So I found out (they should have told me) that I have to pay taxes on the free shit I get from Amazon Vine and since I can't pay in crappy products I had to start a business to write off my losses, but you can learn how to start a business to write off all sorts of losses! Now, I'm just like a rich person, only without the money!
More importantly, they've helped me live my years better and more enjoyably. "Psilocybin produces substantial and sustained decreases in depression and anxiety in patients with life-threatening cancer: A randomized double-blind trial" https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5367557/. Might as well get that tattooed on your "taint".
Honest, informed satire that's often more helpful in learning about real issues than "the news"; no surprise it's being cancelled. This and John Oliver are probably the last real holdouts in honest media in the current era, from what I've seen.
I was pretty confused when I got started using github pages - did I need Ruby and Jekyll? How does the website come from the markdown files? So I made this easy and funny guide for newbies to get started with nothing but a browser and 10 lines of text. I spent days trying to get everything working (I was trying to use Jekyll locally and find themes, etc) and only later did I realize how utterly simple it could be. I made another website using the guide and going slow and it took me 11 minutes, including the time to do the screenshots.
I also made "GitHub Pages The Hard Way" ( https://jackd.ethertech.org/2025-07-04-github-pages-diy.html ), which goes into detail how the pages are made, the directory structure, and how you can override files to make it do anything you want, so long as it's HTML and CSS! Bazingo! It's about 10 pages and really in-depth, I modify the HTML and CSS that the site is built from and show you how to it. IMHO, it's worth it for this image alone: https://jackd.ethertech.org/images/ruby_bucket.png
Between the two files, I take the reader on a journey from complete novice to expert in an easy-to-follow way based on my experiences. I'm hoping this will save a lot of people a lot of time.
