Apparently That Former Presidents incoherent rambling speech went well past midnight, leading Emily Nussbaum on Bluesky to say, “Man, just ascend already” which is making my morning.
I'm sorry. You were going to ask me to choose, right? Did you want to finish?
Zoe ,'War Stories'
Natter 78: I might need to watch some Buffy for inspiration
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
flea - Jul 19, 2024 2:49:21 am PDT #1618 of 2662
information libertarian
Calli - Jul 19, 2024 3:23:18 am PDT #1619 of 2662
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I love how when Biden has a verbal stumble the political commentary is all, “Biden’s senility advances,” but when Trump goes on an incoherent ranting ramble that’s just Trump being Trump.
Oh, wait, not love. Quite the other thing actually.
Steph L. - Jul 19, 2024 5:25:36 am PDT #1620 of 2662
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated
Apparently That Former Presidents incoherent rambling speech went well past midnight, leading Emily Nussbaum on Bluesky to say, “Man, just ascend already” which is making my morning.
That is awesome!
Tom Scola - Jul 19, 2024 5:44:17 am PDT #1621 of 2662
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
There’s a possibility that *I* might be working retail soon, because I really can’t stand my chosen career any more, for reasons you might guess.
meara - Jul 19, 2024 7:58:24 am PDT #1622 of 2662
Because your boss won’t ascend already? Or just because careers are dumb and capitalism sucks?
I woke up to a text from IT about some global outage but then see that sadly everything seems to have been restored in time for me to actually work today. Boooo.
meara - Jul 19, 2024 8:31:53 am PDT #1623 of 2662
Hmm or maybe not. The recommended advice was to try restarting my computer five times. It’s still going.
I can, however, see emails on my phone, so…Joy.
Dana - Jul 19, 2024 8:44:04 am PDT #1624 of 2662
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
The solution to this IT problem is for IT people to tediously, manually fix every single machine that's been affected, so I imagine that's what's got Scola reconsidering his career.
-t - Jul 19, 2024 8:46:24 am PDT #1625 of 2662
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yeah, I saw an email this morning about that mess affecting our servers. Glad I took the day off.
Emily Nussbaum = gold
DavidS - Jul 19, 2024 8:47:45 am PDT #1626 of 2662
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I woke up to a text from IT about some global outage but then see that sadly everything seems to have been restored in time for me to actually work today. Boooo.
Ugh. After months of planning I had a friend flying out to see me today. Her flight is cancelled, and the trip is off. We can't reschedule until mid-August. Huge disappointment.
Tom Scola - Jul 19, 2024 8:53:25 am PDT #1627 of 2662
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
I work with Linux systems, and the outage today only affected Windows systems, so I wasn’t DIRECTLY affected by it, thank god. (I did bring in muffins for the Windows team that sits two rows over from me).
Even still, seeing the news this morning caused me to freak the fuck out. Next time I won’t be as lucky, and it’s only a matter of time before it happens.