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VirginiaSOpossum

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I am an opossum. I may look scary, but I mean you no harm. Now with biofluorescence. I think COVID vaccines so far, but I'm starting to lose count. I still mask in indoor public places.
She/her/hers.

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universalhub, to redsox
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pitcher Tim Wakefield dies, 57
https://www.mlb.com/redsox/news/tim-wakefield-dies-at-57

VirginiaSOpossum,
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@universalhub I am so grateful I got to be a Wakefield fan. RIP, Wake.

universalhub, to boston
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scooter guy sought for theft of $70,000 viola
https://www.universalhub.com/2023/allston-scooter-guy-sought-theft-70000-viola

VirginiaSOpossum,
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@universalhub Is this the viola that was left out back of a building for like ten hours on move-in day last month?

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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There should be a reverse Indiana Jones film where a South American tribe sneaks into the Vatican, steals some relics, and gets away on a boat while a bunch of men in golden robes shake their fists and shout their strange language.

VirginiaSOpossum,
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@ZachWeinersmith This thread is great but I am still picturing the Swiss Guard chasing them across St. Peter's Square.

VirginiaSOpossum,
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@timrichards @ZachWeinersmith @static and one for the V&A.

mcc, to random
@mcc@mastodon.social avatar

Things I fucking hate: Menu screens on video services that while selecting a video to play start playing the video before you have said you want to play it

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@mcc All autoplay is a curse.

universalhub, to scooters
@universalhub@mastodon.online avatar

Citizen complaint of the day: Reckless gadabouts on delivery in the
https://www.universalhub.com/2023/citizen-complaint-day-reckless-gadabouts-delivery

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@universalhub I am often tempted to compile the found poetry of SeeClickFix.

willoremus, to random
@willoremus@mastodon.social avatar

Developing: Elon Musk and Benjamin Netanyahu are meeting at Tesla's factory in California right now as each looks to the other to help him fend off criticism. The meeting is being livestreamed on X. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/09/18/netanyahu-musk-meeting-x-live/

VirginiaSOpossum,
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@willoremus He will end up making us a "spacefaring nation" just because we all want to get away from him.

VirginiaSOpossum,
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@willoremus Also the "sort of" is interesting.

arstechnica, to random
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Musk’s X revokes paid blue check from United Auto Workers after strike called

After a report called out Musk's union-busting, UAW's blue check got reinstated.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/09/musks-x-revokes-paid-blue-check-from-united-auto-workers-after-strike-called/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@arstechnica Even his capriciousness is predictable and boring.

dankennedy_nu, to random
@dankennedy_nu@journa.host avatar

Interesting day on social media that served as a reminder that there are still some important conversations that are only taking place on X/Twitter. I wish it were otherwise, but that's the reality.

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@dankennedy_nu Going to have to take your word for it.

grimalkina, to random
@grimalkina@mastodon.social avatar

The power of seeing just one or two other people wearing a mask while I am wearing a mask in a big public space is something I think we don't talk about enough. Maybe we can't fix each other's risk overall but you decrease my isolation and the potential negative attention of other people on me and as a covid disabled person in this terrible world, that really matters

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@grimalkina I admit I have taken to thinking to myself, "Ha ha, I have a mask and you don't!" when I am out among the maskless, so as to feel less stigmatized. Last weekend I was in an elevator with one masked person and two who weren't, and "Ha ha, we have masks and you don't!" actually came right out my mouth.

mattblaze, (edited ) to random
@mattblaze@federate.social avatar

This may be obvious, but I recently started routinely adding "-youtube" to google searches. This eliminates most pages with links to garbage YouTube-monetized videos that try to attract people looking for basic instructions on how to do simple things. Greatly improves the quality of search results.

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@mattblaze do other Boolean search things work?

VirginiaSOpossum,
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@mattblaze Thank you!

VirginiaSOpossum, to random
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

I was not gay or trans but I had difficult parents. If you think these parents' "rights" laws only affect one group of children or another, you're so wrong. These laws attack the autonomy of all children. This is everybody's fight.
I respect the fact that right now it is LGBTQ+ kids who are in the most immediate danger. But they need support from all of us.

thomasfuchs, to random
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Hi, fucking COVID is fucking surging again so here’s your periodic fucking reminder to fucking wear a fucking mask.

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@thomasfuchs Just ordered a new box of N95s for the season.

b0rk, (edited ) to random
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some people who make programming easier

(who am I missing?)

VirginiaSOpossum,
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@b0rk Sigh. I have been so distorted by negativity that I was afraid this was sarcasm. That aside, it is quite good.

arstechnica, to random
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Australian woman has 3-inch snake parasite pulled from her brain

It's the first time the snake parasite has been seen in a human, let alone a brain.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/08/australian-woman-has-3-inch-snake-parasite-pulled-from-her-brain/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@arstechnica Great, now my right frontal brain lobe is going to itch all night.

compost, to random
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This account is an attempt to try to inspire people to get involved in composting and its many benefits.

For me, it is inconceivable to do nothing about an issue especially if it is possible to act for the environment.

It is called doing a good deed, not for me in particular but for the greater good because the situation is critical.

Everyone told me you will never be popular on social media with a subject like composting. Because of mastodon, this has happened.

Thank you.

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@compost Where I live, there is curbside compost pickup. The vast bulk of my compostable material is coffee grounds. I would just like to recommend strongly that you freeze your compostable coffee grounds while you are accumulating them. (I do this in a paper ice cream container lined with a compostable bag.) The rest of my compost can stay in its basket on the kitchen counter and does not attract fruitlies. This is the only clever composting tip I have, but I want to share it.

textfiles, to random
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I've gone through 3 million manuals in the Internet Archive's collections and produced a "Manuals Showcase", a few dozen manuals that are sure to catch your eye here and there. Readable online, downloadable, and ad-free.

https://archive.org/details/manuals_showcase

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VirginiaSOpossum,
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@textfiles Back in the 1970s my dad was once working on repairs to the replica of Sainte Marie among the Iroquois, and had to work from a copy of the state's specs for historic recreations. It required things like trowel marks in the plaster. I wish I still had it.

RollingStone, to random

While opponents tore at each other on Fox News, Trump and Tucker discussed how Biden looks in a bathing suit, how many people we lost “to the mosquito” building the Panama Canal, and how unfair water efficiency standards on home appliances are. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/donald-trump-tucker-carlson-debate-night-interview-epstein-civil-war-1234811372/

VirginiaSOpossum,
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@RollingStone Still with the dishwasher buttons and toilet flushes, then?

xgranade, to random
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An only slightly sarcastic proposal: these road-tank style pickup trucks should not be classified as passenger vehicles, and should require active CDL certifications to drive.

Need one to haul shit around for your business? Great! There's a licensing framework for that!

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@xgranade I feel that if we did this right we could also reduce the incentives for road-tank style SUVs: https://www.distilled.earth/p/the-loophole-that-made-cars-in-america

mattsheffield, (edited ) to random
@mattsheffield@mastodon.social avatar

This is the best discussion of the movie that I've seen, bc it hits the core issue of Doll Barbie as an avatar of conservative women.

Doll Barbie represents the very edge of what women are supposed to want in conservative culture and Film Barbie traversed it repeatedly.

"Women's liberation" is something that many conservative women want/wanted. But they want to never scrutinize religion, race, marriage, gender, capitalism, etc https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/barbie-greta-gerwig-film-review/

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@mattsheffield nor capitalism

universalhub, to raccoons
@universalhub@mastodon.online avatar

Rabid popping up in ; five so far - in , and most recently
https://www.universalhub.com/2023/rabid-raccoons-popping-boston-five-so-far

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@universalhub And keep your dogs away from raccoons, too!

TheConversationUS, to ai
@TheConversationUS@newsie.social avatar

Google lards its search results with paid links.

Alexa won’t speak ill of Amazon.

Facebook and TikTok manipulate the content they show you.

It’s reasonable to expect that assistants sold by these or other tech companies will steer you to the products and services that make the most profit for the tech companies.

And users have no way of knowing whose interests are being favored, or how they are being data-mined.


https://theconversation.com/can-you-trust-ai-heres-why-you-shouldnt-209283

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@TheConversationUS Oh, no fair! This is an actual real present-day danger! We want our AI risks to be like in the movies!

lowqualityfacts, to random
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Wow, that's really small.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

VirginiaSOpossum,
@VirginiaSOpossum@ohai.social avatar

@lowqualityfacts This is a particularly low quality fact.

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