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lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

When is "reverse culture shock" just "culture shock"? Is that a thing?

Been living in Tokyo for over a decade now, headed "home" for the first time in 3.5 years as a stopover for a work trip. Even back then, I'd noticed a lot of changes, e.g. in demographics, attitudes, culture, norms (genderless bathrooms!).

On second though, maybe I'm mostly weary of dirty/crappy toilets (compared to Japan) so maybe I'm over-thinking it :p

#ThoughtsAsIWaitToBoardThePlaneHome #ExpatLife #ImmigrantSong

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mmasnick ("Mike Masnick ✅") wrote:

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carnage4life@mas.to ("Dare Obasanjo") wrote:

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

A reminder that I provide free (as in puppy) performance consulting for public sector teams and sites.

Drowning in JS? Worried about CWV? Not sure where to start? Got your back; HMU in the DMs!

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

The show was great!!

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• Devin Townsend and Mike Keneally on stage illuminated by red lights

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froomkin@journa.host ("Dan Froomkin/presswatchers.org") wrote:

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mtsw ("Michael Tae Sweeney") wrote:

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• a "mental gymnastics" meme. top "easy" panel is "leave twitter," bottom pannel is "stay and fight" with complicated gymnastics moves

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tomayac@toot.cafe ("Thomas Steiner :chrome:") wrote:

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johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz ("John Carlos Baez") wrote:

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• Abstract from https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.04888 A candidate runaway supermassive black hole identified by shocks and star formation in its wake The interaction of a runaway supermassive black hole (SMBH) with the circumgalactic medium (CGM) can lead to the formation of a wake of shocked gas and young stars behind it. Here we report the serendipitous discovery of an extremely narrow linear feature in HST/ACS images that may be an example of such a wake. The feature extends 62 kpc from the nucleus of a compact star-forming galaxy at z=0.964. Keck LRIS spectra show that the [OIII]/Hβ ratio varies from ~1 to ~10 along the feature, indicating a mixture of star formation and fast shocks. [etc.] (remote)

isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:

New growth. They don't usually do this. Usually they give all the buds which then flower in quick succession. This one took a pause between flowering and then adding some more buds.

#darktable

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• Three new buds growing on the tip of an already flowering orchid.

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danhon@dan.mastohon.com ("Dan Hon") wrote:

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they COULD believe it’s not butter…

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

Just found myself unironically doing a web search for “soylent ingredients.”

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jsrailton ("John Scott-Railton☕") wrote:

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LukeBornheimer@sfba.social ("Luke Bornheimer") wrote:

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• Bus ridership doubled during free fare program The number of riders on MBTA's routes 23, 28, and 29 more than doubled between February 2021 and February 2023. A bar graph showing how bus ridership increased under the MBTA's free fare program. It compares the number of riders the week of 2/15/21 with the number of riders the week of 2/13/23. On Route 23: 4,783 before, 10185 after (2.12 times as large) 28: 5,417 before, 10905 after (2.01 times as large) 29: 797 before, 1,652 after (2.07 times as large) Average weekday ridership, Feb. 15, 2021Average weekday ridership, Feb. 13, 2023 Route 23 4,783 10,185 Route 28 5,571 10,905 Route 29 735 1,652 Chart: Gal Tziperman Lotan and Jeremy Siegel Source: MBTA Get the data Created with Datawrapper (remote)
• Ridership exceeds pre-pandemic levels Ridership on the three free bus routes exceeds what it was before pandemic restrictions began by about 16 percent. This bucks the system-wide trend on the MBTA, where ridership across all bus lines is still about 21 percent lower than it was in mid-February of 2020. A bar graph showing how bus ridership increased under the MBTA's free fare program. It compares the number of riders the week of Feb. 17, 2020 with the number of riders the week of Feb. 13, 2023. On Route 23: 8,845 before, 10185 after. 28: 9,128 before, 10905 after. 29: 1,591 before, 1,652 after. Average weekday ridership, Feb. 17, 2020Average weekday ridership, Feb. 13, 2023 Route 23 8,845 10,185 Route 28 9,128 10,905 Route 29 1,591 1,652 Chart: Gal Tziperman Lotan and Jeremy Siegel Source: MBTA Get the data Created with Datawrapper (remote)
• The city of Boston is preparing to release a report on the fare-free programs in the coming weeks. But a GBH analysis of data from the T shows that ridership more than doubled between the week of Feb. 15, 2021, before the program started, and the same week this year. Ridership on these lines is also up about 16 percent from before the pandemic, unlike other MBTA bus lines, where ridership is about 21 percent lower systemwide compared to mid-February 2020. Stacy Thompson, executive director of the transit advocacy group Livable Streets, said it isn't just the number of riders that shows the fare-free pilot has been a success so far. "I think what's so exciting about this is that it doesn't look all that different. But for the people who are using free buses, it feels very different," Thompson said. "And what that means is that when it is pouring rain outside, when it's snowing, you can get on the bus faster; the bus moves faster; there's more money in your pocket if you're not making a transfer and that's your only ride." (remote)
• The city of Boston is preparing to release a report on the fare-free programs in the coming weeks. But a GBH analysis of data from the T shows that ridership more than doubled between the week of Feb. 15, 2021, before the program started, and the same week this year. Ridership on these lines is also up about 16 percent from before the pandemic, unlike other MBTA bus lines, where ridership is about 21 percent lower systemwide compared to mid-February 2020. Stacy Thompson, executive director of the transit advocacy group Livable Streets, said it isn't just the number of riders that shows the fare-free pilot has been a success so far. "I think what's so exciting about this is that it doesn't look all that different. But for the people who are using free buses, it feels very different," Thompson said. "And what that means is that when it is pouring rain outside, when it's snowing, you can get on the bus faster; the bus moves faster; there's more money in your pocket if you're not making… (remote)

slightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:

Really need to cron this, but...

Names and dates on docs.

Every time.

Don't forget.

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SnowyJaes@snowdin.town ("SnowyJaes 🐧 🎮") wrote:

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

It’s on!!

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Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Klone first!

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• A stage with a band on it and red lights

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

i wish i could calculate how many "probably nothing"s were actually nothing

xor@tech.intersects.art ("Parker Higgins") wrote:

so funny in hindsight that a smug "probably nothing" was such a web3 catchphrase

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

About to see Devin Townsend!!

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mhoye wrote:

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ichbindabomb@nerdculture.de ("Schneewittchen") wrote:

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• I panic at a lot of other places besides the disco (remote)

rmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:

Yaeji - For Granted https://youtu.be/tfOURyD7ljc

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XanIndigo@writing.exchange ("Xan 9 from Outer Space") wrote:

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• Wide angle view from the floor of an aspen forest, looking up towards a blue sky, with silvery tree trunks and golden autumn leaves reaching up towards billowing white clouds. (remote)

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

It's not important. It's just feels ridiculous, frustrating, and silly at multiple levels.

If there's one thing to appreciate about vinyl, it might be the physical nature of the format makes it more resilient against software bugs. 😆

cstanhope@social.coop ("Your friendly 'net denizen") wrote:

A well known brand of media streaming device that offers some support for playing local media and it chokes on many mp3 files (perfectly valid as I've checked in multiple ways). No way to report bugs, and of course, no incentive to fix this type of bug even if I could report it because that's not their business model.

(I'm aware of open source approaches to this which I have used in the past that I am sure would work fine, but that's not what is hooked up at the moment.)

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cwebber@octodon.social ("Christine Lemmer-Webber") wrote:

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redoak@social.coop ("Red Oak") wrote: