darrelplant

@darrelplant@mstdn.social

I was never enough of a been to be a has-been. Twitter: https://mstdn.social/@darrelplant Blog: darrelplant.com
Former Director and Flash developer and author, now I push CSS around.

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johnshirley2024, to random

[Fentanyl Superlabs in Canada?! Did you say Canada?]

Fentanyl super labs in Canada pose new threat for U.S. opioid epidemic

The Canadian labs are a curveball for U.S. authorities whose efforts to combat fentanyl are focused on the southern border with Mexico. ...Nearly all that technology has been deployed along the U.S. southern border, where CBP confiscated nearly 27,000 pounds of fentanyl during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, the most ever.

darrelplant,

@johnshirley2024 Loved the quote at the end about how at least Canada’s government officials aren’t all corrupted by drug money like they are in Mexico and wondering “How long do you think it’s going to stay that way, dude?”

mekkaokereke, to random
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io avatar

The people that Bernie Madoff stole from, got most of their money back. ~90% at this point. 👍🏿

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-total-distribution-over-4-billion-victims-madoff-ponzi-scheme#

Because Madoff stole from mostly rich, mostly white people, ultra high net worth individuals, financial institutions. US society makes sure that rich folk are made whole, have loans forgiven (Eg PPP), etc.

But the people that SBF stole from are unlikely to ever get their money back. Because they were disproportionately Black, low net worth individuals. AKA, normal people.

darrelplant,

@mekkaokereke @ATLeagle @tob @funkyduck

Lesson: Don’t get caught.

mastodonmigration, (edited ) to random
@mastodonmigration@mastodon.online avatar

WordPress Blog Fediverse Accounts

Now WordPress Blogs can attach to the Fediverse, but what does that mean? Simply WordPress Blogs can get a Fediverse address that will post their new WordPress blog posts. Following the account is just like any other Fediverse follow.

For example if you follow @mastodonmigration.wordpress.com@mastodonmigration.wordpress.com you will get new blog entries from: https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/ .

See current known list below and here: https://mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/2023/10/13/wordpress-blog-fediverse-accounts/

more...

darrelplant,

@mastodonmigration

Haha. Ah ha.

mekkaokereke, to random
@mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io avatar

Oh what's that? San Francisco just started using bait cars to catch car break-ins crews? And they've already found that SF car break-in suspects are not homeless Black people in the Tenderloin, but professional car break-in experts that are mostly not Black that hit cars in touristy areas, to find laptops and cameras that they sell to fences that move the stolen goods to other cities?

Like Black folk in the Bay have been trying to tell y'all for years?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w8Tr3R_9ZMY

darrelplant,

@estelle @mekkaokereke

This guy who handled $20M in stolen catalytic converters was living in a lakeside rental house in one of the toniest suburbs in the Portland, Oregon area

https://www.wweek.com/news/2022/11/30/from-portland-to-jersey-inside-the-crime-ring-that-shipped-thousands-of-oregons-stolen-catalytic-converters-across-the-country/

tzimmer_history, to random
@tzimmer_history@mastodon.social avatar

The past few days were a stark reminder of how unbelievably more toxic Twitter/X has become and how it’s lost most of its utility as a political communications platform. I wrote this a while ago - I think it’s still relevant:

On the sabotage of Twitter, and what democracy is losing

(Thread: 1/)

https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/the-sabotage-of-twitter-is-a-disaster

darrelplant,

@tzimmer_history

Doesn't "lurching to the right" imply that they weren't already there? I really can't remember a time when "white, predominantly male elites" weren't already pretty far right. And weird. As I was asking just yesterday: Where are the "normal" billionaires? They seem to be in a race to prove Howard Hughes was just one of the guys.

nyrath, to blender
@nyrath@spacey.space avatar

art by CinnabarSeven

Weapon platform is carrying a rail gun

https://linktr.ee/cinnabarseven

darrelplant,

@swope @nyrath

I remember failing a technical writing project in college because I wrote instructions on how to operate a time machine.

renwillis, to america
@renwillis@mstdn.social avatar

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    darrelplant,

    @renwillis

    Now, if it was KILL-O-METER, you’d be okay.

    davew, to random
    @davew@mastodon.social avatar

    Kevin McCarthy is an ass.

    darrelplant,

    @davew

    Out with the old ass, in with the new (whoever that might be)

    rm4, to scifi

    Saw The Creator today in Dolby at AMC Theaters. Highly recommend. Thoroughly enjoyed it. 10/10 for me and in my top favorites of the year so far. If you love Rogue One, sci-fi and/or Gareth Edwards work, definitely go see it in the theaters on the big screen.

    darrelplant,

    @rm4 Does it have to be Chappie and Dances With Wolves, tho?

    vwestlife, to random
    @vwestlife@mastodon.social avatar

    20 years of pickup truck design progress in one photo.

    darrelplant,

    @vwestlife

    Admittedly,, I couldn't harvest wheat with the smart car.

    Tengrain, to random
    @Tengrain@mastodon.social avatar

    There Are No Editors Anymore https://mockpaperscissors.com/2023/09/28/there-are-no-editors-anymore-6/

    darrelplant,

    @Tengrain

    https://mstdn.social/@darrelplant/111134103474161599

    mekkaokereke, to random
    @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io avatar

    This survey is a big waste of time, because it doesn't ask the important questions about why Black people feel this way, or what would fix it. "More education" for journalists will not fix this.

    1. Cops lie about Black people and crime. Constantly. The first thing cops say following an incident is almost always a lie.

    2. Every journalist that works a crime beat knows this. Not "suspects" this. Knows this.

    3. And yet, they print the lies anyway.🤡

    https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2023/09/26/black-americans-experiences-with-news/

    darrelplant,

    @thepoliticalcat @william

    Key & Peele - “Negrotown” from the last episode.

    https://youtu.be/Rg58d8opQKA?si=ULXhfGJge4mFvgC0

    TheSpaceshipper, to random
    @TheSpaceshipper@socel.net avatar

    Space Sweepers (2021)

    darrelplant,

    @TheSpaceshipper
    I loved this movie, particularly when I noticed one of the characters’s backstory had him in my home town and state, which I think are the only specific places on Earth that are mentioned. When I first saw it I wondered if Netflix had come up with a system to geo-personalize insignificant details in their content.

    Evidence photo from movie “Space Sweepers”. Tall stacks of currency held together with thin bands fill the image. In the top left are the words SPRINGFIELD, OREGON PPB”; at lower right is the date 10/12/2089. Superimposed over the top center of the photo are closed captions in Korean.

    nyrath, to random
    @nyrath@spacey.space avatar

    In Lester Del Rey's scifi novel Nerves (about a nuclear power plant), the workers are called "atom-jacks", presumably a neologism based on "steeplejack". Jack is an ancient term for person.

    In Michael McCollum's Gibraltar Stars is the term "vacuum-jack" for a construction worker in space.

    Can you think of any other jacks?

    darrelplant,

    @nyrath

    There’s the guy whose job it is to carry information in his brain for a specific time until it’s retrieved and wiped from his memory who’s known as a youdontknowjack.

    darrelplant, to random

    Is this a or a , @Tengrain?

    darrelplant,

    @Tengrain

    Double feature?

    Green_Footballs, to random
    @Green_Footballs@mastodon.social avatar

    Meanwhile in Missouri, Republicans set a pile of books on fire with flamethrowers, screaming, “Let’s go Brandon!”

    Flamethrowers.

    darrelplant,

    @Green_Footballs

    Please tell me they were those Elon Musk flamethrowers…

    kbeninato, to random
    @kbeninato@mstdn.party avatar

    Seth Meyers roasted Trump who's been trying to burn down the world ever since. And a woman hurt Elon's feelings with a Tweet, so here we are.

    darrelplant,

    @kbeninato

    He had already threatened to move Tesla from California to Texas after taking hundreds of billions in state subsidies because he didn’t want to follow COVID restrictions by the time she texted that, but sure.

    darrelplant,

    @kbeninato

    Perhaps he foresaw the future reactions to his entitled billionaire behavior. They say he’s visionary…

    TheSpaceshipper, to random
    @TheSpaceshipper@socel.net avatar

    Galaxina (1980)

    "The crew of the police cruiser Infinity is finally heading home after a long stay in deep space. The crew is given a new mission: journey to the alien world Altar One to find the Blue Star, a mystical gem that holds unlimited power."

    Sadly, this film marked the penultimate appearance of Dorothy Stratten (Galaxina). Two months after the film's release, the 20-year-old Canadian actress was murdered by her husband.

    darrelplant,

    @TheSpaceshipper

    "IN THE 31ST CENTURY MAN FINALLY CREATED A MACHINE…With Feelings!"

    So you're saying we're still a thousand years away from true AI…probably a better prediction than most.

    georgetakei, to random

    Justice Thomas has amended his financial disclosure to list well over a dozen “inadvertent” oversights. Yeah, I always forget about those billionaire-funded private jet and yacht vacations, too. So unmemorable.

    darrelplant,

    @georgetakei

    "Well, when there are so many of them you can hardly keep them straight." —Clarence Thomas

    vsnmaryland, to DC

    Yes, a Manatee Was Spotted in the Chesapeake Bay https://www.washingtonian.com/2023/09/01/yes-a-manatee-was-spotted-in-the-chesapeake-bay/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon&utm_campaign=yes-a-manatee-was-spotted-in-the-chesapeake-bay

    darrelplant,

    @vsnmaryland

    I assume someone in DC dumped their pet manatee into the sewer when it got too big.

    rm4, (edited ) to Starwars

    What did you think of Ahsoka episode 3 "Time To Fly"?

    darrelplant,

    @rm4 I really had a hard time even getting through the first ep. It was just sooooo slow. Lots of moody staring and what seemed like poorly thought-out decisions by the characters, like the writers were already on strike .

    darrelplant,

    @rm4 Not sure I'm going to get to it. It took me three tries to get through the first one.

    Loved Andor!

    nyrath, to random
    @nyrath@spacey.space avatar

    Why Ukraine's kamikaze racing drones are causing a buzz on and off the battlefield (article from March)

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-01/fpv-racing-drone-kamikaze-attacks-ukraine-russia-war/102155702

    darrelplant,

    @nyrath @cstross @osma

    Also, shooting down one slow drone might be easy, but a “swarm” of drones might be more difficult.

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