Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

My "technology" abilities seem to have always "wowed" my parents but the current thing that seems to impress them the most is my use of Shortcuts on iOS.

Recent example: I have one that checks the weather at noon and tells me if conditions are favourable for a little lunch-hour bike ride.

The classic trope of…

1. Person keeps a physical journal of their deepest personal thoughts
2. Person has problem
3. Person's loved one finds the journal, learns what's going on, and helps to bring about a stronger relationship

…makes me want to start a journal

Happy birthday to my best friend

How is stenography still a job?

For once, a "Dutch ____" idiom that isn't negative.

"Dutch roll" apparently comes from the way a Dutch skater going down a canal might look.

https://aviationsourcenews.com/incident/southwest-airlines-737-max-suffers-dutch-roll-at-32000-feet/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhcUqARzd8c

There is no overlap in the Venn diagram of people who say "on route" to mean "en route" and people who are my friends.

So much flag lingo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_pale

The social convention to not discuss politics or religion has been a disaster for the human race.

Can we just take a moment and recognse how great of a name Divinyl is? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiCv9F_GRBA

There seems to be a weirdly-great amount of people who think that because one is being paid hourly that they deserve pay for every moment they're doing something for their employer

Not perfect by any means but this is the most complete and realistic discussion of an alternative for copyright that I've seen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJSTFzhs1O4

One of my favourite things is when Americans who have very little exposure to English culture complain about the one English person they have experience with as if that person is deficient, when it’s actually just classic English mannerisms

Latest list of links: https://buttondown.email/levisan/archive/levis-link-list-101-105/

Don't know about you but I always assume a story is fiction until shown otherwise.

Calling something "common sense" as an argument for why it should be done that way is grossly insulting.

Could we please stop with the trope that whenever someone moves or starts using a microphone, there’s a bit of feedback? Soundies are better than that; one’d think the person directing foley could make note.

My dad called his brother to wish him a happy 6𝔁th.

He asked if he remembered the name of @adam Curry.

Without a pause, he said, "Ja, de man die met Patricia Paay trouwde?"

Might be hard to hit him in the mouth since avoids the internet at all costs but we'll get there. He's in the right dimension so that's a start.