sentient_loom

violence as a means to an end, pragmatically, has enormous costs,

The people I'm talking about (the worst ones) don't even have an "end." No plan at all. The violence is the end. It's pure stupidity. I see it as the lust for violence, coming up with some politics to justify itself.

I honestly think self-righteousness pushes people away. It's why I can barely stand bluesky. During the big exodus from reddit, all these so-called far-lefties (who I think were just reddit goons doing infiltration) were all screaming for everybody to defederate. Even now, I keep arguing against idiots posting "kill a cop" or "kill fascists" memes, like this is literally an "advocate violence" platform. I don't expect to pull big numbers with that kind of shit.

Social media is kinda washed up. A lot of people are on substack, too. The internet as a place is just less popular, I think. We're all getting sick of it.

In theory the fediverse is not a monolith. We actually want for this to not work.

FYI the aliens who built the pyramids actually had that tech stack.

Doesn't seem like he's learned anything

you don't "need" all those limes!

I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

Oh that's nice. And they'll let the public sit there and read and write?

I'll forego the kettle happily enough. I can walk somewhere to get tea.

Also, I'll happily use a coffee shop if they're not playing music. Do you know some coffee shops that will let me sit there, that don't play music, with tables big enough for a laptop and some notes? (getting very specific now, please forgive me!)

Do university libraries allow non-students? I'd pay for access. That would be a very quiet place to work.

Crunchy on the outside, fluffy on the inside

Get some nice puerh, or some white peony tea.