After many years of using nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kytcqyrhm2cg5vx6rs9fvn9lt38teefp9y3nv8eur6t9a8lsmjmnafu6gyvvppv5 (nprofile…ppv5), the end is close. My renewal date is arriving rather quickly and unemployment forces you, at times, to give up on some things that you love. I had to halt most of my monetary support for my favorite Open Source projects and I'm sadly going to have to give up my favorite email service.
I'm honestly not sure what it is about me that companies don't like but being unemployed absolutely sucks. People keep telling me to keep my head up because it will get better, but I'm now at the point where I'm sure that it won't.
Anyway, even though I am going to have to close my Tuta email account, I will still support them by telling everyone how great the service has been over so many years. If you want an email service that focuses on privacy and security, you will never find better than Tuta and their team. And that is NOT and exaggeration.
I know that there are many out there that are going through way worse than me, but unemployment, a nearly completed divorce, and hoping I can afford an apartment soon, are my current struggles. Can life suck? Yep! But at nearly 60 years of age, it will make me stronger, right?
Chad McCullough
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2025-10-21 12:22:20 UTC
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