Mastadon seems legitimately ethical. But every good deed comes with a punishment. Mastadon is like if Disquus and Old Twitter had a baby. It’s not one website–it’s a decentralized network of sites. But it has the feel of social media that people have come to expect. It feels very much like old’n days Twitter –hashtag…

It started with a fixation on the swirls on the faux-wood floor, and a sudden flea infestation. Sylvia and Hank have been frustrated by fleas. We treated them. They came back. I will treat them again before we leave and hope they don’t follow us. Though Sylvia never noticed the patterns in the wood before,…

I know I’ve got a lot on my plate, so it’s probably not the best time to start a religious cult. But Gavin Newsom is partnering with Big Tech (joined at the hip, they are) to train kids to work in the tech industry and devote themselves entirely to destroying the future, and giving up…

I have a lot of reasons I want to create a space that is both indoors and outdoors, spread out in small buildings designed for different purposes. Mostly that it’s cheaper and more efficient to say, “This sunny spot will grow vegetables well, and if I put a kitchen next to it, that is convenient,…

There is only one way to combat homelessness: give the people homes that they own. We cannot begin to determine who is mentally healthy until people have their basic needs met. And a home is not something you should earn with CONFORMITY. Conformity it NEVER SANE in an INSANE culture. It cannot be. Let’s start…

I know I Haven’t been around since before the weekend. I desperately needed a weekend, so I took it for my birthday weekend. Monday and Tuesday have been all about just getting ready for this enormous move before the 15th. After much discussion, it’s been decided it’s best if my mom stays with my sister…

“Do you remember this thing that happened 35 years ago?” “Why, yes, I do. For I am forty years old.” One thing I remember is that, long before face-changing apps were just part of taking pictures, I used this website to upload my picture and find out what I would look like at the dreaded…

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down, and with it PBS and NPR. Lack of funding. I’m horrifyingly depressed, but I guess my “It may be over for me” line wasn’t true. Corrupt or fall. That’s the mandate for the arts from the fascists. My mandate for the fascists is fuck yourself. Which means…

My fundraiser met half its goal. So I got the land. But not any walls or a way to get there. Another payment on the land is coming up. I was hoping I would be there by now with a seasonal job. Everyone there is hiring right now. But I am not there. If I…

I’ll be doing a video about this later, but I woke up hating Putin with just a fiery passion, so I felt the need to help you get a head start, too. Long story short: Everything that has disappointed you or broken your heart about the US, or about Israel, if you once had any…