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harmonygritz

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Tested the waters in 2016... returned in April 2022 with one or two other people. The avatar is an Earth Day photo from a few years ago on my campus. Header image is lifted from my Twitter cover photo.

I'm not as gone from Twitter as I'd like, not yet. And in spite of the Bluesky board's politics I'm active there too, @ harmonygritz.bsky.social. You'll find my longtime "rainbow" profile image there, for now.

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StillIRise1963, to random
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It’s clear journalism’s present day mission is both to NOT find out anything important and if they do find out, NOT TO TELL YOU.

harmonygritz,
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@StillIRise1963 I don't quite remember when I realized that SCOTUS journalists were often the actual real-life friends of this or that Justice. I can't say nobody should have friends, but the bias is obvious in that realm.

(I think it was Totenberg or Biskupic dropping their fourth wall on a newscast some years ago. They both do it, oozing the privilege of access, but I don't recall which I saw first.)

harmonygritz,
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@StillIRise1963 And lucrative? It does give them best-sellers.

RickiTarr, to random
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Have y'all ever had someone act like you were hurting them somehow by just liking a food?

Any time I buy or make kimchi, my Mom says it's so gross and she doesn't want any and just on and on. I never offer it to her, or make group food with it, but for some reason she seems offended by it, and I don't know why.

harmonygritz,
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@RickiTarr This is literally yucking someone's yum!

My example: Lactose-free dairy. I have the milk & ice cream at home. At family gatherings there is some food I just don't eat, esp. if I didn't bring the pills along.

Family members have gone on for DAYS (it feels like) about not even touching the stuff, not knowing what it might taste like, whether they will turn into an alien pod-monster, etc.

There are lactose-intolerant fam besides me, but mainly they just consume dairy and suffer.

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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Once again people who have been abused calling out risks with new tech and dudes are like " But I've never been abused and besides we've got sEcUriTy features."

harmonygritz,
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@Adam_Cadmon1

"Just find another instance, no worries"

ZachWeinersmith, to comics
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The rant nobody asked for.

Full comic here: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/myth-2

harmonygritz,
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@ZachWeinersmith I've been listening to Stephen Fry's Mythos (retelling of Greek mythology) and I had forgotten just how much item (C) applies.

That excludes most mainstream superhero stories!

StillIRise1963, to random
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Black people do not exist to be a moral compass for white people. FIX YOURSELVES.

harmonygritz,
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@StillIRise1963 We're still countering a whole cultural base & literature saying that is why we exist, here mainly in the context of serving that end. It's the Bizarro World, and once again it's an election year.

lauren, to random
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The way things are going, @jeffjarvis may need to write another book as a followup to his classic, "What Would Google Do?" to be entitled "What Did Google Do?"

harmonygritz,
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@jeffjarvis

DO IT

@lauren

harmonygritz,
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@jeffjarvis @lauren

"recognizing that the Internet is less a technology than a human network"

I don't want to cherry-pick from the convo too much (folks should just read the whole thread) but this has resonated with me for 10+ years.

From my academic perch, I still think George Siemens had a point in proposing connectivism as a learning theory (~2004). It was about knowledge residing in the network, in both people and machines. I think it's the social connections as well as knowledge.

RickiTarr, to random
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What is your dream road trip? Where would you start? Where would you end up? What stops would you make along the way? It can be short or long, whatever interests you!

harmonygritz,
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@RickiTarr 1980s time warp for this. I'd never do it in this era.

Up and down coastal California, as prelude to a cross-country drive, mostly on I-80.

Cassette mix-tapes exist. Safe, cheap motel chains exist. We (mainly) don't feel guilty about fossil fuels so it's OK to just drive.

Early enough that Reagan hasn't ruined everything.

Late enough after Vietnam that folks don't scowl at me for having been in the military.

StillIRise1963, to random
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If anyone asks who did something, just say Mrs. Alito.

harmonygritz,
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@researchbuzz @StillIRise1963

Good reference, and I wish I'd thought of it!

jeffjarvis, to random
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Chuck Todd is on MSNBC right now positioning Biden's debate challenge as the Biden campaign losing. Oh, I do not miss him.

harmonygritz,
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@jeffjarvis This was sad to see/hear, Todd and Mitchell going at it and the third seat (Jacqueline Alemany) trying to thread that needle. I don't think "poor kid" often with TV pundits.

As a layperson, I just turned off the audio and finally switched channels. Somebody at MSNBC must realize it's NOT working.

RickiTarr, to random
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You are going to make love to a Cereal Mascot, who do you choose?

I'm going Snap, Crackle, & Pop.

harmonygritz,
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@RickiTarr If they sing the FULL Rice Krispies song, this could make sense.

https://youtu.be/q6TIsxTdrCU?si=Yn-3pGTvPusqWcdL

StillIRise1963, to random
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Paul Ryan is a Randian Eddie Munster.

harmonygritz,
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@StillIRise1963 Jeez, is he back?

RickiTarr, to random
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Tapas in most of Spain: Free snacks when you order drinks.

Tapas in the U.S.: $10 Beers, $18 cocktails, $20 for 4 pieces of garlic bread with some tomato on it.

harmonygritz,
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@RickiTarr That's "tapas" in the U.S.

Adam_Cadmon1, to random
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Apparently, Pennsylvania rednecks are a thing? Absolutely wild to consider.

harmonygritz,
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@skinnylatte @Adam_Cadmon1 @billyjoebowers Let me add Red Bluff to that because of actual extended family there. A place I will never visit to appease closer family.

RickiTarr, to random
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Okay, this might sound weird, but this is what I'm thinking of today. I'm assuming most of you know the idiom, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." I know it's about looking at the horse's teeth to check it's age and health, but in my heart I have an alternate history where it's about The Trojan Horse, which doesn't really even make much sense, but it's still living there rent free.

So, does anyone else do this, make up alternate histories for words or phrases? If you do, I'd love examples!

harmonygritz,
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@RickiTarr I've been socialized out of several sayings that were common in the Midwest of a couple generations ago, and/or in my Navy service.

"Not enough room to swing a cat" is an example of the latter. We never thought it was about actual cats, but rather about the cat-o'-nine-tails of eld. You can't explain that to animal lovers nowadays so I just don't say it.

harmonygritz,
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@RickiTarr The fediverse is all about these moments! I just went to my bookshelf to confirm I'm not creating false memories. It's on pp. 83-84 of this:

https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/not-enough-room-to-swing-a-cat-naval-slang-and-its-everyday-usage_martin-robson/1161192/#edition=6649045&idiq=28110304

StillIRise1963, to random
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Fascists are brutalizing students and professors to send a message. COMPLY or we’ll HURT YOU.

harmonygritz,
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@StillIRise1963 "And even if you do 'comply,' we'll hurt you."

StillIRise1963, to random
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It wasn’t long ago that men put women in mental hospitals for disagreeing with them or being disagreeable at large.

harmonygritz,
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@StillIRise1963 It definitely happened in my lifetime, in what is now my extended family. It was about who had control of the family money, less about gender. They went after man & woman alike.

ml, to plantscience
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UC Davis' Plant Science Symposium is tomorrow. They didn't consider accessibility to disabled scientists despite knowing they had disabled scientists here at UC Davis, but I'm posting it because it's free & maybe folks can still get something out of it. @plantscience

https://plantsciencesymposium.ucdavis.edu/

harmonygritz,
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@ml @plantscience Seeing this post next day (Friday morning) and definitely appreciating your live commentary on Zoom accessibility, humans needing humans to caption, etc.

(Also yes what about that STEM culture of crammed slides. My physics background sympathizes.)

GottaLaff, to random
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Um..

Trumpy Long Island Republican County Supervisor creating a privately deputized militia

“Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is taking heat for his bold plan to deploy deputized residents during county emergencies.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumpy-long-island-politician-bruce-blakeman-under-fire-for-plans-to-deputize-armed-civilians

harmonygritz,
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@GottaLaff I guess the fear-mongering is working. Fam and I have been discussing whether to plan for holiday travel in Dec-Jan, regardless of election outcome. This all sucks.

black_intellect, to random
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A Promising Air Force Officer Took a Stand Against Racism. Now, His Career Is in Political Jeopardy. | Military.com https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/03/05/promising-air-force-officer-took-stand-against-racism-now-his-career-political-jeopardy.html

harmonygritz,
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@black_intellect

He wrote an article in 2020 that is causing his current GOP trouble. (Link is buried deep in the main article)

https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/commentary/2020/07/01/dear-white-colonel-we-must-address-our-blind-spots-around-race/

br00t4c, to DaftPunk
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GOP budget slammed as plan to 'sell out' families to 'line the pockets of the ultra-rich'

https://www.rawstory.com/gop-budget-dalled-a-plan-to-sell-out-families-to-line-the-pockets-of-the-ultra-rich/

harmonygritz,
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@br00t4c "plan to finish selling out families" might be a good edit for Raw Story's headline, but legal would probably make them stick to the exact quote...

pluralistic, to random
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Hard to overstate how enshittified and botshitted Google Maps has become. Went looking for my local locksmith on Gmaps. Maps shows 20+ fake locksmith referral scam outlets and doesn't even register the real locksmith, despite it being fully visible in Street View.

Instead, a red pin on the shop identifies it as a fake locksmith scammer. The real locksmith - which has been there SINCE 1942 (!!) and is a verified merchant - doesn't even show up.

Google Maps, showing the storefront for Golden State Lock as an empty building.

harmonygritz,
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@bougiewonderland @pluralistic @AnnaAnthro Yes, this is a continuing issue for my house & the house one street over with the same number.

Smallish town with only so many delivery folk. You'd think their working knowledge of the area would eventually override the one-block map error, so they'd know what street they were on. Hmm

GottaLaff, to ethelcain
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👉🏼 “ Attorney General Steve Marshall weighed in on the issue on Friday. Marshall said he “has no intention of using the recent Alabama Supreme Court decision as a basis for prosecuting families or providers,” in a statement from Chief Counsel Katherine Robertson.”

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/23/us/alabama-ivf-embryos-supreme-court-ruling-legislation?cid=ios_app

harmonygritz,
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@GottaLaff

"...has no intention...TODAY..."

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