Ecosocialist from Scotland. I write blogs about things I read, watch or play, because writing is fun.
My cat is much cooler than me and occasionally I will post a picture.
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Wake up, prices are rising, wages are stagnant. The bridge downtown is rusting away. There used to be a trolly line and a bus line but now it is gone. The schools are shabby, the park is choked with weeds, the swings are broken. But, we live in such a wealthy country, right? Where *is* all that wealth?
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After four years, the battery life of my #fairphone 4 was noticeably getting worse, and with even moderate use it wouldn't hold its charge for a day.
So what did I do? Bought a new battery for €25 which will hopefully see me through the next four years. Repairability and modularity rock.
"It’s always bothered me that there is a presumed ‘responsibility’ within Star Trek shows to talk about social issues."
Andy Weir is definitely one of those guys.
https://gizmodo.com/andy-weir-star-trek-pitch-backlash-paramount-2000739724
Tried to get back into #libreoffice but that thing happened where it completely garbled the formatting on an existing xlsx spreadsheet and I'm not sure I can be bothered to correct it all (and then correct it back when I open it in MS Office again).
Part of me hopes that with German governments pivoting to LibreOffice, they may donate say 10% of what they spent on MS licensing to LibreOffice and that will enable some serious upgrades.
Latest #blog is on #ProjectHailMary . It took me about a week to write because that thing happened where I really liked the movie in the theatre, yet when thinking about it afterwards I had more and more issues with it.
Anyway, I still liked it, but you do have to be willing to engage with it to enjoy it.
Plus, it's just time to move away from stories about a single white man coming to save us.
https://write.as/the-casual-critic/project-hail-mary-friendship-rocks
A year is also a good time to reflect. So far I have really enjoyed it here. It feels like Twitter but in the really old days, where you found random people who were interesting, and the algorithm didn't feed you crap all the time.
Given the people on here, I am learning a lot more about tech and trans experience than I expected, which has been a great bonus.
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