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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Hints From Heloise:
empty plastic medicine containers can make great field containers for smaller dummy loads like these
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Bunny Breakfast Buffet
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Small-town newspapers are vanishing from the American landscape, crushed by economic pressures from online media and corporate consolidation. In some cases, governments have piled on, seeking to sink or undermine the papers that remain. Those papers should be able to rely on courts to protect them from government abuses. Too often, however, courts fail to do their job.”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“…the projected deficit is the result of overly aggressive planning more than it is a financial liability created by the humanities. E. Gordon Gee, the president of West Virginia University, once promised that the school would have 40,000 students by 2020, but the figure is still well under 30,000 across three campuses and is projected to drop. Mr. Gee is now covering up his own failures at the expense of his state’s citizens, instead of putting his efforts toward recruiting and obtaining donor money to fund a broad education for West Virginians.”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“Republicans have shirked their constitutional duties, sometimes through sheer cowardice. They have punted their responsibilities to other branches of government or simply shrunk back in fear of the consequences.”
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
The dumbest, most arrogant people on Earth will be congregating in Vegas in October. Cha-ching!
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/21/the-last-place-id-want-to-be-in-october-is-vegas/
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
You know, the media lies to you about who holds the power at universities. The students are coming back, I hate to be the one who disillusions them.
https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/21/reality-check/
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dgar@aus.social ("Dgar") wrote:
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kathhayhoe@climatejustice.rocks ("Dr. Katharine Hayhoe") wrote:
There's a dangerous narrative among those already worried about climate risks, and advocating for climate solutions, that "surely THIS disaster will convince everyone action is needed at scale, and if it doesn't, then nothing will!"
Why is it dangerous? Because although psychological distance is one of the barriers to action, there are two more: lack of efficacy and solution aversion. And ironically, disasters are ramping up both of those barriers rather than dismantling them.
If we aren't aware of them and therefore don't address them directly, we won't catalyze change at scale.
And even worse, if these horrendous disasters don't immediately lead to action at scale (which sadly, most of them likely will not) -> then those who believe the above will feel there is nothing left we can do and we truly are doomed -> and if we believe that, then we truly are!
So if you hear people asking why we aren't seeing climate action at scale, please share with them these three barriers and what each of us can do to dismantle them.
The first step is so simple, everyone can do it: just make sure we are always talking about both the risks and the solutions at the same time! For more, see: https://www.ted.com/talks/katharine_hayhoe_the_most_important_thing_you_can_do_to_fight_climate_change_talk_about_it?language=en
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kathhayhoe@climatejustice.rocks ("Dr. Katharine Hayhoe") wrote:
There’s barely a corner of the planet that hasn’t been touched by some form of climate change-related extreme these last few months. As Al Gore says, what we see on the news every day now looks like "a nature hike through the Book of Revelation."
The devastation in Hawai'i and other near-daily catastrophes can make us feel like a burning, suffering world is an inescapable fate -- but it’s not. We still have the ability to change the future, starting now. And the more we do, the better off we will all be. This is literally what the science says: every bit of warming matters and every action and every choice matters, too.
That’s why I am not giving up, and neither are millions of others. I am not accepting our current circumstances as the new normal. Throughout the world, there are companies transitioning to green energy, voters speaking up, governments making progress, and people fighting for climate action.
Yes, there are harrowing headlines; but there is also good climate news all around us. This is what my weekly newsletter is for: to share good news, not-so-good news you can share, and some very practical steps YOU can take.
Please subscribe and **share**. More people than ever are worried about climate change and they need to hear this. You can help!
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Mastodon Feedbcrypt@infosec.exchange ("yan") wrote:
please tell me a cool fact, i need to stop thinking about oldboy
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
I recently read someone refer to so-called AI as a "plausible sentence generator," and yes, if what you're trained on is dudes on the Internet doubling down on indefensible positions, that's very plausible indeed.
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
The really hilarious thing about modern "AI" is that while it's usually successful, everywhere it fails, it turns into a mansplaining generator that plummets in a vainglorious blaze, insisting that something ridiculous like "America has 127 states"
Apparently all the data it was trained on (the Internet) taught it that when you're wrong, you should immediately double down. It reads like an episode of "I Think You Should Leave."
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
The #Heilung show was incredible. It wasn’t as much music as it was an experience. #ArcTanGent
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Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
Watched And So I Watch You From Afar from up close and it was pretty awesome. Shout out to the plush shark in the front #ArcTanGent
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I'm home from the exotic pet fair. I acquired a Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens! And a Northern Black Widow! They're young juveniles, now I just have to fatten them up.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
seems like a night for playing The Rolling Stones
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VPS_Reports@kolektiva.social ("Vishal P. Singh 🏳️⚧️ They/He") wrote:
It. Was. Not. A. Dispute.
It. Was. A. Murder.
A. Terrorist. Attack.
A. Hate. Crime.
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marcelias@mas.to ("Marc Elias") wrote:
I created Democracy Docket to be the leading progressive source for information, analysis and opinion about voting rights, elections and democracy.
Subscribe now for free. https://democracydocket.com/me-subscribe/
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timbray@cosocial.ca ("Tim Bray") wrote:
Easter egg: Do a Google search for chicxulub.
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ZaneSelvans@social.coop ("Zane Selvans") wrote:
I knew Taylor Swift had done some amazing negotiating with the record labels to retain ownership of her master recordings, and created new masters of her older catalog to undercut the power of her former label, but I didn't realize she also forced her new label, UMG, to agree to distribute the proceeds of its eventual sale of billions of dollars worth of Spotify stock to *all* of its artists without counting those revenues against their recording debts. From Chokepoint Capitalism / @pluralistic
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:
(Point of clarification: I don't actually know where that linting rule comes from, but it's probably eslint. It might not actually have anything to do with Tailwind. Not sure.)
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("The Old Gay Gristle Fest") wrote:
OK it's definitely worthwhile to install the higurashi fan patch that brings the presentation on PC up to what it was on the PS3 version. Being able to play at 1920x1080 makes playing this in windowed mode a lot more feasible on a 4k monitor.
It also adds some voice acting and fancier backgrounds, but I don't care as much about that.
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ashleymcnamara ("Ashley Willis (McNamara)") wrote:
I'm truly heartbroken. Life is full of distractions, but don't let them stop you from telling the people you love how much they mean to you. 💔
https://nivenly.org/blog/2023/08/19/an-announcement-regarding-kris-nóva/
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
“The new inquiry, led by the U.S. attorney’s office in Manhattan, appears to be focused at least in part on the possibility that either the senator or his wife received undisclosed gifts from a company run by a friend of Ms. Menendez, and that those gifts might have been given in exchange for political favors, according to two people with knowledge of the matter and subpoenas issued in the case.”
gold bullion?
Mastodon FeedReblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):
@jsonstein @samlitzinger Then why the hell do I pay to receive this government speech? Shouldn’t propaganda be free? Don’t these schools have charters?
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shanselman@hachyderm.io ("Scott Hanselman 👸🏽🐝🌮") wrote:
RIP Kris Nóva. I had her on the show and was blessed to spend time with her just a few months ago. She was a genius and made things better. https://youtu.be/nJSxRqJ2kgQ?si=3ei04Z3MmJan3XsC life is short. Focus on your friends and family and your health. Everything is fleeting.
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emilygorcenski@indieweb.social wrote:
Oh. Oh no. This is heartbreaking. What a loss for the entire community. My thoughts go out to her family and loved ones.
https://nivenly.org/blog/2023/08/19/an-announcement-regarding-kris-n%C3%B3va/
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The year is Anno Domini MMXXIII.
The Paper of Record produces news, but wraps it in megabytes of JavaScript to keep the poors from becoming incidentally informed.
What cover story is floated?
In part, that it is necessary, in browsers with pervasive support for Web Crypto[1], to include a userland SHA-256 hashing routine.
In truly dark ages, such barbarism is considered normal.
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Mastodon FeedReblogged by zack@toot.cafe ("Zack"):
The Future of Native HTML Templating and Data Binding
> One of the longest running requests of the Web Platform is the ability to have native templating and data binding features directly in HTML. For at least two decades innovative developers have been building libraries and frameworks to make up for this platform limitation. In this article, I’d like to take some time to share... #tag #w3c #webdev