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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

FDA Takes Action on Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants | FDA

“Today’s actions relate to updated mRNA vaccines for 2023-2024 manufactured by ModernaTX Inc. and Pfizer Inc. Consistent with the totality of the evidence and input from the FDA’s expert advisors, these vaccines have been updated to include a monovalent (single) component that corresponds to the Omicron variant XBB.1.5.”

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-takes-action-updated-mrna-covid-19-vaccines-better-protect-against-currently-circulating

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

setting up https://awash-in-a-sea-of-data.ghost.io/

I've talked about doing something like this to organize my thoughts for a long time now. comments/suggestions welcome.

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

It's impressive how the most repugnant people, like Chris Rufo, can climb the ladder of right-wing success on flimsy rungs of lies.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/09/11/fraud-liar-rufo/

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• Chris Rufo (remote)

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

Am I going to have to review the entire history of molecular developmental patterning from the 90s and 00s before I can teach developmental biology again? Retirement is looking appealing right now.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/09/11/another-bad-memory/

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• one of many netrin pathways (remote)

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

If you're in the market for a kitschy reminder to put on the boring lawn in front of your McMansion, Walmart has you covered.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/09/11/oh-right-i-was-reminded/

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• Walmart 9-11 decoration (remote)

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playmedusa@mastodon.gamedev.place ("Luis") wrote:

I've been through this in #gamedev way more times than I care to admit...

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• 7e434908f3a9be51.jpg (remote)

Reblogged by NerdimusPrime ("Ryan 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 🎮 🎲 🖖🏻"):

strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz ("Strypey") wrote:

Totally agree with @pluralistic here:

"... we now have this world where that foment and dynamism has ended. We live in an ossified time. A time when tech, entertainment and other sectors have merged not just with each other, but with the military and the state, so that we have just an increasingly concentrated, dense ball of corporate power that is intermingled with state power in a way that is very hard to unwind."

#CoryDoctorow, 2023

https://www.tni.org/en/article/seizing-the-means-of-computation

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computerchroniclesbot@botsin.space ("ComputerChroniclesScreens") wrote:

Approximate Frame #864 from The Computer Chronicles - Tax Preparation Software 1988-ZyDDCEc2Ktg

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• Approximate Frame #864 from The Computer Chronicles - Tax Preparation Software 1988-ZyDDCEc2Ktg (remote)

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jnye@mstdn.plus ("Desert Dweller") wrote:

The western mountains at #sunrise. It's always a fascination to watch what happens with light & color horizon to horizon. Occasionally I can get a pic showing a little of the effect. This is my view when I open the door to let dogs out. Rough life, yes?? 😄

Happy Thursday to all!

#Arizona #ChiricahuaMountains

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• Rugged mountains stand out against a cloud-filled sky. Although on the western horizon, they are lit with a red glow from sunrise. (remote)

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

"Higurashi except everyone is gay and most would be kinda relieved to see the place destroyed in a flood"

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

So I'm re-reading the first chapter of Higurashi and the whole deal with this series is that it presents an idyllic portrait of youthful everyday life in a remote village that then unexpectedly curdles into horror, often due to a transgression that the MC didn't even realize was taking place.

So "Higurashi, except everyone fucking hates it there from minute 1" is a funny concept in and of itself... and it's almost a perfectly apt description of the Echo VN

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

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collinsworth@hachyderm.io ("Josh Collinsworth") wrote:

Really tired of "we must adapt to this new reality" takes in response to horrible people doing preventable things.

Fuck that.

Make anti-vaxxers adapt to 20th century medicine. Make selfish people adapt to living in a society. Make billionaires adapt to paying their fair share. Make climate deniers adapt to science. Make conspiracy theorists adapt to reality. Make fascists adapt to getting punched in the face.

The rest of us aren't the ones who need to be "adapting."

Once more: fuck that.

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

Women. A diversity display at #BrickCon. (I don't remember if there were boys / other genders there, it's a random snap in a crowded room.)

#Darktable

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• Display of rows and rows of life-like Lego figurines of women of various skin / hair colors and ethnicities.

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

noelreports@mstdn.social ("NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦") wrote:

Ukraine and Sweden will jointly produce the CV-90 IFVs with better all-terrain performance and reinforced multilayer armor, with a goal of arming Ukrainian forces with 1,000 vehicles, Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar said today.

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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

“We might not know much about Neanderthals,” he goes on, “but through what they created, we can see something incredible. When you take Home Sapien tools made of flint, spanning tens of thousands of years, in different parts of the world, they’re always the same. Standardised. It can’t be cultural.” There was likely little contact between these different settlements. “There’s something innate within the behaviour of Homo Sapiens – within our behaviour – to act and think in a certain way. It’s in our nature.” Neanderthal crafts, though, don’t share this pattern of standardisation. “Look carefully at Neanderthal tools and weapons. They’re all unique. Study thousands and you’ll find each is completely different. My colleagues never realised that. But when I did, I saw there was a deep divergence in the way Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals each understand the world.”

https://mastodon.social/@jockr/111043130958959491

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jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻") wrote:

‘I feel like a man from another era’: Neanderthal hunter Ludovic Slimak | Neanderthals | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/10/ludovik-slimak-neanderthal-hunter-reinterprets-our-prehistory

> Explorer Ludovic Slimak has dedicated decades to unearthing the mystery of our prehistoric ancestors. Now he has found a missing piece that radically reshapes our understanding – not just of the Neanderthals but of humanity itself

Gargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:

We're going to make a #Mastodon plushie and it's going to be very cute! I'll share more details once the prototype is done—the concept art is very promising and our partners at FRESH have a good track record of making plushies 🙂

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

pair of bun buns having dinner next door

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

@NfNitLoop this is true. I started my career in tech support, and what I learned very soon is that support exists to protect the company *from* customer complaints.

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qurlyjoe@mstdn.social ("Human Kind — Be Both 👍🏻🙈🙉🙊🇺🇸📷") wrote:

Siri kept calling me Shirley this morning and I was getting really annoyed but then I realized I had left it on Airplane mode.

Reblogged by jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein"):

TryshHQ ("Jim Parsons") wrote:

@jsonstein

Enough is enough. Isn’t it bad enough that he's already lost one of his paws to diabetes? 🧐

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/dr-kelloggs-world-renowned-health-spa-made-wellness-titan

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NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

In reality, I bet it's just a result of a cog at a giant corporation having to stick to the approved script. When Big Brother Corp might listen in on any of your calls, you might get reprimanded if you deviated from the script, or spoke plainly about the way the corporate bureaucracy actually works.

NfNitLoop ("Cody Casterline 🏳️‍🌈") wrote:

Starting to think that customer-service-speak[1] is not there to make you feel like a valued customer, but to just wear you down so you'll get off of the line.

"When we talk like this, our call times go down! Metrics! 🎉 "

[1]: Ex: The scripted sympathy for your problem. Overly saccharine and verbose language. "Hello and welcome to X, I'm Y and I'd love to help you with any issues or questions you may be having today. To get started …"

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brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org ("Brewster Kahle") wrote:

justice through class action suits?

$2.3million for the suing lawyers, $5000 for the person whose name is behind the complaint (often found by lawyers wanting to sue), and -- wait for it-- $67 for members of the class (years ago member of a $1400 subscription). Big headlines, but rarely is it reported how many end up getting paid.

https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/disneyland-class-action-settlement-payout-18357898.php

who benefits?

jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:

eeeeeeeevil

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• Frosted flakes packaging altered to read ‘Pumpkin Spice’ flavored (remote)

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

Everyone knew, but few said anything, as Mormon weirdos tortured children.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/09/10/conservative-mormons-torturing-children-for-profit/

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• Jodi Hildebrandt & Ruby Franke (remote)

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theheck@fosstodon.org ("theh eck") wrote:

@kierkegaank @juglugs Yeah, white supremacy has always been a con man's trick. Lyndon B. Johnson said, "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

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az@scorpinc.social ("Az") wrote:

i'll never get over the intense special interest required for someone to post this on imdb

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• the IMDB page for The Bourne Supremacy, 2004. it's on the "Goofs" sub page and the highlighted good is the following: "In the opening minutes of the film, Bourne has his nightmare in Goa and goes to the bathroom. We hear the flourescent lamp ballast (choke) buzzing at 60Hz however if Bourne was in Goa, India, like the film says it then it should be buzzing at 50Hz" (remote)

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mm@zirk.us ("M") wrote:

Amazing review in WIRED: "Ring cameras are cheap and ubiquitous, but contributing to a just society is also a factor in keeping your family safe." https://www.wired.com/story/why-we-do-not-recommend-ring/