PIN THIS.

Day [I've lost count] of trying to get my name fully updated in Equifax's system. Every time I call back, they say they're escalating it to their technical team. "You'll hear back in 5-10 business days." No followup. These are the people I'm entrusting with sensitive information? Dismantle Equifax.

Walter Isaacson: "I've watched you play with your orchestra... and you lead, but you lead from behind. You always stand behind the orchestra." Wynton Marsalis: "Yeah, that's democratic leadership.... to negotiate the song so that we all make sure everyone plays." 🩵💜 www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQn9...

The total population of Kansas is around 3 million people. The number of trans people they sent letters to invalidating their IDs is around 1,500. They went through all the effort of passing this bill just to make the lives of 0.05% of their population materially worse and more dangerous.

So let's see... Kansas enacts a law which suddenly strips every trans person of ID, who now can't legally drive to the DMV without risking a 6-month prison sentence? Is this the plan for the midterms nationwide? Fuck everyone who said Republicans weren't coming for our basic rights. This is evil.

Meanwhile, I got fired from one of my jobs last summer for asking why they weren't considering me for a position I was uniquely qualified for. Instead, they hired multiple other people for this role, one with next to no experience who was fresh out of college, and then told me it was about the money

The archivist preserving decaying floppy disks 📜 www.popsci.com/technology/f...

As someone with very limited web development experience who often ends up helping out with websites for small/community orgs, getting the website to do what you want it to do often feels like getting sucked into a black hole.

With the way Epstein survivors have risked their lives speaking out, and this administration saying they need to redact files in order to “protect the victims,” I’m beginning to think the rich and powerful see themselves as the victims rather than the children who were brutally taken advantage of.

Got placed on a brief hold on the phone this morning, and the hold music was "A Thousand Years" by Christina Perri.... whoever picked that song either deserves a raise or to get fired, I'm not sure which 🤣

Do you think Kash knows they don't even view him as American? I feel so bad for this guy in a way. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

A lot can happen in ~3 years. If words have power, read this like tactical fiction. It's a terrifying story about Democrats losing the 2028 election due to MAGA cultism/authoritarianism on full display. But the story leaves out one critical component: WE, THE PEOPLE bylinetimes.com/2026/01/22/t...

I'm obsessed with some of these remixes of "This Land is Your Land" (the Salsa Brava, Dance, and R&B/Hip-Hop versions). hate to say that I think these might have been made with AI, but they sound so awesome 😭 lugo.bandcamp.com/album/this-l...

Lesson #20: Be as courageous as you can. If none of us is prepared to die for freedom, then all of us will die under tyranny.

There is a battle for our souls, but it is not against flesh and blood. It is against the spiritual forces of Equifax customer support in the earthly realms.

A year ago I began making the switch from macOS to Linux. Today I released an article documenting my journey, with lots of helpful tips and tricks. If you've ever considered leaving the walled garden for something more oriented to freedom, there's no year like 2026! tessaria.com/2026/01/12/i...

This is one of our favorites!

This is the most extreme looking pigeon I’ve ever seen

Exactly.

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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

I helped update the guide for installing Affinity Studio apps w/ Wine on Linux. There's a lot of energy behind this right now. + Serif just made the announcement "Creative Freedom Is Coming" on Oct 30. Betting now that this will involve support for Linux github.com/seapear/Affi...

We need a real alternative to YouTube.

Every Star Trek episode that was derided as "unrealistic", where Kirk argues a computer into destroying itself, is vindicated.

This is a fascinating story: SEGM commissioned systematic reviews on gender affirming care, claimed they showed care should be banned, so the authors have released this statement saying their research is being misused and that it is unconscionable to ban gender affirming care:

For alternatives to Google Forms, Fillout is really good! HeyForm also seems like a decent option but I haven't really tested it yet. It's little things like this that make de-Googling not only possible, but exciting. I can do so much more with Fillout than I was ever able to do with Google Forms.

Phone screen and back glass broke because of a drop. When I was replacing the screen, I accidentally tore the front camera's connector (it's a cheap fix but I don't really want to replace it right now). So I patched up the back with black gaff tape and glued a makeup mirror over it. Kind of a vibe!

PIN THIS.

This is hilarious. I'm just trying to imagine how this conversation went: BOSS: Hey, we just got these new decals in, can you post them up on the wall? EMPLOYEE: Sure, I'll go do that 2 minutes later, without peeling off any of the stickers:

I'm here for the Clippy movement. youtu.be/2_Dtmpe9qaQ

simple solutions to big problems do exist

Israel has bombed and killed innocent people relentlessly for almost two years now. Shouldn't that be enough for the whole world to turn against it? Yet here in hell, many still support it as a nation "defending itself." Try telling that to the civilians who have found themselves running from bombs.

“Don’t trust everything you read online” was always good advice. Now it’s more important than ever with all the AI-generated lies we’re seeing.

How many upgrades do we have left? Let’s end fast tech.

o7 is a ridiculous looking salute.

It’s been over two months now since I switched to Linux - something I never thought would be possible, at least not for many years. But I pushed through some of my biggest hurdles, and now things are starting to feel familiar. I’m proud of myself for doing the hard thing and finding new liberty!

You are not a Democrat or a Republican any more than you are a Giant, a Yankee, or a 49er. These are private clubs owned by billionaires & run by millionaires that capture your dollars and attention that owe you nothing. They are teams that benefit from you thinking you're one of them. You're not.

“We the people” is the revolution. Always has been, always will be.

5,000 person capacity camp started by the Nazis, six years before the gas chambers began. Are we going to let history repeat itself? www.nytimes.com/1933/04/05/a...

Calling your representatives is really pretty easy, even if you're phone shy. You're allowed to be awkward and stumble over words. Just get the point across of what you want to say. I saved my representatives' numbers to my contacts so it's easy to call them. I encourage others to do the same!

This never happened with Clippy.

Today I found out Apple's weather app was showing 6⁰F less hot than it actually was outside. No wonder I was sweating like hell the other night when I had fans pulling air from outside. Think I will start exploring wunderground.com a little more and maybe set up my own weather station eventually!

Another flag remix, this time with the Trans flag and the 1775 Liberty flag flown during the Revolutionary War. Through much introspection I've realized I enjoy the freedom to be able to transition more than even transitioning itself. That's ultimately what this month is all about: Love & Liberty

Going strong so far with a grand total of zero likes. Love it here. Truly screaming into the void

The racism in this country right now is so thick in the air you could cut it with a knife.

This nation was born of immigrants. Colonists came here without permission from indigenous peoples and did not learn their languages. Ellis Island was basically a free for all with only 2% of people denied entry. No way I'm going to turn around now and say something dumb like "we're full." F that

There I fixed it. The flag is mine now

For 10 years now I’ve been wanting a Prophet keyboard. Well, last month I had a dream that I was playing it for a carbon removal conference, so I splurged and finally bought one. I’m obsessed with the way each note comes out of one side of the stereo field or the other. So therapeutic, kind of EMDR.

No president has ever held a military parade on their own birthday (hello Adolf Hitler? Kim Jong Un? Saddam Hussein?). No president has ever shared propaganda including visions of a gold statue of himself (remember "Trump Gaza"). No president has ever expressed such a desire to be king. #NOKINGS