Month: September 2021

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Pray for Me

It's up to Beta 6, so that's a good indicator (at least for me) that it's stable enough to start using on the daily. I haven't run into any issues, but I cloned my drive to an external before I installed it…just to be safe. (I learned my lesson many years ago.)

I know there are dozens of changes and improvements, but frankly…I don't notice a huge change from Big Sur. Maybe it's because I keep my system pretty slimmed down and don't tweak a lot of the stuff that tends to break in these betas. Or maybe I'm just not that observant.

And the Safari tabs scandal? Whatever, dude. As long as they work (and they do) I won't get my panties in a bunch over how they're displayed.

Everything else I use daily is working just fine. Things seem a little snappier, but that could just be my impression because it's got a fresh coat of paint.

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More From '79

The fact that disco was the cover story on goddamned fucking Newsweek should've been the first clue that its death (or at least transformation) was imminent. When you have pictures of pensioners shuffling along to the beat, you know it's a goner—at least where the gay nightlife was concerned.  After the mainstream killed it, it went back underground and was reborn under a dozen monikers. Thankfully the beat still lives on today, but you won't find anyone calling it disco.

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1979

A little trip down memory lane for my Phoenix peeps. I can't say with any certainty that I still have the originals, but I did have the forethought years ago to scan them…

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This is What We're Dealing With in This Country

And WHY it is so important that Biden did what he did yesterday (even though it won't affect this particular company because it is apparently so small).

From fuck-customers:

Manager – "With the way things are going it looks like we'll have to have another shut down in the fall."

Our senior supervisor- "No … we can't. If we shut down I'll lose my house! It's selfish that you would do that."

Manager- "Well … 3 staff members have tested positive with covid. We either plan a shut down or we lose our entire staff."

Senior Supervisor- "We haven't caught covid, that means we can still work!"

Manager- "So you want us to work until we catch covid? Are you realizing that would endanger their lives? We're down to a staff of 10 people. 3 of them are over the age of 65, 3 of them are asthmatics and 2 are prone to sickness. You're our senior supervisor, show some respect and compassion for your team."

Senior Supervisor- "FUCK THE TEAM! Im concerned about not losing my house!"

So the manager put her on leave. He said she needed to cool down and they would assess her position when she got back. I understand being scared of losing your home, but maybe don't say "fuck the team" in front of the man that hired you to help and support the team. Also, when we shut down we still get paid by our workplace. During the first shut down they payed us through most of it. We only had to do 1 month of unemployment. Being a little worried financially is worlds better than watching your coworkers die.