My furnace went out again, which sucked. I pay the utility company every month for a service that makes it their problem though, and they fixed it again. They’ve replaced enough parts in it at this point that I’m wondering how long until I’ve ship-of-theseus’ed my way to a new furnace.

  •  Ulrich   ( @Ulrich@feddit.org ) English
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    11 months ago

    Our President posted a picture of himself in a crown, with the caption “long live the king” from an official government account and we all just went along like it wasn’t a red flag the size of Chy-na. So, pretty fucking terrified and confused, if I’m honest.

    Honestly seems like exactly the kind of thing our second amendment was created for. Only he’s not a monarch, he was elected, and still has a huge faction of moronic supporters somehow.

    •  OpenStars   ( @OpenStars@piefed.social ) English
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      11 months ago

      he was elected, and still has a huge faction of moronic supporters somehow

      This is the key. Behind Musk is Trump, behind him is We The People (e.g. if Trump disappeared then JD Vance would simply step in, or Donald Trump Jr, Desantis, Ramaswamy, Rubio, etc.), behind them is social media, and thereby Putin, and after him is climate change that we cannot afford to ignore while trying to get our house in order.

      Perhaps this is why the Fediverse is so crucial to help stay independent of knowing only what “they” want us to know. Although so far the tools are only developing extremely slowly, and the vast majority of people seem to prefer e.g. the pretty Bluesky over the likes of Mastodon, Lemmy, Friendica, etc. And from the perspective of trying to find info on topics not related to which Linux distro to pick or casual chatting, I can see why: the content creators choose elsewhere more often than here.

      But we do what we can to try to move forward as best we can.

  •  schizo   ( @schizo@forum.uncomfortable.business ) English
    3·
    11 months ago

    I’ve had a very, very American week.

    It’s been shockingly cold (15-ish, but in Texas so that’s a life-threatening emergency), but all the money I’ve put into repairs and replacements of house stuff has kept me from completely freezing, just a little frostbitten.

    …At least, until tomorrow, when everything should thaw and I find out how many plumbing repairs are going to be required due to burst pipes/broken faucets/etc.

    And my LGS got all of my new guns in as a single shipment which they didn’t expect, so that happened a few weeks earlier than expected. Now to spend an infinite amount of money on ammo, accessories, and sundries.

    I’ve also got all the chicken coop and planter beds lumber and assorted other hardware sitting in the back yard waiting for a time wherein I won’t freeze to death to build them. Should be big enough for 4 hens, which means I fully expect to be a millionaire by July.

    I need to get some potato and carrot and onion seeds (yes I know, potato seeds aren’t really seeds) for the raised beds. I’ve decided I’m going to scale way back and just do some basic root vegetables instead of my more ambition leafy vegetables and fruits and herbs plan, because I just plain don’t think I have room to grow enough of that to matter.

    And I have my MSF course scheduled in two weeks, so assuming I don’t completely flop, I’ll be legally allowed to smear my entrails across the highway via an oopsie on a motorcycle.