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johnnyFive  ·  1449 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 8, 2020

I share the more general frustration at Biden being the Democratic nominee, and am trying to figure out how to make peace with that. Truth be told, as an educated, white, cis male, I'll likely ride things out better than most. Sometimes unfairness goes both ways.

Thanks to those who--explicitly or via positive vibes--expressed their appreciation for the SCOTUS round-up posts. Now that decisions are starting to happen again, I'll look at getting back into that.

More generally, I'm just enjoying the way people are adapting to the current crisis. That it's not (originally) man-made seems to help us get our egos out of the way a little. There just seems to be a little more thoughtfulness in the air lately. I also think we need to take the pandemic as a wake-up, both in terms of the brittleness of our institutions but also, more generally, the nature of our lifestyles. Forcing us to slow down, to actually talk to the people we live with a little more (where applicable), and to re-think what's really important to us is a good thing. It's a pity it took a dangerous contagion to do that. But we can only do what we can do. Since none of us can magic COVID away, all that's left is to look at what we can do to make our immediate spheres a little better. As introverted as I was prior, I find that now I'm actually putting a little effort into the interactions and communities that I am in contact with. Quality > quantity is as un-American a formula as you can get, but maybe we can push a little bit in the right direction.

These days I'm mostly on IRC, namely the server run by Master Boot Record. There's also an IRC channel connected with /r/datahoaring on reddit that I plan to investigate. I've been thinking about setting up my own server on the box I use for Nextcloud, but am not sure that further splintering of the people that I know is the way to go.

Finally, given that we're all left waiting for things, I'd like to share a short story that I recently finished translating. Feel free to share with whomever you think would enjoy it, and I welcome feedback of whatever sort.