captain typ0 @ink_slinger@coales.co

"Immunity passports are a horrible idea."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/opinion-pandemic-coronavirus-immunity-passport-1.5551528

Just gonna pin this for my own memory, as much as for sharing with y'all.

This is an #introduction post...kinda.

Hit me up with your #pinebookpro toots. Mine is on order and I'm looking forward to getting it.

I toot a lot about #politics, especially of the leftist sort.

Here are an assortment of hashtags: #socialism #canada #alberta #canpol #anarchy #libertariansocialism #socialecology #linux #yeg #edmonton #snowshoeing #strumstick #fermentation

It looks like this will probably be my new main account. It's with a heavy heart that I am moving on from mastodon.club, but @msh has a solid instance here that I'm happy to join.

CBC.ca: Boys in Quebec are wearing skirts to school. Here’s what a girl thinks.
https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/boys-in-quebec-are-wearing-skirts-to-school.-heres-what-a-girl-thinks

The Guardian: The most underrated parenting skill? Live-editing children's books.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/09/parenting-skill-live-editing-childrens-books

(But imagine thinking NPR is "lefty.")

Mint: Marx misread capitalism but we must not fall into the same trap.
https://www.livemint.com/opinion/columns/marx-misread-capitalism-but-we-must-not-fall-into-the-same-trap-11601994153214.html

Uh... I feel like this guy misunderstands socialism as much as he claims Marx misunderstood capitalism. For one thing, most forms of socialism that have actually existed "[use] information such as prices to allocate resources." In fact, remove prices from the scenario and, uh, all economic types use information to allocate resources. How basic. How odd that this guy thinks only capitalism does so.

Booking.com: Need a getaway, Adam?

I mean, yes, I really do. But travel still seems irresponsible and risky, unless we're camping.

Ripping videos from websites is a fucking chore with Windows, and every website/piece of software to do it seems super sketchy so I'm just rolling the dice on getting a virus here...at least it's for work and on the work machine!

My #pinebookpro still won't power on. I tried the various troubleshooting guides on the wiki and forums that seemed relevant. None worked.

Did my keyboard cleaning efforts somehow fry it? It booted up fine once after doing the cleaning. Then I turned it off and it just never powered on again.

Trying to charge it now on the off chance the battery is dead and my fixes *did* work (this shouldn't be the case, but is possible). Otherwise, am I screwed?

Any ideas, @PINE64?

Make Calvinball an Olympic sport.

We got my kid a Chromebook for school, so she wouldn't have to keep using/destroying my laptop. I have to admit, they're pretty slick little machines. Obviously, they're very simple and somewhat limited in what they can do, since basically everything is just a web app, but they're pretty great as a machine to just quickly get some writing done or browse the web (technically, you can even use Firefox or other browsers, but only Android versions, if I understand correctly, so the UX isn't great).

Day, uh, eight, I think, of taking citalopram. They say it takes 3-4 weeks to be effective, but I feel like I have noticed an improvement in my mood. Maybe this is psychosomatic, blind hope, or actually real. Who knows?

Since upping to the full dose yesterday, I seem to have a dull background headache pretty much all the time. I'm told this will *probably* go away as my body adjusts. If not, I guess we adjust dosage or look at different drugs.

New genetic research suggests being a Viking may have been more of a cultural/occupational choice than an ethnic background.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/sep-19-woodpeckers-fight-violent-wars-understanding-hibernating-squid-and-more-1.5729266/short-dark-and-southern-many-vikings-aren-t-who-you-thought-they-were-1.5729268