Alex DeGruven
alexdegruven.bsky.social
Alex DeGruven
@alexdegruven.bsky.social
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Nerd generalist. Occasional gamer. Wonkette and Atlantic subscriber. Twitter refugee. 3D Printing and laser enthusiast. Dad. Leftist mildly socialist he/him ally. Learning to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYBaq-BZXuTIf_dBajgO1sw/
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My greatest wish for the next 4 years is that I (and the so many like me) am proven wrong.
I was interested in the teaser for All's Fair that played during TNF, until I saw her and my interest noped out forever.
*laughs in Trex and Strong8k*
Why the first sentence doesn't start with something like "in a staggering display of incompetence and lack of concern for public safety..."

I'm continually annoyed that the media insists on softening headlines. This wasn't an accident, this was abject incompetent negligence.
Interesting. The feed for that was just fine for me. Must have been a localized issue.
I've been subscribed to him for years. I work in tech and live in a suburban neighborhood with an HOA. But his stuff is just so good.
Better Off Ted was great
OH Half-Life. Me, a grown-ass adult yelping like a little kid in the middle of the night when I rounded a corner and a headcrab (which I've already seen a ton) jumps out of pitch blackness.
If only we had a Congress with a spine
The framing of this makes it feel like crypto all over again. And it will probably be the same thing. You'll have AI bros pumping and dumping their next big thing over and over for years.
The only way to finish a sentence that starts with "I took Josh Hawley's advice" is "and immediately threw it out the window because he's a neo-fashy idiot"
Remember when she was like "yeah, guys, I'm totally a Democrat, too!" and all of us saw right through it and said "yeah, nope, lol"?
If we can't trust the seal of the "OEDO OF GOVERYaEB", then I don't know what we CAN trust anymore.
I love Matt so much, but that's not even his best voice. Douglas and Lazslo are his top tier by far.
The datacenter at my company has these instead of battery UPS for the gap of generator startup.

You can't see anything, but they emit an ominous vibration when you're in the room where they're running.
It's true. We all just need to find ours.
In this place. Right now. 65°F, barely a breeze, and the sun setting in a cloudless blue sky, I understand why this is what I need.

Nothing else matters. Nothing else even exists.

If there is a heaven, this is what I hope it is like.
For me that's the Carriage House at the Hotel Iroquois on Mackinac Island.

I sit at a table, get a nice cocktail, and the entire weight of life just floats away into the ether.

And on a day like today, where the weather is beyond what anyone would describe as perfect, the effect is so much more.
I firmly believe that, whatever we finally understand the human "soul" to be, there is a place and conditions that allows it to "recharge". A place where you can exhale and the entirety of life just floats away.
Bonus round, only one actually gets activated each time.
Everyone gets a shock collar for the podcast and live listeners can hit a button that activates one randomly every 3 minutes.
"People reacted the way normal people would to my shitpost instead of how it was back on Twitter. This place sucks!"
Oh man, that's awful. Where we sat, at the closing of the first act, it was like she was right above us. Wild show.

Glad you got to experience the whole thing while not attempting to not die 😂
Detroit Opera House is an awesome venue, too. Saw Wicked there from 3rd row floor.

So many good places for everything right downtown.