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CyberpunkLibrarian@hackers.town ("Cyberpunk Librarian") wrote:

I was working on an outline of a story for this year's AM 800 - WRTH, which is my ghost story and paranormal podcast series I do in October. I had a few ideas, laid out, written down, and getting into some semblance of an arrangement.

And then an idea popped into my head that was almost fully formed. The beats I'd have to hit, the pacing, the five episodes for the five weeks in October. It was kinda all just... there. I even had a vision of what I wanted the promo images to look like. So I put those other notes on hold, and we'll get back to that.

And speaking of the promo image, it took me some time to get something close to what I wanted, what I saw in my head. But I'm mostly happy with the result.

So, come October... When the veil grows thin, when you see flashes of another existence from the corner of your eye. When you need help, pick up the phone. Maybe you'll have time to dial the number, and pray you hear that voice from the other side:

911, what's your emergency?

Join me for AM 800 -- WRTH: Code 3.

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• The promo image for AM 800 WRTH - Code 3. Against a dark background, only the flashing lights of an ambulance can be seen. The windshield of the ambulance is made of red text that reads "911, what's your emergency?" over and over again. The text reads: Sirens are the soul of the city. But they aren't the only thing screaming tonight. The ambulance license plate is the WRTH antenna logo and reads: AM 800 CODE 3. At the bottom of the image are the words October 2023. (remote)

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

Scratch a Republican, find rot and decay and corruption.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/05/04/the-corruption-is-just-oozing-out/

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• decaying fish (remote)

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

jns@mastodon.linkerror.com wrote:

Introducing PERMACOMPUTER - human-focused computing - a #degrowth and #permacomputing open letter and hopefully soon community, with your help:

* gemini://perma.computer/
* gopher://perma.computer/

Please read the open letter and sign it if you agree! It would mean a lot!

@arcanesciences ' #gemini gemlog here: gemini://arcanesciences.com/gemlog/23-05-04/

I also wrote a #gopher phlog post about it here: gopher://gopher.linkerror.com/0/phlog/2023/20230503

Please help spread the word!

Reblogged by bendingoutward:

ItzyG@tech.lgbt ("Itzayana :v_enby:") wrote:

Right now Graduate Workers at the University of Michigan are on strike trying to get a living wage for the work that they do. This time trans healthcare is also under debate as many grad workers can not access the care that they need.

When asked to improve access to trans healthcare, the University of Michigan said they are "not interested in doing that". After being told how desperately their students need this care, and how they are suffering, they responded with indifference and sighed with relief when the next topic was introduced.

Please boost this, the University is trying to hide behind a progressive facade while rejecting a living wage and trans care.

#transrights #uofm #goblue #trans

Edit: Please also consider donating to their strike fund. The University has stopped paying graduate workers, including some that were not on strike https://givebutter.com/GEOStrikeFund

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deech wrote:

This is truly the cursed-est of timelines.

https://www.gastronomixs.com/en/components/1650-vanilla-mayonnaise

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cmiksche ("Christoph Miksche") wrote:

Putting some stickers on my Desktop PC

#stickers #pc #desktoppc

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lloydmeta ("Lloyd") wrote:

Hosting my first sleepover as a parent.

#HoldMe

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

eniko@peoplemaking.games ("Eniko Fox") wrote:

Imagine if schools were fitted with proper ventilation and filtration which, by itself, can reduce infection by 85%. Since covid and other airborne diseases primarily spread from schools (and care settings, but not masking there is just clear insanity) we might even consistently get the R value under 1

It's such low hanging fruit. It's not even that expensive and governments already have the kind of control over schools to do this. Instead we're just doing nothing, for reasons

Hell it's so easy to sell too. Don't wanna remind people about covid? Don't mention it! Just say that CO2 buildup makes it harder for people to think analytically and process information, and that if students have better air and get things like colds and flu less often their academic performance will be better!

But no, better to just do nothing when there's low hanging fruit right fucking there

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

Finished watching #Snooker World Championship today. Feeling exhausted, but glad to have watched! Will keep dazn.com in mind as an actual sane option for doing so.

(I wish they ran Formula E too.)

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

i've got a tough new crossword out today in the inboxes of av club members, or available here for a buck https://avxwords.com/puzzles/1321/

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• Screenshot of the AV Club email announcing "Tunnel Vision" (remote)

teller ("Siim Teller") wrote:

I ❤️ Tallinn and its airport. My flight leaves 5:45. I step into the taxi 5:02 and make it 🙂

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

an interesting speculation:

“Russia likely staged this attack in an attempt to bring the war home to a Russian domestic audience and set conditions for a wider societal mobilization.”

https://understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-may-3-2023

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dashofanarchy@kolektiva.social ("Dash 🏴 :fuck_verify:") wrote:

(do not) shoot super soakers full of urine into open police cars

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• AKRON POLICE OHIO Notice from the City of Akron Please do not use super soakers full of urine on our police vehicles. People have begun to spray super soakers full of urine into the open windows of some of our police vehicles. Please do not do this, as it is very time consuming to clean up all the urine. The vehicle must be taken out of service and thoroughly cleaned out, which hinders the Police's ability to use that vehicle to protect the community. Please stop spraying urine into our police cars with Super Soakers. (remote)

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arossp ("Aaron Ross Powell ☸️") wrote:

I really want Mastodon to be the next big thing, but it frankly has a culture problem that is going to kill its broader adoption. After quite a long time here, and a few days at Bluesky, the comparative experience looks like this:

Bluesky: "Everyone's posting about the latest weird inside joke, and I'm excited to post my weird twist on it!"

Mastodon: "Jokes offend me because I was born without a sense of humor. I demand that you wrap all levity in a content warning or I will FediBlock you."

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

JenniferJorgenson@mstdn.social ("Jennifer Jorgenson") wrote:

#tarot #highpriestess #Tarotcard #cat #CatsOfMastodon #cats #pic #pics #picture #pictures #photo #photos

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• High Priestess (remote)

Reblogged by jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein"):

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

Earlier today mastodon.social has been upgraded to a nightly build too. Shout out to our DevOps! Lots of UX improvements now live.

Reblogged by blithe ("Blithe"):

sigridellis@wandering.shop wrote:

Sailing boat rescued by the Götheborg

https://www.gotheborg.se/news/rescue-of-sailing-boat/

The Götheborg is a replica of an 18th-century sailing vessel, made with the types of historical tools and material-equivalents available.

"The arrival of the Götheborg on the scene was rapid and surprising, as we did not expect to see a merchant ship from the East India Company of the XVIII century. This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?"

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leaverou@front-end.social ("Lea Verou") wrote:

If a tree falls in the woods, but there are no KPIs to track this, did it really happen?

Reblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):

arstechnica@geeknews.chat ("Ars Technica") wrote:

ArsTechnica has now a presence on the #fediverse. You can follow them at @arstechnica@mastodon.social.

This will be the final post on this account and as soon as they accept my request, I'll transfer the followers from this account to them.

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

ftr Nu Shooz has an all time classic as well but it's called I Can't Wait https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ1tBVtYOBc

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

ChronRevisited@oldbytes.space ("Chronicles Revisited") wrote:

I've spent the past decade or so ghostwriting blogs and content pages for law firms. It's steady if largely uninteresting work. But I am looking to transition out of it over the next year or so.

There are many reasons. One is that the decaying political situation in a number of U.S. states has made writing about the law in general a joyless slog. But I've also reached the limit of what I can do in this field.

So if anyone knows where a guy who can write thousands of words of reasonably intelligent-sounding text for day can find some work outside of the legal profession, feel free to let me know. 😀​

mbrubeck@mefi.social wrote:

Reminder that Dracula Daily starts today! https://draculadaily.substack.com/about

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matthew_d_green@ioc.exchange ("Matthew Green") wrote:

Chrome is replacing the “lock” icon with… something. I don’t know what it is. Might be two people sharing a sleeping bag. https://blog.chromium.org/2023/05/an-update-on-lock-icon.html

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

So there's a classic freestyle banger called "Point of No Return" and there's a freestyle Nu Shooz track called "Point of No Return," but these are not the same thing.

But I was listening closely to the lesser Point of No Return when it came on shuffle and I realized that it kinda sounds like a Tom Tom Club album track? Tom Tom Club has been sampled on a ton of hiphop tracks but I somehow hadn't made the connection with freestyle until now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yavaJNXoMe8

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

smart move:

'Fisker added that the initial customer for Ample-powered EVs will be fleet operators who are looking to “transition to electric mobility without economic or operational compromises.”'

https://stocks.apple.com/AsBNL7ihqQ_-k8ZsWYL-bDQ

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

emilylorange@mastodon.art ("Emily L'Orange") wrote:

studies of god's angriest warriors

#FediArt #MastoArt #CreativeToots

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• an abstract digital study of a ruby-throated hummingbird in flight and inspecting a red flower (remote)
• abstract study of a bee hummingbird sitting perched on a twig (remote)
• abstract digital study of an allen's hummingbird sitting in a tree, with iridescent feathers shining in the sunlight (remote)

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puresick@imd.social ("Daniel") wrote:

Orqa, a company producing drone headsets, had a wild security incident where apparently a contractor planted a timed ransomware years ago into their products firmware which recently hit its set "deadline" and bricked all devices at once:

https://orqafpv.com/blog-details/bricking-incident-public-announcement

#ransomware #security #incident #drone #headset

jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

nice use of maps and graphs to illuminate election results:

https://mastodon.online/@fishnette/110305833358102708

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fishnette@mastodon.online wrote:

RT @KevinJBeaty
I did a hardcore dive into Denver's election results and make a clickable for you to click upon. Check it out: https://denverite.com/2023/05/03/denver-election-turnout-race-party-affiliation-neighborhood/

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

digits@ravenation.club ("Digits") wrote:

I covered Gordon Lightfoot 12 years ago for the music blog Herohill, who organized a tribute album to the legendary songwriter. Sadly, the compilation doesn't seem to be online anywhere.

I recorded "Changes", one of my favourite songs from Lightfoot's first album. At the time I didn't know it was actually written by Phil Ochs.

To me Gordon's version will always be the essential one. #music #GordonLightfoot

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• Digits - Changes (remote)