Regardless of what happens to Tik Tok, a large number of people are taking a well deserved detox from the platform today.
From @gruber@mastodon.social: Google Search, More Machine Now Than Man, Begins Requiring JavaScript
The web would be better off if browsers had never added support for scripting. The web would be much faster; much better for its original purpose of delivering content to consume, not software to interact with; and much more secure and private.
One reason why I support NPR: their html-only version of their news site. I wish more sites did this.
Immigrants drive Nebraska’s economy. Trump’s mass deportations pledge is a threat
The town I live in has two primary employers: Tyson beef packing and a Walmart Supercenter. Trump (unsurprisingly) got north of 70% of the votes in the area.
Last January, the state’s economic chamber released a report saying Nebraska had no choice but to welcome immigrants to “address the workforce gap.”
Nebraska might need immigrants, but it also voted overwhelmingly for President-elect Donald Trump, who has threatened to carry out mass deportations of people living in the U.S. illegally.
RIP David Lynch. I hope that he, every day, once a day, gave himself a present. Like Agent Cooper said.
I’m visiting a relative who is battling a health issue. She has cable tv, which I haven’t watched or had access to in 20 years and there it is: a commercial with Tony Hawk peddling a supplement to combat the side effects of statins he is on.
It has been an Anthrax kind of day.
Monday is the first day back to work after a couple of weeks off. Naturally the little one can’t sleep (he hasn’t been feeling well to be fair), so he and I are hanging out on the couch. Gonna be a rough morning for both of us.
Little guy is kicking off the new year with heavy congestion, cough, and sore throat. Bringing out the big guns to make a canja de galinha.
Beautiful day spent outside with my family.
I fell asleep in a bad mood on the couch and woke up at about 2 am. I just spent the last couple of hours listening to the latest The Talk Show episode with Kagi founder/CEO Vlad Prelovac. Kagi has been rock solid for me and this episode confirmed a lot of my assumptions on their product approach.
Greetings from central Nebraska in December.
I am truly fortunate to have amazing co-workers. The environment we work in has been challenging in the most unhealthy of ways but this week I got to spend the week in Austin and have personal connections with people I have only known via Zoom.
Frost, with occasional child at the window
I clearly haven’t reached gen z with my YouTube drum videos.
Decided to start watching one Bruce Willis movie every night through the new year. Starting off tonight with “The Jackal” (1997). Saving Hudson Hawk (one of my top 10 all time favorite movies) for the turn of the new year.
The Weekly Notepad: Dec. 1 - 7
Counting the days for Christmas/New Years break. I am taking a little over two weeks off of work. No travels really but lots of play with the family, and much needed rest. After seemingly months of not playing, I managed to have some time with the sticks and recorded a cover of "Between Two Points" performed by David Gilmore and his daughter, Romany. The original song was written by The Montgolfier Brothers back in the 2000s.
My hopes were pretty low on trying this NA bourbon but I was pleasantly surprised. Worked well as a whiskey sour and straight, on the rocks.
Finally played a little today. I started listening to David Gilmour’s new album about a week ago. This song (Between Two Points) is something else, had been something like 20 years since I first heard it and Romany Gilmour just shatters and cyclones through all emotions with her performance.
The habanero is the perfect pepper.
The Weekly Notepad: Nov. 25 - 29
It’s a short week this week due to Thanksgiving. The 12 plus hour days I’ve been putting in regularly for the last 3 months has made it difficult to wind down (I woke up today at 2 am, granted I think I fell asleep at 8pm). Lot’s of reflection on finances. While I would love to be in a fuck you money situation, my goal is to be able to have the occasional go pound sand money.