2024-11-29: 24 hour time I blame this on my cold, not being old. I took a shot of night-time cold medicine around noon. I …
2024-11-28: Thanksgiving 2024 I can’t imagine anything to be thankful for this year. Trump was elected, the democratic republic …
2024-11-27: Was Mike Flynn as MAGA as he is now when he was leading the DIA? If he was, how much damage did he …
2024-11-25: The end game of capitalism has brought about the end game of democracy.
2024-11-25: Americans; Has this last election, perhaps literally, made you question the wisdom of a democratic …
2024-11-25: Thanks to the anti-abortionists/pro-misogynists folks, Target and Walmart should move all their wire …
2024-11-23: Prepare to pay Capitalism allows for the privatization of every aspect of society. Every agency of a state or …
2024-11-23: Possession of power Trump’s second term will be the most opaque in history. The only information released to the …
2024-11-22: Lobbyists. For decades they’ve promoted the fossil fuel industry, the auto industry, the …
2024-11-22: One of my favorite shots of my MacBook and glasses.
2024-11-22: “This is supposed to be a Koi pond” I toad him.
2024-11-22: Well, I’m back after a not-so-brief hiatus. Trying to renew my account was a massive PITA. Yet …
2023-07-04: The Village Idiot When I joined Lockergnome 20 years ago, I adopted the persona of “the Lockergnome Village Idiot”. I …
2023-07-02: Suspension of disbelief While watching a British police procedural on PBS I was reminded of one small action that English …
2023-07-01: Your call is important to us Coming soon to your town. “Thank you for calling 911. Your call is important to us. Please stay on …
2023-06-27: Earth isn’t fine tuned People who claim that Earth was designed by a deity just for the benefit of humans are looking at …
2023-06-25: We humans think we’re so damned smart. How many human words can a dog understand? Up to …
2023-06-25: If there’s one truism in tech, it’s “use what works for you”. Don’t listen to people who try to …
2023-06-24: Billionaires are a single point of failure in capitalism.
2023-06-20: Woke? Damn right I’m woke, And proud of it. Racists, Christofascists, and bigots can all kiss my …
2023-06-18: Capitalism Compromised the Internet When the World Wide Web, and later the Internet, came into existence, most of the nerds I knew …
2023-06-17: Clive was truly annoyed at having lost the chicken One minute he’s on the way to market, chicken safely tucked under one arm and whistling a …
2023-06-16: The fight on the right is going to be ugly, and I’m looking forward to it. At the rate …
2023-06-15: Love will overcome It’s hard to deny that some form of Christofascism is attempting to be entrenched in America. …
2023-06-12: Micro.Blog, Where Art Thou? Platform specific: I was reading an article by Manton Reece on his RSS feed and wanted to make a …
2023-06-09: Nothing to see here... Trump’s indictment, and those to come, are welcome distractions. They are allowing us to ignore for …
2023-06-06: Chaos reigns Even big companies are conspiring to reign chaos down on America. Google is selling .zip and .ooo …
2023-06-03: Complacency could kill us I guess climate change, growing fascism, and social inequality can be depressing, but it’s …
2023-06-02: When you know you’ve got to go to you kennel for a few hours but you don’t wanna.
2023-05-31: All the Googles in Googleville... So here’s how I see my future; I’ve accomplished the first step. I’ve sold my soul …
2023-05-30: Is anyone else sick of privilege? White privilege Male privilege Police privilege Government …
2023-05-25: Cities create slums, not the people living in them. The rich create poverty, not the poor. Bigots …
2023-05-21: Imposter Syndrome All my adult life I played in a stage production called “My Working Life”. At work I …
2023-05-20: I believe this is the first social space where I’m encountering people my own age (physically, not …
2023-05-15: We need a revolution Saving America going to take a revolution. Not necessarily a violent revolution, but a complete …
2023-05-15: The 1% decides how the 99% will live I can’t believe we progressives will ever attain our goals for a just and equitable society as long …
2023-05-14: Too Much Data When you think about it, which is what I’ve been doing today, there’s a single attribute the …
2023-05-12: A reminder: Artificial Intelligence is not Machine Learning Machine Learning is not Artificial …
2023-05-12: Reminder: AI is not ML ML is not AI Most things being touted as AI are actually ML
2023-05-10: If Google installed their favorite operating system in robotic humans, they would be… Android’s …
2023-05-02: I saw this little guy sitting on the rocks around our Koi pond. The ponds, there are 3, look so nice …
2023-05-02: When I get bored I rearrange things. This week it was my desk area.
2023-05-01: MAGA loses another round It’s the 4th grade class from hell over there, “there” being Fox and Twitter. The right …
2023-05-01: Guns, Pt. 2 More people with more guns quickly lead to fewer people. Guns can’t die like a child. A rifle from …
2023-05-01: Guns, Pt. 1 Once upon a time there were more people than guns. But then more people bought more guns to protect …
2023-04-30: I Prefer Reality This might just be the year I go from being non-religious to anti-religion. And to be clear, …
2023-04-29: Comrade Carlson If our boy Tucker is considering that job offer from his friends at RT, he needs to do it now. Now …
2023-04-29: The End Of The World I believe another “End of the World"™️ has come and gone, and they’re still here. …
2023-04-29: The Talk Show with Quinn Nelson I just had the pleasure of listening to The Talk Show with @gruber featuring @snazzyq. Even though …
2023-02-07: What do you carry everyday? To nerds, everyday carry means tech. To Amazon, everyday carry means guns.
2023-02-06: Bye, Bye, Birdie Why are so many people upset about the demise of Twitter? There was a time before Twitter. I know, I …
2023-02-05: Subscriptions In the very near future will we own anything? youtu.be/QYOeyeWc_…
2023-02-05: Whose idea was it? I’d like to see a tech-oriented psychiatrist tackle the association between AI and cryptomnesia.
2023-02-03: The Cluttered Life I’ll become YouTube famous once I start uploading my tutorials on how to accomplish simple tasks at …
2023-02-03: Above the dirt So, it seems being 69 isn’t so bad after all. It’s only been less than a day but nothing …
2023-02-03: Thoughts at turning 69 Being alive really does beat being dead. We were all dead before we were born. Do you remember any …
2023-01-30: This explains a lot From the NAACP: The origins of modern-day policing can be traced back to the “Slave …
2023-01-30: Qualified Immunity Police should not enjoy qualified immunity. No public official should. In this country, public …
2023-01-27: Polo or Foxhunting, Roderick? Politics has become a rich person’s game. No more denials. This is a game for those who take …
2023-01-26: Thursday has to be the least interesting day of the week.
2023-01-26: In running the updates on my 12 year old ASUS laptop with Windows 10 Home, I get the following …
2023-01-25: DJT Lite George Santos has shown he has a spine. In the face of ever mounting evidence that he lied his way …
2023-01-25: I never noticed that Windows warning before. 💾 “Your computer needs so many updates you might just …
2023-01-25: 100 Windows Updates I just started up my old ASUS K501J Windows 10 laptop, built and bought in 2010. The last time I …
2023-01-24: This sounds fascinating. Not one to read when you’re mentally exhausted. …
2023-01-24: In just over a week I’ll turn 69 years old. I’m really not sure how I feel about that.
2023-01-24: I don’t know who at Apple decides on pricing but they need to come back to reality, especially when …
2023-01-22: If we could shed some of the baggage from our earliest days; greed, envy, hate, lust for power, fear …
2023-01-22: What should be humanity’s greatest regret; We evolved a brain capable of dreaming of utopias …
2023-01-19: Design question. Which design for your micro-blog do you like? Do you even bother with changing the …
2023-01-19: It's all according to plan The only regret that Republicans feel about the shit show we’ve all been forced to watch since …
2023-01-19: Great start to the day. Forgot I had a VA appointment today. Raced across town to get there on time, …
2023-01-18: Smile.Amazon, R.I.P. Amazon is killing off its Smile donation program. Their reason isn’t convincing. …
2023-01-18: Every so often when I grab my MacBook or iPad I have an emotional flashback to the first time I got …
2023-01-17: Yesterday I went through my apps and unsubscribed then deleted those I seldom or never use. Recently …
2023-01-15: Take all my money I want to think my current lineup of Apple products will last me for several years. But I know …
2023-01-15: Retirement I retired in 2020, the same month we began quarantining for Covid. Almost 3 years later and I’m …
2023-01-15: Technocracy Chris Pirillo is going to kick off a new channel dealing with Technocracy soon, and he’s going …
2023-01-15: Reflections on Philidelphia Tonight I watched the movie “Philadelphia” on Amazon Prime movies. I know, it was …
2023-01-15: Veterans can get free care Starting Tuesday, all U.S. military veterans in suicidal crisis will be eligible for free care at …
2023-01-15: New NFL uniforms The NFL has announced that all teams will be required to equip all their players with these new …