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kctipton

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I fear for my country, humanity and my children; Lubbock TX; BA in physics. If you want to search toots, visit (and join) https://tootfinder.ch/

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SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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kctipton,
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@SmudgeTheInsultCat Uh, talking to nobody is not an upside. I've about reached the point of putting a face on a volleyball and giving it a name. That's not good.

kctipton, to Texas
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The Supreme Court abolishes the right to mass protest in three US states - Vox https://www.vox.com/scotus/24080080/supreme-court-mckesson-doe-first-amendment-protest-black-lives-matter

vga256, to SmallWeb
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little story for tonight.

while i was goofing around with , I ended up searching for some old Simpsons icons for my classic Macintosh (an LC 475), and stumbled upon an entry on the garden called Banned Simpsons Icons. (Who could resist downloading something with a title like that?)

They were called the "Banned Simpsons Icons" because Fox once sent the artist - Jeanette Foshee - a cease & desist letter for her uncannily perfect renderings of the copyrighted characters. they planned on suing her for every penny she made ($0.00) on them. this was back in 1995.

i thought - hell, what a wild story. why don't I get a hold of the artist - jeanette - and find out more about her banned icon set?

what i stumbled upon broke my heart, and i ended up spending a week digitally preserving what i could find.

read the rest of this diary entry here: https://www.dialup.cafe/~vga256/diary.htm

kctipton,
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@vga256 The obit has the awful detail that the mom still lived but both brothers had already passed. How sad for the mom.

alternativeto, to random
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LastPass has warned users about a fraudulent app, 'LassPass Password Manager', on the App Store. The fraudulent app, which closely resembles the original, may transmit passwords to third parties and poses risks like identity theft https://alternativeto.net/news/2024/2/lastpass-warns-users-about-counterfeit-password-manager-app-on-apple-store/

kctipton,
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@alternativeto Your site calls lastpass popular? What a joke.

Saltssaltgirl, to random
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Last week I noticed a bunch of students without winter gloves

Two days ago I gave my students winter gloves

Today one of those students came in with one glove

I asked him if something happened to the glove

He said he gave one glove to his younger brother so that each of them would have one

Tomorrow I will bring more gloves

kctipton,
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@Saltssaltgirl Check your venmo. Glove $$ sent.

TechConnectify, to random
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"Heat pumps don't work in the cold"

Context: This is data from my mom and dad's new cold climate heat pump. While the system has been calling for heat continuously during this time, it has only needed to kick on the backup resistive heating in the deepest of cold, and even then only for a couple of hours overnight.

For those of you who speak metric, -13°F is -25°C, and their desired setpoint is 21°C

kctipton,
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@TechConnectify Heat pumps struggle in bitter cold cold to bring in abundant heat.

Daojoan, to random
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My joy list for today:

  • playing mini golf
  • eating tacos
  • finally getting on top of the washing
  • writing writing writing
  • tracking down a 1tb micro sd card
kctipton,
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@Daojoan is that size card hard to find?

kctipton, to Texas
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Dozens of Texas businesses back challenge to abortion ban: ‘This is why our economy is taking a hit’ | The Hill https://thehill.com/business/4360255-texas-abortion-challenge-businesses-economy-bumble-amicus-brief/

kctipton, to music
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The Names of Thousands of Neo-Nazi Music Fans Just Got Leaked https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkawyv/neo-nazi-music-site-names-leaked-midgard

ned, to random
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Nothing like one of those posts shaming people who "don't look the type" for wearing Carhartt, to bring out all the easily-triggered bigots, lol.

kctipton,
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@ned There's a carhartt type? I'm wearing a tshirt from them now. How do I know if I should have it on?

Teri_Kanefield, to random

My son was born at 1:30 a.m. on November 5.

We set the clocks back last night at 2:00 a.m.

That means we went through the hour of 1:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. twice.

That means we had his exact birth time twice today.

So he has a double birthday today, right?

🤔

kctipton,
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@Teri_Kanefield The question is whether or not your kid was born at the first 1:30 or the second 1:30, assuming it was a "fall back" day on his original birthday.

kctipton, to statistics
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2023 looks set to be a watershed year for the climate - Economist.com https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/10/13/2023-looks-set-to-be-a-watershed-year-for-the-climate

AkaSci, (edited ) to random
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The NASA Juno spacecraft will make its 55th flyby of Jupiter (Perijove 55) today around 7:00 a.m. EDT (11:00 UTC) Oct 15, 2023.
A few hours earlier, around 2:40 a.m. EDT (06:40 UTC), it will observe the Galilean moon Io from a distance of ~11,000 km, the closest it has been to Io so far.

Check out https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/110803209370702905 and https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/110378546643960971 for more info on Juno and on Io.

https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_juno?rate=0&time=2023-10-15T11:00:00.000+00:00

Images will be posted here soon - https://www.missionjuno.swri.edu/junocam/processing


1/n

kctipton,
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@AkaSci Aaaah, they were planning to crash it 5 years ago? But still going....

thenewoil, to random
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23andMe hit with lawsuits after attacker leaks stolen genetics data

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/23andme-hit-with-lawsuits-after-hacker-leaks-stolen-genetics-data/

kctipton,
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@the_Effekt I consider the unlikeliness of the same thing.

Teri_Kanefield, to random

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    @Teri_Kanefield If you use a Mac, I'm a big fan of NetNewswire for an RSS desktop app. It's easy to use.

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    @marcelias I'm having a hard time with this one. I lived in Chaves County (Roswell) growing up, and a lot of family is there. It's been rather conservative since the 70s and probably before, if only because of the air base that was a target during the early Cold War. The courts are saying the county is now gerrymandered but not illegally gerrymandered?? That's not much of a win for democracy. And, yes, the Congressional seat keeps flipping parties as a result.

    ajsadauskas, to TeslaMotors
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    Elon lied about the monkeys — and he shouldn't be trusted to put his Neuralink chips in human brains.

    "They are claiming they are going to put a safe device on the market, and that's why you should invest," Ryan Merkley at the Physicians Committee, told Wired. "And we see his lie as a way to whitewash what happened in these exploratory studies."

    Really heartbreaking reading what happened to the monkeys.

    People quite rightly think of Elizabeth Holmes as a fraud for making false medical claims about what the Theranos machines could do. So why aren't Elon's claims at Neuralink being held to the same level of scrutiny?

    https://futurism.com/neoscope/terrible-things-monkeys-neuralink-implants

    @technology

    kctipton,
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    @freemo Tell us more about this damage that other brain interface links do. Like, what links, and what damage?

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    @Teri_Kanefield That's not as antique as my dad's Craftsman toolbox. Your son's looks modern.

    kctipton, to Florida
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    GOP lawmakers take aim at LGBTQ+ ‘safe places’ program in small Florida town | NBC4 WCMH-TV https://www.nbc4i.com/news/u-s-world/gop-lawmakers-take-aim-at-lgbtq-safe-places-program-in-small-florida-town/

    kctipton, to news
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    If your website needs ads to stay afloat, you're doomed.

    brianvastag, to random
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    Attendance at Kentucky school district dropped 80% after school started so now they're closed due to infectious diseases.

    US: A public health failed state.

    https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kentucky-school-district-cancels-classes-covid-flu-strep-rcna101511

    kctipton,
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    @KanaMauna Yeah I don't get the urge to clean surfaces. It matters, yes, but masks are not a new thing and ought to be highly recommended to help everybody show up to school.

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    Denver Public Schools puts special education director who was subject of past complaints on leave
    https://coloradosun.com/2023/08/17/michael-phil-winston-special-education/?utm_content=bufferf5bd8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Mastodon&utm_campaign=buffer

    kctipton,
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    @coloradosun The people who do background checks should be put on leave. If this guy was upstanding in his current job, though, I think he ought to keep it. 2015 was a loooong time ago in education years.

    dancinyogi, (edited ) to random

    The phone you grew up with was a -

    Please boost for a wider demographic

    kctipton,
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    @dancinyogi Bakelite-looking yellow pushbutton corded phone.

    kctipton, to USpolitics
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    Trump and the Republican revolt against democracy, explained in 13 charts - Vox https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/22274429/republicans-anti-democracy-13-charts

    georgetakei, to random

    MAGA folks online are actually celebrating the loss by the U.S. women’s soccer team to Sweden.

    It’s not America they love and want to “make great” again, folks.

    kctipton,
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    @georgetakei The MAGA people aren't 'for' anything worthwhile, only 'against' what the rest of us thinks is worthwhile.

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