Christmas Dame, future patron saint of bachelors, fact-checker Voted most likely to do the thing everyone knows you shouldn't do Testing your posts for factuality and reproducibility.
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Last Notes npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…jn7d I'm trying something B2B right now. I find sales extremely stressful, especially since no one believes that sales people deserve courtesy. If it works, I'll be very happy. Still working to get my first sale, so my optimism waxes and wanes. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye I'm finding it increasingly difficult to believe that any actions I take will improve my life in any meaningful way. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…lz9u Open up some windows to get a cross breeze and take care of that stuffiness. Most modern houses don't have windows that line up easily, so just work with what you have. No advice for other people's kids; just sympathy. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…8wa5 @nprofile…p4t6 Yeah, I didn't realize cars could get that expensive. Do Rolls-Royces lose value after being bought the way regular cars do? Or can I convince someone famous to sit in it and sell it for even more? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…8wa5 @nprofile…p4t6 $32M each: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Droptail npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…p4t6 The only ones not covered by #4 are 1 and 8. I don't get the appeal of 8, so definitely 1 and 4. #4 gives $12M/year, so outpaces 5 within 2 years, even allowing for inflation. Plus, it's a safety net: if you take the lump sum and something goes wrong with your investments, you're done. If you make a mistake with 4, you get more money next month to try again. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Tip of the day: I normally aim for tips that make a task easier or results better, and avoid tips that involve shopping. In honor of JCD, here's a shopping tip: If you have a garage light that is just one dim light bulb, it's super easy to replace it with a screw-in multi-source LED work light. They aren't pretty, but it's your garage, who cares? You'll be amazed at the difference it makes. Here's the one we have at Chez TJ: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085LSY9CM npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…r4e5 It's similar to causing a scene. Nowhere nearing inciting a riot. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…7cv0 I can find no evidence to support this claim. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye An old band doing a cover of an even older band. #DJTJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEmZGvVh7Bg npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye I never liked KMFDM, but they had the best t-shirts I had a friend whose PhD dissertation was on the war-profiteering of the Krupps family. And yes, these two facts are connected. #DJTJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIpnZaVPjJs npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye So, umm. I got a little bit drunk. But my ancestry is Canadian and midwestern, so I made peanut butter instead of starting a fight in public. I dedicate this to tomorrow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5P5Tz3VH94 npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…a6vy With a hat on they look like regular ear muffs, except with no band. Without a hat they are just kind of gay. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001ONKA20 npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…eqfl I only knew JCD as a podcaster. It took me by surprise to hear his writing compared to Jerry Pournelle. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye No word on whether or not the people of the era did in fact talk a lot of smack for people who lived in very flammable houses. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Bit of trivia: The original Robin Hood did not "rob from the rich and give to the poor". He robbed the tax collector and returned what was unfairly taken. In other words, he wasn't a socialist, he was a libertarian. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye The woman, pregnant with twins, was rushed to the hospital. Her husband out of town, she called her brother to keep her company. The hospital had to sedate her and deliver the twins early. When she came to, they let her hold the babies - a boy and a girl. Assured they were healthy, she said it was time to do the birth certificates. "Your brother already did them." "Oh no, he's an idiot! What did he name my daughter?" "Deniece" "That's not too bad, what did he name my son?" "Denephew" npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…55ct @nprofile…nqy9 If you need a key, here's the folks I use - $20 for Office Pro 2024. https://www.godeal24.com/o-2024-pro-plus-key-1-p.html npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…6449 @nprofile…2anq I normally hear "clamjamming" in the context of alone time. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz Sometimes I go on a tear and post a bunch at once, which some people may consider as clogging the time line. Or, conversely, someone may actually like the same music as me, and we can swap band videos. That would be nice. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…ru3j Could be accidental discharge. Everyone agrees mom was shouting a lot. Or maybe she knew him and knew he was up to no good. If she shot him on purpose, that was a well-placed shot. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz Unfortunately, we won't hear his side of the story. Maybe daughter said she was older? Maybe he was tutoring her in math at 1AM? At 13, I was babysitting my younger siblings, so I don't fault mom for leaving daughter home alone. I was definitely not hiding strangers under my bed though. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye This one's a little odd. 13-year old girl invites over 20-year old man. Mom somehow hears about it and comes home. Mom finds him hiding under daughter's bed, chases him out of the house, and then shoots him. Folks are claiming it was to protect her daughter, but a) he had been invited; and b) he was already outside when he was shot. The headline had me on mom's side, but the details make me think she's going to jail. https://nypost.com/2026/07/19/us-news/memphis-mom-killed-a-man-she-found-under-13-year-old-daughters-bed-now-shes-charged-with-murder/ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…ecd3 I want to see the drag team go up against a woman's team. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye We've all seen the video of 6 "teens" beating up an old man outside a 7-11 (or at least a link to the video). Here's what gets me about the story: 1. It's described as an attempted robbery. Even with six guys and a firearm, they failed to get any money. 2. The victim was described as having 'sustained minor bruising from the assault.' Six guys and all they managed was minor bruising? No wonder NotTheBee makes fun of their fighting style! https://notthebee.com/article/elderly-white-man-ruthlessly-attacked-by-feral-mob-of-baltimore-teens npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye A good one to end the night. Gary Numan started with isolation and moved on to desolation. And he's been a good husband and father. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHomCiPFknY #DJTJ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye It doesn't help that a lot of American bands use German names, and some German bands use English names. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Gonna mix it up with an American band, even if he's covering a British song. I like Neue Deutsche Härte and what led to it, so mostly German bands, and some British groups. American goth tends to be softer, and while I can still dance to a lot of it, it's not my preference. #DJTJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_YyGw-gyL0 npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Stompy dancing with a little cobweb cleaning. #DJTJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k4Xgm9dDMg npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye I'm a sucker for a rocking cover. Sometimes my son complains. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moXjl2yI33A #DJTJ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Now I'm in the mood for dance music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yl5Ppwpook #DJTJ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Since I've been asked, here's two videos showing some goth dance moves. I always heard the two-step called "The Peter Murphy forward-backward dance", but I can understand wanting a shorter name. The second video shows some stompy dancing. Moves with names: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/P8Qbdm3emDA Stompy dancing (black clothes on a black background was a dumb choice): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWxYQIc6yMs npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…w4wg Someone skipped leg day. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye I kinda miss watching videos on X, but it's probably better for my soul. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…s6n3 Why did Linda Ronstadt sing so slow? She had a governor on her! npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…5ggy Same thing with a non-dater who wants to date. You need an expert to ask the right questions. And odds are good the matchmaker will set you up with someone you never would have chosen, and yet never want to leave now that you've met. Because that is the matchmaker's area of expertise. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…5ggy An app can't do it because you don't know what you want and you'll tell the app the wrong thing. Think about a person saying "I want to use AI in my business." That means nothing. To do what? With what input? With what output? Can the AI make change recommendations, or does the workflow need to stay the same? And if you ask all these questions, the person will say "Just give me AI." npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…5ggy And remember, you aren't trying to meet your dream girl, you are trying to meet someone who knows your dream girl. Get as many female friends as you can, because they know the introvert girls. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…5ggy Are you looking for a date or a business partner? I mean that in a nice way - if you aren't interested in the emotional part, then dating sites aren't the right place to start your search. Think about where the lady MBAs are hanging out, and go there. Do presentations for women's business groups about AI. Explain how it can help their business, and things to avoid. Make a joke about AI can do everything but tell you if a girl is flirting with you. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…5ggy Do they only list left-wing causes? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…p4t6 https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/924/687/458/159/309/original/f7fd4c509d96d4ff.png npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…cz7d Why was a 7-year old in the park at 2.30AM? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…8f3a We aren't getting a second package. We try all the Oreo flavors. The band ones are usually meh. My favorite is peanut butter Oreos, currently discontinued due to a collab with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. The two taste the same to me, but the Reese's come fewer to a package, making them cost more on a per cookie basis. Which seems to me like a jerk move from Oreo. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz The things I do for science. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…8f3a BTS is a boy band from Korea. Not sure how they got popular in the US, but they are popular enough that I've heard of them. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye "I'm a truculent bigot, I revel in scum". Love the visuals for this. #DJTJ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibnPPT_sVD4 npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…lsen Wait...Amazon did not see the value of a collab with her? After all the free publicity she's given them? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz I say leave it up to the states to pick a time zone, including the option for the northeast to move one zone east, if they want. But I'll take Congress picking, if that's what needs to happen. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…xpq2 @nprofile…4pam If his wife would just let him pay his mistress directly, he wouldn't have to ask the public to help! npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye There's a sunflower field at an interchange, and folks have been gawking for days. Every time I drive by there's a bunch of people taking pictures, and there was even someone out there with lights and reflectors. It's good to see people appreciating something so simple. I've seen a few people walk away with 1 or 2 flowers, but there are a lot of flowers, so nobody minds. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…4pam They can't use it to reduce tax liability because it was never their money. However, they can use it for PR: "MegaConglomCo partnered to donate $X monies!" Customers donate all the money, but MegaConglomCo collect and disburse it, so they helped. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye You can buy a TI-82 calculator for math class for $180. Or you can buy an emulator app for your $100 phone for $5. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye In a recent interview, I asked the hiring managers what they were not finding in the candidates, since they keep reopening the job posting. Not one of the three could tell me. I didn't get the job, and I see that they have reposted the job. I felt bad that I didn't get the position - no one likes to be rejected. Now I'm wondering if the managers will ever hire anyone, since they don't know what they want. (Don't tell me I dodged a bullet; I've got rent to pay.) npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Oh by jingo #djtj https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXewmtDGQFQ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye The problem with delivering to strip clubs is that the women always pay with cash. And sure, they are pulling the bills out of a wallet while I'm standing there, but where were those bills last night? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…5h8v I was at Frugal MacDoogal in Fort Mill. That was the closest border point from my house, so closest place to get fireworks. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Liquor companies already on the shelf in NC prefer the government controlled system: they only have to convince a few people on a committee that their bottles should be sold, not every single store. Plus, companies in NC get a boost. Winning that presentation means your stuff is available in nearly every store in every county. Stores can not sell it, but they can't choose not on the approved list. Which is why South Carolina liquor stores are more interesting than NC stores. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Went down to South Carolina to buy fireworks because they don't care about your fingers or if your neighbor's house catches fire. Right between two fireworks shops was a liquor store not owned by the government. 750ml of Firefly vodka is $18.99. 1.75L is $19.99. I don't know how that math works for Firefly, but I now have a giant bottle of sweet tea vodka. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…mllk I dunno. The evidence detailed in the article is not compelling. Being an angry leftist who was in the area is not enough to convict someone. Especially when plenty of folks are saying it was caused by fireworks. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye My son was wondering if he should join a fraternity. Anyone here have any experience with them? Most of my knowledge of fraternities comes from "Revenge of the Nerds", and that might be out of date. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye A couple months ago, Ikea told me they stopped selling the Swedish sundae. Stopping by today, I asked why it was back. The employee said the IT guys won't take off the pre-programmed display and they got tired of customers complaining it was always marked sold out. So they are selling it again until the IT guys update the menu options. Again, it's been at least 3 months since I was told they stopped selling "a while back". npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…0v3n There are contemporaneous coins. The locals thought she looked like this: https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/692/678/810/181/682/original/bb1845b33727e8aa.png npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l7un It was a good community. We had something in common, and a regular in-stream of new topics. That led to a lot more constructive interaction than we have now. I like it here, but we're really just a bunch of random people saying random things. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye What's the best podcasting 2.0 app for Android? The main feature I want is auto-download when I open the app. I don't want to have to manually check each show. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…p4t6 While I agree with your sentiment, honesty compels me to mention that flag has been removed. NC passed Iryna's law, making the murder a catalyst for something permanent, and therefore worthy of a wikipedia page independent of fleeting media coverage. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…xyve In love with...travel? the smell of fresh bread? discussing politics? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…xyve Better than what? Tuna melts? npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Still shopping for a cheap phone. Amazon is useless - The majority of phones listed aren't 5G, even though I used 5G as a search term. I thought 5G would be as important a filter as color or storage, which is obviously why I'm not a fancy Amazon engineer. Tried searching the web in general. If your list of "best cheap phones" ranges from $227 to $429, you don't understand what "cheap" means. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…eqfl That is really cool. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye It was very eco-conscious of the attempted shooter to take the train from California to D.C. It's important to always minimize your environmental impact. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Karmelo Anthony goes to trial in June: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/texas-judge-imposes-media-blackout-karmelo-anthony-murder/ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz That's a lot of grease and spice. You are going to want something sturdy to counter-balance without competing. I recommend black olives or onions. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…eanz David Lee backwards doesn't spell "devil" so I'm not sure what he was thinking. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye He's looking his age, but David Lee Roth is still talking nonsense "Pairing, for example, the right alcoholic beverage with the right firearm is important. A light Pilsner goes with that new Czech machine pistol we saw in the last John Wick movie. And a Benelli shotgun for Guinness stout." Also, he now kind of looks like Sting. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2026-04-11/coachella-david-lee-roth-interview-teddy-swims npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l3qy Even worse is that the other 750GB is "free" cloud storage, not local storage available without an internet connection. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…d3nc But it takes $4K to move into an apartment (deposit plus rent) and $100K+ to move into a tiny home. If there's no financing to help with that, it's not going to happen. Plus there are apartments everywhere and few places for a tiny home. Don't get me wrong - I had high hopes for tiny homes, but the deck is stacked against them. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…d3nc So now you have the price of the tiny home, plus the price of the land, plus code compliance. It becomes unaffordable very quickly. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…d3nc One of the problems was that cities made it hard to park your tiny house. They treated them like RVs and refused to let them have a long term parking space. (Many cities also ban trailer parks.) The other problem was that a lot of them cost more than a young person could afford with cash, and there wasn't a loan company working in that space. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…mllk I don't know much about those two states. Decades ago I was in Washington for a party, and a bunch of us trooped down to the sheriff's office to get a CCP. It was a form and a fee back then. Probably pulled in a nice bit of cash from out of towners with very little effort. Don't know if you can still do that. Bit of trivia on Washington state: large portions of it are designated a rain forest, just not a tropical rain forest. Those parts are gorgeous. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Over in D.C., military bases are no longer gun-free zones. Banning guns on a military base is an idea that makes no sense. You know who is on base. If you don't trust them, kick them off base or out of the military. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/hegseth-signs-order-restoring-second-amendment-rights-military/ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye West Virginia split from Virginia due to ideological differences, and that split has been very wide lately. They eliminated some government commissions and expanded constitutional carry to 18-20 year olds. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/04/west-virginia-expands-constitutional-carry-18-20-year/ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…gaa4 I'm not autistic - I'm German. It's just a fun little survey that's an excuse to talk about German philosophers. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…gaa4 My son is mildly autistic - just enough that people who don't know the signs think there's something wrong, and people who do assure the first group it's okay. (He once almost got in trouble at a gun store due to sperging out. Luckily one of the staff worked with autistic kids and told the other stuff TJ Jr. was just really happy.) Knowing what's wrong with him has helped us work out better ways of doing things. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…zm7x I know nothink. Nothink! npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye I actually am German. I took the German or Autistic diagnostic and I'm apparently just German. Kant would approve. https://german.millermanschool.com/ https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/341/911/643/793/997/original/107a52e8c967f41d.png npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…mllk J.D. Vance started strong, but I haven't seen much from him lately. It looks good that he was put in charge of the fraud team and the next week there were arrests in California. It's a nice contrast to Harris being in charge of the border and nothing changing. He used to do a lot more press, which I think he did well. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…lsen I know how this ends: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0414852 npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye When he finally agreed to just sell me a box, it was everything I had heard - cleaned my driveway without much fuss. And the box was big enough that I passed it around the neighborhood. After all, how often do you need to clean your driveway? We had the best looking concrete in town for a few years. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Whatever happened to Amway? People used to be everywhere selling that and trying to get folks to sign up. I haven't heard anything about in ages. I used to work with a guy who became an Amway dealer. I think you had to buy or sell a minimum amount each month and he always had this stuff that seemed one step below generic. I heard Amway cement cleaner was the best and tried to buy some from him. It was a hard work to convince him I just wanted a single box, not to become a salesperson. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz It's because they lost the free speech case banning mental health professionals from saying there's anything wrong with being trans or gay. Colorado really hates anyone not totally onboard the LGBT+ wagon. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye "Subsequently, Pablo Picasso was never called an a--hole. Nope. Not around here." The original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI-gt7GrNAA npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…c2ja There are people who don't know they hate their job. They will never be successful in that role and they don't understand why not. Move them into a role that better suits them, and they will shine. Leave them where they are, and you'll have to fire them. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…lsen Kinda harsh calling the daughter lame like that. Just because she's in a wheelchair doesn't mean she can't be cool. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz There's no timeline in the article. They might be hoping we'll forget. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye Reese's Peanut Butter Cups use chocolate, but a lot of Reese's spin-off products use a chocolate flavored coating instead. Parent company Hershey's says they are going back to using real chocolate in everything. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/hershey-resume-using-chocolate-products-reeses-grandson-may-taste-swee-rcna266230 npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…8jzd Sometimes there's good memes at the end. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye He's really glad about it, but he's also annoyed because I do this a lot - he tries to get an appointment for something, and after he gives up I make a few phone calls and have him set up in the next day or two. Not sure how I do it. I just start reading all the small print, ask some questions, and suddenly he's on the schedule. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz In California, when there's a petition the government doesn't like, the first step is to claim all the signatures are false. I'm waiting to see if that happens here. npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye They did it. Alberta secessionists have collected enough signatures to vote on leaving Canada. And if that vote is successful, Quebec is going to be super jealous. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/alberta-separatists-claim-enough-signatures-to-force-referendum/ar-AA1ZQnbZ npub1hvr8x6vl6exgrxudyv338e8c2pedylycrezp2clr6mx6cks8yezsg4f2ty TJ of the Side-Eye @nprofile…l4kz https://static.noauthority.social/media_attachments/files/116/327/468/116/308/032/original/9b51e3b220be79bb.png