It’s impressive how terrible the amtrak website is. I’ve used amtrak pretty extensively over the years and haven’t been able to login in over a year. I know it’s probably due to some verification code that my tech stack violates but the site certainly doesn’t fail gracefully. I won’t touch the app, of course.

I can still buy tickets, but I need to checkout as a guest and manually enter my rewards number for each transaction. I imagine at some point I’ll need to transact by phone or in person.

Coercion runs so deeply through our ideological past that it’s formed toxic sludge of anti-intellectualism. It’s also, however, an effective way to castrate a population.

If a new world is to emerge, I sure hope it hurries along.

Misery loves company, so my money is on projection.

My adult life has been like living on a college campus. It’s great. I try to steer clear of insularity.

It sucks how much IP they own. Mechwarrior is another one that grinds my gears.