The Backroad to Civilization

January 15th, 2025:

My Friendica experiment is not dead. As it turns out, the owner

of the instance has been working hard to fix a few issues (such as mine)

but it hasn't been an easy fight. I'm going to stop complaining like an

entitled piece of shit just because things aren't working as I'd like, and

work on being a bit more supportive to someone who is providing a service

for free and largely paying for things out of his own pocket.

Which reminds me... I finally made a New Year's Resolution for 2025:

DONATE TO THE SITES AND PROJECTS I USE. Seriously, I need to get back in

the habit of donating to SDF and the like, since I'm using their services

almost daily, and also to projects like Mastodon, Pixelfed, Diaspora, and

Friendica, which I *also* use daily, whose developers are fighting the

good fight and keeping the Fediverse diverse, usable, and free from

Corporate Control.

Mrs. IPX and I are also planning to give more support to our local Organic

food coop this year, as well as supporting more farmers markets and the

like. But that's a story for another update.