vmbrasseur

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to animals

Osgood has stopped by on this #Caturday to say "rawr”.

Do with this wisdom what you will.

#CatsOfMastodon

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to LGBTQ

For the First Time Ever, Human Rights Campaign Officially Declares ‘State of Emergency’ for #LGBTQ+ Americans; Issues National Warning and Guidebook to Ensure Safety for LGBTQ+ Residents and Travellers

https://www.hrc.org/press-releases/for-the-first-time-ever-human-rights-campaign-officially-declares-state-of-emergency-for-lgbtq-americans-issues-national-warning-and-guidebook-to-ensure-safety-for-lgbtq-residents-and-travelers

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to random

CDC to Reduce Funding for States’ Child Vaccination Programs

The targeted cut will affect programs that identify communities vulnerable to disease outbreaks…This information is used to prevent and manage outbreaks…

The budget cut comes as the number of children getting vaccinated dropped amid the covid pandemic.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/cdc-to-reduce-funding-for-states-child-vaccination-programs/

#PublicHealth

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to random

Two weeks ago I sent a message to my local #Library requesting they add a book to the collection.

Today they sent me a message saying the book has arrived, they've finished cataloging it into the collection, and it's on hold waiting for me to pick it up.

Libraries are pretty great. 📚

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to FiberArts

The discourse has gotten so repetitive, snippy, petty, and hot-takey that it's convinced me—a person who does a lot of #FiberArts—to perma-mute the word "thre@ds”.

Well done, all. Way to forget two of the rules of the internet:

1. Do not feed the trolls, and
2. Billionaires qualify as trolls

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to random

Well, that's certainly a headline:

Elephants’ Giant Hot Testicles Might Be the Reason They Get Less Cancer

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/elephants-giant-hot-testicles-might-be-the-reason-they-get-less-cancer/

b0rk, 11 months ago to random

also, if you used to use Linux on your personal computer but don't anymore, what made you switch away from it?

for me: I'm on a break from Linux right now because I was having some extremely annoying power management issues I couldn't figure out (it kept running out of battery while asleep), and there was some Mac/Windows-only software I wanted to use

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to foss

Who of my followers will be at #FOSSY next week? Shout out!

#FLOSS #FOSS #OpenSource

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to random

The NWS has announced a 🚩 RED FLAG WARNING 🚩 for northwest Oregon/southwest Washington.

High temps + low humidity + wind == ideal conditions for fires to start and spread quickly.

For everyone's sake, skip the fireworks this #July4th. Save 'em for New Years Eve or something, just don’t set them off now.

#ORwx #WAwx

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to random

Very much looking forward to the day that I can share things to the Fedi from @newsblur .

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to random

DESIGNING THE FIRST APPLE MACINTOSH: THE ENGINEERS’ STORY

How a small team of little-known designers changed computing forever

https://spectrum.ieee.org/apple-macintosh

#ComputerHistory

ramsey, 11 months ago to bluesky

Almost everything on #Bluesky is public.

https://blueskyweb.xyz/blog/5-19-2023-user-faq

Why are my posts, likes, and blocks public? The AT Protocol, which Bluesky is built on, is designed to support public conversations. To make public conversations portable across all sorts of platforms, your data is stored in data repositories that anyone can view. This means that regardless of which server you choose to join, you’ll still be able to see posts across the whole network, and if you choose to change servers, you can easily take all of your data with you. This is what causes the user experience of Bluesky, a federated protocol, to be similar to all the other social media apps you have used before. Can I set my profile to be private? Currently, there are no private profiles on Bluesky.

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to random

Fireworks sales skyrocket as Americans spend record amount on pyrotechnics

Cost of living, poor air quality and environmental concerns are no match for Americans’ willingness to spend a record amount on fireworks, according to reports ahead of the Fourth of July holiday.

😡 #OFFS

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/01/fireworks-sales-usa-record-number

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to random

This Astronomer Discovered What the Stars Were Made Of, and Few Believed Her Discovery

Nearly 100 years ago a young astronomer named Cecilia Payne changed the way we see the stars in the sky because she was able to look into their burning heart and see something no one else ever had.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-astronomer-discovered-what-the-stars-were-made-of-and-few-believed-her-discovery/

vmbrasseur, 11 months ago to random

Please enjoy this murder mitten on a lovely #Caturday.

vmbrasseur, 1 year ago to random

Amazon to pay $5.8M penalty for spying with Ring devices.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/31/amazon-ring-ftc-settlement-lax-security/

Also, Amazon makes more than $49M per hour:

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/01/how-much-revenue-tech-giants-like-amazon-and-apple-make-per-minute.html

Bet that $5.8M “penalty" is gonna hurt for a lot less time than the 7 minutes it's gonna take them to pay for it…

vmbrasseur, 1 year ago to random

“…over 20 mass shootings reported across US during holiday weekend…”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/30/florida-shooting-hollywood-memorial-day

Just a totally normal thing that happens in a totally healthy and functioning society. Yup. Nothing wrong here, so nothing needs fixing. Totally.

😓

vmbrasseur, 1 year ago to random

Clerk, just trying to do their job: “OK, for the new iPhone battery and installation it’ll be $69.”

Me, an internet doofus: “Nice.”

vmbrasseur, 1 year ago to random

I'm looking to switch away from Trello for my personal #ProjectManagement tracking.

What do folks like for this sort of thing these days?

Criteria:

• Not Notion (already tried)
• macOS & iOS required (incl. sync)
• Would really rather not self-host
• Kanban-ish not necessarily required

Serious suggestions only, please.

evan, 1 year ago (edited 1 year ago) to random

How often do you wear a hat?

#EvanPoll #poll

vmbrasseur, 1 year ago to random

Totally gonna stash this Bizarro comic away for future use…

https://www.arcamax.com/thefunnies/bizarro/s-2823347

vmbrasseur, 1 year ago to random

#Gay and #bisexual men in monogamous relationships can donate blood without abstaining from sex under updated FDA guidelines

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/11/us-blood-donation-rules-gay-bisexual-men

It's a welcome first step toward removing a backward and homophobic policy.