Honestly? Sounds like a pretty decent life path

Ah shit, is there a ban on politics questions? Sorry. I’m almost always on mobile, so I miss stuff in sidebars a lot

I’m glad that’s worked well for you! For the overwhelming majority, keeping their money in the 401k and continuing to make regular contributions, regardless of market volatility, is the wisest course of action.

Gotta love Apo’s smile! What a cutie

Fuck off, transphobe

Daytime: caramel latte with oat milk and an extra shot of espresso

Evening: Dark and Stormy (dark rum and ginger beer with a lime slice)

I use Pocket, Zotero, and Obsidian. I save news articles from my RSS feeds and social media to Pocket, and assign them tags. Journal articles I find get saved to Zotero, which saves a PDF too, if available. Both Pocket and Zotero have plugins to sync with Obsidian, which I also use for general notetaking and as a personal journal.

Exactly no one will think twice about seeing you playing a GameBoy ROM on your phone, you’re good

One of the maintenance shop supervisors abruptly went on administrative leave. I was chatting with him one day, and the next, his boss was emailing all the other directors and people who work with him that he was on leave effective immediately. No clue why, but I’m super curious, because it can’t have been good. Last time something like this happened the plumbers had changed the locks to their break room, put gaming chairs and an Xbox in there, and kept faking their time sheets.

Play some Traveller with friends tomorrow, tidy around the apartment so it looks nice when my wife gets back from her trip, probably take my dog for a walk or two if the weather allows. If I’m feeling inspired, I want to print some zines on local foraging and go around putting them in Little Free Libraries. Should be pretty chill, and I’m not mad about that!

Accounting. The advice given to me when I went to college was “major in something ‘practical’ and minor in what you love”. I think that was good advice. That way you end up with in-demand skills and a solid fallback, but by doing minors and extra certificates, you get to spend time learning things you’re passionate about, and you can demonstrate to future employers that you are well-rounded and adaptable.

Deleted my account. The app had gone to shit already anyway, it’s a shame there isn’t a comparable service that isn’t wholly enshittified

Handed down or sold, most likely

It’s easier for some people to submit to authority and believe that the immigrants, trans people, antifascists, etc are the cause of all their problems than it is for them to accept that the world is a flawed and complicated place with few clear answers. It’s a mental shortcut, with often disastrous consequences.

I work in commercial and institutional building energy efficiency. I notice myself paying way more attention to the infrastructure that normally fades into the background. Stuff like “I wonder how big the transformer for this building is?” or “Ooh, that’s a hefty cooling tower, I wonder how much chilled water they use?”

Living in a Christian nationalist surveillance state sure is fun! 🙃

As I’ve begun moving my stuff away from Proton, I’ve adopted Tuta for email and Addy.io for aliases. It feels better to keep things in separate buckets.

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VSCode at work, VSCodium at home

I liked it! I thought she did a really good job of making everything easily accessible. And finding a lot of her pre-transition feelings and experiences relatable was eye-opening and helped me accept a few things