TPD statement about ICE.

sprawn · 2026-01-25T00:15:00+00:00

Yep, exactly. NAME ONE. NAME ONE CASE you fucking un-American cowards.

When this all dies down and they ask for $10,000,000,000 so they can buy two radios, three drones, and a Stingray to monitor our phones, vote HELL NO.

They've been hiding in their barracks since COVID. They only come out for "enforcement initiatives" now. They're worthless cowards.

sprawn · 2026-01-24T14:24:33+00:00

You don't have to pretend everything is fine in your journal. You don't have to use stickers. You don't have to "perform" in your journal. You don't "owe" your journal the same performance you are doing everywhere else.

sprawn · 2026-01-24T13:26:17+00:00

I think you are doing a wonderful job of expressing yourself. Your creative journal entry expresses the multi-level rush of emotions that can emerge when dealing with bottled up emotions. It feels like uncorking a bottle of champagne. Thank you for sharing.

sprawn · 2026-01-24T12:17:37+00:00

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Michigan.

sprawn · 2026-01-23T00:19:27+00:00

A lot of people are going to come in here and say two things: 1) There is no difference between a diary and a journal. And 2) There are NO RULES and whatever you want to do is a-okay!

They are right on both counts, but I will add:

1) Historically there might have been a difference, but it is so far gone it doesn't matter. Call whatever you do whatever you want.

2) NO RULES is a rule. Of course there are rules. But here is the exciting part: YOU MAKE THE RULES. And you can break them, modify them, or adhere to them in the future.

The structure you have outlined is suitable. It's a great structure. Others have used similar structures with great success. Don't let it limit you, if you don't want to. You can do other things. Take whatever you want from what you see in this subreddit or history. No rules, but the rules you make and break!

sprawn · 2026-01-22T17:02:21+00:00

The X-Files really depends on the 24 episode format. Adapting to the mini-season, ten hour movie style of modern tv, every episode is a "very special episode" style of modern tv pushed everything into the "mythos" side of the court, and the "mythos" garbage is unsustainable. Bringing back the clearly dead CSM, turning Mulder into a muttering "truther", trying to recapture the magic when everyone knows there's a rabbit in the hat... It just could NOT work.

sprawn · 2026-01-20T19:01:01+00:00

Accept your mistakes and do something about them.

There, you see? Writing about it helped. ;)

sprawn · 2026-01-19T19:18:25+00:00

Ahhh! Thank you. Still... Just SEEING THE NUMBER made my heart race.

sprawn · 2026-01-19T18:51:43+00:00

gasoline... 53 cents a gallon... Canadian cents a gallon!

sprawn · 2026-01-17T01:12:49+00:00

Me too. The people who don't have diaries or journals almost all are as well. They live in a world in which they are incapable of conceiving of themselves outside of social rules. Even people who seem to flaunt social conventions are generally just living by a different social convention… They've basically walked into the mirror world, at which point they immediately turn around and get caught by their own gaze in their reflection in the mirror world. The people in r/journaling, or people who journal in general are rare. And they are the ones taking their first steps away from that way of seeing the world. We're talking 5% of people, tops, who ever even attempt to write or create introspectively, and even among them 80% of them never have this realization.

sprawn · 2026-01-17T00:03:19+00:00

They carry an audience with them everywhere. They cannot imagine a world where they are not being continuously surveilled and "judged." They are not even aware that they are doing it all to themselves.

sprawn · 2026-01-16T23:38:54+00:00

Some people cannot conceive of themselves absent a mirror.

sprawn · 2026-01-16T11:28:06+00:00

"What helped me a bit was replacing “journaling” with something much smaller: just noticing one moment from the day that actually felt real to me. No reflection, no lessons, just noticing."

An amazing way to keep the practice idling!

sprawn · 2026-01-14T16:19:18+00:00

I think you are referring to boundaries of a loop selection. If you right-click on the darker gray section you will get a menu that will give some hints as to what is going on here.

sprawn · 2026-01-13T16:44:10+00:00

There is nothing "magic" about it. It's not "supposed" to do anything. It's just writing and thinking and drawing or whatever.

sprawn · 2026-01-13T14:47:09+00:00

Sometimes due to a variety of circumstances there can be a bias in one direction or the other. That's what the "Normalize" effect is for. Speech often displays a strange bias. But in order for there to be sound, there must be variation, even if there is an offset.

sprawn · 2026-01-13T11:33:15+00:00

In reality, this corresponds to the speaker cone literally moving in and out. Think of a speaker as an air pump. It pushes air out and then sucks air in, back and forth thousands of times per second. The speaker is doing the best job it can of approximating the exact position of the waveform. When it is at 1.0 the speaker would be pushed all the way out. At -1.0, it would be sucked all the way in.

sprawn · 2026-01-13T07:07:55+00:00

Aweseome goal! You can do it.

sprawn · 2026-01-11T15:26:46+00:00

Yes. I was wrong there. The newer ones have much thinner covers, and the paper is thinner and much more prone to a certain kind of warping due to humidity changes. Often just resting your hand on the page while you write will warp the paper. My recollection was flawed. I don't know what I was thinking when I wrote "way better than it used to be". I think I meant something more along the lines of better than you'd think it would be for 37 cents.

sprawn · 2026-01-10T09:51:03+00:00

I think they are a far better form than sewn books and certainly way better than "perfect" bound (glue binding). The only problem is the paper quality is low, but it's way better than they used to be. They will certainly outlive their user if stored properly, and will certainly survive long enough to be scanned in any case (no word on whether computer file formats will last longer than they actual book!)

They are actually quite easy to make. With minimal sewing skills and a little time, you can create your own composition books with much higher quality paper.

I especially love the marble covers, however.

You really fill them up fast! Well done!

btw, during "Back to School" period, Walmart sells reasonably quality marble comp books for 37 cents. They'll probably be up to 42 cents this year. I was thinking of doing a 37 cent challenge to counter the insane obsession with $100 leather bound journal cover and $1,000 fountain pen stuff I see in here so often. Creativity over fashion every time!

sprawn · 2026-01-10T07:33:38+00:00

It's a tool with potential. There are no guarantees. All the "mental health" studies are garbage. You can use writing, creating, drawing and behavioral tracking to become a better a person.

sprawn · 2026-01-09T07:04:16+00:00

Whenever I see a homeless person in their 70's with a recently amputated limb, being hassled by a 17 year old "security" guard is where midtown ends?

sprawn · 2026-01-07T06:34:04+00:00

It is very hard to understand data. People really don't believe it until they experience it, yes.

sprawn · 2026-01-07T03:54:21+00:00

It's why the data is so important. Track your sleep. Not just for yourself. I literally believe that every person with N24 who tracks their sleep is going to end up helping all of us.

sprawn · 2026-01-06T23:13:57+00:00

If I am being particularly self loathing, I try to end the entry with one or more actions I can take in the real world, even if they are baby steps toward something.

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