Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

Bet you never saw a selfie like this one

https://buttondown.com/levisan/archive/216/

I
love
this
https://pronounce.yaronschoen.com/

I'm pro-homeschooling for all the reasons but I find it super weird when you ask someone what grade their kid is is and they respond with something like "we don't do grades"

Well then tell me what grade level they are doing schoolwork at. Or what grade you tell the authorities they are taking.

Or 12 - (number of years until being done). Because that's what I actually want to know half the time—the other half being how many years have they been a "school aged kid" for.

To be fair I've only heard this maybe twice in recent memory. It just sounds SO WEIRD when I hear it.

Gotta love a vintage webpage that is still useful https://porkmail.org/era/unix/award

Tired: "there's no good in being right and dead"

Wired: "there's no good in being an innocent deathbringer"

Do you say papier-mâché—you know, that craft of making 3D figures out of shredded paper and water with a binding agent—as PAP-ee-ay MASH-ay or PAY-pər mə-SHAY?

Date your wedding with a gift you got. We received a gift card to the iTunes store

Why hasn't Shania Twain done a collab with her uncle yet‽ I don't think I've ever had an opinion about country music, let alone country musicians, before.

"Home school and get your dance on" — @adam

The people who actively enjoy "AI slop" media are subconsciously admitting they don't have the mental energy to imagine what the thing could be for themselves. Surely there's a time and place for it, but I don't need 🤖 to make a pop punk song based on texts from your boyfriend in order to appreciate that the texts sound like the kind of music a teenager who wants to feel like they're dramatic would listen to

Strongly considering switching Mastodon instances. What are you on and do you recommend it?

If you blatantly disregard applicable rules of driving that are designed to protect the life of others, we can't be friends

Coffee? Yes. Milk? Yes. How much milk? Not a latte.

"When you have a moment" is almost as bad as "ASAP"

Fun Wikipedia list of the day

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unexplained_sounds

Today I had a weird realisation that, as a child, every time my mom told me that what I was inappropriate or whatever* it subconsciously taught me that I should just not share my thoughts.

* according to her interpretation, and not me intentionally being inappropriate

Let's make sonic tourism a thing. What's a place mentioned in a song that you have visited in part because of the song?

The most frustrating thing:

1. Someone asks for help

2. I help them but not right away

3. Turns out they found a solution and my time spent preparing to help them was wasted

I don't mind the fact I spent time on it because often I learn something or provided a better answer than the person found for themselves (not to mention if it's in my day job I still got paid), but I can't seem to find a polite way to teach people "I'll get to the question but please tell me if you solved the problem yourself"

I find an explanation of why someone is thankful to be much more effective than saying a literal "thanks" but I feel like when I don't say "thank you" people are offended that I'm not thankful

Great marketing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6olcrGYuTmY