Chapter 23: June 2025 — Throw Poop at the Wall

Some of it will stick.

Hi! Welcome to Chapter 23.

Become evil. Rule the world. Maybe drink tea first and sit down for a bit.

"Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind."

― Virginia Woolf

I'm so sweary that autocorrect now corrects common words to profanity.

For example, regardless of who I'm talking to, it likes to change the word ‘about’ to ‘shit.’

So when I put: “What is this about?”It corrects to: “What is this shit?”

This hasn't got me into trouble yet. Which suggests that either people expect me to have a potty mouth or they’re not paying attention to a word I say.

I’m not sure how I feel about this.

Sorry, wrong meeting.

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Much love,

James

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