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This would be my profile picture forever

Plant based or lab grown alternatives are the best hope, but the massive subsidies we give to the beef industry need to shift over to alternatives if it's going to be adopted en mass. Agriculture lobbyists will not let that happen.

There is no Antimemetics Division

I've developed a very atypical but functional routing system so that I could get processed guitar signal directly into Discord/Zoom calls separate from my microphone (great for lessons and band meetings) and there are no tutorials showing you how to do other things while using this setup.

Okay, one AI application I would actually really get behind is a desktop assistant that helps you with your audio routing needs.

I just sat down for a long guitar practice session and ended up spending 2 hours trying to route a guitar amp plugin, a metronome, and a Webcam into OBS to record a clip.

In Chicago, if you live in a cheap/old building, your passive aggressive roommate refuses to run the AC below 90°, or you work in an underfunded school, then however hot it is outside, it's at least that hot inside, probably hotter.

I know this because I grew up in Texas. The most sun the average Texan gets in August is walking across a Walmart parking lot, and they'll spend 10 minutes circling the lot for a close spot to avoid it.

My classroom got to 81°F today with the AC on. It's easy to poke fun at people in cold climates for their susceptibility to warm weather, but every indoor space in the South is equiped to have AC blasting 24/7. Southerners spend their 100+° summers scurrying from one giant refrigerator to another.

Doctors want the treatment to be their idea so they can feel like heroes and not treatment dispensers.

The Democratic primary system isn't broken. It's working as intended. Every "flaw" in the process is an opportunity to tip the scales.

We killed at least 1,300 civilians (likely many more), unleashed a carcinogenic oil cloud over Tehran that will kill many thousands more, and created an economic shock that might tip us into a multi-breadbasket failure.

Why should we be outraged over 7 US soldiers who knew what they signed up for?

There's something deeply sickening about the overwhelming prioritization of American soldiers' lives over Iranian civilians' lives.

I payed $75 for a monthly transit pass. I think it's fair to expect some baseline standard of customer experience that doesn't have me asking if I'll need to make a self defense plea in court later.

I love that Chicago has trains and proximity to an L station is one of my top considerations when I look for housing. I just want to take the Blue Line without getting catcalled or accosted by a crackhead every other time.

The left needs to be more serious about antisocial behavior on or around public transportation. Letting vital urban infrastructure be held hostage by unwell or malicious people to the point that most people actively avoid using it is not a progressive position.

View of tall buildings in West Chicago in snow.

The Fulton Market District (Chicago West Side) in snow.

A cool looking tall building in West Loop.

A cozy little enclave with string lights, tables, and brickwork in West Loop.

I explored West Loop for the first time on my Birthday tonight. It looks ugly on Google Maps but is unbelievably gorgeous in person.

I'll pop in occasionally if there's a major event and it's genuinely worse than I imagined. The scary part is that teenagers still use it, and soon they won't be old enough to remember when it wasn't like that.

Imagine teaching high school. My "no food in the classroom" policy lasted a little over a week. Kids get a full class period for lunch and still eat full meals in my room.

So. Many. Snacks.

Being in an original band with serious musicians who have a similar artistic vision to yours is great. Highly recommend.

Doing some reading on the Internation Fixed Calendar. It would make scheduling so much easier. If you wanted to schedule for a Saturday, it could only be the 7th, 14th, 21st, or 28th. If you see a deadline on the 25th, you'd know intuitively that it's a Wednesday.

I just did the math and realized that a calendar year could be evenly divided into 13 months of 28 days (4 weeks) with one extra day. Why have we done this yet?

Guy in a hot dog costume saying "We're all trying to find the guy who did this".

Elon's PR strategy right now:

Fair enough I guess. I'd probably do the same if I came across a comment knocking extended range guitars or digital amplification systems. It just feels like a wierd quirk of a well intentioned social media feature.

Something weird about the custom feeds feature on here is that you'll make a snide comment about something you don't think about much, and someone you've never met who really, really cares about that thing will start beef with you.

Here's how these things should be on a user friendly computer in 2026:

Step 1 - Install Runescape
Step 2 - Install Discord
Step 3 - Run Runescape
Step 4 - Run Discord
Step 5 - Call gf

None of these should require dealing with AI co-pilots or tinkering/running scripts. Hope that clears things up.

The closest thing to that is probably Linux, but I don't want to need a computer science degree to boot up Runescape and call my gf on discord at the same time.

Every time my classroom instruction is interrupted by an unskippable ad on a short video, I take a moment to remind my students how much money the district gives to Google every year. The least they can do is give us ad free service on teacher accounts during school hours.

This won't mean anything to people outside of a very specific niche but the Odeholm Audio Thall Amp sounds sooo good. I need to figure out how to work this into a live rig.

CNN is bought out. She served on a school board that was looking out for the families (which is literally their job) and you're reporting it like it's relevant context?