I’m honestly surprised this didn’t happen sooner with how much I go to Wawa.

Image Description: Michael Rosen saying “nice” but spelled to match his inflection as “NOICE” or “NO ICE”

Image Description: A patch sewn onto a denim jacket with bright pink thread that says “too punk to tuck” in a matching pink font.

Image Description: An image taken from Calvin and Hobbs of Calvin selling lemonade. Calvin has been replaced with Hatsune Miku and the sign on the front changed to “change my mind” below a comic that has been pasted in showing cows making tools and captioned “cow tools”

Image Description: A pair of short standing on a sidewalk on their own after being frozen while wet

Almost every NixOS tutorial I encounter, be that blog or video, says to use Flakes and Home Manager. While that definitely speaks to the value of these tools, I find myself, instinctually, wanting to avoid them. I’ve attempted to get them working multiple time, and encountered more issues than they solved, for me. I interpret this to mean my knowledge and/or use case of NixOS is not ready for me to use these tools effectively. On top of that, something about a set of files that could all be put into a single unified config appeals to me (which flakes/hm can probably do too, but hopefully to get my vibe).

My reasoning aside, this has made me curious if there is some way for me to “backport” all these configs I encounter into my set of more default style configs. The primary goal I have that lead me to this is rootless Podman and declaring my containers in the config. If anyone has any guidance or resources you could point me to it would be much appreciated.

cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/post/300102

The "We Are America March" arrives in DC tomorrow!! (Rule)

This group has walked from Philly to DC!! Any DC folks should also show up.

This group has walked from Philly to DC!! Any DC folks should also show up.

To the closeted trans girl I met in the park today: I am so sorry I didn’t catch you again after the cookout. On the slim chance you’re on the fediverse, maybe this will find you.

You’re beautiful. You’re strong. And it’s never too late. If you let yourself be convinced it’s too late, you…we have lost. WE need you here so that when we’ve built a better world, we can all experience it together. And if that doesn’t happen in our lifetimes, then we will know we all worked until the end for that dream for each of us, but also for every trans kid after us and to honor every trans ancestor before us. You are loved. You are seen. You are heard. We NEED you here.

Some folks much wiser than I have said, “god is change” and while I’m not religious, there must be a truth to that, because I’ve not seen anything more godly than trans joy shining through all our hardship. Our elders have gotten there, we can get there and we will help others get there too.

Stay safe. Stay angry. Stay happy.

I love you.

P.S. I’m not sure how safe it is for you to read certain physical books, but I’ve got a long list of e-books and audiobooks, and even just articles you’d maybe like. If you ever find this, please reach out.

P.P.S. I’m sorry if I seemed a bit awkward or almost dismissive conversationally at first. I get weird imposter syndrome when I feel like I’m being looked up to as a queer elder to someone. Maybe I misread, but it’s also an honor when it does happen, I’m just not super used to it.

Short context. A demonstrator in the UK, wearing a shirt that said “plasticine action,” was arrested and later released, as they were not technically showing support for the direct action group.

Also I know I didn’t perfectly match the font, pls don’t hate me lol