Middle aged Progressive; Formerly @roknrolzombie at the bird app. I enjoy science and music - not in than order. I complain a lot. Hopium vendors need not apply, I'll only frustrate you. Alt-text for profile pic: me, a middle aged white hippy sporting a beard and top hat. I don't *look* irritating. Reply guy, drive-by poster. Don't worry, i'll agonize over my replies more than you will. Note: "Shut up" is less polite than "You can stop talking now", but both work.
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Last Notes npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol I can't imagine what, in the last few days, could cause people who have stayed there through *everything else* to suddenly leave. It's like ok, so your Free Speech "absolutist" has suggested that people should be shooting other politicians as well...and *that's* your line? Not the bigotry or the way he forces his conspiracy bullshit into your feed. Not the absolute degradation of the "public square". Not the pay for play on "verified" accounts. But this? Come on. I don't buy that for an instant. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol Those reflections...jebus I wish I knew how they 'see' things like that. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol Your reminder that Spotify is a shit company that pays nazis more than it pays musicians. https://apnews.com/article/joe-rogan-spotify-deal-76fa0e2c9d4b137f510428528ea6226b npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol Nobody seems to wonder about the Propaganda that the United States pushes onto other countries. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol How long before the ties between the supreme court and Russia are proven? npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol Well. Finding the leaks in my roof. Anyone know a good roofer in central France? npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol Not far enough. They should shoot you with rubber bullets if you move too fast, stay in one place for too long, or ask a 'stupid' question. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol As soon as the cops start finding evidence of other crimes, watch Republicans learn that ACAB. It'll be fun! npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol I'm not an artist, so I bring absolutely no experdence to this discussion. But as someone that can very occasionally afford to buy art, a lot of it is so expensive that I resort to prints. 'Expensive' meaning 'out of my price range', which doesn't allow a lot of leeway. Was just talking to @npub1pv4…pwdp about a tangential topic yesterday, as a matter of fact. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol i tend to make a lot of notes about things like that...few services have memorable names. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol That's a good place to look. Once you start figuring out how to massage their algorithms you'll start finding links and info on similar services. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol Well, fiverr is one that can make you money. Small contract jobs, like book covers or beta reading or editing. My wife has managed to make a few tundred in.select months from voiceover work, despite not having any training or professional experience. That's probably what I'll end up doing here if i can ever afford to ship my shit. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol Have you tried fiverrr.com? My wife does voiceover work there...it's not a lot of money, but if you take the time to massage the system it seems to bring in some nickles. There are a few sites like that but for the life of me that's the only one i remember the name of. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol It used to be good, back when I used to still knew tech. I'm so far behind at this point that i would never catch up again (and seriously, the work causes panic attacks for me now, even just fixing my own shit). It wasn't that the work was particularly hard, back in the day, but the only way to keep the job was 70 hour work weeks and terminal on-call. For more than a decade I couldn't watch a movie or eat a meal with my family without it getting interrupted. It sure feels like PTSD, but just try to get a diagnosis for it (assuming you can afford $200 a session for someone that can daignose you) For real, I have no idea what i'm good for anymore. Sorry to hijack lol npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol I cannot sell. I haven't the knack. I don't know what I'll end up doing if i have to work again...i've been away from computer repair for so long that even if the anxiety didn't kill me i still wouldn't know how to start. Literally every thing that I've ever sold has been someone approaching me with an offer to buy, at random. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol Well, I thitk selling art is just inherently difficult. That I see so many people resorting to art sales as a means of paying the bills tells me that things aren't great anywhere. Your situation though...that really sucks balls. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol I know how to sell music (but not how to make money with it), and I know the process for selling books (good and bad ways), but art sales never actualry crossed my radar. The dumb guy answer is that if you make something worth selling, it will sell. The reality is that artists never seem to make any money...just the art critics after the artist is dead. I've known artists who had the benefit of a storefront and a studio...they're also broke as shit. I don't understand it any more than i understand putting what's in your head on paper lol. It always seems like you really have to rely on friends and family to make anything happen. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol Could it be a migration to Threads or something? I dropped FB in 2011 or so, so definitely haven't kept up. I wouldn't even begin to know how to sell (or create) art. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol Like a lot of us I wish I could do more. The things that we're told make a difference, don't, and the things that do don't make enough of one. My nephew is also an artist and it didn't even occur to me to buy something from him for the new house. That will have changed if my situation improves though. My family (not my wife and hers) has been supportive, but again...the help is not enough, even if it's more than could be expected or hoped for. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol If I had an income I would buy more from you. I think a lot of people are feeling the crunch of late stage capitalism. I do not know how it usually collapses, but I think we're getting ready to find out. The same amount of 'money' being spread thinner and thinner among an ever growing population is unsustainable, and that's what we're dealing with. I haven't yet been struck particularly hard by loneliness, but if i don't find a way to eat soon that'll be the least of my worries. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol I don't know if it's hard for everyone right now or just hard for everyone that I know, but it sure seems like just about everyone is struggling, with all of it. I sure wish i knew a way forward and out instead of just...well...stagnating and slowly starving to death. It's easy to see 'apocalypse', but i'm pretty sure 'normal people' have always felt at the end of their tether, most of the time. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol I'm really sorry Ben...i hate seeing good people struggle so much. It sure seems like the path to not struggling means also not caring. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol OMG, poor kitten! I'm glad you're able to care for him...people are awful. npub1u0hqu4wphpk352r4upmxthxvsczkdsdtsfr09m9at425549yynxs50g7aj Roknrol Looks like Oscar the Grouch singing karaoke.