I honestly can’t understand why most of the popular social media providers are popular. But, if that’s what it takes, could we not?

About 50/50 subscribed/all. My subscriptions are esoteric enough to disappear unless you select them. All is for the local equivalent of doom scrolling.

There is always something you can do. Come down off the ketamine and pay attention to the controls, Major.

I’m primarily interested in the opinions of people who are not at least one of male/hetero/cis; it’s too easy for the privikeged group to delude themselves about how good they are behaving.

Be patient, and let the cat make the decisions. Food helps, but it’s not enough, if you feed the cat but are not present, you are just feeding the cat (and who knows what else). We have had a few main pets that were strays. They make great pets IMO, they really appreciate the life you are giving thaem

Ableton Live. Max looks interesting, and one of these days I am going to try it out.

I pursued Zen seriously for a while, I still practice at times, should do it more.

I play keyboards, have a decent electronic piand which doubles as a MIDI controller. I like prog, the nerdier end of techno/electronica/hip-hop, and classical. LCD Soundsystem, Stereolab, King Crimson.

I did, thanks!

Music (but not a very good musician), other cultures and international travel, history.

Look, the fascists are having a barroom brawl. Pass the popcorn, would you?

1. Control and privacy. The server does exactly what I choose, not somebody’s business model.
2. Once you have other users, it’s not a hobby anymore. People are not amused by downtime.
3. The w3schools.com tutorials have been good for me.

Ooh. Extra bitter with your bitter.

Just made one of these. I probably got the recipe wrong, but can confirm, it’s delicious.

Seems like we always have cans of condensed milk left over from some holiday dessert, I want to try this one too. Sort of like the affogato except already melted.

Mmm, going to try that