Notices by Kaito (kai@ajin.la)

Spotify is a great way to bypass greedy musicians and give your money directly to the people who are creating value: the CEOs!

@FlashMobOfOne I think it's human nature not to try as hard if you don't have to, even subconsciously.

@FlashMobOfOne Chiefs were VERY close to tying things up, but I absolutely expected the Bills to win because that's how things seem to go. I think the athletes only try as hard as they have to.

A lottery ticket costs 5 USD now?

I feel old.

Sharif don't like it

@FlashMobOfOne *frantically smashes the block/mute button*

There should be a sequence of events in the #NFL that enable MultiBall.

#BillsMafia

@mrjunge shocked pikachu face

also, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/business/china-chongqing-protest.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jE8.uReg.2kWS3TgOsfdQ&smid=url-share

@mrjunge China is fine as long as you agree that politics are the party's business (and hopefully you're not Uighur or Tibetan or whatever. 😅) You also may not have been too happy during covid. I would just caution you against placing life in China on too high of a pedestal.

And it does seem like national populism is surging globally.

@mrjunge I don't think China is coming to the US any time soon, but China is definitely coming for Taiwan, held off by the apparent threat of the US military intervening.

https://institut-gouvernance.org/news/hidden-centuries-medieval-library-resurfaces-romania/

I got ice cream and it wasn't even that good.

Will I remember this next time I want to get ice cream?

Still stuffed from a late pizza dinner, I was putting away bread from the grocery store and all I could think about was how good the bread smelled.

I suppose this kept my ancestors alive. 🤪

It's chilly at the cafe. All the doors are open. It's not that cold out, but it's not that warm, either. (9℃)

Now that I am watching JoongDunk I am considering their New York show.

The problem isn't getting there; it's getting home. The trains all leave in the morning and arrive at their destination in the evening. The show ending at 6:30pm on a Saturday means I could only make a 7:15pm train back to Albany if I rush out the door. Or I could get a hotel room and spend the night, but this adds dramatically to the cost of the show. Or I could drive downtown (yuck).

@babblingaboutstuff @carm_kuryakin

Today, 10 years ago, the U.K. government had finally finished paying for World War I.

https://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/09/uk-finally-finishes-paying-for-world-war-i.html

@Alonealastalovedalongthe the big tech companies seem more interested in firing employees than actually accomplishing anything 😅

Do you love Microsoft? Because they've been on a "make everyone buy a new computer" tear lately 😅

https://wccftech.com/microsoft-drops-support-for-intels-10th-gen-processors-on-windows-11-24h2/

@liaizon oh wow! I'm still connected with @lnxw37a2 @bthall @peakwinter @sikkdays @arturovm uhhh who else am I missing 😅

@fj here's quite a conversation (linked from that indieweb page) comparing Tent with ActivityPub predecessor OStatus.

I liked Tent. It did not fail for technical reasons.

https://github.com/tent/tent.io/issues/4