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RebelGeek99

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A nonpartisan masked pariah haunting a conservative suburb near you. Might be an ecosocialist 🟢 Amateur wordsmith. Heartless. Unhinged. These are my personal views, not those of my employer(s). Spicy takes served cold. #nobridge

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msquebanh, to random
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I got these fugly looking from a farmer friend. I get free fugly veggies from farm friends if they don't sell everything at market. These are damaged & definitely far from prime condition but still very good to eat/cook with! All free. Free, is my fave price 😊

RebelGeek99,
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@msquebanh nice! Even though I hate eggplant lol. Free is still a good price, I can appreciate that.

Pro tip: If you add enough batter and seasoning and deep fry it enough, it helps conceal the flavor.

COVID19_DISEASE, to random
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A deadly coronavirus has resurfaced in Saudi Arabia, killing at least one patient

At least two of the MERS-CoV infections involved human-to-human transmission, some researchers are concerned that the outbreak could cause a new pandemic.

https://www.salon.com/2024/05/11/a-has-resurfaced-in-saudi-arabia-at-least-one-patient/

RebelGeek99,
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@COVID19_DISEASE not now MERS-Covid24

RebelGeek99, to thailand
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Wandering around

A swarm of motorcycles and scooters in a busy street
Some cool looking buildings in the city
Reflections and water garden in front of the Spring Tower

mekkaokereke, to random
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"Trump is worse!" And then I'm blocked.

People get so cranky at Black folk for pointing out the irrefutable evidence that Biden's Covid policies got a lot of people long Covid, and caused a lot of other people to die of Covid unnecessarily.

You can get mad at me. You can yell "Trump is worse!" until your voice gets hoarse. I'm not talking about Trump. I'm talking about pandemic decisions made during this administration.

Y'all know I'm right.

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/112397660473954665

RebelGeek99,
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@mekkaokereke lol oh snap I already had that "Real Journalism" account blocked. There was another insufferable one like that, some bologna sandwich 🥪 or whatever. Good on you for calling them out.

RebelGeek99, to Japan
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From my recent wanderings in 's Ashikaga Flower Garden...

Some cool flowers in a terminal spike
Irises, I think
Some electrifying blue blooms (snapdragon looking things)

jeffjarvis, to random
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Ruth Marcus legitimates the justice who is indeed the handmaid to the right wing.
Amy Coney Barrett is no handmaid to the Supreme Court’s conservative majority https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/01/amy-coney-barrett-handmaid-justice-conservative/

RebelGeek99,
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@jeffjarvis fortunately it's behind a paywall so the garbage won't spread as far

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Sen. John Kennedy Wildly Claims College Professors Supporting Protests Believe in ‘The Right To Kill Jews’ https://www.mediaite.com/tv/sen-john-kennedy-wildly-claims-college-professors-supporting-protests-believe-in-the-right-to-kill-jews/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

RebelGeek99,
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@realTuckFrumper shameless pigs

peter, to random
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I made a bot! the @actuallybot uses The Power Of Generative Artificial Intelligence to reply-guy a post anytime you tag it in. it's made with Python and Ollama, using a custom model of LLama3:8b. whole thing is running in a Docker container on an old Lenovo laptop. it is always on and ready to politely tell your online enemies why they are wrong about everything. please let me know if it breaks.

RebelGeek99,
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@peter @actuallybot lmao this is beautiful. I have just the use case for it 😂

dougiec3, to random
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Amazing that, even at his age, Alito can stand on his head to read the law.
"One particularly notable hypothetical came from Alito, who raised the prospect that an outgoing president who loses a closely contested race but fears indictment upon leaving office might try to remain in power, creating 'a cycle that destabilizes the functioning of our country as a democracy. ' ”

RebelGeek99,
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@dougiec3 @lin11c they're just dragging their heels. It would disrupt the duocracy if the R's lose too much face. The delicate balance of power that ensures moderate centrism and fascism continue to work hand in hand to effect the upward transfer of wealth would be unsettled.

Notice how nothing was done, even nominally, symbolically, the two years that D's had trifecta control of WH, Senate, and House, after Pelosi promptly seated the Seditionist Caucus after they disavowed the 2020 results.

RebelGeek99,
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@lin11c @dougiec3 agreed. Fetterman and Kelly are the new rotating villains we have to look forward to... And yeah, the Blue Dogs are reprehensible, I live in a district represented by one of them (MGP of ).

They have it all figured out. Sinema voted with Dems more often than Sanders (>90% of the time), but not on the big ticket items. The DINO representing my district is much the same - ran on a Bernie-lite platform, now votes w D's >80% of time but stomps down any big ticket items.

drahardja, to TeslaMotors
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I think Toyota was right all along.

It’s an unpopular opinion among EV purists, but I think hybrids will reduce a lot more carbon emissions than BEVs, for the simple reason that way more people can switch. Even without access to charging outlets, hybrids are far more efficient thanks to their regenerative braking. With access to outlets, they are as good as EVs within their electric range, which will account for most of the daily commutes of their owners, and all with far smaller batteries and better costs of ownership than BEVs.

The way to eliminate emissions due to personal transportation is not to put people in BEVs. It’s to eliminate commutes and massively invest in (electrified) public transportation.

“Hybrid vs. Electric Cars: Why Hybrids Make More Sense”

https://www.kbb.com/car-advice/hybrid-vs-electric-why-hybrids-make-more-sense/

RebelGeek99,
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@drahardja quite the spicy take! 🔥lolz

I'm curious what trend will win out over the next five to ten years. I'm team "cycling, e-bikes, and mass transit ftw" when it comes to decarbonizing transportation, but it's still interesting to see what direction the shift from combustion engines will take.

plaguepoems, to random
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On this day, four years ago,
we were told
that in order to fight the virus
we should inject disinfectant
or perhaps sunlight
but those odd suggestions
are from long ago
now on this day, the current one,
we are told
that in order to fight the virus
we should just cross our fingers.

RebelGeek99,
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@plaguepoems excessive finger crossing negatively impacts the Economy, relax and have a drink instead 🍹

RebelGeek99, to thailand
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Walking around Sriracha to get breakfast this morning, some 60%-90% of folks in mostly respirators. It was just the Thai New Year's celebrations here over the weekend, maybe folks are seeing an uptick in sickies and responding appropriately, or just taking a simple effective precaution to avoid illness.

Fwiw, I've encountered very few coughers or wheezers in shared indoor spaces compared to what's been normalized in the US. Go figure 😒

RebelGeek99,
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@ABScientist I was just thinking about it this morning. Honestly, even with the language barriers at times, it has been so nice to not be a social outcast for wearing PPE during an ongoing pandemic. It's stupid how politicized it is in the West.

Even if it isn't the plague, there's so many fertile walking incubators for other bugs (rhinovirus, coronavirus, strep a, measles, mpox, etc.) right now, I am taking steps to minimize my exposure to any of them on this trip.

RickiTarr, to random
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If you could have one new skill starting right now, what would it be?

RebelGeek99,
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@RickiTarr wiring electrical things

beandreams, to random
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An old practice from movements that I think we should try out for this pandemic: at the beginning of events, inviting audiences to call out the names of people who aren’t here because of the virus. Covid deaths, long covid, people sick today, immuno-inaccessible events, caregivers, etc. It’s so hidden, people think they don’t know anyone despite the huge numbers.

RebelGeek99,
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@beandreams I've found, when slightly pressed, many people do meekly acknowledge they know someone close maimed or affected... but the propaganda to ignore our pain now that "COVID is over" is very strong and it disrupts business as usual when the emotions are allowed to surface.

Not allowing the emotions to surface, to sit with them and process the loss, will have dire consequences for mental health downstream... sadly, this path seems all but fixed for most people. 😔

docpop, to random
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I'm sick of justifying ethical behavior in terms of profit. We use phrases like "adding alt-text brings more customers to your site" or "protected bike lanes increase revenue for local businesses."

You should add alt-text descriptions to images because it helps people.

We need to build bike lanes because it makes cities safer and more accessible.

Reduce carbon emissions because it's the right thing to do! Discussing these things in purely economic terms misses the point.

RebelGeek99,
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@docpop I think it's done in the erroneous intention of trying to get wannabe capitalists and the oligarchs they fawn over to start giving a shit about other humans. It kind of makes sense until you realize their aims are diametrically opposed to what they would cast as "impractical feel good hippy dippy bullshit" (i.e., being a decent human), imo

RebelGeek99, to random
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How the fuck are parents reconciling the frequent childhood illnesses that seem to be ripping through all my friends' households? This is not normal. We were never this sickly when I was growing up-- and I was one of the "sickly" ones (I had a bad dust allergy). I don't even have kids and I see it 😒

Denial can be a powerful agent, so I'm assuming that's how it's being dealt with until it can no longer be dismissed at scale. This is all so messed up.

RebelGeek99,
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@jik I think you're right, you articulated it well. Denial is a natural response to overpowering feelings of fear and anxiety. Do you have any hope that the illusion will shatter within our lifetimes?

I started reading "And The Band Played On", seeing some striking parallels in how the AIDS epidemic was handled early on, so I'm thinking eventually something will give ... but will it be years? Decades? I try not to think about it too much but have been a healthcare grunt for 20yr so yeah 🤷🏻‍♂️

Seirdy, to random
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I think that AI being synonymous with gen-AI is a huge disservice to actually useful topics: compression, machine translation, text-to-speech and speech-to-text engines, upscalers, forecasting algorithms, etc.

RebelGeek99,
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@Seirdy it's almost like media coverage of AI implementation skipped over all the actually useful stuff in practice, and jumped right into nonstop coverage of fever dream hallucinations of profiteering from LLM's...

lolgop, to random
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AOC GETS IT

“If Democrats do not retake the House in November, I do not have confidence that a Republican majority would certify the results of a presidential election.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddJEXEDUSw8

Dig into democracy at https://www.erlywrm.com

RebelGeek99,
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@lin11c @lolgop yeah they've been pretty clear about it since 2020 when 130+ of them signed a letter disavowing the election results and Pelosi (D) promptly seated them in Congress anyways, nobody's ever looked back. It was pretty much a done deal after that.

RebelGeek99, to random
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A new world is rising 🌅

plaguepoems, to random
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When first I saw the headline
which read “Seriously,
now is the time
to stop kissing sick birds”
I was so certain it was satirical
I was so certain it was fake
that I checked and checked it again
only to be reminded
that satire cannot keep pace
with our current realities.

RebelGeek99,
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@plaguepoems a little peck on the cheek from a bird is fine, just no tongue.

lolgop, to random
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Dobbs has led to an ever-bleaker nightmare in the South.

We spoke to Robin Marty, the executive director of the West Alabama Woman's Clinic and author of "The New Handbook for Post-Roe America."

She explained what it's like for patients, how it's getting worse and what gives her hope.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/surviving-post-102142054

video/mp4

RebelGeek99,
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@tdwllms1 @lolgop "independence" as a Russian vassal state seems to be the goal of a strong Republican party.

RebelGeek99, to random
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I have been wondering a lot about my career path, lately.

Started as a biologist, then a lab techie, then a biostatistician, and eventually an IT person. I recently left (was pressured out, essentially) a soul sucking job at a mediocre healthcare IT shop and I have zero desire to go back to that field.

We have a plethora of high quality data available to make important decisions... But as we've seen with at least COVID, the bottleneck seems to be more cultural than technical 😒

RebelGeek99,
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Obviously the only sensible option is to give up entirely on any sort of professional career, try to get a job at Amazon until I'm replaced by a robot, and die penniless in a gutter waiting for govt benefits that simply can't be funded because the corporation cannot be taxed.

Amazon probably wouldn't hire me because of an AI algorithm (I have a very ethnic looking last name and high education level) so I should try to come up with another plan.

Thank you for attending my melancholy musings.

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