Notices by Rachael Ludwick (r343l@freeradical.zone)

Gosh. What a leader to put on stage. https://toot.yosh.is/@yosh/113839712905012986

@tek @agiletortoise I had your action up as an example (along with some others) to figure out what I wanted for now. Lots of stuff I TRIED to coerce Apple Shortcuts & Notes into doing and always compromises or stuff I just had to live with. Also: so nice to be able to use a more readable font.

Thanks to @tek for recommending Drafts (https://getdrafts.com) several times because I now have a much more workable (for me) journaling system that fits my needs instead of just dealing with painful aspects of using Notes. I did some digging through "regular" journal tools and they all had major issues for me (usually privacy or usability issues or being too complicated for my journaling use cases which makes using Drafts extremely ironic).

@tek Shortcuts syntax and UI I usually find baffling and it often takes me so long to figure out how to do even simple things. But always glad to find programming tools for everyone built into computers these days since the trend is very much away from letting people do that.

@tek I am basically hacking together (duplicating & modifying existing actions) a workflow for me for a journal with it all archived off into monthly files and it is ... so much easier already? Also Apple should throw out Shortcuts and just hire these folks to making a working "visual programming tool". It has sooo many features.

@tek Sadly very fluent with javascript so it's fine. I imagine they picked it because so many folks know it well enough and likely easiest to embed in the app.

@tek Having gotten ceaselessly annoyed with Notes as a journal (and my hacky Shortcuts to make it more tolerable), I'm looking at Drafts. Which, unlike many other options includes sync via icloud by default and even has a default installed action for appending to a file in icloud drive (that is, aside from copying off of icloud drive, my "can I back this up under my control" requirement is easily met).

This article is very uncomfortable to read. https://www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/

@tek Same absurdity as worrying about plastic waste in medicine generally but meanwhile we have ubiquitous consumption of apple sauce and yogurt from single serving containers made of multilayer plastics.

@tek this is basically how my partner shuts down me being impossible about food decisions. Not spagetti usually but like whatver we have fried rice or bean and cheese burritos. very effective. worst case is I actually eat.

"My dentist gets on me about flossing and I want to be like, motherfucker when? I know it’s only a couple of minutes a day but do you know how few minutes we all have?? Did you know the earth is going up in flames??? And you want me to FLOSS???? And host my own read-later service????? Why is this the reality we live in?????? Butlerian jihad when???????"

https://phirephoenix.com/blog/2024-11-05/modernity

Someone on blueksy intuits it probably came from "jackassery" which I've definitely used. But also "jackasshole".

I suppose the battery product usage is trademarked maybe?Eh. I like how out it sounds. Perhaps I'll work out a similar wordlike thing that has no overlap.

I've been saying "jackery" to refer to people, esp. in politics or media, expressing odious views (or somewhat less odious ones expressed in a condescending way). Ex. See an annoying screenshot going around: "What a jackery!"

I used it again this morning and was like "where did I get this?!". Turns out: not in etymonline. I did find a use (spelled that way) via web search for a battery product just now.

So I guess I made it up? Some derivative of jerk that's form suggests it's both a fundamental attribute of a person's personality but one that diminishes them?

Anyway I like it and shall continue using it. Try it in a sentence today! ;)

@kingrat Yeah when poetry came out I like it a lot. Our team has moved over to pdm mostly but just hit a blocking bug (see other replies) that the only way to workaround is rip out pdm or downgrade python to 3.12.6 (from 3.12.7).

@inthehands We have a bunch of cargo bikes -- my retires mom has a big front box trike, partner has a pakster (front box) and we had to just give up and got a shed just for bikes (we don't have a garage.) The storage issues with ebikes are real and since they are often pricy bikes few are going to want to lock up outdoors (even if there is a place to). A lot of apartment buildings have car parking but not bike, etc. It is a real challenge. Thank you for sharing yours.

@inthehands @michael_w_busch @GottaLaff As frequently pointed out, there are more conservative and republican voters in California than anywhere but Texas -- and more liberal & democratic voters in Texas than anywhere but California. And none of those voters get any real vote or is there a need for candidates to appeal to those voters.

@inthehands probably would depend on language and the common conventions of that language community which, uh, maybe not great.

I read some social media this morning about national politics which made me mad. Instead of tooting the details I'm going to write some local elected officials about issues that matter and that they can do something about.