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LoneLocust

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I am a retired government CIO. #Podcast host (Fusion Patrol.) Married, 25 years, kids at university. Citizen #Potawatomi Nation member. #Ebike enthusiast. #Atheist. SciFi & Tokusatsu Fan (Trek, Doctor Who, Blakes 7, Babylon 5, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and many more.). Love a good crossword or #KillerSudoku. Recently published app in iOS App Store (Killer Sudoku Aide.) Probably other stuff but I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition.

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arstechnica, to random
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Anti-pasteurization crowd reaffirms love of raw milk despite bird flu outbreak

Raw milk fans called warnings "fear mongering," despite 52% fatality rate in humans.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/anti-pasteurization-crowd-reaffirms-love-of-raw-milk-despite-bird-flu-outbreak/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

LoneLocust,
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@alex_02 The problem is, every time a human contracts it, it increases the chances it could mutate to human to human infection, then those of us who aren’t raw milk lunatics could pay the price for their stupid.

LoneLocust, to random
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I miss my dad.

LoneLocust, to cricket
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Good old George W. Bush’s Great Recession really screwed up my plans in 2009 to go to the ICC #T20 World Cup Final at Lord’s (I still have the tickets.)

I see that a few of the early matches in this year’s World Cup are being held in Texas. Maybe I should go.

No interesting team match-ups in Texas, but maybe I could go see Pakistan hand the US team their asses on a plate.

#Cricket

LoneLocust, to random
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This is the most deeply profound thing I’ve seen all day.

(I have just awoken, though.)
https://mastodon.world/@MonotoneofBill/112433384652518812

LoneLocust, to DoctorWho
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In just 2 hours, the first @podcast episode on the new series of episode goes live.

In 13 years, this is the first time I've had to include the explicit tag.

tomjennings, to random
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Hairless dogs are vigilant about where they plant their bald butts. It's funny to watch them inspect the ground before dropping back. Sometimes they get lazy and plant their butt on something unpleasant and suddenly leap up with a shocked face when they land on something unpleasant.

LoneLocust,
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@tomjennings I hate to ask, but… could you define unpleasant.

LoneLocust, to random
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My wife reading the headline of an article: “How to take charge of your kindergarten class.”

My eldest child: “Yard Stick”

Me: “No! This is the 21st century. Meter stick.”

LoneLocust, to random
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ChatRTD

LoneLocust, to random
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Who says Arizona is too far south to see the ?

I’m pretty sure that’s the right there.

LoneLocust,
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Just above the tree that is perched in.

LoneLocust,
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I’m not bitter.

LoneLocust, to random
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All these people taking advantage of the solar storm getting to see the auroras at unusually low latitudes just reminds me of one thing:

The Day of the Triffids.

NanoRaptor, to random
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The one true USB3 connector.

LoneLocust,
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@NanoRaptor Please tell me it’s keyed so it only goes in one way. We needed a plug that you have to try 5 times before it goes in.

donburnside, to random
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I'm not typically a delivery guy, because today I just spent an extra $30 on grocery shopping because I have a serious eye problem.

Can't see myself going to the grocery store today or tomorrow.

LoneLocust,
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@donburnside Is that a pun?

simonwood, to random
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Goals for tomorrow

  • watch a brand new Doctor Who
  • cuddle a hen
LoneLocust,
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@simonwood I’m taking bets on which one will be more enjoyable. (Even if the he ’s name is Le Diable.”)

LoneLocust, to random
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Normally, I’m on the side of television/movie writers. They’ve got the most important job because without a good story, everything else is just shallow window-dressing.

But… I am so sick to death of Star Trek writers bitching that they “can’t write drama” within the Star Trek universe as defined.

As my kids would say, “get good.”

http://archive.today/2024.05.10-061215/https://www.slashfilm.com/1574895/star-trek-replicators-why-writers-hated/

heavyboots, to random
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This is fascinating stuff! Gates Pass and Mt Lemmon are prime candidates for this technology. Motorcyclists and cars love to do fast “canyon runs” up both those roads and blind corners become a huge issue if the car is going like 2x the speed limit around a blind corner with a cyclist using the lane ahead. https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112407010282309595

LoneLocust,
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@heavyboots Did that ride… ONCE… scariest traffic I’ve ever ridden in.

LoneLocust, to random
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Angie’s & Jimmie’s Pizzeria has a surprising number of custom rugs.

donburnside, to random
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Took 3 months, but I have access to an elevenlabs account for work. WOOHOO!

LoneLocust,
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@donburnside I wonder how long it will take to get the twelvelabs account?

LoneLocust, to random
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As I watched this ad, my first thought was, “WTF?” But about halfway through, I realized it was being compressed INTO an iPad. “OK, I get it…”

But

The misstep to me is that the items are (a) obviously being destroyed and (b) leaking out and therefore escaping being part of the iPad. The iPad is therefore less than the sum of the parts.

Also, the rubber ball face doesn’t look happy being squished.

I reckon this ad will disappear very soon.
https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/112411319892987319

LoneLocust, to random
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Damn.

I just thought I coined a clever new word, “metropocalypse” referring to the clusterfuck that is urban design in places like Phoenix.

However, I see there is a podcast of that name, which appears to be about (I'm guessing) the clusterfuck that is/are Metros (as in "subways”.)

I'm using it anyway.

LoneLocust, to StarTrek
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My years-long watch/re-watch of every episode of every series of has brought me to today where I start series 5 of .

I have caught up to the current season and will be caught up to the current episode by next week.

Just in time for the end.

LoneLocust,
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@donburnside Yup.

I’ll confess, it stumbled a bunch in S1-2, and I really disliked the S3 attempt to be 9/11 relevant, but S4 is one of my favorites of the Trek Lites.

LoneLocust,
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@donburnside I should add, while I am not offended seeing Naked T'Pol, I was regularly offended by the fact that the showrunners/network felt the need to trot out Naked T'Pol all the time.

rscottjones, to random
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🏥 Welp, I’ll be at the hospital all night with my dad, who is having difficulty breathing and battling some sort of infection.

LoneLocust,
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@rscottjones Sorry. Best wishes for recovery.

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