A friend of mine who’s a professional singer got told by his former conductor upon firing him, “well, see, if a violinist has a bad instrument he can just replace it. But in the case of a singer, well, it’s just not so easy.” Very roundabout and very crushing.

Rules for thee, not for me? *Shocking. *

Whoa, I’d be careful sharing that you did that, it’s still the internet. But maybe I’m being overly careful.

…daddy?

I think I’m out of the loop here.

Why not? Which person owning multiple companies would be disadvantaged in a way that could be considered unfair in this way?

Powerful and saddening. It does feel like, as an artist, everything revolves around how good others think you are. I try to go around it by only performing others people’s work, but also then, you’re dependent on those people wanting to work with you or not. Still dependent. Always dependent, as an artist, which is so so heavy.

I do enjoy these writeups. Really makes the project come alive.

No chance this has also happened in other countries though, right? Right?

Wow, that’s a very passive aggressive reaction. I enjoyed a lot.

Busted.

this is a man who ran afowl of his home country’s laws about pornography.

Afoul, surely?

The icon for media reminds me of a bidet on a floor plan.

Hey a problem that solves itself. Nice.

I’m happy with Pipepipe myself, it’s on the izzyondroid F-droid repo.

Ugh… Ukraine is screwed, huh. We’re all screwed, perhaps.

Interesting choice to wear a black shirt for it, too.

Despite corruption, try looking for which parties spread the least hatred. That’s a good start, surely?

What is the pro2 you’re referring to here?

I’m still using an old PS4 Dual Shock, as I prefer its ergonomics to the Microsoft one… But I have to say the rechargeable AA’s of Microsoft are a big plus.

Strange how it isn’t on f-droid… I’ve come to expect all open-source apps to be on there, probably naively.