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/…
rights
capitalism
security
technology
music
#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Tears for Fears - The Seeds of Love (Super Deluxe)(2022). Often lauded as groundbreaking, TfF remains criminally underrated. This 4-disc box set might just change your mind. Set aside some quality time. #music #tearsforfears youtube.com/playlist
music
#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: The B-52’s - WHAMMY! (1983). My first B-52’s album. I was enamored with their energy and quirkiness. They sounded like nothing else, and I essentially grew up on KROQ which was first to get almost everything. #music #pop #newwave www.youtube.com/playlist
Apple
technology
I’m so up for this. #Apple DOES need to update their paid storage tiers, but not for the suggested tiers of the column. We have Apple One Family for up to 5 with a meager 200GBs for $26 a month. The storage should be bumped up to 500 or 750GB. #icloudplus #internet 9to5mac.com/2025/01/2…
video games
I main Squirrel Girl and can empathize. In about 25% of matches I play some people won’t give me a thumbs up, even if I’ve scored among the highest damage dealers or make SVP or MVP. Also, there tend to be no votes at all on lost matches. #videogames #marvelrivals www.polygon.com/gaming/51…
video games
Max Derrat is one of my favorite #YouTube personalities. His philosophical analysis of #videogames is deep and textured. If you don’t play a lot of games, you might be shocked to find that many are far deeper than one might expect. It’s worth your time. #philosophy #morality www.youtube.com/watch
comics & manga
I also recall the term #ashcan being used to describe self-published #indie #comics, typically only available at one or two local comic book shops and made on 8x11" heavy copier paper and stapled down the middle. I’d bought a few at a comic shop in Knoxville, TN. in the 90’s. www.polygon.com/explained…
capitalism
technology
I’ve said it for decades now. Rich people aren’t smarter than those of us not blessed with a lack of morality. In fact, they’re often far less intelligent. They simply have the financial wherewithal to avoid the repercussions of stupidity. #tech #capitalism #walgreens slashdot.org/story/25/…
politics
capitalism
Uh… wait a minute… wasn’t the #WSJ one of the boosters for #TFG? I guess all that bluster about fixing the economy and shit that’s not happening kind of soured them on his racist ass. I could be wrong… #uspol #capitalism #fascism www.salon.com/2025/01/2…
capitalism
technology
If everything else #Meta wasn’t bad enough already… now this. I’m so glad I no longer use any Meta (cr)apps. I dropped it in 2018, went back in 2023 for some friends, & dropped it again in later 2024. If you’re still there, just get out. NOW. #tech #internet #DumpMeta www.theverge.com/2025/1/24…
music
#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Barenaked Ladies - Maybe You Should Drive (1994). Seeing as how I played #BNL’s Stunt, I figured I’d put on the first album of their I bought :) #music #AAA #PopRock www.youtube.com/watch
science
open source
technology
I just happened across this fascinating little #ESP32 based air quality monitoring device and am excited. It’s all open source and based on low cost, high availability components. While the campaign hasn’t started yet, I’d be surprised if it wasn’t affordable. #tech #climatechange #health www.crowdsupply.com/networked…
Adventures in finding enough
#writing • Someone on the internet I have never met just poked me. So hard that it hurt. Her name is Liz and I forgive her because she didn’t poke me personally. I might even liken it to jabbing myself, and all because she defined the word “enough” in my context.
In January of 2020, two months before it would have a name, my little family of three caught Covid-19. While we didn’t experience any respiratory complications or need hospitalization, it was painful and exhausting, and I was dealing with a bout of Shingles at the same time. My right hip, thigh, and lower back have never recovered and still feel slightly numb. I blame the Covid.
Well, more precisely, I blame Long Covid. My particular variety includes brain …
music
#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Barenaked Ladies - Stunt (20th Anniversary Edition)(1998). Great album from a wonderful band from the heyday or #AAA on the radio. A shoutout to #ThePointFM in #Vermont! #music #barenakedladies www.youtube.com/watch
music
#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Cheap Trick - Heaven Tonight (1978). I just love Cheap Trick. Fantastic rock band. Enormous catalog of music. Get diggin'! #music #cheaptrick www.youtube.com/watch
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#NowWatching @ Nothing Manor: Oddleaf - Ethereal Melodies (2024). A new French #ProgressiveRock band I’ve been made aware of, this track has some serious #prog chops! I’m about to listen to more and will share per usual. #music #progrock #france www.youtube.com/watch
music
movies
#NowWatching @ Nothing Manor: Welcome to The Darkness (2023). A #documentary about the bombastic arena rock band, their fall from grace, and how they started to climb back up despite serious challenges. #movies #TheDarkness #music www.youtube.com/watch
music
#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Cheap Trick - Sgt. Pepper Live (2009). The band known as “The Beatles of Japan” plays The Beatles Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album live. So meta in the best possible way! Great album. #music #rock #cheaptrick www.youtube.com/watch
music
#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Dream Theater - Images and Words (1992). Having listened to #ProgRock for years, I was blown away by Pull Me Under on the radio and immediately bought the album. #music #progmetal www.youtube.com/watch
music
#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Steve Hackett - Live Magic at Trading Boundaries (2025). More “unbound” as opposed to “unplugged” as described by Nick Tate @ Prog Report, the former Genesis lead guitarist reimagines numerous tracks from his long musical history. #music #acoustic www.youtube.com/watch
music
#NowPlaying @ Nothing Manor: Oz Noy & Andrew Synowiec - Recreational Substance (2025). DAYUM!! First gear is a kick in the pants, but shifting to second is lighting the house on fire! #JazzFusion is alive and fighting anything that moves and I’m here for it! #music www.youtube.com/watch
rights
capitalism
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…
movies
scifi
Mickey 17 is my most anticipated #scifi movie in some time, and the latest trailer only confirms that I am right to be excited for Bong Joon Ho’s (The Host, Mother, Snowpiercer, Parasite) latest future masterpiece. #movies www.youtube.com/watch
animation
security
technology
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT: If you use #Homebrew on #macOS don’t trust any ads promoting it. There’s a good chance that it’s actually #malware. I use it all the time, but since I block all ads, I’ve never seen this, but be careful! #apple #tech #infosec #scams appleinsider.com/articles/…
television
video games
#Polygon is having some fun with trying to figure out what the new “C” button is on the upcoming #Nintendo #Switch2’s right #joycon. One of them, as an old man, made me happy people still fondly remember Peter Falk :) #videogames #fun #tv www.polygon.com/nintendo-…