Notices by Jesse (misc@mastodon.social)

So it turns out that the chronic allergies I've been trying in vain to fight for years with allergy shots and an ever increasing regimen of nasal sprays, air purifiers, and antihistamines, but still worsened to the point I had coughing fits that felt like asthma attacks and was throwing up post nasal drip most mornings…

was probably 90% acid reflux. A week into this super restrictive low acid diet and I'm almost all better.

Anyone know of orgs that give free covid tests to libraries? Asking for a librarian.

Ok I managed to sell one Josh Johnson ticket for tonight at 10 at the Wilbur in #Boston - I'd rather the other not go to waste so let me know if you want it!

I wish Sci Fi Wasabi had a music video

Can't go out for coffee around camberville without overhearing some tech bros talking about work and it's always AI shit

tempted to go back to wired earbuds with a dongle because I keep losing my goddamn airpods

Americans: how do you calculate/weigh the risks of traveling out of the country these days?

I want calendar subscriptions to work where it's like you have a view that's like a menu of options, and then you can choose what to actually add to your personal calendar, and never see the rest again.

been waiting for my data export from 23andme since Friday, seems like a lot of people are in the same boat, tempted to just say “fuck it” and delete it all https://www.reddit.com/r/23andme/comments/1jlfv9a/anyone_else_still_waiting_on_raw_data_to_be/

I built it, so there's that. I just need to figure out the cable management

😎getting an adjustable desk to help with executive function
😥realizing how much exec function is involved in setting the damn thing up

Hard to get to life and think all the "smartest people" end up on top unless you inhabit an airtight cocoon with other successful people

If Bluesky beats the fedi to the punch with mutuals only posting it's gonna be such a sad missed opportunity https://mastodon.social/@misc/113499487603136556

@inthehands Yeah, I assume they delete them but then it comes back to trust.

@inthehands The last part seems like the biggest issue for my specific concern though right? If I'm using Proton maybe Google has half of my emails, Microsoft and Apple splitting most of the rest - but they aren't all in one place. I guess that might be a fairly trivial obstacle though?

@inthehands my concern would be more, all my mail in one place, ready to be tied up in a bow and handed over to a gov agency with a subpoena. Wouldn't their model prevent that? (of course, it wouldn't prevent a "wiretap")

@inthehands that keeps coming up but I'm not sure how they are specifically better on the security and privacy front?

ugh... looking at the alternatives I am starting to think I might still proceed with my switch to protonmail - the CEO is clearly a dumbfuck and I don't want to support his dumbfuckery, but they seem like the most reliable email hosting option that I don't have to trust

ok my wife wants to watch a corny Christmas movie, what is one that is relatively good or so bad it's good

The opposite of fascism is solidarity.