Zack

If I’m getting angry at randos, then it’s time for a Lenten break. See y’all at Easter.

Everything feels completely fucking pointless right now, but here I am “back on my old shit,” w/ a new typewriter for the start of March - just a few weeks away from 1yr since my father died on my birthday.

For March, I’ll be typing on this beautiful 1962 Olympia SM5 w/ Congress typeface.

Sorry if I’m coming off as rude. I have had a stressful weekend and I’m not at my best right now. Probably true for most folks given the current situation.

Yeah I definitely have my own stuff going on today. It’s a stressful time! Thank you. It’s the internet and it’s hard to be kind here, but worth the effort.

Next time, start by praising the harm reduction and advocacy that the person is already doing, then suggest next steps even before describing the problem. “Good start! Next, we need to reduce and replace the use of fossil fuels in production and roadway materials!” That would have won a friend here.

Sorry to be in a lecturing mood about it. Maybe I’m being insubordinate. But I wanted to feel good about buying and electric car and you seemed to being saying “don’t, in fact nothing you do matters,” which isn’t so, but that’s how it sounded. Anyway. Good day to you.

What you did say was that my recent $30k decision didn’t achieve what I’d hoped, which, I guess you’re right, but also that’s a shitty opening line if you’re trying to win allies. You’re an experienced elder in this, and you need to be training hopeful young people who can take up the cause.

Specifically, you reminded me of a Facebook copy pasta titled “Greta Thunberg’s perfect petroleum-free world” which argues that the world can’t function without petroleum. Your position starts there, then says “we need concerted global action to change that.” But you didn’t actually say that.

I didn’t look at your profile before quoting — you seemed to be repeating rightwing doomerism and denigrating EVs as harm reduction. We’re natural allies, so adjust your approach. Come in my replies saying “you live in chains and nothing you can do will fix that” put me on the defensive. Do better.

ICE engine, ATM machine, lol. I’m chasing a toddler while I type

They stop polluting the moment they hit the road. An ICE engine burns its irreplaceable fuel. These are not equivalent harms, economic propositions, or degrees of investment in fossil fuels. Also, if those materials are so important maybe we shouldn’t burn them!

All the hearts. This has been helpful. Thank you! I’m excited to learn what I don’t know and adapt my thinking to the way of the future.

Gotcha!

My FiL suggests getting a second level 1 cable to keep on the car at all times. Maybe get a long heavy duty extension too?

I’ve been trying to think of a use case for utility mode. I haven’t ever used a car like that.

Pre-conditioning is a whole thing I need to understand. That’s the mode that uses battery to warm the battery, right? My guy recommended keeping it on until we get above freezing… or is it something else?

What’s something that you know now that you wish you’d known when you first bought it?

Hyundai Ioniq 5, 2023 SEL AWD. Perfect car for us.

This is me starting today!!

@mikeduncan.bsky.social Made a great point about this in The History of Rome, how a person born in Rome c. 100 could be a child for the Social War, adolescent for the 1st Civil War, adult for the 2nd, elder for the 3rd, and die old before Augustus comes back from Egypt.

Illustration of Alysa Liu.

Illustration of Alysa Liu. - close up

Alysa Liu!

Damn autocorrect

Patient ID: 4569 Patient Julio Name: FELINE Species: DOMESTIC MEDIUMHAIR Breed: MN Sex: Orange Color: 9/14/2015 (10 years 5 months) Birthday: 11.38 LBS Weight: Microchip:

My parents took Julio to the vet and they listed his sex as orange.

We bought an electric car today. Partner planned for months, finally saw the one he wanted, slightly used. Hooray for family vehicle, since we’ve had the same old Honda Civic since we were dating. Going electric as US bombs Iran feels uhhhhhhh… let’s say the used electric car place was *busy* today.

There was a lot of looking before this leap, but it was a leap! Buying used helped me feel more secure, and I got a price that works with our budget. Plus, the guy (G. S. Motors in Hopkins, MN) is a gem.

I did the damn thing. 2023 SEL.

Long live 2D animation (& practical effects).

This is not a distraction. Trump wants to be the most consequential person who ever lived, and he thinks he's within reach of that status.

Nine Months (1995), Alma’s Rainbow (1994), Just Another Girl on the IRT (1992), Master and Commander: Far Side of the World (2003)

My #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched : two good Black history month films sandwiched between a naval classic and a goofy dud. Lots of ’90s watches lately.

cover of a mystique comic, by kevin wada.

this comic cover always makes me feel a little better about things

Interviewer: You might be able to catch some. It's all completely virtual. It's very simple, but it's also an overlay of physically based information that now exists on top of the real world. Herzog: When two persons in search of a pokémon clash at the corner of Sunset and San Vicente is there violence? Is there murder? Interviewer: They do fight, virtually. Herzog: Physically, do they fight? Interviewer: No- Herzog: Do they bite each other's hands? Do they punch each other?

Happy 30th birthday to Pokémon. Without it, the greatest Werner Herzog quote of all time would not exist.