“Magic has a way of becoming the technology of a culture. Technology is magic to everyone else.” #writing

Authority is just another form of authorship. You can always say no and that you don’t like/want it. Authority isn’t power. #author

People love to ignore what they disagree with. Remember that doesn’t change what they ignore. It just accentuates it. #life

Habits make you predictably reliable. — ancient proverb I just made up

Once an AI can predict your behavior and perform the related actions, you become dispensible. Be unpredictable. Be indispensable. The chances an AI can predict the unpredictable decreases with your unpredictabllity. #life #ai

What is your favorite non-murder mystery book? #book #mystery #reading

“Murder is easy. Getting away with is difficult, but not impossible.” A blurb waiting for a book. #writing #prompt

Every app needs a placebo button. You click it and it does nothing except make someone feel better like a fidget spinner/gadget. It should be big, red, and have a label that says “Do Not Press”. #ui #ux #design #app

The “future” isn’t about the technology we can produce. It’s about overcoming our differences and treating everything and everyone with decency, respect, trust, and helping those who need and want it. The future will never come. #human #failure #future

“Slow and steady isn’t a race. It’s a contest.” #writing #life

“Death is too easy for you. You have to stay alive and suffer through everyone else’s stupidity.” #writing #throwawayline

Based on today’s spam emails, everyone has: — toe nail fungus — Alzheimer’s #apple #mail #spam

Finishing up the outline for “To Gain Knowledge: Coins of Destiny 3”. I have a good story and the plot is laid out in a way I like. Once I start actual writing, I’m sure I’ll have other/new ideas. #writing #planning

Snark mode enabled.

“Climate change” is such an innocuous phrase. It sounds like you’re putting on a comfortable suit. Climate change should be called “Climate destruction”. #marketing #politics #failure

Nice. “The Cat and the Warlock” got featured. #book #reading

Happy International Cat Day

The Gathering: Spent the morning trying to wrangle one of the adults into a carrier to get them to surgery. Luckily, I didn’t need any, but they wouldn’t be wrangled. #feral #cat

Good morning. Remember to breathe. It’s vital. Time for the ceremonial coffee.

A leader isn’t someone who tells you what to do. A leader improves the human condition by their actions. #life #success

“Invisibility had never been seen before.” #writing #technology

“The only content warnings life has are the ones you impose on yourself and others.” #writing

What if there was a social network that required a 1-5 rating on every post and was bot/AI-free?

who do you emulate every day? Why? What processor do you use?

A good looking stranger comes up to you wanting to be your friend, would you: — ask what they are selling — accept their friendship, no questions asked — try “to bed” them — ask for a loan — run away screaming — assume they work for a government agency — buy them a coffee/drink — be a racist/sexist