Those birds are crazy. My dad and I painted our neighbor’s house one summer when I was a kid, and at the end of each day I’d call her name out and let her know the status. After we finished, her African Grey would call her name in my voice every day so well that she thought we were still there.

Ugh please not GMM.

I know I’m a drop in the bucket but I have always been a diehard Google fanboy and, in the recent years, have switched to iOS, Firefox, and DuckDuckGo. No regrets.

Instagram has been getting me with this. I like to post sometimes, but my friends and I recently compared our screen time stats and I couldn’t believe I was regularly wasting hours a day mindlessly scrolling IG. I uninstalled the app and will just occasionally post from my computer.

Removed by mod

No ETA, but Firefox is getting this.

I thought the same. Interesting strategy cutting the people who are good enough to get another job.

I used to forget my bags all the time until I got some actual nice bags made for groceries. They’re way bigger, sturdy enough to hold anything, and can stand freely as I load groceries in them. I don’t forget them now.

I’ve tried to get my friends consolidated in one app in the past, but have given up. I prefer Discord, but use a combo of that and Slack, Signal, GroupMe, IG, FB Messenger, SMS, email, and probably some others I’m forgetting about. Discord is the only one I directly open, the others I’ll just rely on notifications.

Used Chrome forever, switched to Firefox back when this stuff first started going down. No ragerts.

I just read a super interesting book about this–Monsters by Claire Dederer. It won’t really give you answers, but a thought-provoking discussion on this subject I also struggle with.

Huh, I never would have thought of NA liquor. Is it as close as NA beer has gotten these days?

What kind of name for a gun nut is Wayne LaPierre?

Well now I want to watch it again.

Dude was a 6 iron away.

Now I want a Master Sword letter opener.

Good to know I’ll be able to get the diabetes medication I need sometime between 2027 and 2029.

We can tell ourselves there’s a chance he goes to prison until July 11th when he’ll get a fine.

This is what finally moved me over to Firefox and I’ve been very happy with it.

Anecdotally, the Seattle Public Library is currently recovering from a ransomware attack and still has major systems offline. Of all targets, a public library is a pretty major low.