@tayknight

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“No One Is Talking About This” by Patricia Lockwood. Very, very good.
@codinghorror I’m a relatively recent macOS user after 40 years of PC. Macs are beautiful, but the roughest of rough edges are the wildly inconsistent and (imo) illogical keyboard handling. I’m sure it is all “fixable”, I just bristle that I have to. :)
Andrew Tate: "Reading books is for losers...Books are a total waste of time."

Kanye West: "I am not a fan of books...I am a proud non-reader of books."

Sam Bankman-Fried: "I would never read a book."

Don't be like these guys.

Pick up a book today.
@katemorley “The Long Way…” was wonderful, wonderful. I’m a sucker for friends being supportive.

I never applied for an amateur radio license because I didn't like the idea of appearing on an official list of "skilled" people. Until now that was a theoretical fear. One I wasn't even sure if it was warranted or just me being overly cautious.

In Belarus things escalated quickly. Radio amateurs - usually recognized as men of goodwill - have been declared enemies of the state and publicly shamed and indicted for high treason.

https://steanlab.medium.com/mayday-389f5713fee4

@katemorley j (as in giraffe) eh (as in medal) ul (as in medal). Medal with a giraffe j.
An Astonishing Graph. For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.3%. (It’s 0.3% in countries like Japan & Norway.) https://kottke.org/25/12/an-astonishing-graph
An Astonishing Graph

For most of human history, around 50% of children used to die before they reached the end of puberty. In 2020, that number is 4.

kottke.org
@briankrebs “activate silence”.
@cstross for all your artificial sun needs. https://youtu.be/6bqBsHSwPgw
Building a realistic artificial sun (for dark winter days)

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Make no mistake, we are at war. But we have a weapon the opposition does not. The ultimate weapon of all, the most powerful force in the universe: love.