there's a common conception of tweets as off-hand, ephemeral comments instead of as enduring pieces of writing

dredging up years-old tweets is weird behavior for most people

logging back on only to immediately log back off for vibecamp

snail discourse is going to outlast the actual snail at this rate

wait can we view posts again on twitter?

didn't there used to be a bot that would tweet every word? I remember back when the bluechecks couldn't tweet yglesias rted "can't" "tweet"

when I don't get compliments: doing things for social approval is cowardly & weak-willed. independence and freedom require never giving in to to wants of others

when I get compliments: people doing things for other's sake is the basis of civilization & it is only right to seek other's approval

a cool thing about the deadly sins is that they all cause each other

double standards are only good when they benefit me

I like to pretend I'm one of the weirdos with consistent principles but I think I just have sympathy for a certain type of guy who will never take power

only weirdos have consistent principles beyond the friend/enemy distinction

free speech is supported by people who are afraid of being targetted by censors

10-20 years ago, the censors were christian warmongers, nowadays they're dei folx

the lefties got their hands on power & now the righties hate power

seems to me that the de facto primary purpose of speed limits is to cultivate a sense of disregard for the law

given that ~nobody actually follows the law here, & the consequences for breaking the law are so small

oh yeah, I'm excited for the implementations of better algorithms

there is an option in the settings menu on bluesky to generate an app password, which is for non-bluesky apps

you do not put your real password in the other apps

staging.bsky.app/profile/pfrazee.com/post...

app passwords are a bsky feature to allow you to give other apps limited access to your account while they work on implementing oauth properly

it's been funny, at least

hey, it's not like there haven't been a few rationalist cults

tpot is a group of extremely online people whose primary defense mechanism is being too confusing to attack

every so often I remember when she offered to pay rats ~1k for their souls & some people took her up on it

went over to what's hot & immediately saw several absolutely terrible posts

why would you ever go over there, my god

unfollowing gets rid of most of it, but blocking is good for hiding qt dunks, annoying replies, & malicious users

there are an infinite number of posts you can read, blocking is about filtering the worst ones out

think in terms of signal/noise & in terms of moderating communities - there are people who make your bsky experience more informative, more fun, more interesting, & those who do the opposite

tpot is so illegible not even tpotters know who's in it

>I find some bulk socks that are solid black, no logo
>buy them & bring them home
>the logo was hidden behind the packaging

argh WHY would you do this to me

B

list of important factors in happiness, pull levers as needed to be happier:

-sleep
-diet (food, water, drugs)
-exercise
-sunlight/fresh air
-relationships
-stress

road networks