This morning, I listened to The Indicator episode “RIP Business Suit?” about how the increasing number of people working from home during the pandemic may affect clothing choices after people start going back into the world. For years, I’d been wearing button-down shirts with the sleeves rolled up and cargo khakis. It was a way … Working from home and Work Clothes
So earlier I was reading a WFYI article about Indiana gubernatorial candidate positions on abortion, and read “Libertarian Donald Rainwater said it’s unlikely a total abortion ban would ever reach the governor’s desk – but said he’d probably sign it if it did.” I was getting ready to post a single snarky tweet about this … In which I learn the Libertarian Party’s position on abortion
Opinion: if you’ve only posted to Twitter about it, you’re not allowed to say “I have written elsewhere about __” (doubly if you don’t link to it) With the algorithm and search functions, you’ve said something to yourself in a noisy room, and some of the people at your table might have heard, some will … Twitter posts aren’t essays, they’re mumbles in a crowded cafeteria
Sometimes (often?) I think that people who blame everything bad on capitalism don’t realize that greed and oppression predate it. By a lot? I’ve been cranky about memeified anti-capitalism at least since the rise of the Bernie Bros in 2016… because I feel like if these people would actually talk to me about what they … Cranky about memeified economic discourse
My password manager nudged me to update the master passphrase this week; apparently I’ve been using the same one since 2016 (!). Which definitely isn’t a best practice. Thought I should share the tool I use to generate a passphrase that’s both random & memorable. Probably still hackable by brute force, but not by figuring … Master passphrase resource
Check out https://onemorevoice.com/ if you live in Indiana and are eligible to vote (sorry, nibblings). They have resources for getting registered, and learning about your candidates.