WendyMsGator

@WendyMsGator@aus.social

#TwitterQuitter #RedditQuitter #FacebookQuitter Be nice to me. Australian. Leftie. Feminist. Part time space cadet. Opinionated but not evil about it. Living on stolen Awabakal land. #auspol #uspolitics #ukpolitics

I follow nice people. Unless you come from threads.net. Do not follow me if you come from that domain. YOU WILL BE BLOCKED.

My epitaph should I depart this mortal coil: We came from stardust and we will be stardust again

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WendyMsGator, to random

My partner is Murrican. He's never had Chocolate Crackles. I am SO making Chocolate Crackles tomorrow. When I said that, he just looked blankly at me. Cultural divide.

WendyMsGator, to random

Where in France do you hail from, M. Poirot?

Sardonicus, to random
@Sardonicus@mastodon.social avatar

Alexandra Stepanoff, Léon Theremin’s first student in the US, playing the theremin on NBC Radio, 1930

WendyMsGator,

@Sardonicus

That thing never ceases to amaze me.

lowqualityfacts, to random
@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar

Uh oh.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

WendyMsGator,

@lowqualityfacts

I knew it. That's why I don't wear them.

AbandonedAmerica, to random
@AbandonedAmerica@mastodon.social avatar

Hanging out at the drive-in waiting for the movie to start, and some little kids are playing catch on the lot in front of the screen.

Kid 1: Go back further! I can throw mad far!
(throws ball about 2/3 of the distance between them)
Kid 2: That was not "mad far", Owen.

Kid 1 (a little sadly, mostly to himself): ... well, I wasn't even trying.

WendyMsGator,

@AbandonedAmerica @drsbaitso

Your wife flies around your house?

Radical_EgoCom, to random

Work hard, play hard

WendyMsGator,

@Radical_EgoCom Told my daughter the other day that she needs to work to live, not live to work. Work by all means but don't forget to have fun along the way.

ramsey, to random
@ramsey@phpc.social avatar

Here’s a new one for :

I can’t vacuum my house because has a major service interruption right now.

WendyMsGator,

@ramsey

passes you a broom

It's the latest technology. Broomba 1.0.

feditips, to fediverse
@feditips@mstdn.social avatar

A quick shoutout to some excellent human-run curation accounts which are highlighting interesting posts and people on the Fediverse:

➡️ @Curator - Art

➡️ @ArtPhotosDesk - Art & photography

➡️ @CultureDesk - Culture, music, film, food etc

➡️ @PixelAndPolyCurator - Digital art

➡️ @NewsDesk - News

➡️ @viewfinderCurator - Photography

➡️ @ScienceDesk - Science

➡️ @TechDesk - Technology

➡️ @WatercolourCurator - Watercolour paintings

WendyMsGator,

@feditips

More information for those joining the - some excellent accounts to follow, each according to your personal interests.

JustAllan777, to reddit

So, I am a Reddit refugee that wants to check out the Fediverse. And I am so happy to see you all.

Every platform is failing.
The corporations won and are now dying.
The open internet is closing.
Information and history is being erased.
The Fediverse is our only hope......

Anyway I had chicken wings today and I might post memes on this account to make people laugh, yippe!!!

WendyMsGator,

@JustAllan777

Hola fellow redditor! I'm here as a part of the from Nov 2022. I'm still on reddit but just cancelled my Premium account yesterday (6 bucks a month they won't get anymore!).
I hail from r/GardeningAustralia and a few other subreddits.

I see you have discovered hashtags. That's how we find people who interest us. It's organised chaos and it's wonderful.

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

The abandoned Holy Trinity Church (vertical photo, click for full view)

Gallery/info: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/abandoned-holy-trinity-roman-catholic

WendyMsGator,

@AbandonedAmerica

This would make a terrific jigsaw puzzle. Minimum 1000 pieces.

WendyMsGator,

@AbandonedAmerica

You know I'm right. Think of it as an opportunity. 😀

breadandcircuses, to climate

China is going all in on coal, the dirtiest and most polluting of fossil fuels...

Coal power plant construction and additional project announcements accelerated rapidly in China in 2022, with new permits reaching the highest level since 2015. The coal power capacity construction in China was six times as large as that in all of the rest of the world combined.

But, hey, it's just fine, because China has also recently announced the installation of two amazingly futuristic "carbon capture and storage" facilities!

Except, oh, wait...

Before you get all giddy about this new push by China to capture carbon dioxide, here are a few things you might want to keep in mind.

Whatever carbon dioxide is captured or stored by these two new projects, it won’t amount to a piss hole in the snow when compared to the massive amounts of new carbon dioxide — billions and billions of tons — those new coal-fired generating stations will add to the atmosphere each and every year for the next 50 years or so, which is the normal useful life of a coal-powered facility.

Dang. There's always a catch.

But the capitalist financiers on Wall Street who are funding China's rapid expansion really hope you won't notice that. If they can just keep the gravy train rolling a little longer, carry on with Business As Usual for a few more years until their billions 💵 in offshore accounts turn into trillions 💵 then maybe they'll think about gradually slowing down all this growth and cutting back on emissions. Maybe, but probably not.

ARTICLE ON CHINA -- https://cleantechnica.com/2023/06/06/china-pushes-ahead-with-carbon-capture-while-ipcc-warns-against-it/

WendyMsGator,

@breadandcircuses

https://www.china-briefing.com/news/china-to-lift-restrictions-on-australian-coal-imports/

Australia is rafting up its coal exports to China again. There's no end in sight for coal. Not really.

vivianharris45, to random

Philip Lowe wants us in share houses to fix the rental crisis. We can’t accept this as normal https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jun/01/philip-lowe-wants-us-in-share-houses-to-fix-the-rental-crisis-we-cant-accept-this-as-normal?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

WendyMsGator,

@vivianharris45

What's his address? I want to share there.

arstechnica, to random
@arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar

COVID outbreak at CDC gathering infects 181 disease detectives

Nearly all of the attendees were vaccinated, but 70% said they didn't mask.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/05/covid-outbreak-at-cdc-gathering-infects-181-disease-detectives/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

WendyMsGator,

@arstechnica

70% of attendees were idiots.

jayrosen_nyu, to random

My shorthand for the approach we most need in election coberage is this:

"Not the odds, but the stakes."

How does this work in practice? Margaret Sullivan answers that in The Guardian today. "Now’s the time to think about just how bad a DeSantis presidency would be."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/25/ron-desantis-florida-record-presidential-campaign?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Not how DeSantis plans to outwit Trump and then succeed in "the general" (itself an insidery phrase...) but what life would be like if he took power.

Not the odds, but the stakes.

WendyMsGator,

@Npars01 @jayrosen_nyu

And he wants SCOTUS to be 7-2 in favour of conservatives.

dennisl, to ChatGPT

Don’t Tell Anything You Wouldn’t Want to See on a Billboard
https://www.pcmag.com/news/dont-tell-chatgpt-anything-you-wouldnt-want-on-a-billboard

WendyMsGator,

@HistoPol @dennisl

Here's a simpler tip. Do not use at all. No regulation, no accountability, someone can steal your work before you even publish it or hand it in.

dgar, to random
@dgar@aus.social avatar

Me: Why did the chicken cross the road.

Them: I don’t know.

Me: To visit the idiot on the other side.

Them: I don’t get it.

Me: Knock, knock.

Them: Who’s there?

Me: The chicken.

WendyMsGator,

@dgar

That's outrageously amusing. 😂

WendyMsGator,

@super_user_do

I blocked Twitter RTs on here and will happily block Instagram rubbish as well.

mcnees, to random
@mcnees@mastodon.social avatar

This is probably the best thing I ever posted on Twitter. The memory is pretty dear to me; I'm sharing it here so it still exists somewhere if that place collapses.

WendyMsGator,

@mcnees

That is a divine and loving thought.

lowqualityfacts, to random
@lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar

That explains a lot.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

WendyMsGator,

@lowqualityfacts

This is a high quality fact. You should be ashamed of yourself.

WendyMsGator, to random

I need to go visit my local native plant nursery tomorrow for some native potting mix. Several tubestock plants received last Friday that I need to transfer to larger pots.

hacks4pancakes, to random

Kudos to the appliance repair guy who instructed me to have my husband come home from work to… turn off the circuit breaker, in this year of two thousand and twenty three when it’s literally on the wall 4 feet away and gods help me what human doesn’t know how to flip a circuit breaker it’s a basic life skill?

WendyMsGator,

@hacks4pancakes

If I asked my partner to do that, his response would be "Why? Are your arms broken?"

WendyMsGator, to random

Joe Biden has announced his candidacy for the 2024 election. I support him running again (not that he cares, me being Australian and all). But he's not a loony. That makes him a good choice. Bernie Sanders has announced his support for Biden. That's also a good thing because it won't divide the Democrat progressive votes.

Rolling Stone offers insights:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/joe-biden-2024-donald-trump-boring-important-1234723195/

paulkater, to books

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    WendyMsGator,

    @paulkater @bookstodon

    I just created an account. Very limited for my reading niche.

    TrisResists, to random

    Live look at Mastodon server admins…
    Keep up the great work guys! 🔥

    video/mp4

    WendyMsGator,

    @TrisResists

    Re-boosting this for the .

    Many thank you's to the server admins who are working their respective posteriors off to cope with the influx of new users.

    💖

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