages of any sort, here is a reminder of what you need to do regardless of how easy you think you will land another job; and no matter how big is your savings account:

YOU NEED TO GET THE #UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS YOU PAID FOR

so go thru this thread I posted in December and read the comments:

https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/111607803802146802

#labor #layoffs

i just hate computers, this is normal for anyone who likes computers
@js "I don't get fashion" sir you can tell Caterpillar yellow from DeWalt yellow from the far side of the job site and you have opinions about them, please get yourself a fitted shirt, try on something purple, ease into it. "I can't really do math" my girl you bake and you have strong opinions about tile floors, that is the starter kit right there, please go play with some prime numbers and graph paper, see how it feels. "I don't get computers" ma'am if you knit, you're already overqualified.
Just seen a new favourite response to AI text. "Why should I bother to read something nobody could be bothered to write?"
COMPUTERS ARE, WERE, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE A MISTAKE

Rarely does the press publish an article on long covid that tells it like it is. Here is one:

Long covid has derailed my life. Make no mistake: It could yours, too.

#covid @whn

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/08/09/madeline-miller-long-covid-post-pandemic/

Long covid has derailed my life. Make no mistake: It could yours, too.

No matter how immortal we feel, we are all — still — at risk of developing crushing, life-altering symptoms.

The Washington Post
Game companies, please, I am begging you, for the love of whatever deity or consumer brand you hold dear: Stop opening Discords. They're a shit replacement for forums. Please. Fucking... PLEASE
We report about a moment in the night when the wind, the trees, the sky, and the stars, and everything close and in between are made of the same fabric. To know where one begins and ends is impossible, and we would not want to. It is all like a dream, the whisper of the shadows.