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Cake day: February 21st, 2026

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  • You’re assuming people who don’t care enough to vote are still informed enough to vote, and that’s not true. I know people who oscillate between voting republican and not voting mostly just because they believe what the republican politicians say. Recently, I gave one a series of examples explaining how implementing the “protecting the children” policies actually harmed children, women, or people in general – and they were horrified. It was the first time I ever convinced anyone of anything politically, and I ended up convincing them they weren’t informed enough to vote.

    Maybe I would agree with obligatory voting if we had both ranked voting and a none-of-the-above / random-citizen-lottery option, but choosing between politicians who actively mislead people is a dangerous activity.








  • Love that quote.

    Yeah, there are definitely a lot of times where money is important as a measure of the logistical practicality, and I actually do respect those practicalities… but some days it feel like the world has been taken over by people more fixated on getting money than making the world better. At the very least, there are other social-constructs worth balancing against the financial considerations.



  • My advice is to switch each of your programs to the open source version one by one before you switch to a new operating system. It lowers the barrier since there’s less new stuff to learn at any given point of the process. Also, linux-for-windows subsystem if you’re on windows – then go to mint instead of Ubuntu. If your on apple, learn the terminal there, then go to Ubuntu.