Diary of a Facebook Heretic

i have a file or folder on my pc that i want to share with other people. let's call it gayshit.mp3

unfortunately gayshit.mp3 is 750mb and im not paying for discord nitro so i need another way to send it

i put it into qbittorrent and it makes a torrent file. this is essentially a very small file that points to gayshit.mp3 so other computers can find it. kinda like a treasure map

i send this tiny file to my friend, who loads it into qbittorrent. their computer takes a moment to find mine over the vast expanse of cyberspace and then (as long as my pc is running and the file is still where it should be), it gets copied from my hard drive to theirs

this is the cool part: if somebody else loads that tiny file, they can download it from both of us. if i'm offline but my friend is on, the third person can still get it. this also means that if two people have separate halves of the file, they can download the other half from each other. as long as some combination of people have the pieces between them, they can all have the whole thing.

crucially this does not require a server!!! you can just upload the file to a few people and as long as they keep it, it's still accessible. as long as somebody, somewhere is still connected, it's available forever. the only way it goes away is if everybody disconnects from it.

I read some tourist guides on Portland last night and got mad and confused and made a list of some of the places I personally think I'd be more likely to suggest to people. Today I am no longer mad and confused, but I still want to share my list of fun spots I like.

This list is heavily biased from being written by an artsy, introverted writer-type who doesn't really drink but enjoys a nice vibe. It's not a comprehensive list of every cool place in Portland. At the time I tried to pick from a variety of areas I didn't find mentioned in lists online.

Portland, with all its faults, has a lot of really cool places and things to do! Maybe one of these places can help give more texture to a future trip!

Things I would like to add:

Memory Den - a gigantic multi story thrift mall with dozens of side rooms, a basement theater lounge, artist studios, a cafe, a bar, a library, a goth store, and for some reason a Fallout theme (it's even named after a location in the games), just fun to explore and some of it is beautifully decorated:

Movie Madness - a huge video rental store that's also a film museum, displaying original props and costumes from famous films, they even have the model ghostbusters house used on-screen, the actual "fight club" logo soap bar and a chestburster production maquette. Also has a mini screening room where they host indie films and events. Currently moving to a larger location but still open!

Floating World Comics - not just a comic book store; it sells rare graphic novels and art books from around the world, indie and local books, and vintage japanese imports like kaiju toys and model kits. Fascinating just to browse! Also currently in the process of moving.

Retro Game Bar - a bar with drinks and food that is also a console gaming library, where you can pay to pick out a console and games to play while you're there.

Black-legged Poison Frog (Phyllobates bicolor), family Dendrobatidae, endemic to Colombia

ENADANGERED.

VERY Poisonous.

people who get what I mean:

people who have found a way to have fun in the corn maze but who I'm a little worried about:

person who we are going to put in the corn:

I did this series of portraits back in 2020 when I was hoping to make a “Black History in Space” illustration set for Black History Month. But then 2020 happened and I got a little…sidetracked.