I don’t know who she was, only that she certainly wasn’t my mother.

They haven’t had their coffee yet

Oh which authoritarian regime has Starbucks donated to?

When I read other countries’ propaganda, it makes me realize how much US ruling class propaganda passes through unnoticed

Shaft

I use the cashier, but still bag my own. Just kinda like bagging groceries

If it tries to run away, I don’t eat it.

Started just a year ago. So much free instruction on YouTube. It’s been great

ACAB

Just assumed I had to be a human, but now given the choice, I’ll take life as a robot.

Less well known but,

Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers or

The nine worlds of The Hands of the Emporer by Victoria Goddard

nice people doing the best they can, in a world that isn’t like our current dystopia

I’ll tell you what’s at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Risotto

For someone used to desktop Linux, where respect for the user, consistency, customisability, and performance are still held in high regard, Windows 11 feels like an endless string of punches in the face.

Greta Thunberg

“eels that come when called”?

What does it taste like?

children’s beer made from fermented black rye bread

sounds crazy enough

Sounds like a 1930s tap dancing song.

Went to an Italian-irish-indian restaurant in a small town on the Shannon. I think it was just the restaurant family that normally ate the Indian food, but they let us order it and it was great.