Paid in cheese

I use a correct horse battery staple generator to get inspiration for user names. I got “paid” (or salary or something like that) and “cheese” in one result. It was one small adjustment to get here. For personal reasons, the idea that I’m paid in cheese is hilarious to me.

Some folks on Mastodon have reported spam from her as recently as yesterday. Of course, considering her shtick is easily replicable and the reporter didn’t include screenshots, I’m not sure it’s necessarily the same person / group.

No. If the versions of reincarnation where your placement in your incarnation is the result of your past deeds (or trying to release the sense of guilt over those deeds), the incarnation itself is doing the work. Making things worse for the person might clear up their “karma” faster (using that term advisedly) so the vengeance aspect isn’t satisfied by making things worse for them.

I don’t think vengeance (“punishment”) is justice anyway. I think it’s important that we let state level actors know what terrible pieces of shit they are in this life. This gives them the opportunity to make some recompense in a way that might actually help the victims. Not that making George W. Bush spend the rest of his life feeding orphans in Iraq could possibly make up for what he’s done (note: every U.S. president who has served during my lifetime has been a war criminal; I just don’t feel like getting into an unrelated argument).

Ensuring justice (reputational and restorative) in this lifetime also discourages shitty behavior from others.

Not necessarily my favorite TNG episodes exactly but some of the best demonstrations of the philosophy of Star Trek (among the ones that haven’t already been mentioned at this point):

• The Quality of Life
• Half a Life

I’ll second Darmok, The Measure of a Man, and Drumhead.

Five (seven counting instances that have gone down or will soon). I’ve got an account each on Glitch-Soc, Vanilla Mastodon, BookWyrm, Sharkey, and Lemmy (this one). I plan to add Friendica, GoToSocial, and Ibis to my flock of accounts. I may add a snac2 or Hollo if I decide to add some self-hosting to the mix. Not sure I’ll bother with PeerTube or Pixelfed.

What can I say? I’ve become a bit of a nerd about ActivityPub and I want to try (almost) everything out. 😱

I’m still pretty new and I’ve only tried one mobile client so far. I’m pretty fond of Mlem. It seems to do what I need it to and it’s pretty intuitive for me. Although it only works on iOS so that might not be useful for you depending on your mobile situation.

We are all KenM on this blessed day

Usually, I have to let the cat fur accrue over months. That’s such a time saver!

I’m not sure whether I agree with the premise but, if I did, my list would include Tim Curry, Jeff Goldblum, Idris Elba, Charlize Theron, Renée Zellweger, Bill Nighy, Jeffrey Wright, and Judi Dench.

Except for Jeff and Idris, I can think of movies for each of them that weren’t rescued by their presence. Still, I usually enjoy them anyway.

I don’t think I’m got now but I’ve been pretty attractive at times. Bullies will bully when and where they think they can get away with it. Especially where it gives them an advantage or a perceived advantage.

I’ve seen it at every level from fast food worker to upper levels of a large company.

Your hotness might affect how obvious a bully is but it can also make you a tantalizing target.

However, I suspect less skilled bullies are more likely to go for easier targets (people who are less conventionally attractive being a subset of folks a bully might find an easier target).