Levi Breederland @levisan@qoto.org

I've come to realise that non-tech-savvy people reading mainstream news sources about tech news might be the bane of my existence. Not the people, but the reading. I don't need MSN burying the lede and confusing people when it comes to upcoming changes to a platform's authentication methods, CBC fearmongring about password leak, or Fox News confidently telling everyone to “just clear your cookies”

Smartphone is not a computer in your pocket.

Computer is a desktop sized smartphone.

Toasted sesame seeds are basically savoury sprinkles

Once, someone told me that I lived under a rock because I didn't know a certain pop-culture reference. Nay, we all live under different rocks.

When someone says “lets go Dutch” I assume that means “let’s put our klompen on and take the feits to the patatzak or get an ijsje op strand"

Etymology, weird music, and a good cry https://buttondown.com/levisan/archive/181/

If someone from a place that allows recording without consent calls someone in a place that requires consent and records the call, are punishable?

"How was dinner out?"

"It was faux phở"

Every year on my birthday, I remember the time I was laid off from a job—which I was not great at but holding onto for the sake of keeping a job—on my birthday. Except this year, where I just remembered it now. I guess that means I got over it?

I'm all in favour of post-consumption variable-cost donations, like the value for value method, but saying things like "less than 1% of listeners contribute" every single episode is cringe as the kids say

AFAIK you can’t have letters like ß or ij in a legal Canadian name. If my name was meant to have one I would flex that so hard

Gotta love it when you show up at the sister-in-law’s for Thanksgiving dinner and she immediately hands you the baby and a carrier and says babe needs a nap

One of my domain names, which I use in part for subscribing to mailing lists to get it separate from my main email, seems to be on some kind of "don't let addresses with this domain in" list and/or just comes up as an invalid domain name. It's really annoying… especially considering I get a lot of spam to that address too.

I'm all for separation of things within the government, but when it takes a fitness centre run by the armed forces 19 days to acknowledge a request to cancel a membership and also have their automatic credit card charges denied due to fraud protection, it sure makes me wish someone with a little more power and skill was involved.

I have a couple contacts who do nice handmade pottery. But none of them seem to do a good cappuccino cup. Com'on, someone make me one.

Fantastic music from a friend of mine trying to build up some subscribers so give him a follow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxQe8KoEZ_s

Good things _can_ come from drought https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/skateboarding

When people talk about "listening to the radio," what are they looking for? Ads? Annoying hosts? Unskippable songs? I'm not being facetious, I honestly do not get it.

Stole that question from a friend.

Have a good cry and listen to this song my friend wrote for pregnancy and infant loss awareness month https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIs7u_cCD9M