Oh fucking hell

Rad, was just talking about giving this one a try again last night.

I didn’t know it’s coded by the Calibre guy, that’s cool

I 100% guarantee you it’s the latter.

Unrelated to what we’re talking about, but I still remember briefly switching to Winstons in the 90s because I saw an ad with Frank Zappa smoking one on the back of a rolling stone magazine. I still remember that every time I see Winstons in any context.

It’s horrifying how effective that marketing was.

What the fuck is this post?

First thing I thought of

Please just go outside holy fuck

Same, it’s hilarious being an adult

Before Proton, I wasn’t able to consider Linux as a viable solution for home computing at all. I could set up and manage a pihole, and salvage an old laptop to use for word processing and email, but couldn’t run anything my family or non-techie friends were familiar with.

Sure Wine was a thing, but I think for most casual users it wasn’t worth the hassle.

My first attempt with Ubuntu 15ish years ago was horrible; almost nothing worked, GPU support was trash, it was just an all around miserable experience.

With proton, stuff just works. It’s like a whole new ecosystem now.

I do a fair amount of solo bikepacking in the rural Midwest, and have gotten into enough weird altercations that I now ride and camp with a concealed pistol.

A few years ago, I would have called anyone doing this exact same thing a psychopath. I give myself endless amounts of shit for having a “bicycle gun” and would be fucking mortified if anyone I casually ride with found out, but I’m also intensely aware of how batshit crazy and divorced from reality the average redneck is.

Is that Lady Snowblood? I still need to watch that

Me too, friend. Me too.

Porque no los dos?

Community engagement is vital, and we should all be involved with outreach, education, and mutual aid.

I think we all understand that we’re on our own now, and if we want our communities to survive and thrive we need to take ownership and contribute.

But it’s naive as fuck to pretend we won’t be on our own protecting those communities as well. Arm up, train up.