About 600x.

I’ve felt like Courage the Cowardly Dog until the last year or two.

At least I’m not a fan of the Eagles, band and team.

Yinz can get ahtta tahn.

I, for one, feel a lot less crazy now that people are seeing what I have been seeing for a long time. I hear about it more even from old folks, my in laws now ask more questions as do my own parents. That gives me a lot of hope. Change is inevitable.

M̸̰̼̳̯͉̻̗̻͚̻̰̀̒̑̈́̐͗̆̾̿͐̏̌͜͝͝i̴̻̦̳͍̮͍̰̭͕͈͕̬̭̪̱̰̜͆̄̎̈́̂̽͆̃͌̿͛̀t̸̨̢̛͓̤̲̤͍̭͈͙͓̰͛̓̓́̀͛̆̃̍̀̈́̔́͋̑͌̅̀̎́͑͆́̿̌̍̆͗̈̐̊͘̕͝õ̸̡̧̨̡̡̳̮͓͎̫̯̝̳̺͖̞̻͓͖̘̹̜̺̜͕̜͈̯̖̰̠͔̱̒̉͗͆̐́̎͋̚͜͜͠͠͠ͅc̷̡̧̛̛̛̣̖̳̜̘̤̘̣̬̪̯̼̘͎̻̩̣̦͕̖͛̆̈́̀̿͗̄̈́̒̃̀͋͋́͗̈́̑̎͆̊̾̎̐̚͘͜͝͝h̷̨̝̳̖̬̩͕̗͓̻͉͚̠̩͎͍̠̩͚̫̝̖̱̤̲̰̲͓̅͋̓̄̋̀̄̋͊̈͑̈́̊͗̏̕͜ǫ̸̯͖̬̖̰̲̤͖̈́̃̐̍̓̉̈́͊̔͑̓́͂̀͐͂͒̽͒̐͆̂͑̑͊̔̎̎̃̾̄̾̄͛̒̽̿͂̇̋́̍͘͠͠͝͝͝ņ̷͙͍͍͎͊̈̊̀̍̇̒̾̓͋̽̇̃́̌̈́̇͌̐̇̇̓͐̓̋͜͠͝͝ḋ̸̢̢̢̧̛͖̟̜̞̰̤̣͈̯͖̪̱̟̻̣͈̮͈͙̞̜͙̬̮̮̮͍̀̃̉̏̌̆̉̒̏̌̅̋̓͂̆́̅̏͛͌̀̈̒̈́̽̒̒͒̏́̅͊̑͌͐͌͋͗̉̈́̓͒̚͜͜͝͝͝͝͠͠ͅŗ̵̡̧̧̢̛͓̬̬̯̣͎̮̫͈̮̟̪̮̯̯̻̮̗̹̤͓̠̼͎̝̲̲͋͒̈́͑͑̓̃̅͆̽̽̈́̽̀̔͗̃͋̉̋̐̋̆̈́̈́̾̃̍͘̕͘͜͠i̸̡̡̪̳͖͈͔̙̮̜͖̼̳̳̭̹̝̙̫͈͇̻̬̞̜̦͉̗̠̩̰̅̀̾̒͒̊̃̏̿̾͠a̴̛̯̥̹͕͇̳̤̫̠̼͇͇̬̎͛͛̅̾̆̓͊́́̀̈͐͒̎͐̋́̈̂͑̍͋̾͌̓̌̓̋͋̓̈́̚̕͜ ̶̢̛̟͖̱̪̝̜̼͉̪͔̬̼̘̰̙̼̠͚͎̇̽̀̀̈́́̆̊̐̅̿͋͒̒̋̂̋̏̔̈́̿̅͑̀̒̍͐̏͑̓̈͐̑̚͜į̷̭̻̝̤͍̬͚̘̝̹̫̤̫͇͈͍̙̬̖͕̳̯̜̱͚̼͕̣̺̭̙̻̩̈̋̊̾̏̈́͛̐̃̒́͂̏̚͠͠͝s̵̡̨̛͍̙͈̰̭̲̰̘̰̮͎̹̯̗̻͔̜͉̹̠̤͙̱̳̤͉̙̙̝͎̟̲͕̦̲͔̀̽͑̐̎̀̂͂̑̄̉̌͊͌͂́̃͊͑́́͐͋̾̔̎̍̀͊̎͊̾̒̈́̌͗̑͑̈́̿̆̋̕̕͘̚̚͠͠ͅ ̵̢̟̖̰̥̝̿̒͆̔̑t̴̡̨̧̢̛̤̠̯̝̝̥̲͎͕̘̭̠̼̬̬̮̞͕̬͈̬͚̯͕̼̝͖͖̤͙͚̩̞̹̦̻̜̦̜̜̏͐̍͊͊́̄͐̀̑͗̅̋̀̀͝͠͝h̶̰͕̮̣̏͋̆̑̍̓͋́͋̈́̈͒́̽̎͐͊͛̓͑̎͊̈̌̍͒̉̉͗͐̅͑̓̉͌͋̓̃̈́̀̾̈́̇̚͠͝ȩ̶̺̙̙̼͖̪̲͎̼̰̬̞̳̝̲̥͇̼͖̫̠̣͙̗̺͚͙͓̞͙̪̠̟̦̤̫̙̮͚̝͎͉͈̼̳̉̽̿̾̿̔̒̿̐̃̅̓̋̽͋͌̏͘͘͝ ̸̡̡̨̢̧̘̘͓̣̺̬̫͓̗͇͓͕̥͇̰͉̻̠̮̮̳̪͙̝̞͓̭̫̜͈̞͈̰̩̼̳̮̳̞̆͗̔̄̎͋̈́̓͛̈́̈́̉̕͘͝ͅͅͅp̶̢̧̳̹̻̖͓̲͔̪̙̩̰̤̙̮̺̤̗̼̦̳̤̹̬̗̬͇̰̠̼̲̞̞͓̘͕̩̼͕̪͚̖̯̰̯̩͎͛͊̀́ͅỏ̶̢̢̦̮̗̺̦̗̼̹̪̟͍̤̙̮͙̺̱̼̫̟͖̘͔̲̺͔̠̓̑̈́̽̏̑̈́̂̎͗̍̂̎̆̍̃̍͆̊͌̈́̑̂̽̊̒̀͒͋̾̂̇̀̈́̈͒͗́͛̇̌̉̔̕͘̕͠͝͝w̷̧̡̲̘̞̰̼̭̹̬̳̮͈̥̼̝̬͓̬̤͖͓͔̳͓̥͚̼̱͎͔̰̬̪̼̞͔̳̼̾̓́̄̀̒̓̓͛́̀͒̇͜͝ͅȩ̵̺̮͉̺̦͚̘͓̜̼̟͓̙͉̣̟͓̝̩͉̦̳͎̲̜̙̪͈̠͕̋̔̀̅́͛͌͐͌̀̆̾͊̆̑͛̃̿̃̑͆̚̕͜͠͝͠͠͝ͅr̸̨̡̧̨̢̛̠̼͖͈̘͓̯̟͓̭̮̜̼̩̗̻̟̥̥̖̗̞̼͎̣̥͕͓̥̙̫̹͎̀́́́̉̃̓͜ͅͅh̵̨̨̢̳̤͈͙̗̜͔͙̭̰̳̜̣͕̮̫̰̞͖̗̫̻͍̭̥͈̰̯̣̳̠͚̬̳̭̟͚̝̜̞̠͙̘͒͜ͅͅͅͅͅõ̸̧̫̲̥̹͚̮̹͍̘̱̥͙̲̃͆͋̈́̀̑͋̈̉̏͗̌̑̊̋̈́̈̈́̉͘̕͜͠͝͠͝ͅự̸̧̝͔̣͔͍̯͈̘̥͍̙̳̋͂̀̒̓̌̋́͗̊͐́̈́̇̈͐̓̇̑̅͆͐̚͘͠͝͝͝͠s̷̡͙͇̗͚͕̹̭̩̱̟̲̯̟͚̺̓͜ͅͅę̸̢̡̨͈̭͇͈̝̳͉̤͈̯̥̭̬̦̙̲̣̬̥̜̖̫͎̦̫͇͖͖͇̋̀͂͆͐͋̒͊͆̇̂̑͋̀̈́̓̊̓͐̒͋̍̄͑̏͒̊͘͜͜͜͝͝ ̴̢̢̛͇̮̬͍̤̫̖̞̲̗̺̫͚̭̲͎̖͈͕̯̯̙͉̰̰̐͛͂̿̉̒̂̽̀̔̆̊͐̇͌̿̓̌͜͝͠ͅo̵̧̨̼̱̲͓͕͙̼̘͙̝͙̭̯̬͉̭͔̗̠̣͉̩͎̘̐͊̐͋͑̂͒̏͂̋̓̚͜͜f̷̨̨̨̡̬̬͎̙͓̫̘͉̳̙̖̯͈̖̙̦̣̘̻̞̲̟͇̯̲͔̱̙̝̦̺̩̠̝͉̟̘̹̺̤͍̘̤̻̊͑̍̌͛̿̈́̂̓̉̈́̓̉̈́̄͗̃̂͐̃̓̓̃̀̽́́̓̈́̒͆̔́̀͂̈́͊̿̽̀̋̒̀̾̕̚͘̚͜͠͠͝ ̸̢̢̛̝̫̟͙̬̖͈̣̳̼̯̟̺̤̫͉̟̟̹͍̜̳͉̼̼̣̯͉͇̟̬̬̤̼̖̾̂̏̌͑̒̍͛̐̉͐̿̃̍̈̋̑͐̔̂̑̍̄͌̈́̃̏̾̉͊͜͜͝͠t̶̡̛̤̣̫̫͉̝̩̪͈͙̘͔̘͕̝̘̠̹̩̗̦͇̊̅̽̓͐́͐̆̈͊͆̋̽̂͋͒̿̂̓̅̓̾̄̈̑͊̀͗̊̒̃̀͒̆̽̃́̆͊͂̉̚̚̕͘͘̕͜͠h̴̯͋̿̀͒̔̽̉̆̓̓̂̃͂͊͊͂̏̋̌̆̽̿̄̓̇̅͊͛͛̆̔̃̌̋͗̓́͑͂̊̚̕̕̕̚͠͠͝͝ẽ̶̡̺̥̱̘̫̦̙̣̖͉̟̤̖̪̗͇̩̦̘͇̻͈̞̳̦̥̔̈̅̇̈̍͒̃̄̏̈͊͌̏͐̐͋̏̇̿͐̀̊͆͒̌̋͑̕̚̚̚͜͝͝͝͝͠ͅ ̵̢̧̡̡̛̫̤̥̞͔̦͙̭͇̮̘̠̙̠̞̘̮̜̻͕͕̺̙͎̣͓̤̖̯͉͉̌̒̀̽́͛͐́̿̾̾͋̃̅̇̈́͋̒͊̕͜͜͜͜͜͠͝͝ͅͅͅc̷̡̡̛̮̩̤̺̬̜͈̝̼͓̮̞̝͇̪͍̠̰̥̜̭̰̰͓͈̹̘͖̯̮̙̮̞̺̝̣̣̭̟͍͒̔̎̽̅̎̽̇̈͗̍̌̇̽͋̊̒͐̓̂̌͂̉͂͊̄̌́͋́͊̑̈́͝ȅ̴͙̦̤̀̆͛͋͆͊̄͘̚͜͠ͅl̴̨̡̛͈̹̞̭̼̼̣̯̻̦̦̻̻̆̃̅̒̃͑̈́̊̃̒̓̌̽̔͒̾̽͑̀͂͗̈́̑̅́̕͘͘͝͠l̷̨̥̝͇͚͍̃̾̾̃͐̆̉̈́͛̏̔̊́̂͂̐̀̃̅̉̓̊͗̓̈́̀͂̿̇̋͑͗͐͂͂̓̽͘̕̕̕̕̕͝͠͝.̵̢̡̻͉̻̯̲̝̤͖͖͚͕̭͍̝̤̭͍̬̞̺̬͙͚̙͖͒̑̓̈͒͌̀͆̋̆̿̅̃̂̾̌̊̊̕͘̕͜͠͠ͅ ̷̧̡̧̧̡̛̛̦̮̪̜̦͎͚̻̦͔̮͙̜̠͎̱͙̬͈̤̘͕̘͔̲̯̗͔͍̹̲̪̱̩̘̯̼̞̗̞̻̺̥̃͐̈̌͋̈́̈́̂̎̎̈́͛͋͐͒̐́̍͗̃̄̈͘̕͜͜͠

Security theatre.

I’m not your friend, buddy!

Do we need multi international corporations that rival empires? There’s a lot of options to address scale depending on choices we make, the communists say central planning is the answer, some anarchists say syndicates can fix this. You could create circular economies that return ewaste to the fold then redistribute the new product. There’s a lot more options than you think.

Does an engineer need an intermediary between them and the designer?

Do you need a middle man with every transaction?

It’s that smile, that damned smile.

Plant milkweed and don’t touch your dead leaves!

Mander :)

This makes the end of The Wheel of Time make more sense.

Ever play SimPark? I’d fill up the park with blackberries to attract bears and scare tourists.

Her eras are a statement.

PS: Donate to them.

https://xerces.org/endangered-species/fireflies

I can put it on Mander if others want to hop on the mod team. @Crumbgrabber@lemm.ee ?