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- Listen to some music. I’ve been sharing my album plays, and here’s a list of them that I refresh a few times a week. tylerknowsnothing.com/nothing-m…
- Go for a walk
- Spend time with friends
- Play a game like a board game, video games, or get into table-top role-playing games (TTRPG), or even just a few dozen rounds of poker
- Read a book like Isaac Asimov’s Robot series, many of which are murder mysteries. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robo…
- Nap in a patch of sunlight or next to a warming fire with your kids and/or pets
- Bake something like biscuits or pie or some nice, big potatoes and stuff them with cheese, bacon, sour cream, and chives, or whatever you like
- Help out at your local homeless shelter or donate some old clothes to families in need
- If you can afford it, slap a few hundred bucks on a gift card, go to that store, and pay for everyone until it runs out
- Stop and smell some roses
- Watch a movie or three like The Wild Robot (2024 on Apple TV, Google Play, Amazon Prime and more)
- Write something nice on a pad of paper about nice and/or hopeful for yourself or someone you like
- Get out an old computer and install Linux Mint and engage in some joyful technological discovery. linuxmint.com
- Go out on a thrift shop crawl in your local area and buy some old things to give them a new home
In the continuing saga of All The Reasons I Hate #Meta #US and #Canadian #Facebook and #Instagram users #Fuckerberg’s #AI Chatbot will take your user data and there’s nothing you can do to stop it… unless you #UninstallMeta. What’re you waiting for? #socialnetworking #capitalism tech.slashdot.org/story/25/…
Um, sure. Cool story, bro. Amazon closing a recently unionized warehouse to go back to contract-based workers is like trying to compare motor oil to French toast. Just cost cutting. “SQUIRREL” [POINTS IN DIFFERENT DIRECTION] #capitalism #amazon #Canada #Quebec #unions gizmodo.com/amazon-sh…
Things you can do instead of watching America being peacefully handed over to a criminal - Inauguration Special 2025
Don’t watch the news today since all they’ll be talking about is how great and normal it is to just hand an entire country over to a criminal in the name of a democracy that’s been utterly broken and shreaded. If that leaves you unsure of what to do instead, here are some suggestions:
And if you must watch TV, then allow me to suggest one of the single most joyful and affirming shows ever made;l Netflix’s Somebody Feed Phil. You will not regret it. Well, you’ll regret having trouble eating the food Phil eats, unless you live in one of the cities he’s covered.
Feel free to submit your own lists of things to do other than watch the news today. #animation #comics #manga #film #movies #linux #music #retrocomputing #humanrights #civilrights #scifi #tech #videogames #writing
While I remain unsurprised I am still mortified, more at the unapologetic, emotionless callousness of #Texas' than of the disturbing number of babies left to die in ditches and dumpsters. Government prescribed subjugation of women will, after all, result in ugliness. Period. #humanrights #womensrights #abortion #health www.salon.com/2025/01/0…
I don’t think I mention how much I hate private medical insurance (even more than I hate paid parking at medical facilities). So, I’m going to mention that the people at Select Health are terrible for denying a 9 year old girl born with one arm a $24K robotic arm because it was “cosmetic”. Despite their callousness, she got her arm. Read her story. #healthcare #humanrights science.slashdot.org/story/24/…
This is heartbreaking. I was very lucky to be among those whose loans were mostly wiped clean by the Biden administration and I’m “only” 56. And my outstanding loans were a pittance compared to Valerie’s. I thought my 16k was stressful… #studentloans #debt yro.slashdot.org/story/24/…
The New Yorker has made a wonderful mini-doc about a 99 year-old criminal defense lawyer named Frank Lucianna preparing for his final case. It’s gorgeously shot and a bittersweet snapshot of a single human life. Well worth a watch. #documentaries #minidoc #YouTube #law youtu.be/YvqqZ2vIX…
John Oliver skewers voter ID laws
The idea that a few million people can't vote in America because of deliberately misguided voter ID laws is reprehensible at best. I can't explain it any better than John Oliver, so take a look.