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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

This morning, I feel like a pressure-washed donut: very clean, inside and out.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Not prophecy, just really good extrapolation of current trends.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/08/17/t-ryan-gregory-predicts-the-future/

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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev") wrote:

I can't help thinking that it's a sort of mental deformation that happens when you work for a company that deals with people's private data as commodity.

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev") wrote:

Got a call yesterday in the middle of the day: "Hey, it's Patrick from Google, is it okay for you to talk now?" I said it wasn't, and he said he'll send an email. The email was "so yeah, when is a good time for you to talk". No intro, no stating of the topic (turned out to be recruiting.)

So these assholes assume they own everyone's time and could could cold-call people and expect they'll jump out of their pants just to talk them.

#google #hr #rant #arrogantassholes

technomancy@icosahedron.website ("tech? no! man, see...") wrote:

LB: happy tujuh belas augustus today. it's Indonesian independence day; can I get a #fuckTheVOC

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technomancy@icosahedron.website ("tech? no! man, see...") wrote:

I grew up in Indonesia, but I only just learned today that the fundamental political principles upon which Indonesia was founded (Pancasila) include social justice and an explicit rejection of capitalism and colonialism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancasila_(politics)#Interpretation_by_the_New_Order_administration

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• the five-part shield of pancasila symbolizing the five political tenets it reflects (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:

"Sound of the Far Future" by Jim Kang:

https://jimkang.com/sound-of-the-far-future/

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doodlebug@mastodon.art ("doodlesbycass") wrote:

Printing some memento mori pieces for this weekend, hype

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• Art print of a corvid skull with black feathers behind it. There are mushrooms growing out from the right eye socket and grass from the left. There is orange lichen on top of the skull on the left side. Text reads: u r gonna die lol (remote)
• I am holding up the print and looking concerned. (remote)

Anathema wrote:

Needed to take a portrait shot of myself for work. Currently live alone.

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.

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• A digital camera hanging from a cupboard door such that it is pointing at head height.

technomancy@icosahedron.website ("tech? no! man, see...") wrote:

the whole idea of a generation ship in sci-fi is pretty dang problematic, isn't it? like you have a whole ship whose crew has their entire life drafted into service without being given the opportunity to consent. seems like even ignoring the ethics, for it to even be functional it would require very heavy doses of omnipresent propaganda.

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esvrld@octodon.social ("esvrld side [FACTION LEADER]") wrote:

i would know how to use the cow tools. it's actually very clear to me what they're for. it's not a big deal

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev") wrote:

Someone just asked me to present my vaccination card at a restaurant. Nothing wrong with it, but it was the first time it happened.

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

You can't have Terry Pratchett, TERFs.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/08/17/also-terry-pratchett-wasnt-a-bigot/

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Uh-oh. I feel the first rumblings.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/08/17/did-i-really-need-a-reminder-of-what-my-day-will-be-like/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBMsPNI6EZE

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Tonight, I DRINK!

It's not as fun as it sounds.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/08/17/colonoscopy-prep-day/

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edsu@social.coop ("Ed Summers") wrote:

Does anyone happen to know what https://githubmemory.com is and how it works? I've been noticing it popping up in my search results more and more lately, and am ... confused.

cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:

Are there any Stories about Europeans going to India and starting a Software Company there?

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cypnk@hackers.town ("r҉ustic cy͠be̸rpu̵nk🤠🤖") wrote:

Current mood

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• Parody helpful poster "Prevent Carpal Tunnel". Top panel showing what not to do. Person siting at a computer "Slouched shoulders", "Bent wrists". Bottom panel, same person seen outside through the window "Running into woods", "Never to be seen again" (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Charles Stanhope") wrote:

Faskinating:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1adLb9c6U4

kornel ("Kornel") wrote:

Instagram started advertising #shitcoins to me. There's *so so many* of them. Everyone and their dog is launching a new ponzi scheme and calling it an "investment". One "coin" was just a Google Form — revolutionary tech!

There's also plenty of stolen art, but instead of usual mugs and t-shirts, they sell hashes of JSON blobs with Imgur URLs, and that is exactly like owning the Mona Lisa, apparently.

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selfsame@tiny.tilde.website wrote:

if you're having trouble visualizing the recursive centaur i've made this helpful reference

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GreenandBlack@sunbeam.city ("Anarcha-Ecologist Catgirl (Em)") wrote:

Periodical reminder that the concept of a "personal carbon footprint" was literally a marketing campaign by British Petroleum

Anathema wrote:

I should get a VR kit

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

Tomorrow is colonoscopy prep day, Wednesday I get a plumber's snake run up my butt. It could be worse, classes could be starting.

Oh no! That's next week!

Anathema wrote:

Chances of this Raspberry Pi 3 that hasn't been used since I bought it like 3+ years ago successfully upgrading from 'stretch' to 'buster' ?

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cuttlefish@mastodon.art ("Professional Simian (the band)") wrote:

Only get art project ideas the day before you become unbelievably busy

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sandycyborg@mastodon.art ("Sandy Cyborg") wrote:

🌹 Piece by piece 🌹
The last flower-themed illustration I did this year. Hope you enjoyed them.
#MastoArt #illustration

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• A pink cyborg guy broken into 6 pieces--head, torso, arms, legs. Different women cradle the pieces in their arms. A thick bed of blue roses clusters around them. (remote)

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penguwin@chaos.social wrote:

Got this awesome new avatar from @YlBi 🤗

pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

That's not MY secular worldview, Ken Ham, you lying fraud.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/08/16/ken-ham-adds-another-flag/

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pzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:

A genuine concern.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2021/08/16/the-struggle-is-real/

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