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Cake day: June 25th, 2023

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  • The people that didn’t vote for the only realistic potential winner of the left wing candidates in the last election are who enabled fascism, and who are the same people stirring the pot with all of the in-fighting, and who are the same people spouting the same shit “BoTh SiDeS aRe ThE sAmE.” Might as well be right wing plants.

    If enabling fascism is your long term strategy for real “growth”, I want no part of it. I’d rather enable the party bringing ranked voting to multiple states and hope they continue to push it all the way up to Federal elections. Also, ya know, they’re not completely fucking psychotic.









  • Typewriters - mostly just buying/using them, haven’t delved too much into the actual restoration/cleaning part just yet:

    • There’s a Discord that has a lot of information and a nice, welcoming community.
    • Typewriter Database is a very handy tool to help you identify your typewriter model and year based on the serial number.
    • The case can get messed up depending what you clean with, so do your research well so that you don’t accidentally strip the paint.
    • Estate/garage sales are great for finding typewriters.
    • When buying a typewriter, bring a piece of paper with you and test it out: type with every key, use the shift and caps lock, try the red and black inks, backspace, tab, set a few tabs and then tab through each one, reach the end of the line and see if the bell rings, etc. Don’t let social anxiety get in the way of you testing a product before buying, especially if it’s costing a pretty penny.
    • Speaking of price, I’m not sure how it is everywhere, but where I am you can get a good typewriter for under $100, even under $50, fairly consistently. I just went on OfferUp and I was able to find a few at around $50 that I would purchase myself tonight if I wasn’t already strapped for cash.
    • The few typewriters I would spend over $100 on if I had the money (all in working condition, even better if it has a case): Royal Model 10 with the glass side, Olivetti Lettera 33, and the Hermes Baby.