The OSS has a similar manual. This one may even be just a rebranding of the same thing. Essentially how to be a super shitty employee.

My favorite part was going to meetings and saying to think things over and wait until next meeting to finalize anything and use proper procedure no matter what. The idea is to make even the smallest most obvious decisions a bueaucratic slog. Shitty management and office politics 101

For all the talk about saving democracy they kinda forgot the “run a candidate that can win” bit

People can trash talk Trump’s policies, and there is a LOT to talk about, but underneath it all is the massive failure of the democratic party

Ebooks are great. Libby is the reason I am able to read as much as I have

In high school I was a big Tom Clancy nerd. I played Rainbow Six games and having a book all about all the gear and training and planning was AWESOME to me

Last year I finally got around to The Hunger Games books. I liked them quite a bit and now I get the hype. When they first released the people who went crazy about Twilight recommended them so I ignored them haha

Now I’m on book two of The Expanse and I really like it. It strikes a nice balance between geeky believable world building and good storytelling.

The maps are pretty good (at least in my area)

For the unfamiliar that’s another cool thing about using OSM data. If some of your favorite places are missing from the map you can just add it!

There’s several ways to do it but if you have a laptop the easiest way is to use the editor on openstreetmap.org. They have a quick and easy interactive tutorial to show you the ropes and then you are free to add what you feel is important!

If you are trying to minimize google maps use Organic Maps is the way to go imo. Fast loading, simple slick interface with minimal fuss. It’s a beautiful thing!

OSMand is not nearly as slick and polished and is kind of clunky by comparison. That is because it isn’t trying to be like Google maps at all. It runs fine straight from the app store but the real beauty of it is the tinkering it allows. You can make multiple map presets fine tuned the way you like it. It’s the midpoint between Organic Maps and ATAK

This is a good one, really like the synth drops. It captures the feeling of stargazing while knowing something is looking back

I really like this cover version too https://youtu.be/UD3PM0QThXg

We are neighbors! I’m at 1342!!! (jk)

(does anyone remember the subr*ddit where everyone pretends to be in the same town?)

I love it when people who rarely get snow get to geek out about it

Prompt: Limo interior. Covered in soft red fabric, soft plush, nice mood lighting. Tisssues and wine on a small stand.

This was the image I was thinking of when I first saw him do the thing

He was already president once, anything post 2016 is probably noted.

And some people just never EVER shut up about them so there’s plenty of noise to hide in

I’m not a mod or anything but I think it’s fine. At least it’s not some of the political or doomer stuff that you see here sometimes

Sir this is Casual Conversation.

Proverbs 20:23

“Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.”

ookay

It already has, hurricane helene caused a ton of damage from sudden flooding. In several cases entire riverside towns disappeared.

The LA fires are tragic no question. But when a large portion the victims have the means and influence to reasonably recover (they sill have the rest of the city right there) it hits different compared to rural areas of people who are mostly forgotten in the first place.

Sir this is Casual Conversation

It’s cool being there on nature’s time. It seems like it’s so slow moment by moment but like 5 minutes later the lighting is so different

Took a flight with a stop in the arctic circle. It was winter so it was in 24 hours of darkness. Made it to the states and landed for customs in the early morning. When we took off we broke through the cloud cover just in time to see my first sunrise in 36 hours

Large corporations like google have grown and thrived in Silicon Valley, supported by the politicians of California. So by extension they are partially responsible for enabling these companies to be the giants they are.

According to this article Google has funded 40 elected officials and spent $10.7 million in lobbying California’s legislature and Governor this year alone.

If a president (even a shitty one) was considering putting a damper on companies like google, I would not be against that. We’ll see if anything actually happens.

I’m not ditching Proton over one fucking tweet