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isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Okay, it's *probably* a juvenile Cooper's hawk.
Mastodon FeedMastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
Back side:
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Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:") wrote:
What bird is it? I know people use this Internet thing to identify birds? I never…
Edit: it's Pacific Northwest, if that helps.
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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@octodon.social ("pzmyers 🦑") wrote:
I know freethoughtblogs is down right now. Calls have been made!
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
Russia targeted civilian cargo ship with cruise missile - UK
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
true: “How would we even notice Donald Trump’s lapse into incoherence, when derangement is essentially his brand?”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
if they are making more ammunition for the Russians then they are making less fertilizer for their own farmers, unless the Russians send them massive amounts of raw materials. I predict a serious increase in the probability of DPRK famine next year, if this reallocation of resources & manufacturing facilities begins this year.
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
here we go again
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eaton@phire.place ("Eaton") wrote:
It's hard to describe how fundamental the shift in the national attitude towards The Future was after 9/11.
I won't say that it was an *optimistic* time, but as an early 20-something the national conversation was focused on how to best use our surplus, internationally from the end of the cold war and financially from the tech boom and growing economy.
Obviously there were deep, unaddressed problems on both fronts — but the decisions of 2001 just pissed everything away, to a shocking degree.
Mastodon Feedslightlyoff@toot.cafe ("Alex Russell") wrote:
The old saw that "culture eats strategy for breakfast" is, in many ways, a reflection on adaptation to different time scales.
Incentives & measurements march to a cadence, and the speed of the march creates opportunity *within* the drumbeat and destroys opportunities that only materialise on a longer time scale.
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43081j ("James Garbutt") wrote:
First sticker on the new laptop 😏 thanks @slightlyoff
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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@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.”
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@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.
Mastodon Feedpzmyers@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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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@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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Mastodon Feedpzmyers@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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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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Mastodon FeedReblogged 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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Mastodon FeedReblogged by isagalaev ("Ivan Sagalaev :flag_wbw:"):
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!
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Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("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"
Mastodon Feedrmrenner ("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
Mastodon FeedGargron ("Eugen Rochko") wrote:
The best way to not miss this news is to follow @Mastodon and press the bell button to get notified when there's a new post. There's also the merch mailing list to notify you of merch availability only, linked in our last blog post.
Mastodon Feedcollinsworth@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.
Mastodon Feedisagalaev ("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.)
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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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Mastodon Feedjsonstein@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.”
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jockr ("Jock Rutherford 🌻") wrote:
‘I feel like a man from another era’: Neanderthal hunter Ludovic Slimak | Neanderthals | The Guardian
> 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
Mastodon FeedGargron ("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 🙂
Mastodon Feedjsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
pair of bun buns having dinner next door
