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Economist for non-profits, NGOs, governments, some private cos. Projects—public #policy, #evaluation, #innovation, #tech, job creation, #privacy, #health, #equity, #climate, #sustainability

Ex: The Economist, Bloomberg

Love #data & democracy, hate disinformation

I boost #jobs!

Free time: family, #cooking, #baking, #running, #biking, #camping, #rowing, #photography, #nature, #books, #writing, #haiku, bad #jokes, #pets—often many (≠all!) @ 1x!

Find me: https://linktr.ee/richstein #tfr #fedi22

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timonsku, (edited ) to random
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Yo, if you live in Berlin and have a sunny balcony/garden/window. You can get a plug-in solar setup for basically free.
This city subsidy program gives you up to 500€ for a setup and most only cost you around 300-400€.
Its basically free electricity for your apartment/home.

https://www.ibb-business-team.de/steckersolargeraete/

https://www.berlin.de/solarcity/solarcity-berlin/im-fokus/foerderprogramm-solarplus/

E: Actually a lot more citites and even some states offer similar programs: https://www.vattenfall.de/infowelt-energie/solar/balkonkraftwerk-foerderung

RunRichRun,
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@timonsku
Need similar programs everywhere!

djvanness, to Bitcoin
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Oh my. This is what happens when University presidents make decisions without shared governance. What a trip! https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ohio-state-graduation-commencement-speaker-b2542310.html @academicchatter

RunRichRun,
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@ukuku @djvanness @academicchatter
I'm jealous. 🙃
😜

RunRichRun, to random
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No idea what sort of birds these are — sorry about the dogs. We heard this cacophony while out walking this evening. I thought they might be Eastern Screech Owls, but now not so sure.

Video shot on the edge of the woods this evening — deep shadows and a bit of darkening sky. No idea what birds are making noise. There are also a couple of dogs barking in the distance.

RunRichRun,
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shekinahcancook, to emacstory
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Jews from Arab lands are the missing piece of the Israeli-Palestinian discourse by American Syrian Jew Lisa Sayegh May 7, 2024

"...Over the past years, I have often been frustrated when I find people do not understand the trauma of the 700,000 Jews from all over the Middle East who were violently expelled from their countries in 1948 and how it resonates today. Pro-Palestinian activists who call out Israel as a “European settler colonial project” omit a critical part of the story that calls into question their claim. They ignore the Mizrahi majority in Israel who are descendants of Jews expelled from Arab lands when Israel was declared a state..."

https://www.jta.org/2024/05/07/ideas/jews-from-arab-lands-are-the-missing-piece-of-the-israeli-palestinian-discourse

RunRichRun,
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@shekinahcancook
My Persian college roommate said that his family could trace their roots ~1,900 years back in Iran, until relatively contemporary expulsion. I couldn't believe it, but he showed me a remarkably detailed family tree (yes, with omissions). Heard him comparing notes with another Iranian Jew during Minyan recently — similar story!

I had no idea. Ignorance by others probably should be no surprise. https://www.worldjewishcongress.org/en/news/the-expulsion-of-jews-from-arab-countries-and-iran--an-untold-history

RunRichRun, to photography
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Green_Footballs, to random
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What an insufferable jackass.

Jack Dorsey praises Twitter as ‘freedom technology’ as he leaves Bluesky board

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/4646630-jack-dorsey-praises-twitter-as-freedom-technology-as-he-leaves-bluesky-board/?utm_source=press.coop

RunRichRun,
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@Green_Footballs
Wealthy and insufferable — among the worst kind. Too many people confuse his money for brains/wisdom or just hold their noses and suck up to him because of the money. That's a real shame.

ai6yr, to Software

😅BBC: North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe use on street signs😭
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321

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@ai6yr
Highly recommend Lynn Truss's — with an apostrophe — entertaining book: "Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation".

It's like when the US Post Office standardized two character state names and then other rules to make it easier for OCR — only worse. Full stop as the Brits like to say.

PS—Punchline here: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/254896-a-panda-walks-into-a-cafe-he-orders-a-sandwich

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"Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) cited one of the most prominent historical antisemitic narratives as her reason for not approving legislation aimed at combating antisemitism on Wednesday. Greene posted on the site formerly known as Twitter to explain her thinking."

~ Hunter Walker

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #antisemitism #WhiteChristianNationalism
/1

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/mtg-cites-antisemitic-conspiracy-theory-jews-handed-over-jesus-to-be-killed

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@MylesRyden @wdlindsy
There is a lot of clear, objective writing out there on hypocrisy behind so much of the GOP's narrative (that the entire national leadership/ Party had fallen in place and is marching lockstep behind the false savior / presumed Presidential contender should be sufficient evidence, but...)

Georgetown visiting prof./historian, Thomas Zimmer
https://thomaszimmer.substack.com/
@tzimmer_history
and Yale historian Timothy D. Snyder are two good sources
https://snyder.substack.com/
@histodons

ai6yr, (edited ) to cycling

Another achievement unlocked, moved two ski poles and a microphone stand via cargo rack, LOL.

RunRichRun,
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@ai6yr Functional but not ideal. On the other hand... 👇😋🥖🚲

RunRichRun, to photography
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. This redbud is deep in the woods at what must have been a homestead once. It is at the edge of a clearing.

Have a good day.

RunRichRun, to photography
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Beautiful, cool, sunny Friday morning. There were even patches of frost on the ground in a few isolated spots.

Have a good day.

RunRichRun, to random
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Techno-optimism.
Techno-fantabulism.
Techno-fantasy — you get the drift.
"To us, insisting that there’s a technological fix for every problem in the world seems not just optimistic, but also rather convenient if you happen to be among the richest people on Earth and in a position to profit from the technology industry."
https://theconversation.com/what-is-techno-optimism-2-technology-scholars-explain-the-ideology-that-says-technology-is-the-answer-to-every-problem-222668 v @TheConversationUS

RunRichRun, to space
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This upbeat story is about human persistence and tenacity more than it is about technology — but the technology is pretty amazing too. And it's from 1977. That's more than 46 years ago.

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth
Update: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyager-1-resumes-sending-engineering-updates-to-earth

Mission Overview: https://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/mission/

RunRichRun, to random
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This was something to hear —
"Justice Sotomayor somberly places death of democracy at feet of Supreme Court if justices rule in Trump’s favor"
https://lawandcrime.com/supreme-court/justice-sotomayor-somberly-places-death-of-democracy-at-feet-of-supreme-court-if-justices-rule-in-trumps-favor/

andrew, to random
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Bruce has some sleeper “oof” songs with nuanced lyrics hidden in a little aside.

RunRichRun,
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@andrew
I didn't appreciate his lyrics when I was younger, but geez, have they grown on me!

JulianOliver, to random
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Notes from The Sixth Mass Extinction:

"When I was a teenager in the 90s, I used to sneak out a lot to go to raves. I used to get back home at like six in the morning and always hated the noise the birds made outside my window. [...]

I’ve just temporarily moved back to that same childhood bedroom in the commuter belt of Munich having spent 15 years working as a photographer in the US. Now, there is literally no noise when I have my window open. No birds at all."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/22/readers-on-changes-to-the-natural-world-around-them-aoe

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dangillmor, (edited ) to random
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Journalists: Here's a news org covering the simple reality of the Trump/Republican assault on American democracy. The lede, in the Nevada Current, says:

"Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee on Friday announced a “100,000 person strong” program designed to harass election officials and their employees and discredit democracy in Nevada and a dozen other states."

Try some unabashed truth-telling, journalists. It's liberating.

https://nevadacurrent.com/2024/04/21/trump-rnc-promise-aggressive-election-interference-in-battleground-states/

RunRichRun,
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@dangillmor
The editor behind the story headline got it right, also:

"Trump, RNC promise ‘aggressive’ election interference in battleground states"
https://nevadacurrent.com/2024/04/21/trump-rnc-promise-aggressive-election-interference-in-battleground-states/

RunRichRun, to histodons
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249 years ago today, this happened. It's been a journey —
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord @histodons

RunRichRun, to random
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Interesting discussion of monopoly practices in the sport card (e.g., baseball cards) business—
"After deciding to move into the sports trading card market, Fanatics used exclusive trademark licenses to secure the sole rights to produce MLB, NFL and NBA cards...

While some people may see baseball cards as mere child’s play, the U.S. sports card industry is estimated to be a US$12 billion market. Since...COVID-19... there’s been a surge in interest."
https://theconversation.com/the-amazon-of-sports-has-already-cornered-baseballs-apparel-market-and-is-now-on-the-verge-of-subsuming-baseball-cards-too-226376 v @TheConversationUS

RunRichRun, to USpolitics
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Crazy to me that TFG (a.k.a. he who will not be named here) and others at top of the Republican Party have convinced so many working class followers that they are the low tax party. They're not — unless you're either wealthy or a corporation: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-era-tax-cuts-set-160750197.html

It really is "smoke and mirrors." It always was. Goes back to David Stockman's "trickle down economics" — and earlier!
via @GottaLaff
https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112287834575311231

ai6yr, to random

Text just now from my elderly relatives: "Family friend needs a ride to the airport... can you drive them" 😬

Already texted back "NO I CAN'T"

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@zalasur @ai6yr
Careful what you wish for! Eventually those ride requests either get filled by someone else or the time/need passes. The need for tech support never ends! 😱😂😭

GottaLaff, to random
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Lol

Via Orden:

The pool photographers are now taking photos of seated at the defense table. He is glowering at them.

RunRichRun,
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@GottaLaff
Consider the grift: will bet that he tries to sell NFTs of the photos or something. (BTW, those photos are copyrighted by the photographers or news agencies, of course... but I wouldn't expect that to stop the trump team from trying to cash in on them).
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/12/12/trump-sells-mugshot-suit-mar-a-lago-dinner-in-latest-nft-promotion.html

Gargron, to BelieveInFilm
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First scans are back. Not the strongest photo, but it's a start. Central Park, NYC.

📷 Canon AE-1 Program
🎞️ Kodak Vision3 250D
🔭 Canon FD 50mm/1.8

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