Okay. I tried adding bluesky to Flare so I could see that as well as my Mastodon and GoToSocial and... I remembered how much bluesky looks and feels and acts like twitter did. Its not bad, but its not what I want anymore. Its very stream of consciousness and superficial. I know a lot of that […]

Okay, so while that federates: Anyone have #fediverse #microblog #app recommendations? I'm wanting an Open Vibes type of fedi client for now so I can post to both my Hachyderm and my GoToSocial instance at the same time just until it's got stuff and is out there Also you can eventually find […]

I might be stupid. I'm trying to set up a GoToSocial Docker container on my docker server and then serve it via cloudflare tunnels to the web to give it a TLS and everything. I am not seeing anything and I think I'm too dumb to find the server on my local network

Reading Sam Harris's "Waking Up" gives the same vibes as when I read "the Satanic Bible" by Anton Levay. It has interesting ideas and actionable advice to improve my spiritual life through meditation and contemplation, but it also refuses to present that in an isolated way because both books […]

the cloud is just someone else's computer. and they charge you 10x what it costs them. #selfhosted

I should have known Sam Harris was a shitty person based strictly on the friends he keeps, but I wasn't expecting casual, and unnecessary, colonialism in his book. Always a shame when a good idea and actual good goal is championed NY a dick head.

New #blog post! I'm ranty, but meditative on the problematic nature of digital card games I'm addicted to. Its a little existential too on the state of critical thinking in the world. https://thinkstoomuch.net/post/cardgamesandthecriticalmind/

Profound language works often because its airy. That is devoid of solid meaning. You can read into nearly whatever you want from a context less quote, and that's not necessarily bad, its just how written language works. However, I have found now a couple of creators of YouTube shorts who are […]

New #blog post day! I think I've hashed out some thoughts on gods and demi gods that an atheist could use in a spiritual practice. One day I hope to get these ideas less disjointed in into a properly coherent corpus, but for now enjoy an idea and please tell me your thoughts! #Pagan […]

I think the Gnostic Christian god is the most likely one to exist because, based on the old testament alone, god is at worst a childish wrathful god constantly vying for our attention. But to the early gnostics, god is either evil and relishes in our suffering or it is indifferent to us and […]

[Mr. Beast reference] I saw Jimmy Beast for the first time in years. Looks weird with those cheap teeth.

Guinness Extra Stout was hyped up far too much and now that I have had it, underwhelmed. I was expecting it to be harder. Quite bitter, but good. I think I'm too far down the craft IPA rabbit hole for me to think of it as a "strong" beer.

The nature of Jesus is very interesting to me because I really want to know why its not enough for Christians that Jesus was a good man exalted by god for spreading the word of doing good. Like, at its core, the nature of Jesus is meaningless since the important parts are how to be in gods good […]

When I was a kid, I would build forts with my friend outside and we'd just hang out in them. One time it was freezing cold out, so we built a fort alongside my house where the dryer exhaust was. And my mom was doing laundry all day. So we got constant warm air in our fort. I'm jealous of my […]

Okay, getting off the small screen. Gonna touch grass and shower I guess

Once again I'm reminding people that you can turn towards TV show celebrities to deflect criticisms of the TV shows they act in. "But Jonathan Frakes and Robert Picardo said Starfleet academy is good!" Yeah but they have to say that or their royalties checks stop rolling.

gee if only there were some way to explain why all of these slop-reliant services are experiencing absolute dogshit uptime

Oh no. I have a dozen missed phone calls on my work phone. What a shame. I guess I'll keep being off. Holy shit dick wads, check an OOO

[Cis guy talks about pronouns and acronyms] The desire to add more letters to LGBTQ+ is a consequence of our very written internet culture because saying even that outloud is a little absurd. Its the same complaint I have about a lot of neo-pronouns like the people who had emoji pronouns on […]

Renewables hit a record share of US electricity, overtaking fossil gas Renewables generated over a third of US electricity in March 2026 for the first time, surpassing gas as wind and solar reached a record 26% combined share. The milestone reflects rapid structural growth, especially in solar […]

[Firearms and Trans rights] Firearms are a wonderful hobby! Especially modern sportsman competitions like 2-Gun and 3-Gun matches because they really get us out there, outside and moving! There's a lot of good that comes from a rigorous training routine or […] [Original post on hachyderm.io]

I don't see anything inherently wrong with collecting stuff. Its a fun past time especially if you become quite knowledgeable on the collection itself. It becomes a museum of your own design. Which is pretty cool. For me I think the problem is the "collectables market" in which artificial […]

God damn it. I took the day off, left my fucking phone at home, and a damned end user found me in the Taco Bell I've taken refuge at while my fiance goes to Nurse trainings. No tech issues though, but damn!

I never understood the type of men who are obsessed with the sexuality of women (Body count mostly) because the types of guys worried about that are almost never themselves virgins. Like, my guy, not all women are enjoying a hoe era (something she can do) and if that's important to you then you […]

Damn, okay. Taxes are filed, student loans are getting caught up, credit card paid off. Man was not meant to sit in front of a computer 9-5 to then sit infront of a computer for 2 more hours to spend all the money "earned" in the 9-5. Hurts more considering how much money I've just given to […]

To be recognized for good deeds I think is a double edged sword. At once we want to inspire others to also do good where ever possible and also we should shun attention seeking activities to keep our egos in check.

There's nothing I want to do less than my taxes... Okay, I guess getting a rental from the impound lot was much lower on this pole.... Today has sucked

Always fun to remind your boss that no matter how actually friendly we are, my corporate loyalty is buyable.

Went to a Buc-ee's for the first time Turns out I like their ghost peper jerky and the beaver nuggets. I keep wanting to call them beaver nuts though

Finding out I like Math Rock has ruined my ability to drive the aux because I usually end up destroying peoples algorithms. The irony...

*Me moments after consuming a half pound of fudge* Aww fuck there's dairy in that isn't there

Recently I read a post by some jackhole techbro who wants a default automatic feed algorithm here just like Big Social™. Opening the door for AI bullshit is not even the worst part of this idea. Folks, all of us here ARE the algorithm. Personal curation is a feature, not a bug. We make […]

Pain I think is a good meditation. Most pains are temporary and do go away in time. I first thought about this in college when I got addicted to super spicy food and "Hot Ones" style challenges. I learned that there is nothing I can do to stop the pain that is more effective than simply […]

I've performed foot care on myself for the first time in years and I forgot how much this sucks. I hiked 10 miles in a single day with my boss. Which isn't really a lot. Or at least it didn't used to be. The hike was incredibly flat very established trails. Too established even, they're were […]

I think the reason LLMs are so beloved by corpo big shots is because it loves long meaningless strings of super safe words. Its as soulless as any C-suite and thus they feel seen

Look, I hate to say it, but moms in the 80's and 90's were right Dungeons and Dragons does seem to lead to gay stuff and witchcraft. That's just cool as hell now so its fine

Modern day "Missionaries" are not doing it to convert anyone. They are ideological reinforcement. I was handed a card that said all I need to do to be saved is believe in Jesus. Which is wild considering how thick the bible or even just the new testament is. And first I'd like to say, what a […]

I am far too confident about things for a guy who hates those things. And it doesn't show and I hate that. I do just fine practicing small talk, going to bars, I'm a riot at parties, meeting new people. All of which is incredibly exhausting. I get back from a work function that included more […]

What do you appreciate about the cemetery? The monuments to hero's The small weathered slabs to forgotten friends Those who's lives got cut short Or is it more? Is it your relationship to mortality? The finicky nature of human memory and grief as monuments turn to rocks or graves turn to […]

Comrades, for your consideration. Cuck conference table

I had a dream that my parents were royalty and someone revived a T-Rex to try and kill us, but my brother fought it with a wrecking ball. He charged at it like they were playing chicken and then started spinning around and nailed it on the side of its head with the wrecking ball (which may have […]

The boy I once was was kinda of a dickhead. Good riddance! Punk kid...

I know that a lot of my drive to study religion and esotericism is driven by my desire to escape from the real politics affecting me. It feels good because I'm mentally working my brain but not on the circles of logic that is modern politics that truly should start and end with "love thy […]

Anyone got any good sources for a person starting to explore #Hellenic #paganism? It's never been a path I have been interested in, but I have a young person my life looking for where to begin. #pagan

I went of Facebook (I know I know I know) and they are selling tinfoil hats. The "Wavestopper" costs $88 Free Shipping! (I checked. It is not an April Fools joke. Selling to people with "brain fog" feels a little predatory to me.)

there's something I've noticed in the behavior of some of the more dedicated anti-AI people. not specifically the loudest of the bunch, I mean the wider group of hardliners. in the effort to push back against datacenters and "AI" and techbros, there seems to be an oddly conservative position […]

There's nothing more uninteresting to me than quotes from famous people or profound thinkers. Like what are you adding? Other than a copyright free landscape? Why should I care about this sentence? Don't just idolize a philosopher, use their work! #philosophy

In terms of mundane things, personal aesthetic choices or life styles. There's a lot of them I don't like or disgust me in some kinda way. And I feel bad passing that judgement on something that is truly none of my business and has been fairly easy to avoid (in real life. Ya'll ain't keep […]

I think my most useful philosophical take is that selfishness is good. Because I am selfish, I want to do things that benefit me and make my life better. I am selfish and I want the freedom to read, write, do art, build stuff. I don't want to help a CEO make quarterly earnings. I am selfish […]