the zeitgeist for western civilization is currently that the whole rotten edifice has been able to exist for so long coasting purely off entrenched power and looted wealth without having to improve or adapt at all that it's gotten to the point where the OS that effectively powers the US (Microsoft Windows) is along with the US itself engaged in a death spiral of destroying its own empire. this isn't a decision being made by anyone so much as an emergent property of a fundamentally broken system.

I'm thinking about this right now because I have to work with Windows 11 at my job and it's not even bad in a "muh freedumbs" sense or like some tech autist nitpicking about not being able to change your theme. it straight up is a non-functional OS that should not have gotten a production release and is blatantly becoming more expensive for enterprises to use because of how much downtime gets created maintaining this broken piece of shit and fixing all the bugs that have been haphazardly shipped to end users.

but the most perverse part of all is that this is absolutely not going to lead to a "year of the linux desktop", because all of these organizations are part of the exact same zeitgeist. they are all systemically incapable of change and will, along with the United States and Microsoft, destroy themselves on purpose rather than adapt. it's really quite something to be watching an actual civilization collapse in motion and no one realizes yet that this is what's happening because the cascading failure effects have not become extreme enough for people to acknowledge that we have a major problem on our hands.

finally got around to using carrot greens in the broth for dinner tonight. definitely gonna be a regular thing going forward

saw an infographic that wind power now leads in new mexico for energy but upon reading the sources it looks like thats only a marginal lead above natural gas and natural gas still leads in consumption meaning that the wind power is being exported to other states T-T

girl who walks out of the magic shop with only a 3 pack of plain black pocket notebooks

#theSphinx drop at #casaDeKava

finally repaired the hole in my backpack ^^

so freaking tired of having to justify my existence

really tired of having to wear the same 2 outfits to work every day

let's become pond scum together 🖤

open decks at the kava bar last night was really fun. nwc9 is really starting to come together too ^^

cw: selfie, eye contact

ya girl cleans up good after touching groceries all day

been workin grocery dept at the co op for almost 2 weeks now and getting the hang of it to the point im not exhausted all the time ^^

so now #lightCrystalSystems is back open for business! ideally looking for 10-20 hours a week doing #webDev #appDev and #managedServices. spread the word 🖤

https://lightcrystal.systems

Presenting my latest #photography collection: This World Is Not Real

https://wolfgirl.dev/blog/2026-04-29-this-world-is-not-real/

i worked very hard on it, hope u enjoy :)

#digitalphotography #abstract

normalization of the 40 hour work week was a mistake

weeded the yard, went grocery shopping, and got the homelab migrated to the new fiber connection :>

it's my day off I CAN DRESS AS SLUTTY AS I WANT

honestly if you're not doing the Great Work and making pacts with ancient gods and spirits in 2026 how the fuck do you expect to make it out of the near-future

beeeeep =w=

#dollctl updates incoming later inspired by some different than usual workloads

i got a job at the food co-op, and i start monday ^^

finances are still really tight and i need a bit of help to make ends meet over the next couple weeks; whether you can boost this or throw me a few bucks, i appreciate any assistance

https://lightcrystal.systems/support

#mutualAid

"You're going to-", a slit throat for good measure but really, it was the arrow. You resume these small, sufficient priceless things that make up your life. They'll be back.

See, I told ya, here they are again, they've brought trinkets, cameras to capture our strange ways, but really, more often than not, diseases that rot the mind and body. That arrow shut him up good, "You're going to be left-". We didn't let him finish, yes! That's what we want, please leave us behind. Back to the treeline.

And here they are again, are you fucking kidding me, "-going to be left behind" the word of god, it's god damn missionaries now. Yes please! Only you won't let us. More arrows.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now

the flow dictates tlc maintenance and feature additions to #ryudo

aww i was really hoping ERP Systems Developer meant.. yknow ^^;

OH: it [the software] must be good to get the Iris stamp of approval

vivaldi 7.9 goes hard, the autohide UI is really slick :>

#hardpasta has done it again

i will be a little late starting my stream today, was running around all morning and gotta make tea+snack before i settle down

thoughts and feelings in the dark | https://nilfm.cc/chrono_annihilation.html