We still scroll “down” to the “bottom” of the page, so how is moving your finger up more natural? Maybe i’m just old now.

The bailout system we have now, starting in 2008, is way worse than any reaganomics. Now we just hand them cash and don’t even expect it to trickle down.

I guess that might be -slightly- easier than setting a timer on your phone. Doesn’t your washer beep when it’s done though?

Why would anyone connect an appliance to the internet?

well said.

Fluxbox is simple, flexible, fast, and beautiful. I’ve been running fluxbox/debian for like 20 years and couldn’t be happier.

This is pretty much my approach as well. If I don’t have agency over what’s happening I stay deliberately months to years behind the news cycle. By then, I can study it as recent history, with less panic, rancor, and propaganda. That also gives me space to stay up to date on the few things I can affect, like decentralizing the internet, breeding locally adapted potatoes, and enjoying life.

A friend commented on how wonderful a life we must lead, to be unconcerned about the news. I don’t understand it, because all you have to do is stop watching it.

If you can, post a recording and we can try to identify them.