I used to use my 3rd monitor for company email and chat programs so they would stay out of the way of my actual work.

I’m not about to kill myself or anything but no I’m not ok. I just keep breathing and waiting for the sweet relief that death will bring.

I’m lazy and I have the money.

That’s too much crazy in one room.

Naltrexone and a change of scenery.

sms

I have family who use facebook messenger but I refuse.

We have those in southern Illinois too

here are a few of my favorites

Susanna Clark

• Piranesi
• The ladies of Grace Adieu and other stories

Vonnegut

• Cat’s cradle
• Slaughterhouse Five

Douglas Adams

• literally anything he ever wrote

Mark Haddon

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Margaret Atwood

Oryx and Crake

Ursula K. Le Guin

The Lathe of Heaven

I read the first half and skimmed the rest. The primary complaints seem to be that the fediverse isn’t centralized, monolithic, stupid easy to use, and just like every corporate controlled network.

Ok. Cool. Fine with me. I wouldn’t call it failure if it is what it set out to be.

Just because you don’t know what it is doesn’t mean it’s aliens.

Civil forfeiture is theft plain and simple.