I suppose every so often I should mention the names of the primary players in my life. Less confusion for those who actually read the crap I post.
Anyway...
Noah - my 40 yr old housemate
Paris - his 8 year old son
2 dogs and I round out the household.
"Housemate" is too long a word to have to type very often and I do mention Noah occasionally.
"Paris" has a name that can confuse anyone who doesn't know I'm talking about the kid.
I can be a lazy sod. Also, I tend to be here, then not be here, and I can easily miss welcoming new members.
So let me take this opportunity to welcome all our new CoSonauts to the only true "social" network on the Internet.
The guide:
https://counter.social/userguide.pdf
The media kit:
https://counter.social/mediakit.html
Have a great day and a good time.
Next year will be the 20th anniversary of my first foray into the world of Internet communities. I was a moderator and admin for both Scot Finnie's Newsletter Forum and Chris Pirillo's Lockergnome forum. Those 2 forums introduced me to people with whom I'm still friends online. They also taught me how to deal with the problem children of the Internet. It's been a crazy ride.
Because I fear some people may not notice, the vast majority of my replies to toots and many of my own are meant to be read as satirical, humorous, or nonsensical. I will try to note when I say something serious. (Exceptions are politics, climate change, and animal care. I rarely kid about those topics. I used to kid about politics but then the Republicans made satire redundant.)
Carlin also reminded me what is important to those of us who have never lost our inner anarchist when we write or speak out. It's not to appease our audience, it's not to tell them what they want to hear or should think. It's to tell others what I think, to speak the truth as I see it honestly, without pulling punches or allowing others to influence me. Individuals and nature are wonderful to behold. The planet will survive us. But we're screwed.
Good brain exercise.
https://youtu.be/x8DtuLEnHVo
Mark Morrison
Return of the Mack
1996
https://open.spotify.com/track/3jDdpx9PMlfMBS5tOBHFm9
Trump’s latest effort to undermine the law.
https://youtu.be/5-7mzCruM80
The reason Trump wanted to make sure the National Enquirer didn’t publish the Daniels story was because he knew the type of people who read and believed the bullshit regularly published in the Enquirer were the same people who he wanted to vote for him. He didn’t want to risk the chance that even a few would believe the story and not vote for him.
Stoic, Cynic, Skeptic, Philosophic, Heretic, Maniac