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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.

We could go several rounds on the nature of government and the human condition, but that would take time and effort. Instead, I’ll share a blind quote of dubious origin and hope you figure out the rest.

Meanwhile, some capitalist oligarch is paying a team of research psychologists to feed trillions of data points into a supercomputer to determine the exact font they need to use in their international astroturf advertising campaign designed to convince you that you already have the government you deserve.

It’s never the people who deserve the karma who get sick, though.

Plex is still fine if you’re a single user. They’re starting to charge each user for sharing, which is bullshit but I guess they want to discourage sharing? Jellyfin is a fine alternative.

Watching the Brak Show feels like smoking weed to me, but I’m completely sober. Except for when I’m high.

The headline made me chuckle, but reading the article triggered flashbacks to the high school cafeteria, especially the part about the booze.

I think “selfish” is a better word for it in all instances, because some people are just selfish. Like, if you can’t be bothered to return your shopping cart or pick up your dog’s shit, then that’s selfish. It’s not anywhere near the same category as being too burnt out to do the dishes after a double shift, or wanting to sleep in on a day off.

Calling all of it “lazy” creates some imaginary obligation to the universe that simply does not exist. You don’t owe the universe clean dishes or your time in the morning. If you have roommates and you left dishes in the sink, you are being selfish. If your kids have an early baseball game, and you are too hungover to show up, then you’re being selfish. You are always obliged to return your cart and pick up after your dog.

Wait, is that why Lindt chocolates don’t taste the same in the USA?

I feel like they might be more clever than that. They will make it organized crime, make them incompetent mooks being manipulated by some fake humanitarian that is funneling charity into evil. Then a tech oligarch will help Bond at a critical time, and they’ll be like “It’s a good thing this small business owner happened to have a billion dollars that he earned through legitimate, moral effort.”