Peter Butler / is on Nostr

CNET editor. Totally serious. No candy.

#Biking #Vegan #PingPong #LGBTAlly #Software #DiscGolf #IndieRock #BoardGames #JigsawPuzzles #Cats #PublicSchool #Parenting #Berkeley #Books #Writing #Horror #ScienceFiction #Sustainability #EconomicJustice #EndHomelessness #Libraries

Last Notes

2024-08-11 16:39:16

- reply

@npub1the…k9sg
https://apnews.com/article/paris-2024-olympics-funding-athletes-onlyfans-d85107c447fcddd252f0c6d32ff5690a

2024-08-10 18:59:36

It’s important to carefully consider clothing choice when working on the roof
You never know how many doctors and nurses you might see that day

2024-07-26 00:29:13

- reply

@npub1ecp…59pq My (boring) guess is that’s it's some sort of internal testing where they do something weird for 1% of users. Google does it all the time. Twitter used to

2023-12-19 21:39:17

- reply

@npub19fc…ay3c From what I see in my area, we are on the verge of a humanitarian disaster
I have a friend who is riding out the atmospheric river by *hiding in public bathrooms* — he had a spot in the park, but cops drove them out. He has a sister and brother but strained relationships
Consider how many people are homeless but living on a friend or relative’s couch. Consider how many people are *living in their cars*
The scope of the problem is much bigger than it looks, I think

2023-11-12 18:51:33

- reply

@npub1y7x…jrl4 “People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

2023-11-06 18:35:52

- reply

@npub1l8c…7xjl @npub1q9m…zksg @npub1ccn…czwu @npub19hw…jxjq @npub1ll7…xakk If you *really* like to read nonsense, check out some of her writings in The Messenger, the newsletter for The Summit Lighthouse:
https://www.summitlighthouse.org/pearls/1990pows/900211ec.html

2023-11-06 17:55:18

- reply

@npub1q9m…zksg @npub1ccn…czwu @npub1l8c…7xjl @npub19hw…jxjq @npub1ll7…xakk I read that book!
https://www.elizabethclareprophet.com/book/the-lost-years-of-jesus/

2023-10-06 17:25:25

- reply

@npub1typ…c8hh @npub1mr9…5drd That was great. Two lines stood out to me:
>> If I wanted a product to deliver me a story on demand, I’d just go to a bookstore.
:1000:
>> Big Tech has already transmuted some of the most ancient pillars of human relationships—friendship, community, influence—for its own profit. Now it’s coming after language itself.
To me, the danger of the “It jogs my brain, and it just gives me new ideas that I can pick from” argument is that it devalues original reading and learning

2023-09-02 17:42:47

- reply

@npub1c9e…zhes Imagine if we interpreted the 1st amendment as strictly as the 2nd
There’s no way curfews should be constitutional. Freedom of assembly