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You’re on Notice, POTUS —

Just a few warnings to the incoming POTUS, from the citizenry:

  • We haven’t forgotten anything
  • We aren’t taking any of your shit
  • We’re watching your every move
  • We will use every law, precedence and tool available to stop you
  • We will not back down, ever
  • When you’re gone, we will celebrate

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Stand Up —

Listen America:

To Trump, and to those who follow him religiously (including some in Congress), there’s no differentiating between the ones he hates.

  • Illegal immigrants
  • Transexuals
  • African Americans
  • Feminists, any woman who doesn’t like him
  • “Woke” people (Liberals/Democrats, RINOs, and anyone else who doesn’t subscribe to MAGA)

He’s going to go through his list one by one. Many of the people above are part of MAGA families.

He’s starting with the ones that most people may not involve themselves with: Illegal immigrants. He’s going to use our military to deport them, and has said that there’s no price tag on getting them out.

I’ve got a question for you: Does anybody actually BELIEVE he’s going to stop there? No. He’s going to go through his list, one by one. People like him are never satisfied. They’ll never sit back and say, “Wow, America is GREAT AGAIN!” or whatever because there will always be those who oppose him. And as long as he doesn’t have 100% LOYALTY…he won’t stop.

We need to STAND UP TOGETHER. We need to stand up and tell him we’re not going to take ANY of his shit anymore.

You know, all of this stuff wasn’t that much of an issue before 2015 during the election. I can remember that far back.. I, along with most other sane people, were shocked and disgusted at how he tore apart the political norms of the campaigning process. Not that it was perfect before then, but Trump ripped up the ideals of decency and respect and even the law. We have to remember that THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

STAND UP. We’ve got to stand up for ALL of the above groups, and everyone else, together. This is the only way the people can win against a tyrant. Stand up for what’s right, just, for EVERYONE.

JUSTICE FOR ALL.

Don’t budge.

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I kinda get podcasts now —

I’m just riffin’ daaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwggg….but podcasts are kinda like virtual friends that talk to you about stuff you both like. You don’t get to talk back, but there’s still a connection because it feels like they’re talking to you.

There are so many out there, it’s a different social ecosystem than any other. There is commercialization (ads, sponsors, etc.) but not for all of them. I get the feeling like many do it for nothing other than themselves and connection to others.

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MAGA….Again? —

“Make America Great Again” 2024?

Wasn’t the whole compromise in 2016, “Give Trump a chance” ?

We did that. Remember what happened?

He had 4 years to accomplish it. What did he do instead?

Well, he complained, deflected, completely mismanaged a global pandemic which ended up killing millions, got impeached twice, incited violence hate and prejudice of every type, broke the law countless times, and refused to acknowledge his defeat while inciting a mob that murdered police who were defending our nation’s capitol.

We gave him a chance. Anyone who’s willing to give him another is a fucking fool.

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250th —

I thought about this yesterday…

Who do you want to say you elected as president for America’s 250th anniversary?

  1. The first woman president EVER
  2. Another tired, wrinkly old white guy

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Stalker – New Layer —

I haven’t played this song in decades but last night I was listening to some old tracks on my Soundcloud. Interestingly enough I didn’t play this song, but this morning I randomly started playing it (I haven’t picked up my bass in weeks =( )

I started recording and came up with a cool and simple chord layer for part 3, here it is (4 bars in). I think it sounds pretty cooooooooooool

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AI Replacing Traditional Search —

I hate how ‘AI’ is replacing traditional keyword type search. I feel like I have to spawn an extra process in my brain just to try to figure out what the ‘AI’ wants from me, so I can formulate my search accordingly.

JUST LET ME FUCKING TYPE IN WORDS. I don’t want to PRETEND LIKE I’M TALKING TO A PERSON but it’s not REALLY A PERSON so I have to figure out what kind of things to tell a NON-PERSON so they FUCKING DO WHAT I WANT IT TO DO.

FUCK

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2nd Amendment & Gun Control —

My father taught me about guns when I was 10 years old. And he did a damn good job.

You see, his side of the family came to America in the 1600’s. We have very strong roots here.

When it comes to the topic of firearms, I refer, and truly believe in the U.S. constitution’s interpretation of our right to keep and bare arms. This right is granted so we, as humans, are given the legal right to equally defend ourselves from all enemies, foreign and domestic*.

* This is what I presume we all can agree on. Read on…

We need to talk about that.

To those who have followed me for any amount of time here, you’ll quickly conclude that I’m fairly “left” leaning, in general. But let me tell you something.

Nobody wants to be oppressed. Nobody wants to be slaughtered by their own people. Just look at what’s happening right now in the world.

We all have the right to defend ourselves and those we wish to protect, if it comes down to that.

But honestly, this isn’t about guns, whether it’s a .22 or an AR-15. It’s about revenge, and anger, and mental illness, and cult-esque mentality, and disconnectedness to our fellow humans.

It’s also about lack of proper education of the respect, safety and proper use of firearms…as well as the cultured and deeply important early history of guns in America. It’s about the result in the lack of education, by children and adults alike, who are careless with their weapons, who don’t understand that when you pull that trigger, you better be damn sure that you understand the long-lived consequences of hitting whatever you’re looking at through those sights.

We need to fix our culture. This didn’t used to happen.

It’s about the motivation all of these kids have to actually pull off such a fucking crazy act of violence at school, who lack the emotional and empathetic maturity to digest the widespread consequences of their self-centered act. It’s about the mentally ill and easily influenced with dark, violent tendencies who are chosen to be taken advantage of by those who wish to be puppetmasters, who go out into a concert or parade and kill the innocent, just because, at the core, they disagree with their life choices.

It’s about political extremism that’s so incredibly charged right now. It’s about the actual decision of the human being to kill other human beings. That’s what needs to be eliminated – the motivation. If we cared about each other more, there would be far less motivation to do harm.

The tool used doesn’t fucking matter. People will a way to do it. aren’t available, there’s knives to stab with, there’s cars to run over with, there are planes to crash into buildings, there are 3D printers and basic ingredients that, when combined or used in a context not intended, can do harm… We can’t outlaw everything. So why bother with guns at all? The 2nd amendment still applies. We have the right to defense. Not to mention the many other use cases, including sport.

The societal, political, and in many cases cultural bankruptcy we all experience as Americans is not as well handled by some than with others. Of course people are going to act like this. We need to understand why, and mitigate the shit out of it.

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Don’t Forget Last Time —

Ok. At least at the moment, the future of the United States looks promising.

But we need to talk about something.

Last time, people got lazy. They didn’t vote. They thought it was a sure thing.

And look what happened.

When it comes time, get your fucking asses out there and VOTE. I don’t care if you think it doesn’t matter, that your vote doesn’t count, blah blah blah.

Let’s bury this wanna-be dictator once and for all. Let’s show the world the real numbers, who we are and who we want to be. Keep that motherfucker out.

Because if he’s put back in, that’s going to be all she wrote.

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Maybe Something.. —

You should be able to password protect any software program on your computer.

In Linux, the solution could be a simple zenity and/or bash hack to encrypt + decrypt your user config and data for said software program with gpg or something. You could provide your passphrase with zenity or another utility for the [de]crypting. Upon exit the user config and data would be re-encrypted. Or something. I have no idea.

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Happy 250th, ya filthy animal —

“The former president routinely promotes falsehoods and conspiracy theories.“

I never thought this would become ‘normal’. Not even for this short period of time.

I sure hope that all of this is just a decades-long orchestrated narrative that’s supposed to pump us all up for USA’s 250th anniversary.. you know, as in a hero comes in at the last moment to save the world and the day, teaching us all an 80’s after-school-cartoon-special lesson about how important integrity is.

*crickets*

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