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Civil responses to my posts sought.
If I want to express myself without response I'll talk into my pillow.

Watching, wrestling, working, dreaming and sleeping in Australia.
Not always clear which is which. #AgedCareBusinesses #WhatHappensAfterYouDie #ArchiveElon #AgedCare #Robodebt #TheColorOfDistance #Dance #PinaBausch #ContactImprovisation #SeaKayaking #HannahNyala #Schnapsen #LibertarianBillionaires #RePurposeMyEducation #HellScapeTheBioSphere #GraeberAndWengrow #DawnOfEverything

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patrickworld, to random
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Asked a co-worker a question and she touched my screen 4 times. I'm not counting or anything, but 4 times. 4. It doesn't bother me at all though, it's just that it was 4 times. Anyway, I'm just gonna forget about the 4 times she touched my screen. No big deal. It's not like it was 5 times. It was 4

skua,
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@patrickworld

It's the handcreme isn't it.
And the tiny corundum particles from her home worksop that leave almost invisible scarifications on your monitor.
Which together create a diffraction effect in which the shift of the sodium lines as the moon wanes is oh so very obvious.

All I can say is that it's temporary and will stop with the new moon
.

GottaLaff, to TeslaMotors
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🤦🏻‍♀️😳 & have discussed a possible advisory role for the Tesla leader should TFG reclaim WH, the latest sign that the once-frosty relationship between the 2 has thawed.

The role hasn’t been fully hammered out and might not happen, but they discussed ways to give Musk formal input & influence over policies related to border security and the economy, both issues on which Musk has grown more vocal.
https://apple.news/A12U7FLPbQbm6Nfj7Y1_glQ

skua,
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@GottaLaff

If rational, the financial market would treat this as a possible risk to market stability.

But that would surprise me.

StillIRise1963, to random
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I want American traitors charged with treason. They’re easy to find, they’re in the government.

skua,
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@StillIRise1963

AIUI treason as a criminal act is strictly defined in the law of USA.

And a declared war is needed to create the legally defined enemy.

If I've got this right then it seems impossible for them to be charged with treason.

nixCraft, to random
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I asked Google "who ruined Google" and they replied honestly using their AI, which is now forced on all of us. It's too funny not to share!

skua,
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@nixCraft
Hmmm.
Google search was seriously degenerating from prior to 2016.

I used to reseach metadata on obscure LPs.
Google search just got worse and worse and worse.

internetarchive, to random
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Why is The Wayback Machine so important for preserving our digital culture? According to new analysis from Pew Research Center:
❌ 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible
❌ 23% of news webpages contain at least one broken link
🔗 https://www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/2024/05/17/when-online-content-disappears/

skua,
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@internetarchive
@edsu

Figures given are AIUI low.
Study estimates the percentages of webpages that are known to have existed that now are broken links.

Webpages that existed and have no accessible digital record of existing are not included in this study.

Know if had archived for perpetuity? Would be one way to that was (/is?) such a poisonous feature of the culture of a large online community project. Train for online abuse.

skua,
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@HN414
Thanks for sharing that.

"anyone" does seem to exclude those without access to considerable technical IT skill and equipment.

But at least research by funded experts is possibile.

gamingonlinux, to random
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skua,
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@gamingonlinux
Answer: Really its more like 25 and I've gotten worse but Linux has gotten so much easier that I can now very often use my computer.

skua, to auspol
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My has been down for about 90 minutes.

No sign of any ETA of repair.

decided this trash internet was the level of garbage that Australians deserve.

that was good of you.

Using scarce mobile data currently.
Other Mastodon tasks on hold till broadband returns.

skua, to Israel
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Anyone know the death and injury toll of the rockets that has fired into since ?

I ask as that toll seems to be used as a major justification for the slaughter of +15,000 civilians, so I'm wondering just how it compares to +15,000 deaths and thousands of wounded caused by the violence of the .

angeidheal, to queer
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Google Delists Sites Providing DIY Hormone Therapy at Behest of UK Government

https://www.404media.co/google-delists-sites-providing-diy-hormone-therapy-at-behest-of-uk-government/

Google has removed two websites providing “DIY” hormone replacement therapy used in gender-affirming care from search results at the request of the UK government, according to legal letters viewed by 404 Media (@404mediaco).

@lgbtqia

skua,
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@angeidheal @404mediaco @lgbtqia @canleaf

No problem with you posting this.
It's a complex situation.
Possibly the publisher would have been wiser to make it paywall-exempt.

skua, to random
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I may have been muted/blocked by some supporters of Israel's killings in Gaza as I've expressed a view that the mass killings of noncombatants is a war crime and an atrocity.

Turn about to that is that I'm not attending demonstrations that mix "Ceasefire now" with, "Free Palestine".

I want the killing of children stopped. "Free Palestine" right now obstructs that IMO.

skua, to abc
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🧵 1/4

The has stopped - last episode was on Tuesday 7 November 2023.

No explanation was given for the sudden end.
Link below

At timestamp 12:00 asks : "What is your kinda main take-away from the pandemic?"

skua, to australia
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Australia medical indemnity insurer has stopped covering GPs initiating gender-affirming treatment for adolescents.

‘It is already so difficult for people to get appointments to see practitioners who actually work in this area.’ - Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo

skua, to random
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It is

"I am found far away from others like me.
Who, or what, am I?"

Your answer might be the best yet.
Please share it.

This is part of one of the oldest riddles in English.
It is from a 10 century manuscript, . Other riddles in it are about spears, slaves, flood, sex and nature. The riddles of and would fit in with these riddles.

So have at it.
https://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/learning-collections/explore-the-collections/the-exeter-book/

skua, to climate
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Responding to

Been wondering how to respond to climate change locally and as a human who is affected by it.

I'm listening for a practice or activity that could confirm to other locals that they're part of a group who support robust action to prevent large human-activity-caused climate change.

Looking for something that will help in the tiniest discernable way to shift me, and maybe others, away from by climate change.

What you got universe?

augieray, to random
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Dolly Parton is a national treasure.

Conservatives are the opposite.

I welcome the right continuing to attack the most popular, caring celebrities. It reminds us why we need to in 150 days!

skua,
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@augieray
- haven't seen that name in a while now.

I fact checked an article or two of theirs.

Just make sure you sanitise thoroughly after reading anything that comes from them.

skua, to random
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Here is writing about the Australian ethos that may yet lie under all the hype, celebrity and bullshit that our TVs tell us is so very important.

Or maybe it doesn't.

https://tdunlop.substack.com/p/australians-all

GottaLaff, to random
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“Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) is projected to survive his GOP primary in ’s 2nd Congressional District, putting him one step closer to reelection this fall, according to Decision Desk HQ.

Bacon fended off a challenge from conservative hardliner and former congressional candidate Dan Frei. Frei received the backing of Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, while Bacon received the backing of House Speaker Mike Johnson”

https://trib.al/kpqsnSu

skua,
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@GottaLaff
Some days it's just, "You will be having horse urine or goat urine with that."

skua, to random
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@melissabeartrix
Hi Melissa, have you got any ideas about where I can go with this?

https://mastodon.social/@skua/111735514919680555

skua, to TeslaMotors
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1/2
There is a article up, saying that pulled 's sat-nav for a planned attack on Russian sips because he feared WWIII would break out.

The basis for this affirmative claim by The Atlantic?

A Musk comm to his biographer stating his concern.

Problem is that anyone wanting to create some grounds for some defence against doing something like switching off the sat-nav in a secret deal with would do something like that.

Looks like to me.

skua, to random
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@HistoPol
You look like a busy person.
Doing important work.

No need to Follow Back.

augieray, to random
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The colder it gets, the worse the impact. STUDY:

"Results showed that every short-term drop in daily temperature of more than 3°C led to an increase in the number of hospitalizations due to a worsening of disease progression in infected individuals with a 1–3 day lag."

I can't access the entire study. I wonder if cold air does something to the virus, or if it's just that colder weather means more time indoors and greater exposure.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2210670724003500?via%3Dihub

skua,
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@augieray
Does cold air increase mast cell activation -> increased inflammatory response?

skua, to random
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@TNLNYC
I'm thinking:

Facebook/Meta is group/company. Responding to it as groups makes good sense.

Not all instances are going to defederate from FB. Perhaps half? Or less? This will leave a lot to federate with FB. And hopefully that will work well with adequate moderation happening and lots of vibrant constructive interactions happening. If that goes well then more and more instances will federate with FB/Meta. If not then there'll be a viable core of non-FB/Meta-federated instances.

skua, to australia
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Slice of 1960s / 1970s culture in .

Broken car badge from an American company that pretended to be Australian.

Something about "Hemi" goes with the badge.

Can't exactly remember what. It seemed meaningful and exciting at the time.

skua, to random
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1/2
How to evaluate opinions?

Below is one approach. (It is decontextualised and so not a fair example of the aufhor's position.
But still it is worth looking at IMO.

"Anyone who is excessively optimsitic or excessively pessimistic about AI is someone who hasn't engaged with AI critically."

Let's consider this appraich by replacing "AI" first with "government under Stalin", then "clean water and sanitation", and finally "a second term for DJT".

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