@PeterLG@theblower.au
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PeterLG

@PeterLG@theblower.au

Australian : Married, Nomad, Sarcast, Pyrrhonist, Irreligious Unbeliever, Democratic Socialist : Info/Comms Tech & Management, Fire fighter, Educator : He/Him : Born @ 316 ppm CO₂

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melissabeartrix, to random
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Well that's sad, the two young guys missing from the inner west were killed by an ex that is a police officer

So sad ... Hugz

Hugz & xXx

https://www.9news.com.au/national/missing-sydney-couple-jesse-baird-luke-davies-suspicious-disappearance/9ba04fd7-baff-4e0f-9edc-c10e271a3d71

PeterLG,
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@melissabeartrix

*Alleged

But yes, it's sad and frustrating, but it shows that domestic violence doesn't care about sexuality.

melissabeartrix, to random
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Next door to my favourite cafe is a high priced real estate agent ... I reckon any one of the ladies there would have had more surgery than most trans women ... Giggles ... Oh and the surgery on trans womaen look so much nicer ... 💋

Hugz & xXx

PeterLG,
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@melissabeartrix

It certainly has more value to the person, too.

timbray, to random
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Um, starting to see a pattern where people are being followed by accounts whose avatar is an attractive young woman’s face and who post sweet little inspirational messages and cute puppy/cat pix. And they smell synthetic as hell. Saw ’em referred to in a mods conversation as “seeds”. There’s an agenda here, dunno what it is.

PeterLG,
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@timbray

"Seed accounts" will start engaging with you on minor topics (feel good stuff), and then, once you have invested your time into that engagement, they will move on to politics. They are the favoured methods of political bot farms (Russian, Chinese) to sow disinformation.

The ones that switch to sex are at least honest in their motives.

RickiTarr, to random
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Since I've talked a lot about change today, I'll ask a question about it:

If you've changed something in your life or about yourself, how did you do it, and why?

PeterLG,
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@RickiTarr

I stopped trying to be everything to everybody and managed it without becoming nothing to anybody. Much more comfortable.

eniko, to random
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man i love the contrast between the three social media sites i use. same post:

  1. mastodon. gangbusters. 350 boosts and climbing

  2. cohost. its alright. over 10 shares. not bad for a smaller social media site, really

  3. bluesky. 4 reposts, 10 likes

and this is always how it shakes out. i cant believe that anyone is seriously maining bluesky when it consistently gets an order of magnitude less engagement than i used to get on twitter (before the collapse) and two orders of magnitude less than fedi

i guess i should just stop bothering with bluesky since compared to fedi it is a literal rounding error

PeterLG,
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@eniko

Oh. I'd forgotten about my BlueSky account. Zero engagement so I just stopped using it.

MattFerrel, to random
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I’m so bored with people who demand that Biden just “do stuff” without any interest in understanding how government works. The President is not a king.

PeterLG,
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@TonyStark

Yeah, that attitude sucks balls. People thinking that way are either anarchists or would-be fascists (if they were only given the chance).

@MattFerrel

TonyStark, (edited ) to random
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I've been very fortunate to find myself in a nice career.

I know many people who haven’t had the same path and the weight of student loans is financially drowning them. I'm truly happy that this will do something to give back to people who put so much in, but can’t break out from underneath the system.

This kind of policy won’t be coming from Republicans. Joe Biden has my vote.

150,000 more student loan borrowers to receive debt relief beginning Wednesday:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/150000-student-loan-borrowers-receive-debt-relief-beginning/story?id=107395007

PeterLG,
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@floating

That's the part a lot of unthinking people don't get: "Student loans" don't affect students—aka kids going to university—they affect adults trying to exist in a world where everything is just out of reach financially. They hold back families and force intelligent, educated people into work that doesn't match their abilities just to survive. If they didn't have that debt dragging them down, they would be able to achieve so much more.

@TonyStark @Barbramon1

nosherwan, (edited ) to ai
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🤖 AI Profile Images

Are people still happy to use AI generated profile images? Do you feel it serves a purpose?
I personally feel it makes one's account less personal.



PeterLG,
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@nosherwan

I've used generated avatars, me-photo avatars, unrelated-image avatars, and related-image avatars. People should use whatever suits their needs and circumstances.

Don't forget: some folks can't use their face as an avatar.

melissabeartrix, to random
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I love these pens ... Four colours and you only use one all the time ... Giggles

And yes, I am sure BIC is an evil company in France

Hugz & xXx

PeterLG,
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@melissabeartrix

If you had one of those pens in high school in the 70s, you had to guard it with your life! Taking one out of your pencil box was like flashing a $10 note.

skykiss, (edited ) to Ukraine
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’s security is our security. As allies, the UK & US fight aggression. We stand up for freedom. We stick by our friends. And we win. I urge the to continue its proud support for ’s fight against Putin’s aggression.

I am calling out the in Congress as Putin-owned who support overthrow of our government.

and republicans' open fealty to Putin, a hostile foreign intelligence agent, who is one of the most infamous cold-blooded killers in human history & wanted war criminal.

Mike Johnson & republicans are blocking a bill that would supply ammunition to soldiers, despite the widespread support in Congress and support of the American people. Showing the world that Republicans are anti-American & disloyal traitors to our allies and our constitution.

, where is treason weasel ? He's a communist loving traitor.

PeterLG,
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@Npars01

Ummm ... where does his pay go then? Surely he's not paid in cash, let alone gets his tax refund in cash! Suspicious is right 🤨

@skykiss

PeterLG,
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@GhostedIC

That's because we don't see using a gun as a right, just like we don’t see driving a car as a right. They're both activities that are priviledges earned through training and licensing.

@frostysauce

GottaLaff, to random
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1/.. “A long-awaited inspector general’s report released last month faulted previous White House medical teams for widely dispensing sedatives and stimulants, failing to maintain records on potent drugs including fentanyl, providing care to potentially hundreds of ineligible White House staff and contractors, and flouting other federal regulations.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/16/white-house-medical-unit-pharmacy-ronny-jackson/

PeterLG,
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@GottaLaff

So the fentanyl "flooding" the USA from Mexico (according to Trump) was for Trump's Whitehouse?

Trump hawks $399 branded shoes at 'Sneaker Con,' a day after a $355 million ruling against him (apnews.com)

As he closes in on the Republican presidential nomination, former President Donald Trump made a highly unusual stop Saturday, hawking new Trump-branded sneakers at “Sneaker Con,” a gathering that bills itself as the “The Greatest Sneaker Show on Earth.”...

PeterLG,
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@Gazumi @MicroWave

😂😂

melissabeartrix, to random
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Do you name your household items ? Like Vanessa vacuum cleaner {she is good at sucking}, Ken kettle {who is a bit dumb}, Larry Loo {great at taking pee and poo) and Maryanne the mixer {she thought she could stir but only mixed everything up}

Or am I the only one about to lose the plot ... Giggles

Hugz & xXx

PeterLG,
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@melissabeartrix

We have Rusty (the Russel Hobbs sandwich maker), Bacca (the Baccarat air fryer), and the electric jug is just "The Jug". The motorhome is called Barking Mad, due to being the home for two kelpies.

RickiTarr, to random
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Why are Progressives so good at fighting amongst themselves, and totally missing the mark at what they should be fighting against?

PeterLG,
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@rooster @RickiTarr

It's a metaphor, and it's brilliant!

dannotdaniel, to random
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Beethoven preferred minuet rice, actually 🍚

PeterLG,
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@dannotdaniel

I must say, Dan, that struck a chord with me. Got me right out of my fugue! It was A Major one, too.

KentuckyConjurer, to random
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PeterLG,
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@KentuckyConjurer

Sorted! 🍎 😆

futurebird, to random
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Most nations have a official national bird, so obviously every country should also have a national ant.

Which ant would you pick for your country?

(If you want to understand my antipathy for butterflies and sometimes honeybees you need only look at this list:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_insects

They couldn't even be bothered to pick a UNIQUE insect! And More than half of the insects aren't even native to North America. How basic.)

PeterLG,
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@alcootatooter

I'm going with 𝘔𝘺𝘳𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢 𝘨𝘶𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘢. The only ant that makes me wary. There's way too much going on behind those eyes for my liking 😬. Having one inch-long ant watch you as you pass by is unnerving; realising that there are a few others in separate locations doing the same is downright worrying 😰.

@futurebird

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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Retired old people who aren't just ... busy being sick and dying give back to their communities in HUGE ways. We had someone's grandpa come to our robotics competition to cheer the team on. The old people in my building do all the serious political organizing and man the polls. I'm too busy working being in my 40s and all that.

Raising retirement ages takes away more than just "retirement" ... it makes everything harder.

Far as I'm concerned it should be 59.

PeterLG,
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@futurebird

In Australia, it's now 67.5 for men, 65 for women; the plan is to push it to 70 for men soon. It's all about saving on government pension payouts, not the workforce or health, and it shits me up the wall.

Sure, if you WANT to keep working beyond pension age and you're capable, go for it. But forcing people to keep working, especially those not in office work, is criminal.

peterdutoit, to climate
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    PeterLG,
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    @peterdutoit

    And now they're talking about us switching straight back into a La Niña!

    w7voa, to random
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    "An independent US journalist, ex-Foxnews host Tucker Carlson arrived in Russia for the first time and has spent three days in Moscow already." - Sputnik

    PeterLG,
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    @w7voa I'm still trying to work out how he managed to travel there. I thought sanctions applied to personal travel? Maybe it's only commercial transactions. Guess I'm going to have to look that up.

    Edit: Oh, cute. He went to Turkey first, then on to Russia. Hey, US Border Patrol: Don't let him back in!

    anna_lillith, to random
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    STOP THE WORLD'S FIRST OCTOPUS FARM

    A company in Spain has a plan to torture a million octopuses per year – by raising them in crowded tanks and then killing them by putting them in icy water, which causes a slow, stressful death.

    The company knows octopuses are highly intelligent and feel pleasure, pain, joy and fear, but this is their way of turning a huge profit. Now they’re being slammed by scientists and the media – and if enough of us add to the pressure right now we can stop them.

    1/2

    PeterLG,
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    @anna_lillith

    Absolutely, this project must be halted. Apart from being repugnant from an animal-farming point of view—intense aqua farming is horrible at its best—octopoda are much too intelligent to subject to farming. I find the concept wholly morally disgusting. No, I'm not a vegetarian or vegan.

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    PeterLG,
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    @iraantlers the wood between the worlds... "Not this one, Polly. It's closed," said Digory.

    PeterLG,
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    @iraantlers ... and that was the last time Frederick was allowed to use Great Aunt Matilda's toilet.

    PeterLG,
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    @iraantlers

    Our hearts lifted as we watched the skydome portal open. We were looking forward in time, seeing the wide open horizons of the new world and the clear skies without the barrier we had lived under all our lives. As the ship lifted off for Mintaka IV, we were blissfully unaware of the tragedy already unfolding.

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