I Go Into The Woods And Trails And DO NOT ! ! ! Want To Hear Your Music. The Woods And Trails Have Their

Anyone else remember :

“Electricity will be too cheap to meter “

that’s what preceded :

“ The internet will always be free “

I don't know I'm not done talking about it. It's insane that I can't just uninstall Edge or Copilot. That websites require my phone number to sign up. That people share their contacts to find their friends on social media.

I wouldn't use an adblocker if ads were just banners on the side funding a website I enjoy using and want to support. Ads pop up invasively and fill my whole screen, I misclick and get warped away to another page just for trying to read an article or get a recipe.

Every app shouldn't be like every other app. Instagram didn't need reels and a shop. TikTok doesn't need a store. Instagram doesn't need to be connected to Facebook. I don't want my apps to do everything, I want a hub for a specific thing, and I'll go to that place accordingly.

I love discord, but so much information gets lost to it. I don't want to join to view things. I want to lurk on forums. I want to be a user who can log in and join a conversation by replying to a thread, even if that conversation was two days ago. I know discord has threads, it's not the same. I don't want to have to verify my account with a phone number. I understand safety and digital concerns, but I'm concerned about information like that with leaks everywhere, even with password managers.

I shouldn't have to pay subscriptions to use services and get locked out of old versions. My old disk copy of photoshop should work. I should want to upgrade eventually because I like photoshop and supporting the business. Adobe is a whole other can of worms here.

Streaming is so splintered across everything. Shows release so fast. Things don't get physical releases. I can't stream a movie I own digitally to friends because the share-screen blocks it, even though I own two digital copies, even though I own a physical copy.

I have an iPod, and I had to install a third party OS to easily put my music on it without having to tangle with iTunes. Spotify bricked hardware I purchased because they were unwillingly to upkeep it. They don't pay their artists. iTunes isn't even iTunes anymore and Apple struggles to upkeep it.

My TV shows me ads on the home screen. My dad lost access to eBook he purchased because they were digital and got revoked by the company distributing them. Hitman 1-3 only runs online most of the time. Flash died and is staying alive because people love it and made efforts to keep it up.

I have to click "not now" and can't click "no". I don't just get emails, they want to text me to purchase things online too. My windows start search bar searches online, not just my computer. Everything is blindly called an app now. Everything wants me to upload to the cloud. These are good tools! But why am I forced to use them! Why am I not allowed to own or control them?

No more!!!!! I love my iPod with so much storage and FLAC files. I love having all my fics on my harddrive. I love having USBs and backups. I love running scripts to gut suck stuff out of my Windows computer I don't want that spies on me. I love having forums. I love sending letters. I love neocities and webpages and webrings. I will not be scanning QR codes. Please hand me a physical menu. If I didn't need a smartphone for work I'd get a "dumb" phone so fast. I want things to have buttons. I want to use a mouse. I want replaceable batteries. I want the right to repair. I grew up online and I won't forget how it was!

A couple of not seen so many times at all. Indigo Bunting and Redheaded woodpecker pairs.

Birds and sunshine can make happy and appreciate life more. 🤩

Whole hearted agreement with that sentiment @oni-with-an-iron-club..

Significantly over 60 years. There’s probably at least one more, Hopefully I’m wiser now and it will be in an entirely new setting. Almost looking forward to it. Top five life challenge. Anybody up for that. ?

A most unusual lovely “musical” alibet somewhat raucous interlude. Hit it Joe

Bang,

So you want to know why I’m disgusted with the U.S…..

I’m over 60 years old. I’ve formally had five jobs in my 42 + year professional year professional life. One by popular election, two by my own selection. Those three required that I take an oath to uphold the Constitution of this country. I took it personally and seriously. That conduct repulses me on so many different levels that I am without further words …..

AP News

Trump chief of staff Meadows says actions laid out in Georgia indictment were part of his job

Mark Meadows, former White House chief of staff, has testified that actions detailed in a sweeping indictment accusing him of participating

I’m no legal expert, but if attempting to overturn a federal election conducted and certified as valid under the Constitutions of the United States and the state of Georgia, and in accordance with state and federal law, is now “part of the job” then people, all people, really ought to get to the range and practice. Because if the President’s Chief of Staff can pull that card to subvert an election, then our Republic truly is under mortal threat.

Making more $$$ from practicing medicine is NOT better health care. That is just an elitist way of rationing healthcare. Pursuit of the almighty unbridaled profit $ is destroying this country.

10/04/2025 Doctor Beverly Crusher @SpaceDocMom Incoming Transmission…

Capitalism and good health care do not mix. emojis: black heart, blue heart, masked, spoon

Do you think any of them learned the obvious ?

A momir

And that’s how it’s done. No muss, no fuss, no life vest, no safety ropes. Just simple competency.

Longing for deep water, following seas, and wooden ships.

Woooo

The day “ends” The day “begins”

Absolute TRUTH ! ! !

How can people not get this. Almost all of you know people like this (they’re old now and mostly dead). However the ones that followed to displace selected autocratic leaders, you do know. Iraq……… …..Afghanistan……others also…….and now Ukraine, yes independent Americans are fighting with them.

Stop being hypocritical and defend democracy instead of tearing it up.