I'm a software developer with 40 years' professional experience, lucky enough to be considering early retirement. I love writing code and don't want to stop. I'm keen to give something back, and contribute to one or more open source projects. The questions are, to what shall I contribute, and […]

[korean comedy/thriller - no other choice (2025)] this movie was exceptionally enjoyable to me. heartfelt, suspenseful, literally cracked up multiple times, with social critique and well played parts, what more can you ask for. from park chan-wook of oldboy fame #theCinema

[us politics - general strike] https://generalstrikeus.com/

https://acidalder.bandcamp.com/album/deep-fantasy-2 exceptional melodic experimental acid house, on repeat #theStudio

[us politics - national shutdown & ice protest] https://nationalshutdown.org/ #sf #sanfrancisco #ice

[keeping old linux laptops alive] I can't figure out how to potentially fix the now broken track pad of my old #system76 (darter pro 6) linux laptop. I have been searching at length for a specific battery that is out of stock everywhere in the world - the N150BAT-4 model - to try to give this […]

i appreciated this read/framework analysis on the US continued devolution into #fascism https://bayesianpersuasion.com/posts/ice-constitutional-guardrails/ - #fuckice#fascismon every possible level

7 days of bike packing the San Juan islands starts today! We're going to Lopez, then San Juan, then Orcas. Its so pretty already #sanjuan #bikepacking #orcas #pinksalmon

has anyone else played #cuttle? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttle its the closest i've ever seen to magic the gathering with a standard deck. the rounds are fast and fun but they have enough RNG that it feels more fair to have like three rounds of best of three, or something, because […]