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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: International Women's Day in former USSR

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: First Annual International Women's Day, 1909

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Howard Aiken born, 1900

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

Instagram has been suggesting a lot of before-and-after videos from barbers. I don't know how it started but I can't really blame them for persisting with it because I *do* end up watching a lot of them.

Tho the mystery just deepened because it suggested another barbershop vid and said "because you watched a story by" a different account that doesn't really post anything related to barbers/haircare/etc?

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

Today in History: Alvan Clark born, 1804, astronomer & lens manufacturer

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

[BEGIN TODAY IN HISTORY RUN]

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

engaged community witnesses save lives

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘The police-blotter version of the incident focuses on the abruptness of the departure: “Based on the number of community members becoming involved and their unwillingness to comply with officers’ commands, it became clear there was no safe means to detain the subject.”’

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘When the police suddenly leave the scene, it feels bizarre: What is this, a gun-toting emergency or a nonevent? The camera doesn’t capture the aftermath for the man in the hoodie, who, according to a witness quoted by the Capitol Hill blog, was left “terrified and sobbing when it was all over.”’

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

A "non-woke" atheist convention? Sure, I'd go…if there were a ball pit.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/03/08/what-a-horrible-ideaplease-do-it/

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• If I created a non-woke atheist convention, focusing on atheist activism and fun, starring notable canceled speakers and stars, would you be… Very interested 23% Somewhat interested 18% Not interested 59% (remote)
• Dashcon ballpit (remote)

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

‘The man in the yellow hoodie, a witness later told the Capitol Hill Seattle blog, came onto the street to calm down after an argument: The speaker in his hand was for listening to music; the “gunshot” sound that prompted the call to 911 was reportedly the sound of him slapping a stop sign. But like any police encounter of the present moment, its contours were sharpened and shaped by the history within which it unfolded.’

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/magazine/police-black-men-bystanders.html

anathema@girlcock.club wrote:

Apparently it's International Women's Day and the theme is #DareToBe and no-one embodies that more than trans women

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trevorflowers@machines.social ("Ding Dang Trevor Flowers") wrote:

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ben@werd.social ("Ben Werdmuller :ben: :tardis:") wrote:

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moshboy wrote:

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• salad no kuni no tomato-hime, screenshot, sharp x1 (1984) graphics: a tomato with arms and legs up on a cross in a church, candles to the left and right.

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notjustbikes@notjustbikes.com ("Not Just Bikes") wrote:

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• Screenshot of YouTube analytics showing a 93.4% likes/dislikes percentage with just under 70K likes. (remote)

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

Source here: http://www.ganssle.com/tem/tem465.html

Einstein, Newton, and Pascal decide to play hide-and-seek. Einstein is "It," closes his eyes, counts to 10, and then opens them.

Pascal is nowhere to be seen.

Newton is sitting right in front of Einstein, with a piece of chalk in his hand. He's sitting in a box drawn on the ground, a meter to one side. Einstein says, "Newton, you're terrible, I've found you!"

Newton says, "No no, no. You've found one Newton per square meter. You've found Pascal!"

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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• 4ba5883c992a2dd3.png (remote)

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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: