See you all down by the river

The Founders of this nation explicitly included Islam in their vision of the future of the republic. Freedom of religion, as they conceived it, encompassed it. Adherents of the faith were, with some exceptions, regarded as men and women who would make law-abiding, productive citizens. Far from fearing Islam, the Founders would have incorporated it into the fabric of American life.

it's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.works · 3 months ago

I rejected those lessons after they dropped this on my desk:

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it's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.works · 3 months ago

I kinda like ReadEra (premium)…

I use OpenDyslexic font, and let the text-to-speech help to keep me tracking.

it's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.works · 4 months ago

Booms

it's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.works · 4 months ago

Coming from the dark ages of Win286, this was the way.

Painting menus on the screen actually required time for the paint to dry on each pixel, so keyboard shortcuts were a necessity.

The advent of that blankety-blank tools ribbon ruined me…

it's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.works · edit-2 4 months ago

I was not familiar with Hetzner Cloud until now. I have used VPS found in the $1 & $2 lists at lowendbox, as I am super-cheap.

Just be sure to keep local backups, in case the provider evaporates.

it's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.works · 4 months ago

Very recently, I have adopted Shift+LMBclick to open a link in a new browser window.

I use this primarily for accessing one link in favorites bar.

I would love to figure out a non-extension way (curse you, draconian IT policy!) to set this behavior in the favorite/bookmark…

it's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.works · 4 months ago

🤣

There is an answer, tho.

Stars Eric André and Lil Rel Howery shuffled into an Atlanta barber shop seeking scissor-cutting help as their characters (best friends Chris and Bud) announced their groins were stuck together in a Chinese finger trap.

it's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.works · 4 months ago

One blew this way, one blew that way

Tap for un-spoiler?

It is dark/sophomoric humor, and I poorly constructed the straight-man/funny-man mechanic; I expected someone to add the punchline before you got here.

It lives rent-free in my brain’s darker space, having popped up in the aftermath of the Challenger Distaster.