Mr. Lance E Sloan (IRL) 👤

#Michiganian #Pythonista #ComputerScientist 💻 ‖ Work: Mr. Lance E Sloan (Work) (npub19s9…svzs)

When you see me, you see only the three-dimensional shadow of my higher-dimensional self.

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2026-07-22 23:48:01 UTC

📰 Umberto Eco's Personal Library Opens to the Public: More Than 32,000 Books, Exactly as He Left Them — #OpenCulture
https://www.openculture.com/2026/07/umberto-ecos-personal-library-opens-to-the-public.html#google_vignette

2026-06-28 14:43:54 UTC

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Why not include a link to https://www.climate.us in your post?

2026-04-20 20:48:39 UTC

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Awesome! Thanks for sharing. And, most of all, thank you for supplying #altText for the images. (Although some are misspelled/weird.)

2026-04-08 22:47:56 UTC

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Four individual images is not as convenient to work with if one wants to share your comic elsewhere, but the image quality is certainly better. Anyway, are we technically allowed to share your comic around?

2026-04-04 15:57:20 UTC

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If I were ever interested in experimenting with that kind of thing (I'm not), I would only do it in a virtual machine. To do otherwise is foolish.

2026-03-24 02:32:20 UTC

"When Trump does another stupid thing… Don't blame me, I voted for
#KamalaHarris"
I had to replace my older post, because it's no longer "*when* it starts to go wrong". Trump has been doing stupid things since his first day back in office, January 2025.
#USPolitics
@npub1yqw…jrue
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/281/790/983/642/336/original/6cc654165dafac50.jpg

2026-01-01 12:15:16 UTC

📺 A post-American, enshittification-resistant internet — #CoryDoctorow, @npub1fdr…lvhs
https://media.ccc.de/v/39c3-a-post-american-enshittification-resistant-internet

2025-12-01 12:35:57 UTC

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Is your computer managed by somebody else, like your employer? Mine is and I can't change some settings.

2025-10-30 03:34:18 UTC

📰 Sen. Slotkin says public deserves to know who is killed in strikes on alleged drug traffickers — #MichiganPublic
#Michigan #USA Senator #ElissaSlotkin is slamming #POTUS #convictedFelon #sexOffender #DonaldTrump’s use of force against alleged drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Pacific.
https://www.michiganpublic.org/politics-government/2025-10-29/sen-slotkin-says-public-deserves-to-know-who-is-killed-in-strikes-on-alleged-drug-traffickers
#USPolitics

2025-10-07 22:19:18 UTC

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I doubt she's hated by liberals.

2025-10-03 23:07:45 UTC

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FYI: I occasionally get "too many requests" errors. For example, just now viewing my own profile, the list of my posts was outdated. After I tried to reload it, I got that error.

2025-10-03 18:57:21 UTC

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Yes! And thank you for looking into it. 💚💚💚💚

2025-10-03 10:40:24 UTC

Do other @npub1rx6…pdar users notice problems with the #Android app recently? I often get the spinning "loading" graphic for long periods. Like when I try to open news links. Sometimes they take so long, I give up. I tried the same with the official @npub163h…mv0n Android app and it worked well.

2025-09-08 02:13:15 UTC

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I'm confused. Is this a repost of an old quote? Why does she say it's been 2.5 years? #COVID19 has been around for over 5 years.
I know, because when I finally caught COVID-19, I noticed it took 5 years for it to finally catch up to me. I'd been careful for years, then I let my guard down.
#COVIDIsNotOver

2025-08-28 23:03:05 UTC

@npub1rx6…pdar, what does this mean? Older than what? Newer than what? More context would be helpful.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/108/863/407/504/725/original/ee2594127a521de6.jpg

2025-05-24 12:43:28 UTC

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I have bamboo growing in my yard. It's not as big as that shown in the photo, but I feel like I need to learn to do something useful with it instead of just cutting it back when it gets out of control.
I've seen bamboo scaffolding in use when I visited Singapore and Malaysia. I thought it was strange and dangerous at first glance. After considering careful engineering of it and the reduction of carbon footprint, I think it must be quite good.

2025-05-04 05:14:59 UTC

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From: Peter Newberry
"President Trump, I've seen men bleed out in the Ardennes for a flag you're not fit to hold, let alone wrap yourself in. You think bluster is bravery, but I've led men through hell-and you couldn't march through rain without whining about your hair. You dodge the draft, praise dictators, and call that strength? Hell, I've stared down Rommel's panzers and pissed in the Rhine…"
(See complete message in image #alttext .)
@npub15up…lp7x
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/447/845/674/667/840/original/909e775ce0ffd068.png

2025-03-19 11:57:28 UTC

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This is an important letter.
Is it authentic? Is there proof this is from Mahmoud Khalil?

2025-01-22 15:33:58 UTC

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Moments ago, I checked the @npub1j7t…kn6q situation again and I'm happy to learn that on 24 August 2023, their English-only rule was revoked.
https://hub.fosstodon.org/why-fosstodon-is-english-only/
I will reconsider that server, if they allow more than 500 characters per post.

2025-01-22 15:25:55 UTC

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Oh, gotcha! I didn't notice the bots, maybe because I'm not very interesting! 😆
I'm thinking of moving to another server because the 500-character limit is too restrictive. When I was starting out with Mastodon, I considered joining @npub1j7t…kn6q because I'm a developer, but at the time they had an English-only rule, which I think is unfair.

2025-01-22 04:39:37 UTC

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Why did you move to a different server? I'm considering a move, too, so I'm interested in hearing about your experience.

2025-01-04 19:41:38 UTC

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Good job!
BTW, #Caturday predates the Fediverse. It was a regular feature of http://icanhazcheezburger.com/, ca. 2005–2015.

2024-12-11 19:05:34 UTC

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Peter Schilling rocks!

2024-12-11 16:21:44 UTC

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I remember #GoogleGlass. My office had some. I tried to use it, but my phone at the time was not compatible, so I never felt the full experience.

2024-12-03 14:34:50 UTC

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Makes sense. I thought it was probably AI.
What is your workflow for generating the text? Do you manually submit each image to Copilot and prompt it to generate text, or do you have an automated process?

2024-12-03 10:40:18 UTC

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Your photographs are beautiful. What is the "Copilot" you're using to write #alttext?

2024-11-22 10:46:43 UTC

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, I think you will be surprised. White, Christian, conservative Republicans have lost all of their dignity. Look at who they've chosen to be President: #DonaldTrump, a #racist, #convictedfelon and #rapist. If they'll vote for that guy, who says he can grab women by the genitals anytime, they won't care about the meaning of #Madonna's "Like a Prayer".

2024-11-16 16:16:56 UTC

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Yes, progressives are very out of touch with conservatives. And the conservative media machinery convinced many people not to vote. A bad combination.
@npub10n2…e0q7

2024-11-16 12:24:11 UTC

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"One of the victims of Trump II is the cliché of Europe as a supertanker that never changes course. More clichés will follow. Europe is changing like crazy."
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/11/16/europa-verandert-als-een-gek-a4873381
#eu #politics #europe @npub1jnv…zpfx

2024-11-09 00:13:23 UTC

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#GeorgeOrwell's "1984" is available in various ebook formats in the #InternetArchive (@npub1umd…wfr7). For example…
https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.240835
I know because I re-read it in late 2016, prior to #DonaldTrump's first term, pre-#convictedFelon.

2024-11-07 02:57:23 UTC

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That article was irresponsibly written by @npub1mnr…8szj. It's unbalanced, ignoring issues in order to make his point. He never mentions issues that should make #DonaldTrump ineligible to be #POTUS: he's a #convictedFelon, he's been #twiceImpeached, & he's a #rapist, found #liable for #sexualAssault. Also, he's a #racist, a #liar (more than the political norm), a #coward, & a #dotard.
Whatever faults you say #KamalaHarris has, she'd be a better POTUS.
#USPolitics @npub1yqw…jrue

2024-11-06 20:26:06 UTC

**"Don't Blame Me for Not Voting for Your Unbelievably Rotten Candidate"**
"Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are polling terribly because they are terrible people representing terrible parties."
The thinking described in that article is partly why #DonaldTrump was elected instead of #KamalaHarris. Is #Harris perfect? No. Is she better than the #fascist, #rapist, #racist, #dotard, #cowardly, #lying, #convitedFelon #Trump? Are you kidding me‽ Hell, YES, she is!
https://reason.com/2024/11/04/dont-blame-me-for-not-voting-for-your-unbelievably-rotten-candidate/
#USPolitics

2024-11-05 16:11:48 UTC

Donald Trump hates America. By Renée Graham (@reneeygraham@twitter.com).
https://archive.ph/H8HFm
https://web.archive.org/web/20241105181139/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/10/29/opinion/donald-trump-hates-america/
The Boston Globe
**Opinion | Trump hates America and will destroy it if elected**
And he will ultimately destroy it if he’s elected president again.
#USPolitics @npub1yqw…jrue
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/431/217/745/517/543/original/04656d7ea9cc3319.png

2024-10-28 09:56:41 UTC

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But… the point of the live trap is that the human lets the mouse live, but far away from the human home.

2024-10-08 15:17:44 UTC

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Hundreds of years ago, before modern communication methods and rapid travel existed, #statesRights made more sense. Today there are state and local laws that should be at the national level instead. The legalization of #abortion is an example. Left to the states to decide, it is dividing the people of the country with outdated thinking. #Election laws, specifically the #ElectoralCollege, are also outdated and need to be replaced with national laws.
#USPolitics @npub1yqw…jrue

2024-10-08 15:01:02 UTC

#Trump makes a "bigly" deal about moving responsibility for #abortion laws into state legislatures. That's NOT a good thing. Abortion needs to be legalized throughout #USA via national, federal law. Women in America don't want to limit their movement in the country to avoid backward, antiquated laws enacted in some states by religious, old, white men.
#USPolitics [@uspolitics](https://newsmast.community/@uspolitics ) #statesRights

2024-09-20 14:47:56 UTC

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Kudlow complains that this makes #Harris look better. He claims that real economic growth was during the #Trump regime, before the #COVID-19 pandemic. He fails to mention that Trump's economic "growth" came only after he caused a huge decline. Trump inherited a good economy from #Obama, then he ruined it, and he never recovered it back to the Obama level.
@npub1yqw…jrue #USPolitics @npub10n2…e0q7

2024-09-13 03:52:57 UTC

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It's true! #convictedFelonTrump tried to use witchcraft and it backfired.
@npub10n2…e0q7

2024-09-07 10:53:32 UTC

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I never thought about it. My guess is that the planet's gravity prevents it.
@npub10n2…e0q7

2024-08-30 11:12:03 UTC

"Army Issues Stark and Rare Rebuke of Trump’s Arlington Stunt"
'the cemetery employee was too afraid to press charges after an altercation with the Trump team, because she feared retribution, “Military officials said she feared Mr. Trump’s supporters pursuing retaliation.”'
"there’s an element of political terrorism as well, as the employee who was pushed is too afraid to press charges because she fears Trump supporters."
https://www.politicususa.com/2024/08/29/army-issues-stark-and-rare-rebuke-of-trumps-arlington-stunt.html

2024-08-22 03:59:48 UTC

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How could one NOT know‽ Even if its use of plugs in various countries is not obvious, then the ability to replace the plug with an extension cord MUST be.

2024-08-16 18:29:21 UTC

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😆 That's a good approach. Not exactly what I had in mind, but it would work. I thought I would say something that builds on "you're fired" and when he says in protest that he should win the election, I would simply say "WRONG!"
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/973/111/661/489/506/original/005cb577f178cc5f.mp4

2024-08-16 02:05:55 UTC

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Please let it be me!

2024-08-05 23:24:07 UTC

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but what about the price of gasoline‽ Margie Traitor Greene will have a lot to say about this!

2024-08-01 03:59:54 UTC

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Microsoft removes ads from Skype. Impressive. NOT! 🙄
Skype should never have HAD ads. The last time I used it, maybe in 2010, it didn't have ads. As far as I know, Zoom hasn't had ads and I think WebEx doesn't, either.