Curmudgeon

Nerd/geek since card-punch days. He/him. Recovering Aspergerian. Long retired. Trans rights are human rights. Oxford comma.

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Last Notes

2024-08-02 17:47:38

Training the new doggo is going well.
Here he is is demonstrating his mastery of the "sit" command.
#DogsOfMastodon
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/893/661/618/860/590/original/87df791d4736c831.jpg

2024-08-02 16:46:09

The mighty canid hunter (Canis lupus familiaris) stealthily approached his natural prey (Gallus domesticus costcosus), but was interrupted at the last moment.
#DogsOfMastodon
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/893/382/681/277/043/original/6dc7943aa71ef295.jpg

2024-07-30 14:51:42

Not too happy with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz's starting the use of "weird " to describe Republicans.
All the work over the years to reclaim the word destroyed by his using it as a negative epithet.

2024-07-28 14:23:23

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Anu is now guarding the area against any intruders while Loki has resumed his position guarding the front door.
We'll catch these vandals soon.
#DogsOfMastodon
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/864/544/669/934/149/original/477ada1f212872cb.jpg
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/864/546/265/583/685/original/4b8d1efd311a06d4.jpg

2024-07-28 14:10:27

More vandalism in the middle of the night.
This time the fiends attacked the doggo's bed.
Poor pup had to spend the night on the couch.
#DogsOfMastodon
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/864/494/087/092/934/original/01ff69baa03d9d56.jpg
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/864/494/082/137/434/original/781daed5aed65b4e.jpg

2024-07-23 19:35:52

Looks like some TRUE black American women are not supporting Kamala Harris.
Oh wait…
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/837/448/111/924/060/original/b50393f03c97e182.jpg

2024-07-23 18:40:07

Why can't we choose leaders like we used too?
Moistened bints lobbing scimitars worked at least as well as what we have now.

2024-07-23 06:22:27

Cable TV host:
Kamala Harris has just secured enough delegates for the nomination, won endorsement of nearly all Democratic politicians, and raised more money in a single day than any politician ever.
So I must ask our panel of pundits:
Is this just bad news for her campaign or does it spell doom for the entire Democratic party?

2024-07-18 01:25:31

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Starting to think there may be some flaws in the Capitalist system.

2024-07-18 01:18:39

Before one gets too upset about Elon Musk spending $45 million per month to elect Trump, remember it's only a scant one-tenth of one percent of his Tesla bonus.

2024-07-14 16:25:07

If Biden had been the one shot at rather than Trump, all the pearl-clutching MAGA politicians would be making jokes about it. Or claiming it was staged by "crisis actors".

2024-07-13 00:27:10

The German Navy is still using 8" floppy discs to control critical systems on their F123 frigates.
The plan to update has been delayed pending a decision as to whether they should change to 5 1/4" floppies or skip ahead to 3 1/2" discs. [Okay, this part I made up.]
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/german-navy-still-uses-8-inch-floppy-disks-working-on-emulating-a-replacement/

2024-07-04 22:31:46

One piece of good news, out of Texas of all places.
A judge has blocked Texas Attorney General's "outrageous" attempt to close Annunciation House's shelters for asylum seekers released by the Border Patrol, and refugees.
Washington Post gift link.
https://wapo.st/4cQl5Wj

2024-07-03 04:57:42

Biden Uses Sweeping Immunity to Replace Supreme Court Republicans with Jill, Hunter, and the Obamas
https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/biden-uses-sweeping-immunity-to-replace

2024-06-23 01:11:55

Loki wants his photo shared too.
#DogsOfMastodon
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/663/268/038/859/796/original/ff959eb3283c52e5.jpg

2024-06-21 18:33:42

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@npub1jdw…awld
Those numbers for Guam are when there was a NICU on the military base. Makes one suspect they only treated military families.

2024-06-15 19:03:09

A perfect snack on a dark night.
Thanks Google!
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/622/163/048/533/849/original/0dbec2ec1ce3a49c.jpg

2024-06-14 21:55:48

Trying to find the best cardio exercise? Maybe Google search can help.
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/617/189/649/083/063/original/5921c14aa01784e8.jpg

2024-06-13 12:34:45

Looks like Stable Diffusion 3 has finally fixed the problem of extra fingers in AI-generated images.
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/609/328/458/634/432/original/665dcf385a6e2d51.jpg

2024-06-11 22:21:53

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@npub19gp…ejgy
Start giving unhoused people homes, and then you might have to give hungry people food. And sick people health care.
When will this dystopian spiral end?
/s

2024-06-10 08:31:27

Until 1982 stock buybacks were illegal in the US, regarded as a form of stock manipulation. Which they are.
They are one of the major drivers of income inequality.
While it should be banned outright, I think a compromise might be possible.
All stock that is bought back should be evenly distributed to the employees. After all, most of these companies love to state how much they value their workers.
Problem solved!
/s

2024-06-09 22:06:51

So Elon Musk needs 46 billion dollars to stay motivated.
Maybe Tesla should ask employees whether they prefer:
A. Give Musk 46 billion and he stays
B. Musk leaves and everyone gets a $340,000 raise.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/tesla-chair-says-elon-musk-needs-46-billion-pay-plan-to-stay-motivated/

2024-06-06 23:34:01

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@npub1x4s…jsl3
I'm still pissed at Adobe for buying out and then gutting Aldus.
Thirty years ago.
Adobe has been a plague on the industry for a long time.

2024-06-03 14:26:46

Adam Gopnik in the New Yorker on Hitler's rise to power in 1932.
How this was facilitated by conservatives who thought they would be in control, and by the press that normalized his behavior.
I had always thought it facile to compare Trump to Hitler. I no longer think that.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/03/25/takeover-hitlers-final-rise-to-power-timothy-w-ryback-book-review

2024-05-27 23:12:03

Why was this never mentioned in school?
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/515/568/506/782/354/original/6910be5e69fb585c.jpg

2024-05-25 23:12:43

TIL that the word frood used by Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy to mean "really amazingly together guy" is an actual dialect adjective dating from Old English. Beowulf to be exact.
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/504/238/213/647/376/original/5b8f16fb69d8b8ea.jpg

2024-05-24 02:43:20

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Google images also returns a photo of a participant in the randomized trial mid-jump. She survived without major injuries,
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/493/754/910/319/316/original/a88afb4c15ee6d31.jpg

2024-05-24 02:28:59

Google search is getting so good now. I'm always learning new things.
https://files.mastodon.online/media_attachments/files/112/493/695/979/772/040/original/e75c697498e03891.jpg

2024-05-18 21:45:29

Going down various internet lagomorph holes in search of the change over the years in the concept of dropsy led to two revelations:
A. Search engines now seem to think that when you write edema you mean enema.
and
B. There is an entire corpus of human sexual behavior with which I was heretofore unacquainted.
Suffice it to say these were examples of figurative (A) and literal (B) #enshitification

2024-05-13 23:32:43

Donald Trump at his New Jersey speech:
“The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man,” Trump continued. “He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner. Remember the last scene? ‘Excuse me, I’m about to have a friend for dinner’ as this poor doctor walked by. ‘I’m about to have a friend for dinner.’ But Hannibal Lecter, congratulations. The late, great Hannibal Lecter.”

2024-05-12 13:54:12

My Mother, in 1980:
“You know, I’ve always said, if you can’t think of anything nice to say about someone, you should say nothing at all.”
“What was the question? Oh yes, what do I think about Reagan.”
She then sipped her coffee in complete silence.
Miss you Mom.

2024-05-07 19:56:44

Trump and Jeff Sessions separated 4600 children from their parents seeking asylum.
They did not keep records.
1400 still have not been reunited with their family.
WP gift link.
https://wapo.st/3USKpVS

2024-05-05 14:56:46

Paper describing how the Zodiac Killer's Z340 cipher was finally solved after 51 years of attempts.
#cryptography
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2403.17350

2024-05-05 05:26:18

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ran into the phalanx of police waiting for us. The Nazis set around joking with the cops, while the rest of us were pummeled.
I was lucky because I got away, with only severe bruising on my chest and a small scalp cut from being thrown on the ground.
But that’s not what I came to tell you about.
Came to talk about the press.
2/3

2024-05-05 05:14:38

I was somewhat dazed and wandered around looking for the subway entrance. Someone came up to me to help, asking if I needed to go to the ER. I declined. I looked worse than I felt. Head covered in blood does that.
He was a reporter for the New York Times. He had been at the rally. And had seen the Nazi disruption.
He bought me a coffee and we talked for awhile. I asked if he was going to include it in his article. He said yes, but it would not be printed. It would be cut.
He was right.
3/3

2024-05-05 05:14:05

The only time I’ve been beaten by police was in NYC in 1969.
I was at a peace rally at a field near the edge of Central Park and was one of the volunteers on the perimeter. A van pulled up on the path. A group, in full Nazi attire and carrying Swastika flags, jumped out right next to the rally. They ended up running away, chased by some from the crowd. Several of us ran alongside yelling at people to turn back, to little avail.
Two blocks away they turned a corner and…
#press #news
1/3

2024-05-04 20:10:35

Naomi Klein speaking at the "Seder in the Streets" in Brooklyn :"Zionism is a false idol that has betrayed every Jewish value."
#Gaza #Palestine
https://www.democracynow.org/2024/4/24/naomi_klein_seder

2024-04-12 03:06:21

It's been a year since my son overdosed and died.
Miss you and love you Nick.

2024-04-06 21:57:07

Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced that the eclipse Monday is a Sign from God that America has to Repent.
Guess she must have skipped the day in grade school when the teacher explained about eclipses.

2024-03-30 05:55:01

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On the same day as famine is declared, the US sends even more bombs to Israel.
#Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/29/us-approves-weapons-bombs-israel

2024-03-30 05:45:31

There is now famine in Gaza.
#Gaza
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/29/famine-gaza-us-state-department-israel-food-aid

2023-12-17 21:26:18

Americans are notoriously bad at geography Most can not even come close to naming all the states.
https://xkcd.com/2868
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