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timbray

@timbray@cosocial.ca

Web geek and environmentalist with a camera at the bottom left corner of Canada. He/him.

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timbray, to random
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“legally killed children” shudder

https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral/112514252084219141

DeliaChristina, to random
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Anyone else working on a holiday?

Oh, just me?

cool cool.

timbray,
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@DeliaChristina Me! Oh wait, I’m not in the USA so that doesn’t count.

carnage4life, to random
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I’ve been thinking about the connection between game industry layoffs and a 30 year low in Memorial Day movie ticket sales. Coupling this with Walmart’s recent earnings report that shows people are spending more on essentials and less on discretionary goods, this may be a HIRP.

High interest rates mean people are spending more on mortgages, car loans and credit card bills. There’s simply less money to spend on entertainment.

So both movies and games need to work harder to make the same money.

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timbray,
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@carnage4life Good argument on the HIRP, hadn’t thought of that. I think it’s also impossible to ignore the steepening economic-inequality numbers; when the 1% are creaming off almost all the upside, it leaves the majority stretched thinner and thinner. Your LVMH data is relevant here.

timbray, to Israel
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Every paragraph makes me want to puke about what humans will inflict on other humans. I still believe, against the evidence, that we can be better than this.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/05/26/west-bank-aid-trucks-gaza-settlers/

timbray, to Israel
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No argument can stop Israel’s bloodthirsty leaders. The only thing I can think of is to re-run the BDS/boycott playbook that was deployed against South Africa. Start with the Olympics?

https://www.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-news-05-26-24/index.html

#gaza #Israel #BDS

timbray,
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@deirdresm @jalcine I find the back-and-forth over the term “apartheid” really unhelpful. I’m old enough to remember real capital-A Apartheid. It is a fact that Hamas slaughtered 1000+ Israelis, mostly civilians, and that Israel has slaughtered 30,000+ Gazans, mostly civilians, and continues the slaughter, and that both these need to be condemned without accusations of Islamophobia or Antisemitism.

timbray,
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@deirdresm @jalcine Really? I pay pretty close attention and I hear pretty well no naked Antisemitism. I can't help noticing that a lot of the people pushing back are Jews. I hear a certain amount of anti-Zionism, and that's a tough issue. In theory (protect Jews from oppression) impossible to argue against but the implementation has been, um, problematic. I think we should blame Bibi and his henchmen, rather than Zionism, for the starving babies in Gaza.

adrianco, to random
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How waterproof are iPhones? I used my iPhone 14pro as a snorkeling camera back in February (it was already over a year old, so I decided to risk it), washed it out and it seemed fine. Did it again a few times. No problem. However the battery is getting weak so I took it in to Apple for a battery replacement. They opened it up and found corrosion due to water damage so didn’t replace the battery… I only buy even numbered iPhones so hopefully it keeps working until the 16 comes out.

timbray, (edited )
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@adrianco Strongly recommend the Olympus/OM “Tough” models. I have the TG-6 and it's been great.

timbray,
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@adrianco Our family is in Android-land and when we break a phone or its battery runs down, we go to a phone-repair storefront, and if we're willing to pay for a new battery they replace the damn battery without any questions about why. There are some problems where the repair is too expensive to be worth it, but usually not. These places tend to also say they repair iPhones…

rebeccawatson, to random
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men are such fucking spineless dweebs they took a meme about how women fear for their very lives around strange men and compared it to men thinking women don’t understand their fee-fees

timbray,
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@rebeccawatson “Fee-fees”… Is that new? Never seen it before. Excellent! Will steal and use.

timbray, to random
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Paywalled and long, but wow: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/for-the-women-who-accused-the-trump-campaign-of-harassment-its-been-more-harassment

Meet a bunch of really brave women the Trump campaign has spent millions in litigation trying to silence. As usual, Trumpworld is mostly losing in court.

timbray, to random
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There was a time when this (observed at a large concert hall) made perfect sense.

timbray, to random
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@raf Welcome to CoSocial! I recommend you follow @coop - also, it's a good idea to create and pin an #introduction post.

timbray, to random
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Lovely show! Superb sound, astonishingly good arrangements, virtuoso solos, good songs. They didn’t play either “I Am The Moon” or “Whipping Post” sob.

https://cosocial.ca/@timbray/112504687756117707

timbray, to music
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Off to see Tedeschi Trucks tonight: https://www.tedeschitrucksband.com

Lots of old time boogie; hope the sound is good.

timbray, to random
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Not obvious how to get the "&udm=14" ten-blue-links hack working on Safari. Anyone figured it out?

APBBlue, to random
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Neither Mr. Blue nor I have ever read "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." Is this a mistake?

timbray,
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@APBBlue It's a trilogy with four books, how can that be bad.

timbray, to random
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If you have enough money to have an investment account, and in particular if you have ever moved that account from one institution to another, this may both amuse and educate you:
Guys what is wrong with ACATS https://www.bitsaboutmoney.com/archive/how-acats-transfers-work/

evan, to random
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Every once in a while I start feeling like I'm a big deal and then I read that my Crunchbase rank is 151,395 and I feel a little more humble.

https://www.crunchbase.com/person/evan-prodromou

timbray,
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@evan Yeah and I don't recall Crunchbase asking my permission for commercial use.

timbray,
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@evan TIL Crunchbase is really out of date.

Long_live_rock_n_roll, to music
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Any genre, just join in

If you feel the need make it 5 songs 👍❤️

#music #JoinIn

Please re post

timbray,
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@Long_live_rock_n_roll In Memory Of Elizabeth Reed, Allman Brothers

timbray, to photography
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Purple!

#FlowerFriday #Photography

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Hey media dorks--

How do you think the switch from passive to active TV consumption has affected the medium? I wonder if it helps explain the rise of infinite sequels and catering to fandoms?

timbray,
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@ZachWeinersmith And yet, the streaming experience is regressing to be more like the cable experience of yore. It’s not clear whether the current direction, of having to subscribe to a service to watch a show, is viable long-term. Don't think any one knows which way this is heading…

timbray, (edited ) to random
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Do you know someone with significant quality-of-life problems due to Long Covid?

Boosts appreciated.

timbray,
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@Craftycat @megahertz @zdl In fact, there is plenty of high-quality evidence showing that masking offers some (obviously not complete) protection to the person wearing it. But you are correct that for many people, the most important reason is to protect others.

timbray, to Israel
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On the ICC warrants for Hamas & Israeli leaders, one line of protest is that “Hamas are autocrats but Bibi is democratically elected.” Um, so what? Whatever you think of Israeli voting choices, only leaders can be held responsible for giving the orders amounting to “Go ahead, slaughter the innocents.” I honestly don’t get it.

timbray,
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@xi_li_24 Hasbarabots are blocked. Bye.

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