Thaj A. Sara @thaj@fosstodon.org

Just a thought I had, 31 years ago the Chinese government decided to roll tanks to quell the protests in Tiananmen Square. This was met with near universal disproval by the rest of the world due to it's authoritarian nature.

Right now in the US, we have a commander and chief that has suggested using "military hardware" such as "tanks" in order to "dominate" and suppress protests. Tell me again how we made America Great Again by electing this shithead.

I've tried to record a podcast episode at least three times and just can not. Regardless of how I begin I end up just screaming at the mic in rage. Hit delete take a breather and start again. At first I thought this might be cathartic, now I'm starting to realize that things are just that fucked up and I cannot be dispassionate about it.

After last night's speech, no mother fuckers better ever say shit about comparisons between Trump and Nazis.

Well Emperor Trump has decreed that he's planning on rolling out the military. Not a good sign. I hope all the revolution stans aren't all talk.

The Star Trek nerd in me hopes that the decision of the astronauts to name the Dragon capsule Endeavor, means that it is officially Endeavor B.

I'm having so much emotional whiplash today. I'm simultaneously so ecstatic about the Dragon launch and our return to being able to put humans into space, while being angry, upset, and appalled by everything else that is going on.

Much excite!

I wonder if this sign ever made anyone say "You know I wasn't planning on stealing this box, but..."

I really LOVE the idea of exercism.io, but I find the instructions for exercises to be so vague that I spend more time looking at the tests and community solutions to the problems to try to understand what they want. I guess I'm technically learning that way, but I feel like it's missing something to make me be more generative from the outset.

I think one of the things that I am going to continually run into while reading Mises in an attempt to better understand Libertarian thought is my conditioning against strict individualism. My upbringing and religious beliefs create a cognitive dissonance for this since it is so heavily based around the interconnections of all phenomena. It's hard to even conceptualize such individualism.

I am really contemplating building a small desktop to quasi replace my laptop. My laptop is my main machine and it's getting a little long in the tooth. I do a lot of audio and video editing and the workloads are a bit much for what I have. I could buy a new laptop but that is a lot of money. I can build a small desktop with more power for less money and keep my laptop for other things. Any ideas?

Fuck this guy. Fuck his ideals. Fuck his "America", and fuck anyone who thinks completely made up imaginary shit like an economy is more important than a human life. I can't believe this shit-stain is my congressman.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/14/politics/trey-hollingsworth-coronavirus/index.html