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oh, you definitely will need to worry more.
My point is that many of us who *are* fully vaccinated don't have records of these vaccinations, and may be unable to obtain them readily.

2025-02-13 17:09:15 UTC

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I suspect many of us have had full recommended vaccinations but don't have these records (e.g., people who got their childhood vaccines before online record keeping).

2025-02-04 00:36:39 UTC

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I can't wait for the day when Trump throws Musk under the bus!

2025-01-24 19:01:39 UTC

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your original post is one reason I still maintain mine, but your followup is a big reason why I hate maintaining mine.

2025-01-07 20:04:28 UTC

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if they do want to rule Trump incapacitated, and want Vance to be eligible to run for two more terms, they will need to wait two years, or the 22nd Amendment would kick in and limit Vance to only one election victory.

2025-01-06 00:05:20 UTC

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what MUAs do you use/like?

2024-12-23 02:31:46 UTC

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that doesn't really help the passenger who is under immediate threat.

2024-12-12 20:44:57 UTC

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was that Scotty

2024-12-12 18:08:32 UTC

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blue states will be breaking out the "states' rights" arguments that red states have been using to justify their draconian abortion restrictions.

2024-12-11 02:25:50 UTC

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the hurting people is intentional

2024-11-08 22:37:11 UTC

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the curling channel I watch recently changed to restrict comments to channel subscribers. It's not a 100% foolproof method, but it has cut down on the trolling quite a bit. (And of course that may not be as effective for a more general audience channel.)

2024-11-01 18:17:04 UTC

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it does seem more likely than not that we won't know the results Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

2024-10-28 20:55:12 UTC

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maybe Hulk can't see anything with those shades

2024-10-14 03:06:46 UTC

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nice! I hope you post back with how it goes when you make the attempt.

2024-10-13 21:52:58 UTC

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from what I can tell, the Gitlab issue about no node.js is just that the node instance was split out into a separate image, and the submitter wasn't aware of this (and/or the Mastodon folks didn't document it very well). Assuming their docker-compose.yml file is accurate, you shouldn't see any issues there.
Since you already know how to clone and build Mastodon, building a Docker image from that should be straightforward, and the six year old (eww) docs should probably be sufficient.

2024-10-06 22:22:43 UTC

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let me tell you why I think that's true 1/425

2024-10-01 19:08:05 UTC

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the home charger cable doubles as a whip!

2024-10-01 18:40:14 UTC

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masochist you say? /me runs to buy an EV today

2024-09-30 16:12:29 UTC

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I don't see any replies, perhaps they haven't propagated to my instance yet. I'll try posting some links to FB and see what happens!

2024-09-30 01:53:34 UTC

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did Facebook also block links to the dossier?

2024-09-28 00:58:10 UTC

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"empty"
(disclaimer: Troi was one of my least favorite regular characters)

2024-09-21 22:48:03 UTC

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...and if anyone could botch it in the worst way, it's Elon!

2024-09-21 18:00:04 UTC

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I wonder if Twit has the capability to block users only to certain countries. So, for example, they could stop User A's posts from showing up for Brazil IPs, but could still show their posts outside Brazil.

2024-09-21 17:57:05 UTC

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Twit claims they've complied with the court orders. I'll believe it when Brazil lifts the block.
(Much as I dislike Musk, I'm still not super comfortable with the court's orders. For better or worse, I doubt these orders would fly in the US.)

2024-09-13 18:19:47 UTC

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do the biergartens shut down for the winter (I assume so), and if so, when?

2024-09-06 00:52:43 UTC

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will those companies revise their ratings when Elon stops paying them?

2024-09-05 19:57:37 UTC

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the FEC should verify that Musk's helping Trump is properly filed as a campaign contribution.

2024-09-04 01:26:45 UTC

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missed it by that much!

2024-08-30 23:48:01 UTC

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what, you don't think casual misogyny is fun?!?

2024-08-30 22:09:25 UTC

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I have told my friends that I don't particularly hate Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, or Barrett, even when I think they are very wrong. I respect their opinion and legal reasoning even when I vehemently disagree with them. If they were the far right wing of the Court, I'd be pretty okay with that.
Having those voices gives us balance. Having intellectually dishonest voices like Alito's or Thomas', or flat out liars like Trump and his MAGA cult, gives us a dangerous imbalance.

2024-08-26 18:48:15 UTC

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in fairness, Kemp is a bad guy

2024-08-26 17:56:00 UTC

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a CNN article said Harris wanted no muting of microphones, Trump's campaign wanted mikes muted when not their turn, but Trump himself wanted no muting. Not sure why Harris flip flopped, but no surprise Trump is.

2024-08-23 16:39:26 UTC

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if Musk shot someone on Fifth Avenue, would anyone leave Twit?

2024-08-22 22:46:38 UTC

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and what many folks here seem to have missed is, the problem wasn't that Google dropped support for 18, it's that they did it completely silently.

2024-08-22 18:01:16 UTC

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even if there is no expectation of notification, Google's own support page is still wrong. Please tell us why Canonical should be responsible for that.

2024-08-22 16:44:08 UTC

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we should not *demand* that Canonical cover for Google's mistakes. The problems of not providing enough lead time to users, and for still not updating their support page, are both 100% Google problems.

2024-08-22 16:06:24 UTC

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but clearly Canonical should have hacked into Google, realized that Google was dropping support for Ubuntu 18, and defaced the Google support page to change it to 20+! We clearly can't expect Google to do that!

2024-08-22 00:36:38 UTC

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your last sentence applies to way too much of what Google has been doing lately.

2024-08-21 01:46:04 UTC

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...or is it that China, Russia, and Iran have business interests in Trump?

2024-08-19 17:16:10 UTC

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that's fine for us, but as Lauren notes, doesn't help those who don't know of or know how to change their default search engine.

2024-08-16 23:52:25 UTC

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I sure hope they get rid of the cap on state and local tax deductions!

2024-08-15 19:28:06 UTC

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this may sound paranoid, but if I don't want something discoverable, I don't post it anywhere public at all. I certainly haven't gotten death threats, but I've had my share of internet stalkers over the years (mostly on usenet, ages ago).
And since I'm an old codger, who isn't used to using hashtags, I don't feel strongly if someone wants to tag my posts. (I think I'm not popular enough for that to happen anyway.)

2024-08-13 16:23:57 UTC

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lol, a properly working platform with sufficient staff should be able to fend off such an attack, but Moleman fired everyone who could do that.

2024-08-13 08:43:46 UTC

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in theory, it's possible that Twit's tweet infrastructure was okay but it's Spaces infra is separate.
OTOH, it probably wasn't an attack, just Twit being stupid.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/12/24219121/donald-trump-elon-musk-interview-x-twitter-crashes

2024-08-08 21:46:29 UTC

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the sad thing is, all he's ever had is fear mongering, and it's only now that people are starting to realize it.

2024-08-07 19:57:54 UTC

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don't tell Elon! We want him to waste money on losing lawsuits.

2024-08-06 19:34:12 UTC

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it would be super if you can share it when appropriate!

2024-08-05 17:59:31 UTC

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that doesn't make much sense. Districts are (roughly, yes I know they vary a lot) equal populations.

2024-08-05 17:40:56 UTC

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I would love to see RCV for presidential elections, but it's very untenable in our existing election framework.

2024-08-05 17:40:07 UTC

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my primary objection to national popular vote is it may also concentrate campaigning, this time to large and/or wealthy population centers.

2024-08-05 16:53:04 UTC

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the usual challenge to ending Electors is that it would require a Constitutional amendment. I can't see any amendment passing right now.
I would really love to see all states do what NE and ME do, and assign electors by district. Yes that would exacerbate gerrymandering problems, but it would encourage candidates to campaign in purple districts in deep red or blue states, instead of focusing on just a handful of swing states.

2024-07-03 22:19:12 UTC

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86F here in San Francisco. TOO HOT

2024-06-29 18:08:04 UTC

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she is very pragmatic!

2024-06-25 17:16:42 UTC

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let's hope the follow up question is something like "what will you do if you don't win the 2024 election?"

2024-06-14 22:20:16 UTC

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is that really exclusive to Mastodon? I see it other places too (e.g., Ars' comments pages). I imagine it's everywhere, it just gets swamped on other sites.

2024-05-16 16:39:24 UTC

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of course it's on Wikipedia (so it must be true!).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let's_Make_a_Deal
"Though usually considered joke prizes, traders legally win the zonks.[21] However, after the taping of the show, any trader who had been zonked is offered a consolation prize (currently $100) instead of having to take home the actual zonk."

2024-05-16 07:39:44 UTC

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when my kid was younger I told him the Monty Hall problem, with the car and two goats.
He says, "but what if I want a goat?"