S3 E26 Students of Light: Kidnapped in Plain Sight
*TRIGGER WARNING THIS EPISODE CONTAINS THEMES OF CHILD ABUSE. LISTEN WITH CAUTION!!!* In this episode of the Cult Vault podcast, host Kacey speaks with BrendaSpreaker
It's that time again: time to clean my #BaystateBlue #FountainPen. How many times do you think I'll have to run it through the ultrasonic 'till the water stops turning blue?
Time will tell.
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S3 E25 Inside the Bride of Christ Cult
In this episode of the Cult Vault Podcast, host Kacey speaks with Zacch Comfort, creator of the Boiled Frogs podcast, which explores the cult he grew up in. TheSpreaker
Learning to sew was decidedly one of the best investments of my time in recent memory. I was just able to mend a jacket that I really love. It's perhaps not the neatest stitching job ever, but it's pretty secure again and not in a paricularly visible spot.
The cost? A little bit of thread and about a half hour of my time, versus buying a whole new jacket that I probably wouldn't like as much. I'll take that deal any day.
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For some reason I can't SSH from my laptop to my #Gitea server via its public interface. It just keeps timing out. It's only the laptop having this issue; my tablet and phone are doing this just fine. I was finally able to push my commits by sending them directly over the LAN instead. I've tried resetting the VPN on the laptop, but it's still not working normally.
I am officially confused.
Edit: Mystery solved. I forgot to pay my VPN provider... again.
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S3 E24 Did You Kill My Dad? A Conversation with Madison McGhee
In this episode of the Cult Vault podcast, host Kacey speaks with Madison McGhee, the creator of the Ice Cold Case podcast, which investigates her father's unsoSpreaker
Waiting on my ride home and a guy comes in ranting about "two years of fake COVID" and spouting similar conspiracy nonsense.
This man is voting as well.
If you are sane and elligible to vote please do.
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Called for a tow to take our disabled car to the mechanic. The muffler was dragging on the ground. Not only did they not send a flatbed (which they're now having to dispatch) but the snow under the car has melted and re-frozen so the still somewhat attached muffler is lodged in a block of ice...
It's going to be one of those days...
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The mechanic's trying to price out replacement parts for us. In the meantime, since the car is still technically driveable, we've taken it home. Hopefully, he'll be able to get us a good deal.
In the meantime, I take some solice in the fact that some people pay a lot of money to get a car that sounds like this one.
(my apologies to the neighbours, though)
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Achievement unlocked: making a Costco run on transit.
I brought a camping pack and filled it to absolute capacity. It was a bit of a challenge, but doable... and still better than dealing with the parking there.
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S3 E23 Duck Duck Groom with Anna Sonoda
Anna has kindly gifted some free ebook versions of her book for UK listeners. Contact me if you are interested in receiving one! In this episode of the Cult VaSpreaker
From the agenda dispatcher, you'd choose "m" for match (which lets you search for all kinds of things or combos of things). Then type PRIORITY="A" or whatever.
@Lea This works, but is not really what I'm looking for (It also seems hang for quite some time).
I'm looking for it in the format presented in agenda view you get in mode a
(in the weekly agenda view).
Internet was dropping packets like crazy (up to 50% packet loss). My ISP's tier-1 tech support didn't even know what the ping tool was.
I've worked tech support for a telco before, I know what the quality of the training is like because of the ridiculous turnover, so I get it, but geez...
Fortunately, it's all been resolved now.
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This begs an ettiquette question: what is the correct response to the following conversation that doesn't involve being an asshole?
Tech: Your connection seems fine on my end.
Me: It can't be. I'm getting about 25-50% packet loss.
Tech: How do you know that?
Me: The ping tool.
Tech: What's that?
After a long pause, my response was "a very basic network diagnostic tool." That came across more condescendingly than I had intended, but I couldn't come up with a better way of saying it.
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S3 E22 Soka Gakkai International: Born and Raised
In this episode of the Cult Vault podcast, host Kacey speaks with Jay, a former member of Soka Gakkai International (SGI), who shares her personal experiences gSpreaker
Dear @Benny,
We have provided you with many cat toys that you may play with any time you like.
My razor is not one of them.
Benny doesn't like this.
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Woo hoo!
I jusy fixed a seam that was going in one of the pairs of sweatpants I wear for bumming around the apartment.
Was it a neatly done fix? No.
Will anyone ever see it though? Also no.
Hoping to keep working on stupid little stuff like this with the sewing machine to build up my confidence/skill to be able to tackle stuff that actually matters if it's done well.
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