So this weekend has seen some shakeup. I joined Mastodon and started learning about how it works and how that it relies on an open standard called ActivityPub, which allows separate sites to share activity such as posts, comments, etc. This is the nervous system between Mastodon sites, enabling them to federate (just like how …
Author Archives: Shawn
Fractional Distillation
“History is a vagina,” my drunk brain thinks. “Damn, what a random and juvenile thing to say, but I should tweet that.” I didn’t tweet that because I knew it would not be good in the long run. Two beats later, another cluster in my drunk brain responds, “yeah, because we all come from it.” …
Unsatisfactory
Out in the world reopening, falling in love every 15 minutes. Pretty girls and beautiful women all over. I love ’em. But in the core of my soul, they fill me with sadness and pain. I will never be the man they want. I don’t deserve love. When I go to Hell, you’ll find me …
In the Valley In the Fold
How do we know god exists? We cannot see god, but we can see the evidence of god. Is cleavage boobs? No, cleavage is not boobs. We cannot see boobs. But we know boobs exist because cleavage exists. “Ah!” you say, “what about butt? Butt has cleavage!” That is true and good. We cannot see …
Divided Lanes (PPP)
The Conservative says, “We should not have to pay the medical bills of cyclists who carelessly get injured by cars on the road. If they didn’t want to get hurt, they should’ve been in a car.” The Liberal says, “Fine. We’ll mandate helmets, headlights, taillights, high-viz vests, and register all bicycles against theft. Nobody should …