“Live by the foma* that make you brave and kind and healthy and happy." *Harmless untruths ― Kurt Vonnegut, Cat’s Cradle
John Holland
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Demand your Senators/Reps take action to free U.S. citizen Sama Safi
The Israeli military has arbitrarily and wrongfully detained U.S. citizen Sama Safi since June 2nd. Sama’s medical condition has rapidly deteriorated after being subjected to abysmal detention conditi...
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A 360° view from the surface of Mars from Perseverance Rover. 📸: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Simeon Schmauß
THERE IS NO LONGER TIMED AUTOSAVE IN MS OFFICE APPS LIKE WORD. ONLY VERSIONING THROUGH ONEDRIVE/SHAREPOINT. IF YOU SAVE TO A LOCAL DISK OR OTHER CLOUD FILE SYSTEM LIKE GOOGLE OR ICLOUD YOU MUST MANUALLY SAVE YOUR WORK LIKE ITS 1982.
Heather Burns@heatherburnstech.bsky.social · last mo.The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Bo.... It’s been over 40 years I’ve listened tic”so much things to say “ and “96 degrees in the shade” and I didn’t know about him. 🤦
Paul Bogle - Wikipedia
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youtu.be/mJ633YXW-TM?.... Listen and focus on the bass. That’s James Jameson. Look him up .
Gladys Knight & The Pips - I Heard It Through The Grapevine
YouTube video by koollatter
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White men dancing is almost always good for a laugh, and I say this as a white man who loves the feeling of moving to a groove..........
ray 鄺羡華@raykwong.lol · 2mo agoThank you, CD! 💙 @alphacentauri53.bsky.social @misslizzy.bsky.social @dkrappe.eurosky.social @bertbech.bsky.social @mama-gramma-bear.bsky.social @antifahere.bsky.social @dshu27.bsky.social @kathy-upstateny.bsky.social @bluestormcomin1.bsky.social @raykwong.lol ⚠️ It’s wedding season.
The Clash song with subtitles (still image). I think this (sarcastically) sums up the wrong-headedness that drives "Us and Them" and the current American war on brown people etc. vin-dit.org/CharlieSub.mp4 (words don't start right away)
Lindsey Graham spoke with Mitch McConnell for about 20 minutes this morning
Much of MAGA Media has spent the last few months pretending that white supremacist groups are all puppets for “the left,” the “deep state,” the Southern Poverty Law Center, etc. Anything to deflect from the extremism on their own side. Meanwhile, today in Trump’s Washington:
Washingtonian Problems@washprobs.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe white supremacist group, Patriot Front, was seen marching through Capitol Hill this morning.
www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/ I improved my xscreensaver situation today.XScreensaver is the bomb! Not powering down displays on plugged in computers to enjoy the show but hey, we're on solar (or at least we are according to the electric company.)
XScreenSaver
XScreenSaver is a collection of free screen savers for X11, Linux, macOS, iOS and Android.
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Thanks Elizabeth! Ed sullivan keeps getting younger. Anyone who hasn’t seen The cape routine from JB on the TAMI show should look it up RN
STOOPIDFUNNYJOKES@stoopidfunnyjokes.bsky.social · 2mo ago@scottietakeson.bsky.social @drginnymac.bsky.social @docatcdi.com @judithbolyard.bsky.social @misslizzy.bsky.social @danableedgreen.bsky.social @tiffanynorton.bsky.social @bunnystroganoff.bsky.social @chuckles-s.bsky.social @uffdada.bsky.social @hopeful66.bsky.social @whatifisaidit.bsky.social tbc
Found my way to the history of my viewing that Youtube maintains. OMG! 1. That's scary. 2. I've been on about the same crap for over a decade! I like this: vin-dit.org/Unix.mp4 I want this file manager. And I think that's a three-button mouse with no wheel. I love computers in movies!
Reagan sold arms to Iran, you stupid Republican (Bill Cassidy, not Barb McQuade)
Barb McQuade@barbmcquade.bsky.social · 3mo agoGOP Sen Bill Cassidy calls Trump’s attack and deal with Iran “the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.”
CIA choppers land outside a log cabin where Madame La Guillotine is outside chopping wood. they need her back for one last job. "I thought I told you boys, I'm retired"
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · 3mo agoBy the same token: the real "dead economy" risk isn't that all the productive labor will be done by chatbots owned by a habitual liar and eminently guillotineable billionaire like Sam Altman. 18/
rally in Hagerstown, Maryland against a new concentration camp. If you're close by, check it out.
Rachel Maddow@maddow.bsky.social · 3mo agolocal residents continue organizing against possible trump prison camp site in williamsport, maryland -- just outside hagerstown: blog.hagerstownrapidresponse.com/p/washington...
A good list of places to get reliable medical information.
Alt CDC (they/them)@altcdc.altgov.info · 3mo ago💉 Where can you find accurate information on vaccines❓ ✅ American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-... ✅ Medical societies: cmss.org/programs-and... ✅ CIDRAP for in-depth evidence review: vaxintegrity.cidrap.umn.edu/evidence-rev...
I am exhausted and happy listening to Cuban music
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Hyperscale data centers are coming to Montgomery County. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/stro...
Hyperscale data centers are coming to Montgomery County
The County government is not sufficiently informed on how to craft a complete set of regulations to make sure that county residents' health and quality of life are placed ahead of data center interest...
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