Thanks for posting this by the way - I needed to see it 👍

I have been diagnosed as an adult. I suffer from imposter syndrome.

“Maybe I don’t have ADHD?”

This is partly what prevents me seeking a diagnosis.

Epic comment. I feel like there is stuff to unpack here - gonna bookmark this and spam you with more comments later if I can remember.

The system makes good people do bad things. It’s not the only thing but it’s plays a bigger role than I think a lot of people realise.

The tragedy is that so many of us blame each other, and ourselves, instead of joining in opposition to it and breaking the cycle.

Awesome pic 👍

I think this might a good use for AI.

It used to be possible to live and work in much of the UK without a car. Where I live it is now basically impossible, unless you have a remote job, get food delivered and completely withdraw from society.

My adult life has been an experiment in disengaging from the economy and reducing liabilities. To a large extent I’ve succeeded; I live off-grid, taking care of my own energy, water, sewage and most of my digital stuff. Part of the reason for this is that I’ve never been able to simultaneously hold down both a full-time job and the will to live for very long.

I can confirm that the above (structure, community and identity) are indeed missing from this ‘freedom’. It is gnarly lifestyle.

I try not to do this any more because if it takes a while the cortisol stops me from getting to sleep afterwards.

I tend to update my package in the morning also.

I would say that it probably is but if it turns out to be cultural then that would be very interesting.

Great news

I’m glad to see this as I’ve been curious about using electric blankets offgrid.

Do you know roughly how much power yours uses? And what do you power it with? Thanks :)

There is nothing like a wood stove in a small space to feel totally luxurious in winter offgrid.

Nice job! What was your process?

YMMV but I’ve found the GIMP UI to be pretty much on a par with photoshop after having learnt the UI and learnt/modified the keyboard shortcuts. Some things are in fact better in GIMP, like panning and zooming. I’ve transitioned to GIMP on my own hardware but still use photoshop at a workplace.

If photoshop was open source then I think there would be a conversation to be had but I wouldn’t pay for it now that I’m used to GIMP.

When you’re not bad enough in the present and future and need to complete the set.

Thanks :)

This is fascinating and if the analysis is correct (which I think it is) it’s also really exciting because it means the cultural pendulum is swinging from increasing homogenisation to increasing diversification. I think this is going to be really liberating because people’s imagination within a subculture won’t be getting dragged down by the weight of trying to bring everyone along with them. This feels tribal in a good way. People outside of these subcultures (or sub-countercultures) will benefit from what emerges from their ‘streamlining’ too.

I’m noticing that this is happening alongside a reinvigoration of leftwing politics in my part of the world. I don’t know what, if anything, might connect them causally but I can’t help but think that we’re seeing a collective response to the cultural/political/economic dead end we’ve reached and its precarity, fear, loneliness and meaninglessness.

Feasebal is my new favourite word.

Thank you fine sir.