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mjf_pro

@mjf_pro@hachyderm.io

All worn-out and tired after a long squawk 🦜

IT Cloud Solutions Architect. Other interests: sci-tech, astronomy, weather, music. He/him. DMs are not guaranteed to be private; I don’t block them, but please use a non-Mastodon channel for private communications.

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Sheril, to random
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Guy at conference: Do you have kids?
Me: Yes.
Guy: Wow! So your husband is taking care of them?
Me: Yes. He’s their dad. 🤔

mjf_pro,
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@Sheril Great case-study fodder for a book to be titled “How to Step on a Rake Without Really Trying.” 🤦‍♂️

Sheril, to art
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Are you an introvert?

Terrific explainer by https://introverteed.com/blogs/news/an-introduction-to-the-introvert-social-battery #comic #art

mjf_pro,
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@Sheril

stux, to random
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Sad it’s needed but it works like a charm

‘Be seen’ while crossing a crosswalk with a brick in your hands so cars will stop

mjf_pro,
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@stux George and Washy’s hidden talents could be put to great use here.

White shorthair cat with brown ears looks around frantically and shoots red laser pellet-like tracer beams out of its eyes

GottaLaff, to random
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The bird flu spreading through cattle in the United States is an “enormous concern” the chief scientist of the World Health Organization said Thursday as he called for more tracking and preparation for the virus.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/19/health/bird-flu-who?cid=ios_app

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@GottaLaff @AE4WX Important note (of course buried at the very end of this typical “EVERYBODY PANIC” CNN piece):

“In an update posted to its situation summary on Thursday, the CDC said is studying the virus isolated from the recent human case in the US and found it to be susceptible to antiviral medications.

The agency also said it has created a candidate vaccine virus that can be used as a template to make a vaccine if needed.”

mekkaokereke, to random
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This paper is trash. We do this every few years.

The conclusion is correct (graduate degree holding white men believe the most 'taboo' conspiracy theories), but the reasons it suggests why, are sociology-babble garbage. The real reason is:

  • Racism is a lie. To believe in racism, you must believe a set of easily debunkable lies.
  • Richer, whiter, maler, more educated populations are not less racist, despite attempts to twist stats to say this. They're more racist.

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/05/believes-the-most-taboo-conspiracy-theories-it-might-not-be-you-think/

1/N

mjf_pro,
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@mekkaokereke White women are “finding out” in a parallel context now, as they see the anti-abortionists coming for their infertility treatments. Only then did the whole roadmap start getting their attention.

mekkaokereke, to random
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Good morning to everyone just now figuring out the origin story of the name "Lululemon"

Double good morning to all the fatphobic dudes saying that big women are unhealthy, when those women have a longer life expectancy than you. Much longer. 🙂🙃

Worry about your own heart attack.

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/109917017014982920

mjf_pro,
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@mekkaokereke If you’re going to ask anyone about life and health expectancy predictors, ask a life insurance actuary, not a doctor. They know a thing or two because they’ve underwritten a thing or two.

mekkaokereke, to random
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Oh no! Texas (Tejas) is majority Latiné?! What's next?

The Arid Zone? (Arizona)
The Angels? (Los Angeles)
The Meadows? (Las Vegas)
Colored Red? (Colorado)
Mountain State? (Montana)

This is terrible! Anya Taylor Joy is replacing us!

Reminder, most Latiné people are white. Relax.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/latinos-now-outnumber-non-hispanic-whites-texas-census-data-shows-rcna90869

Boxer Canelo Alvarez. He is a white man with pale skin, freckles, and red hair.

mjf_pro,
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@mekkaokereke Overheard in a Tom Thumb (supermarket) here in far north Dallas a few years ago: “Juan to kosher sushi for customer service.” ☺️

mjf_pro, to random
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ADL lawyers: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/111013711396229063

“Come get a taste!” Will Ferrell GIF. Will is holding a large club or mace-like object as he says that. 😏

mjf_pro, to random
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mjf_pro, to random
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Media Matters gonna get receipts…😏 https://futurist.info/@jimcarroll/111457195799735497

mjf_pro, to random
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What’s good: the ongoing mass-X-odus. The sooner it completely dies, the better.

What’s not as good: Threads is picking up a lot of the latest evacuees. …and damn if it isn’t already starting to look a lot like the 24x7 dumpster fire that X/Twitter had been.

mjf_pro, to HashtagGames
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Night At The Mausoleum



mjf_pro, to HashtagGames
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We Will Boil You


https://youtu.be/-tJYN-eG1zk?si=yYmkgdFukOpAA0ML

mjf_pro, to HashtagGames
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‘Cause I’m the Lobster Man… 🎶


https://youtu.be/DtVBCG6ThDk?si=gNtjuR-vIbW3QHkg

mjf_pro, to random
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Close one tonight, y’all, but it held. 😬 🔌🔋⚡️

mjf_pro, to HashtagGames
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“Aww it’s just a little bunny…”


Monty Python & The Holy Grail, killer rabbit scene. The rabbit attacks the first of Arthur’s knights sent to dispatch it, beheading the knight and leaving his companions shocked and speechless.

mjf_pro, to HashtagGames
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Whiny Bubbles https://youtu.be/mlCiDEXuxxA?si=8Ne3n93DjH5jtoFh


ai6yr, (edited ) to H5N1

Bird flu virus found in grocery milk as officials say supply still safe (Gift Link, thanks @firefly !) https://wapo.st/3JxBHpf

mjf_pro,
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@CStamp @tiamat271 @ai6yr @firefly >> Folk drinking raw milk should rethink things. <<

🎯

ai6yr, (edited ) to earthquake

M4.7 earthquake in... New Jersey? (Update: since updated to M4.8) https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=39.01492,-76.65161&extent=42.17562,-69.87305&listOnlyShown=true

mjf_pro,
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@ai6yr Seems a minor fault line runs through that area as you get further away from the coast and into the Appalachian foothills. https://journa.host/@w7voa/112219258236920962

mjf_pro, to HashtagGames
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“Grandma, I think I found your teeth!”

#OddPinataFillingsOrCharacters
#HashTagGames https://oldfriends.live/@hashtaggames/112295168178619697

ai6yr, to random

Happy Guilted Into Buy Flowers-And-Chocolate Day, And Maybe Stand In An Endless Line For A Horribly Crowded Brunch Day for those that celebrate!

(hint: if you truly want to celebrate your mother, do what we always did for my mom, and do the buffet the week BEFORE or the week AFTER, when the buffet is better and you don't have crowds; I also used to go to the chocolate/flower stores the DAY AFTER and had gotten flowers for 90% off and chocolates for 50-75% off... 😉

mjf_pro,
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@ai6yr For those interested: Starship Bagel, Hillcrest Village shopping center at Hillcrest & Arapaho. They just opened last week and I expect lines out the door by mid-week this week once word gets around.

mjf_pro,
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@ai6yr Steak dinner comin’ up next weekend. As for this morning, we have a brand-new “not just good, but legit freaking great” #bagel shop that just opened around the corner from us in far north Dallas. Yeah, you read that right — New York bagels in #Dallas (n.b.: it ain’t the water, it’s the recipe & the technique). We bought Mom an everything bagel, and an olive cream cheese schmear which we haven’t been able to find locally here in a decade. Happy wife, happy life! 🥰

mjf_pro,
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@ai6yr Very good BBQ, Tex-Mex, pan-Asian, Indian, French, continental Italian, and more. We’re not quite the same level of “foodiness” as Chicago or Philly, but we ain’t bad either. Just NY/Philly working-class Italian-style deli and bagels — and Chinese — have tended to be weak or nonexistent here.

ai6yr, to random

In today's bee drama, there are two separate group of bees attempting to claim an empty box we set up to capture any new swarms here. Their advance parties spent several hours playing "King of the Hill" (err..
Queen of the Hill) and wrestling each other out of the box. Too cold for a swarm to fly in, but not too cold to have a bee battle! #beekeeping

mjf_pro,
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@ai6yr 🐝 FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! 🐝

JamesBazan, to random
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The arc of the moral universe doesn't bend towards justice by itself. People have to put their backs to it.

https://wapo.st/3TOrv1F

mjf_pro,
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