If I’m reading you correctly, this is what Decentralized ID (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_identifier) aims to resolve, not just for social accounts. I wrote the initial DID implementation for my previous employer, but FIs, especially credit unions (our primary customers) were still a ways off from implementing it.

My familiarity with ATProto (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT_Protocol) is extremely shallow, but as I understand it, ATProto can use DID. Hopefully someone else will come along and provide more info or correct my error.

I can’t say for sure one way or another. But the rudiments of PT are all pretty similar for a given joint. There are finite variations on how human joints move and the muscles that actuate those joints.

Sure, but if you’re suffering from radiculopathy (pinched spinal nerve root), the sleep deprivation and increased stress make those interventions more difficult. The article failed to mention inexpensive and free physical therapy interventions.

If you are suffering from lumbar or cervical radiculopathy (or a slew of other joint pains), check out McKenzie Method therapy. It’s free/freely available, designed to be within reach of anyone, and can be done just about anywhere. Bob and Brad are prolific in providing exercises to get you back into fighting form. Robin McKenzie’s book “Treat Your Own Back” is also excellent.

Edit to add: a lot of radiculopathies manifest as referred pain, e.g. a pinched nerve in C4-C5 might feel like tightness or pain in the trapezius, under the scapula, in the elbow, or at the extremes, pain and tingling in first and second digits. Sciatica is the the most “famous” of radiculopathies.

Anecdote: I had a C4-C5 radiculopathy, and it was pushing me into disability territory. The orthopedist wanted to do all kinds of stupid, expensive, invasive shit. I stumbled on McKenzie’s back book and was back at work in two days. I also suffered from piriformis pain for over a decade. It was an L4-S3 radiculopathy. A few minutes of basic McKenzie stretches, and it goes away.

He said he wants to get rid of undocumented criminals

Now you’re moving the goalposts. And it’s NOT in the fucking video.

“Yes, we want to get rid of undocumented criminals in this country, that’s fine, let’s do that.” https://youtu.be/_rBm3PBFQnU?t=1426 Pay attention to his tone when he says the quote and keep watching after the quote.

There is a defined and well-trod path for deporting undocumented criminals (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkgNnbTrsgw). Being an undocumented immigrant in the US is a civil offense (which presents its own problems), not a criminal offense. Therefore, undocumented immigrants != undocumented criminals, even though undocumented criminals are still often processed through the civil system which undermines due process and the procedural safeguards of criminal proceedings.

The point that Sanders is making in the speech is that capital class is manipulating proles. The goal of the manipulation is to convince workers that immigrants are to blame for everything being so fuct. You’re zeroing in on something out of context, changing your statements, and completely neglecting the message of worker solidarity in that speech.

Regardless of how one feels about Sanders, strong borders, and punitive immigration enforcement, I think we can all get behind worker solidarity.

Nice job taking that far out of context. Sanders absolutely did not call undocumented workers “criminals.”

Look, what’s going on in the US is horrific. The lack of any due process under the Brown Shirts… errr, ICE is an abomination. But really? You’re going to resort to whatever this machination is? There are volumes of unequivocal, incontrovertible evidence you can use.

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What is the benefit of tubeless bicycle tires anyways?

Tubeless tires can be run at lower pressures without risk of pinch flats, also called snakebites because of the distinctive double hole in the tube. The wider working range of tire pressures allows riders to dial their tire pressure to the riding conditions, whereas clinchers (standard bicycle tires + tube) have much narrower pressure ranges. Varying the tire pressure has all kinds of benefits, especially with multi-surface tires, allowing the cornering blocks to bite into the surface earlier in turns. On gnarly chipseal pavement, the lower pressure means less fatigue, which quickly adds up over some miles. Failing to notice, or being unable to avoid, a pothole won’t cause a pinch flat. You can still dent your rim, but that’s mostly a non-issue with the ubiquity of disc brakes on bikes. On a clincher, you’re guaranteed a pinch flat if you hit something hard enough to dent the rim.

Tubeless tires provide the feel and higher traction of tubular tires (also called glue-ons, sew-ups) with greater durability, easier maintenance, and easier repairability.

For regions with goatheads and blackberries, tubeless is pretty much the only way to go farther afield. Tire strips can help, but they deaden the feel, mess with tire dynamics, increase rotational weight, and very rarely protect sidewalls. They are also (usually) horrible to install and can chafe tubes unless installed very carefully.

In regions without regular street-cleaning, with less frequent tire replacement, and with higher use of tire chains, it’s very common to encounter tire belting and fragments of tire chains. Tubeless bicycle tires are a day-saver. In my own experience, I can now ride those roads where it was previously common to get multiple flats. Before I switched to tubeless, one ride in particular in rural Oregon resulted in 8 flats in 40 miles. And then I was out of patches and spare tubes; day is over, call for a ride. All the flats were caused by tiny pieces of tire belting. I now check my tires once a week to pick out the tire belting I picked up, but I get zero flats.

Oh, I forgot to mention, it did not clog the valve at all, and it’s also tire sensor safe.

Our direct experiences are very different. And bicycles don’t have TPS.

If FaF was actually superlative for bicycles on any metric, we would all have switched long ago. At the very least, some pioneering shadetree bike mechanic would be singing its praises far and wide. I resisted the tubeless tire trend until late 2025 despite having worked on other’s bikes with tubeless, in part because I didn’t feel like building up new wheels. “Meh, everything I have is just fine.” I kick myself for having hesitated. It’s just so much better on all counts.

Sealant for tubeless bicycle tires is an entirely different formulation, and FaF is categorically ill-suited for bicycle tires.

• Fix-A-Flat can and does dry into a lump. Bicycle tire sealant dries out to a powder, and is easy to clean out. Even better, just keep adding more sealant until it’s time to replace the tires.
• I have seen bicycle rims corroded by FaF, but I don’t know how long it was in there. What I do know is that these bicycles came into my shop because FaF wasn’t sealing the punctures they were getting (goatheads and blackberry thorns).
• FaF will clog valves, whereas bicycle tubeless sealant may or may not clog the valve; even if it does clog, bicycle sealant is easy to clean.
• FaF is a temporary fix; bicycle tire sealant is explicitly part of running a tubeless setup and is sometimes used to help seat the tire; FaF comes with propellant and would be pretty awful to use when setting up tubeless wheels.
• I’m pretty sure (but not certain) that FaF switched to a non-flammable propellant; tubeless bike sealant has no propellant
• FaF is not designed for the higher pressures in many bicycle tires

Alistair Reynolds’ Revelation Space series is excellent. My introduction/entry point was “Chasm City,” and that played out awesomely for getting into the first two novels in the formal trilogy. Reynolds was also partially inspired by the Culture series.

Idling engines chap my ass. But TINSTAAFL. Auto stop is terrible for engines; the majority of engine wear in passenger automobiles occurs at startup. Also, during auto stop, the catalytic converter cools down a bit, so emissions go up. More wear —> more emissions —> more waste.

Edit: For my rebuttal, I started digging into this. While the sources I found are still “auto technician says so,” it looks like engines with auto-stop are built for more start-stop cycles. I was operating on outdated information. Automobile engines were/are typically designed for 100k to 150k starts. In trying to find more information about auto-stop, the overall consensus seems that auto-stop engines are designed for >300k starts. Moreover, there seem to be some accounts indicating that exhaust temperature is part of the auto-stop monitoring, which would make sense and keep the emissions controls running properly.

So, thanks to @borkborkbork, @0ops, and @Janx for prompting me to get updated information.

But as a bike commuter, auto stop was pleasant in traffic, at least until everyone suddenly started up again and then stomped on the pedal.

The wholesale gutting of all attempts at environmental protection is an interesting choice for the “protect the children” party. But even as an avid car hater, I’m not sure this is a huge loss.

I deeply empathize and sympathize with the challenge. I also failed to choose “congenitally rich” at birth, and I hope to remedy this error on my next iteration.

But seriously, I grew up very poor and left my abusive home at 16. I was homeless twice. Once in my late teens and again in my mid-20s. Not “crashing on my friends’ couches” homeless, but rather “living in the woods and dumpster diving for food” homeless.

I bring this up as empathy by way of anecdote, and also as acknowledgement of my immense luck and privilege. I know that reaching a place of relative comfort is fucking hard in our modern environment. What’s an even bigger pisser is that cost of living is stupid, the systems required for modern life are expensive, and the attacks on our attention, focus, health, and well-being are legion.

So it comes down to: is your position yet painful enough for you to want to do something about it?

Hey, don’t judge. Spotting a Dumpstericus greenii in its native habitat was on my bucket list.

How do you like the MPK Mini? How long have you had it and how has it held up to your usage?

I completely agree with everything you said, both in this response and your response to Scrubbles. I also appreciate your long-form responses in both.

This is, however, the system in which we live. There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. Choosing to pay cash for big ticket items, real estate, and durable goods when other accounts/portfolios earn more interest than the financing… that’s just throwing money away. If your laddered certificates accounts earn >3.5% and you can get 0% or 1% automobile financing (and you need a vehicle where you live), I don’t think anyone would choose to burn that much liquidity.

You really haven’t ‘bought’ your home untill you’ve fully paid off the mortgage, untill then you’re more or less doing a complex rent-to-own from the bank.

Agreed. My options where I live are primarily rent or mortgage; there are intentional communities with equitable arrangements, but the waitlist is 5 to 10 years. And with rents here going up at about 8% to 12% per year, I chose the 3.7% mortgage. FWIW, most home sales in my area are industrial investors or second homes, which absolutely underscore your points regarding livability, financial violence, and <waving around> all this shit in which we live.

real estate is only a hedge against inflation in a society that is stratifying, becoming more inequitable

Again, fully agreed. Inflation is here. None of us are going to wish away inflation or predatory lending, because primate brain and “they” have our number. If one has interest rate arbitrage available, using it prudently leaves more disposable income, and therefore more time to strive for more equitable systems. For example, I am the treasurer for my regional timebank, and among my offered services are financial literacy, budgeting, and household bookkeeping. This won’t surprise you at all: it’s my most used offer (>100 hours used) and the number of people lacking these skills… it’s almost like this system is designed for a certain scope and scale of financial ignorance.

This is a financially naive and reductionist take, approaching financial illiteracy. Applied correctly, financing allows you to preserve liquidity while still leaving funds in accounts with higher returns. Financing also provides a hedge against inflation, e.g. real estate.

Look y’all … “Crazy Cat Person” fails to be sensitive to my condition. I would prefer “Batshit Bonkers,” please and thank you.

My mother thinks US workers still get pensions if they stay at a company long enough. She also thinks that staying at one employer for decades is the key to higher pay, better benefits, and promotions. This is a constant, exhaustingly repetitive conversation with her every time I get recruited and poached by a company.

The original, the legend.

This is me too. All the same t-shirts, pants, shoes (four pairs go to the cobbler for repair while one remains in use), socks, underwear. Getting dressed in the morning is zero-thought and always comfortable. My daily kit always fits on my person and I never have to fumble for anything. Pants repairs are consistent since they all wear out exactly the same way. The cobbler loves my repairs because it’s the same patterns for four left and four right shoes (just one pattern flipped).

I am a founding board member and the treasurer for my regional timebank. I also have done custom software development and IT work for my county and city food bank. In the past, I was a founding board member and technology specialist for the local food co-op. I also used to own and operate a community bike shop where I performed free repairs for anyone who said they couldn’t afford it.

I prefer volunteer work that directly shores up my communities, promotes food security and social equity, connects local food producers to consumers as directly as possible, and empowers non-monetary exchange of labor and skills. For me, timebanks are the sweet spot for these goals. Everyone’s time is valued equally, and everyone has something to offer their communities on an as-able basis. More than that, a timebank promotes members to see all in their community as peers and neighbors despite any superficial differences.