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CharlieMcHenry

@CharlieMcHenry@connectop.us

Formerly DonCarlitos@mastodon.lol - Thinker, writer, activist, ally, tech veteran, co-founder Trilobyte Games (the 7th Guest) & Green Econometrics. Former RN & educator. Former OR State Telecommunications Councilor. Amateur ethnomusicologist with a YouTube channel. https://youtube.com/@charliemchenry - he/him AVATAR: older, long-haired nerd with facial hair. Missing are my round glasses. HEADER IMAGE: Oregon’s Rogue Valley, looking south from my back porch. #TwitterRefugee #BLM #PFLAG

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CharlieMcHenry, to apple
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Apple fucked us on right to repair (again) - “Tim Cook laid it out for his investors: when people can repair their devices, they don't buy new ones. When people don't buy new devices, Apple doesn't sell them new devices. It's that's simple…” https://pluralistic.net/2023/09/22/vin-locking/

CharlieMcHenry, to medical
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Worm that jumps from rats to slugs to human brains has invaded Southeast US - “The dreaded rat lungworm—a parasite with a penchant for rats and slugs that occasionally finds itself rambling and writhing in human brains—has firmly established itself in the Southeast US and will likely continue its rapid invasion…” https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/09/worm-that-jumps-from-rats-to-slugs-to-human-brains-has-invaded-southeast-us/

CharlieMcHenry, to Bloomscrolling
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Happy Friday Fediverse mutuals. And happy Equinox for those who recognize and celebrate the seasonal and astronomical event. We’ll be using the last of our garden flowers, Dahlias in this case, to decorate our home to note the occasion.

CharlieMcHenry, to twitter
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Elon Musk: Social media platform X could go behind paywall - #x https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-66850821

CharlieMcHenry, to DCComics
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After ripping a new one for lying and bad faith, author Willingham sends Fables into the public domain - He essentially said “screw you” to DC and put his in the public domaine. His work belongs to everyone now… and FU to big corporate publishers. https://billwillingham.substack.com/p/willingham-sends-fables-into-the

CharlieMcHenry, to workersrights
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Millionaire CEO wants unemployment to jump by 50% because workers have become ‘arrogant’ - Uh-huh, that’s right… it’s all the fault of arrogant labor who want living wages, safe working environments and a fair share of profits they create. So of them. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/tim-gurner-property-developer-australia-b2411998.html

CharlieMcHenry, to random
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'She Had Limited Value': Officer Caught Laughing About Grad Student Killed By A Cop Doing 74 In A 25 - https://jalopnik.com/officer-caught-laughing-at-grad-student-killed-by-cop-1850830548

CharlieMcHenry, to DadBin
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Tuesday, September 12, 2023 11:02 AM ET - NY Times
Poverty among children more than doubled in the United States last year, as living costs rose and many federal pandemic aid programs ended.
The overall poverty rate rose to 12.4 percent in 2022 from 7.8 percent in 2021, the largest one-year jump on record.

CharlieMcHenry, to anime_titties
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, in an interview commenting on his 11 children, noted that society’s biggest threat is, as he described it, “Population Collapse”. This seems to be a mantra of Silicon Valley tech bros & gurus, including a lot of bloggers and podcasters - it’s like the holy grail - and it is so backasswards wrong on all levels that it is simply stunning anyone believes this. I know the economics involved, but in the age of robotization and automation, this is simply BS. These idiots (who all consider themselves geniuses entitled to lead the way) NEED to maintain the status quo at all costs for their models to work and their billions to be protected; when what the planet and the human race needs is downsizing, less resource extraction, less travel, reduced emissions and fossil fuel use, less globalization and more local ecosystem development. It’d be a short-term burden for some, but would save the planet and the human race in the long run.

CharlieMcHenry, to Starlink
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"The U.S. Government Can’t Allow Elon Musk the Power to Intervene in Wars" - Musk is a national security risk who has committed treason by intervening for a US enemy over a US ally. He should be detained and tried. should be seized and removed from control. What will he do next? Sell our secrets to China? https://www.thedailybeast.com/us-government-cant-allow-elon-musk-the-power-to-intervene-in-wars?via=ios

CharlieMcHenry, to Futurology
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The gross imbalances of cancer research must be addressed - Global cancer-research ecosystems invest billions of dollars in the development of oncological medicines and technologies, such as robotics and radiotherapy, yet comparatively little into programmes that aim to advance affordable, equitable and high-quality care and outcomes. The extraordinary growth in public and private expenditure on cancer discovery science and technologies, fuelled by the huge profits of cancer biopharmaceutical companies, has failed to create more opportunities for research in neglected areas. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02609-2

CharlieMcHenry, to climate
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The canary in the ice field - Scientists have tracked the fate of the Peyto Glacier in the Rocky Mountains for decades as a global reference point. It’s disappearing faster than expected — a warning sign for communities downstream. https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/the-canary-in-the-icefield

CharlieMcHenry, to climate
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In yet another example of and interdependency, and the tipping point effect: Extreme El Niño weather switched off South American’s carbon sink - Bottom line: the Amazon and other tropical rainforests cannot absorb carbon like they usually do, exacerbating the trend toward drought, , the and https://www.leeds.ac.uk/news-environment/news/article/5391/extreme-el-ni-o-weather-switched-off-south-american-s-carbon-sink

CharlieMcHenry, to reddit
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Reddit faces content quality concerns after its Great Mod Purge - As a long-time user with the karma to prove it, I can attest to the FACT that the quality of content on the site has crashed to new lows over the last few months. Really low quality content now, frustratingly low. Will the site ever recover? I have my doubts. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/are-reddits-replacement-mods-fit-to-fight-misinformation/

CharlieMcHenry, to random
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Sag-AFTRA votes unanimously to expand its strike to include the games industry - This strike is epic and historic. It will either cement the role of human actors and writers in the entertainment sector, or…. forever remove them from the equation at the whim of studios. https://www.eurogamer.net/sag-aftra-votes-unanimously-to-expand-its-strike-to-include-the-games-industry

CharlieMcHenry, to queer
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Officials can't interfere with local Tennessee Pride festival under anti-drag law, judge rules - https://apnews.com/article/drag-ban-tennessee-pride-8cb18a834869b08176e158c504b11dc0

CharlieMcHenry, to music
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For my third and final musical offering this Friday night a bit of a departure… a live tune from exotic fusion group the Barcelona Gypsy Balkan Orchestra https://youtube.com/watch?v=uOtGayTFmF8&si=RAOhiDrOUZ3ekMYQ

CharlieMcHenry, to Bloomscrolling
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End of the season color from our garden… We had a few drops of rain today, which adorned this mature Peace rose flower.

CharlieMcHenry, to twitter
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X wants permission to start collecting your biometric data and employment history - Uh-huh, right… We all gonna give our #BiometricData and our employment history to Elon - because he’s such a cool and trustworthy guy s/ But seriously who TF would trust this conscience-less a**hole with their most private information? The former #Twitter is now a clear and present danger to all users. #x #ElonMusk #fail https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/31/23853618/x-privacy-policy-update-biometrics-job-history

CharlieMcHenry, to LGBTQ
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Yikes: First Ugandan charged with 'aggravated homosexuality' punishable by death - a formerly respectable country where you can be executed for being who you are or choosing who to love. From what I’ve read, US evangelicals have a large share of responsibility for pushing these draconian laws. https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/first-ugandan-charged-with-aggravated-homosexuality-punishable-by-death-2023-08-28/

CharlieMcHenry, to twitter
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I’m finding that, for me, the loss of Reddit is hitting a lot harder than the demise of Twitter ever did. I did enjoy Twitter, pre-Musk, especially for getting the latest news and tuning in to the many high-level conversations that USED TO happen there - gone now. But for me was also kinda like shouting in the wind, too vast, too impersonal. But the many sub-reddits I subscribe to were community, and in some cases, even like family to me. Reddit has changed now, in so many ways, and is just a shadow of its former self. It’s a damn shame. A lot of my favorite subs are gone, or have new moderators who are clueless. The content on the site is miserable when compared to the past. I’m seeing so much junk, inane junk at that, in my feed. I’d been so comfortable on Reddit, an entirely enjoyable daily habit. Now, more often than not, the platform is a frustrating disappointment. End of rant.

CharlieMcHenry, to climate
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is real, and a real worry is that once they finally recognize it and stop their denial, orthodox religionists, especially evangelicals, are going to insist it is ‘god’s will’, a sign of the end of times, and we should therefore accept and celebrate it. I expect they will stand in the way of those who seek to mitigate it, plan for the changes it will certainly bring, and legislate regulations designed to minimize the damage. Hell no, they’ll be all ‘bring it on, we’re on our way to heaven’. That’s going to be a huge problem for the rest of us, the rational, science-based ones who take this shit seriously. I’m not kidding here, we need to have strategies in place to deal with those who would stand in the way of solutions and the cultural changes necessary to avoid a worsening .

CharlieMcHenry, to food
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Homemade Flan using eggs from our chickens.

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CharlieMcHenry, to geopolitics
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Saudi border guards killed hundreds of Ethiopian migrants, HRW says - but with its immense wealth, and the help of and , the Kingdom still enjoys widespread, corporate and government sponsored support. https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/saudi-border-guards-killed-hundreds-ethiopian-migrants-hrw-says-2023-08-21/

CharlieMcHenry, to climate
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And so it begins…Summer of angst as bond yields surge and global stocks wobble - China’s property and financial market woes, the impact of rising interest rates on debt service, ongoing supply chain issues , geopolitical tensions and the uncertainties of are dampening appetite for risk and driving down consumption. https://www.reuters.com/markets/global-markets-cracks-graphic-pix-2023-08-21/

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