Notices by Alison Wilder (alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com)

@alice I think the ones of these commenters who don't have ill intentions are suffering from a common delusion in our super comfortable society: that change can happen incrementally and won't require sacrificing any of the comforts they've come to expect.

And that just ain't the case. You can't have Facebook and a free, humanistic society. They are mutually exclusive. Etc. etc.

@m2m @mattly It's the toughest part for sure, or at least for me. Surely this will be the impetus I need to finally write that blog post! 🤓

@m2m @mattly (context: I keep saying I'm going to write a #LinuxAudio blog post and haven't quite done it yet.)

@killyourfm @jimsalter I had a similar experience, but I did myofascial release instead of deep tissue massage. I thought it was going to be bogus, but it was shockingly effective. They released a crazy amount of tension in my hips and thighs, and it pretty much fixed my back. and weirdly, my extreme jaw tension. (Now I keep up with my stretching and that mostly keeps the wolves at the door.)

And being immersed in hot water is definitely excellent. Especially in a hot spring. 🙂

@killyourfm @jimsalter that said, lower back pain is SO enigmatic and personal. And lame. Did I mention lame?

Many are offended by Thom York's views on Gaza.

I am personally offended that he decided to take a press photo in a laundromat.

Dude, you have never used a laundromat in your life.

@evan cannot boost hard enough

Heck yeah. Those no-uniform goons that manhandled the woman at the Idaho town hall a couple months back are being charged for battery, false imprisonment, etc.

#resist #uspol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgqAdbI5upY

@lorry

it is so fucking wildly disturbing. Although also exactly what I would expect from these people. Because these are the assholes I grew up with in West Texas, but they never left. They cried when I beat them in the spelling bee and then mercilessly made fun of me. They are cowardly, sad people with no self confidence and a shoulder that doesn't have room for any more chips.

Anyway, I'm working hard so they will eventually get what's coming to them.

#uspol

"What if instead of trying to figure out if one or five is the better choice with infinite variations and philosophical arguments, we just fix the trolleys? This is the core insight of what I call Moral Abundance—the idea that technological and material progress can eliminate moral dilemmas entirely."

I'm seeing a lot of inspiring thinking lately. Here's some of it.

#abundance

https://3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2025/04/solving-the-trolley-problem-towards-moral-abundance.html

@mattly yeah, I'm now procrastinating by reading their github issues. You can't disable ANY of the features they make money with (collaboration, AI, chat, sign in, etc.), even though every other tiny thing about the UI is customizable.

I mean, I get where they're coming from, I just don't want to be there. I think I'm just going to enjoy the honeymoon today and find a text editor that's not ridiculous tomorrow.

@mattly yeah, I can tell I won't be able to handle it long-term. But it's such a nice clean editor...really appeals to my 30-year old self.

I wonder how many times I've cancelled out of the Sublime Text nag screen over the years. Probably thousands.

If it were #foss and/or not $100, I'm sure I would have bought it years ago. Anyone out there using a better lightweight but capable text editor that I should replace it with on #linux?

If you say #emacs, you lose a testicle.

#FerrisBueller

So far, Zed is winning the battle to replace Sublime, with Kate a close second.

Kate would probably be winning if I were being perfectly rational, but Zed is ticking all the boxes for a 43-year-old hipster front-end person.

Just checked out all the major US news sites. Currently, the #HandsOff rallies are the #2 story on most of them (after the tariffs), with the notable exception of Fox News, which thinks it's more important to cover:

1. A fencer explaining why she won't fence with a trans opponent

2. The fact that Olive Garden is no longer the top U.S. casual dining restaurant after a 7-year reign (???)

3. 5 recipes to try for Grilled Cheese Month and the Hex Clad cookware to cook them in

I shit you not.

@mattly That would be a worthwhile pursuit for sure!

The call is comin' from inside the house, y'all.

Good people what are we waitin' on?

#AntiFascist #resist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKVnur5DkdI

@mattly same here. I kept the post and page backgrounds almost white, but at some point it would be cool to build in a dark and light mode. I mostly prefer reading in dark mode these days.

New website color scheme. Hot or not?

(I also removed plausible.io analytics from my site...woohoo! So the only invasive code left at this point is the Google fonts, which I will fix at some point too.)

https://alisonwilder.net/

Just sent off my freedom of information request to get all the private data about myself that #DOGE has accessed. You can do it too, thanks to some quick #activism by Maryland representative Jamie Raskin.

"We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety." Amen, stamp.

#uspol #resist

https://jamieraskin.com/doge-privacy-act-requests/