Finished The Rise of Endymion, finally. It seemed like it would be a good 400-500 page book but instead was a 800+ page slog. I really enjoyed the first two books in the Hyperion cantos but the last two were rough.

Currently finishing rereading Levithan Wakes and just started Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas, which is obviously incredibly depressing.

I heard some idiot say he has "concepts of a plan" but no actual plan the other night

THEY'RE EATING DOGS

I just finished The Mercy of Gods which I enjoyed overall but I was a bit let down. It certainly wasn't as entertaining as Leviathan Wakes. I didn't find the characters particularly enthralling but the plot could go in some interesting directions in the coming books.

Still working on The Rise of Endymion which has become a bit of a slog but is starting to pick up.

Unless they upgraded them recently, the triggers feel awful and cheap

The Metamorphosis made me think of people dealing with chronic illnesses in real life and how they must feel, which made me sad.

::: spoiler spoiler I laughed out loud when he gave the eloquent but long winded speech to his boss about how he would make everything right, and when he finishes his mother just screams :::

It was pretty good. Interesting look into why exactly we are unable to tell when people are being truthful or not. It discusses a lot of different situations like spies being found in intelligence agencies, judges/law enforcement, or the efficacy of "enhanced interrogation tactics". It also touches on high profile cases like Nassar, Maddof, Bland etc.

Just finished "Taking to Strangers" by Malcolm Gladwell. Currently reading "The Rise of Endymion" by Dan Simmons.

Will be looking for more sci-fi or sci-fi/horror to read next.

Nice, I just started The Rise of Endymion

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I'd help them then immediately go online and beg for praise.

They still haven't even fixed the online co-op of the master chief collection though

The difference is that sit in's were directly related to what they were protesting against.

I wish I knew at the time that a good amount of pressure should come from pulling back at the shoulder of the fretting arm, bracing the guitar body with your strumming arm chicken wing. You can practice this by fretting the F without your thumb on the back.

Also, you could try to play the A barre chord at the 5th fret with the same shape as the F barre on the first fret. Will help build some strength

You succeeded

Holy shit, micro transactions for fast travel? What the fuck

Another example of why arbitration agreements need to be illegal

Setting up a "whites only" business in the country you had to flee to because your country is shit is an unbelievable level of entitlement

Isn't it almost $15 for a meal now anyway? Not worth it for fast food.

This is what needs to be done. Not taxes or bans on the consumer. Target those profiting from increasing our health care costs.

Chipotle account? What?

Some from my blocked list:

Female Yiff

The yiff community of smeargle fans

gay furry porn

furry femboys

yiff_irl

trans yiff

Enjoy!

Yeah I'm pretty tired of manually blocking all the fucking furry porn

I'd be pretty mad if I knew someone was sending personal texts/emails to openai

Glossing over the fact that she received the majority of votes purely because her opponent was repulsive to most Americans, now that's something!

She won the majority of votes in a nationwide election when the only other viable option was Trump, and still lost.

Biden isn't even popular, he just isn't Trump.

So did Mitch McConnell. What does that have to do with her being likeable? Or are you just going to keep moving the goal posts?

Oh she pulled more votes than the complete joke of a human being that no one thought could ever possibly win? Amazing.

Except that she lost to a reality TV grifter. Keep pushing that people that don't like her are sexist though, it worked so well last time.

Listened to Glory Box by Portishead. Seems way ahead of it's time for 94. Thanks for the suggestion

More consumer protections please

Duckduckgo app tracking protection

PodcastAddict has so many damn trackers. AntennaPod has no ads and no trackers.

Duckduckgo tracking protection blocks thousands of Spotify tracking requests every time I open Spotify

You're right, but for some reason it still feels like we're being fucked.

You're just cheap.

Having a POC say the truth so the racist base they fostered will dismiss it