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mcc, 3 months ago to random

Today is my birthday!

If you'd like to do something for me for my birthday, would you please reply to this with—or by other means send me— something with colors you liked? Like an image or a video or a link. Music would also be acceptable if it gives you a strong synesthesiac association with color.

If this request confuses you, here are some examples of images with colors I found striking [Artists: Laurie Barmore, Vian Borchert, Erica Aurahack]. But your reply can be whatever colors you like.

Abstract art by Vian Borchert
Abstract art by Vian Borchert

TonyStark, 5 months ago to random

People ask why I talk about elections and voting so much.

It’s because there’s always hope.

Florida Democrats flip Republican House seat in Special Election – WFTV:
https://www.wftv.com/news/local/florida-democrats-flip-republican-house-seat-special-election/BDGBNIJ3CZECRMX6NTSZQVYZX4/

evan, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

How do you capitalize the name of this network?

#EvanPoll #poll

b0rk, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

poll: when you see this message in git status:

”Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main’.”

do you know that your branch may not actually be up to date with the main branch on the remote?

mekkaokereke, 4 months ago to random

🤫Ugh. Will you people please stop telling Cybertruck buyers what happens to stainless steel when it's exposed to, well, like, anything?

I invested in Rust-Oleum and Bondo in anticipation of these dudes discovering why auto paint exists, and daddy needs a new pair of shoes!

berniethewordsmith, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago) to random

Sad to see #1Password showing signs of following the #enshittification route as described by @pluralistic

https://www.jwz.org/blog/2023/10/maybe-later-or-not-today-satan/?utm_source=pocket_mylist

jeffowski, 3 months ago to random

#NoBillionaires

dangoodin, 8 months ago to random

A reminder that Mastodon has no algorithm that pushes posts favorited by others. This is a fundamental difference with the way Twitter works. If you like a toot and want others to see it, the best way to do that is to boost. Favoriting a post helps the author know you liked it but doesn't do much more.

cstross, 4 months ago to random

Gross.

Just blocked (and reported) a new follower from mastodon.social because he's "passionate about digital marketing" (and user pic looks suspiciously like an AI-generated smiling corporate dude). Profile alone left me feeling as if I'd been sleazed on by a used car salesman.

Tengrain, 3 months ago to random

Just sayin’

LLS, 3 months ago to mecfs

#MECFS, the Board Game

via elo on bsky: https://bsky.app/profile/elohopea.bsky.social/post/3knl6dh6e4k24

@mecfs #LongCovid

darnell, 3 months ago to america

Resolving the #homeless crisis in #America 🇺🇸 is more complicated than “ban homeless tents in public” or “let homeless tents remain in public” as both only address the symptoms.

👉🏾 The Supreme Court could soon outlaw homeless camps https://nypost.com/2024/03/09/opinion/the-supreme-court-could-soon-outlaw-homeless-camps/

When I visited #Singapore 🇸🇬 last year, I saw very few homeless people. When I inquired about it, I was told that the government paid for temporary housing for homeless citizens.

Non-citizens however were immediately deported! 😦

LLS, 6 months ago to random

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blogdiva, 3 months ago to random

so the Rassmussen polling company is being discredited as unreliable by 538, the "maths and politics" blog (which, btw, used to be a sports blog).

funny because people who have been involved in politics since at least the aughts know BOTH companies exist as part of the well financed right-wing propaganda machine.

i guess 538 isn’t being paid enough to cover for Rassmussen’s fuckery?

NewsDesk, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to Health

Today is the fourth anniversary of the day everything changed — on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic.

@Flipboard's @health curated this collection of stories: Are we still in a pandemic, how frightened should we be of getting COVID-19, and the legacy of misinformation. Plus, the latest guidelines on vaccines, masks and isolation.

https://flip.it/4eCAE0

How worried are you about COVID-19 infection?

#COVID19 #COVID #Pandemic #Health #PublicHealth #Vaccines

LLS, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to mecfs

Give your loved ones, friends, mutuals, followers, neighbors, acquaintances, strangers and yourself the gift of a healthier holiday season and beyond by sharing this list of NIOSH-Approved N95 mask brands and models.

A lot of masks sold or even given away are fakes — and while any mask is better than none, it’s your health on the line. Covid is surging, and even the mildest case with no symptoms can leave you w #LongCOVID

@mecfs

https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/n95list1-b.html https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npptl/topics/respirators/disp_part/N95list1-b.html

LLS, 3 months ago to random

#WritersCoffeeClub March 5: What five things do you need to be a writer?

1/ Something to write with: pen, computer…

2/ Something to write on: paper, app…

3/ Something to write in: language, literacy [for actual writing, not needed for non-written storytelling]…

4/ Opportunity: time, place, subsistence covered (food & shelter)…

5/ Ability: energy, health, management of disabilities that would preclude any of the above…

The rest is ultimately subjective.

LLS, 3 months ago to random

“people are being reinfected with COVID every year, on average. Risk of Long COVID increases cumulatively across infections. People with Long COVID are seriously ill with dangerous, biological disease markers. Put simply: the back-to-normal, ignore-COVID-away approach is a farce doomed to failure, and the existence of Long COVID patients is itself a political threat to the status quo.” https://raggedfeathers.com/@lilithsaintcrow/112079506205471868

LLS, 3 months ago to disability

sigh If the images on your post don’t have alt text, I won’t boost it no matter how interesting or profound or funny it is. If you can’t be arsed, why should I?

#Disability #Ableism #AltText #Accessibility

LLS, 3 months ago to random

How were got here.

Animated stick figure walking, says “Let’s deregulate corporations—“ and starts tumbling endlessly down stairs. Boldface caption beneath counts forward: 1980s … 1990s … 2000s … 2010s … 2020s

LLS, 3 months ago to random

Not either/or: solar panels installed ABOVE working ranch/farmland. Fascinating new methods.

> Greater benefits can come from combining solar with food crops. The solar panels must be mounted higher up…kept plants cooler during the day and warmer at night, and they held more moisture in the air. These less-stressed plants…needed substantially less watering…[and] evaporation from the plants even helped to cool the panels and increase electricity output.

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301355120

LLS, 2 months ago to random

nobody:

tech companies: Great news! We’re integrating AI! https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112118467571119101

LLS, 7 months ago to random

#FlashFiction #MicroFiction

The ghost couldn’t knock so it waited for the children dressed as goblins, vampires, witches and politicians to ring the bell. The door opened. “Trick or treat!”

“So adorable!” said a lady in skeleton makeup. As she gave them candy, the ghost stepped inside and was greeted by other ghosts.

“Thank you!” said the children. The door closed. The lady sat down and looked her phone. The ghosts gathered ’round and watched the news scroll by and cried and cried and cried.

LLS, 2 months ago to random

Most people don’t know this brutal fact about Medicaid:

“the federal government requires of every state: to recover money from the assets of dead people who, in their final years, relied on Medicaid, the taxpayer-funded health insurance for the poorest Americans.”

The real death tax. https://mstdn.social/@knittingknots2/112117695290986869