alopex

alopex, 18 days ago to random

You may resist now, but it's only a matter of time until you realize the error of your ways.

alopex, 1 month ago to random

One thing I wish Mastodon had was a way to annotate your mutes and blocks. You can add a personal, private note for people you follow; you should be able to do the same for blocks and mutes!

For example, I may not remember, months or years from now, that the reason I blocked a seemingly random account was because of their whataboutism in justification of genocide.

RickiTarr, 1 month ago to random

This feels appropriate in the moment:

lanodan, 4 months ago to random

Now that's an obvious design regression… https://tonsky.me/blog/checkbox/

alopex, 4 months ago to random

I read about a new "self-replicating" mRNA vaccine, and my first question is: "What exactly is the 'off' switch for this thing?"

trezzer, 4 months ago to privacy

Wow. This is some seriously smelly bullshit. #privacy #cnn #corporations

alopex, 6 months ago to random

LB: #assholocene has a nice ring to it. It may not take off as quickly as #enshitification, but I think it's here to stay as a hallmark of our current global state of affairs.

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

I really hate when people say we need to adapt because covid is endemic. That’s just a lame excuse to keep spreading it. Many viruses in this world are endemic but they aren’t spreading in large numbers everywhere in the world. This level of spread and stupidity needs to stop immediately. Also other viruses aren’t ruining people’s lives. We used to take heart attacks and brain damage seriously.🙈

drahardja, 9 months ago to random

Thanks, I hate it.

I mean, I know paper cups have polymers to keep them waterproof, but I hate the fact that I can’t actually get away from plastics or toxic trash, ever, anywhere.

I prefer paper cups and cardboard takeout boxes to plastic clamshells, but I bet those paper products are still coated with plastic to keep them waterproof. Short of bringing tiffin carriers into US culture (can we? please?) I don’t really know how we can do better.

“Sorry, Your Paper Coffee Cup Is a Toxic Nightmare”

https://www.wired.com/story/paper-cups-toxic/

alopex, 9 months ago to random

With streaming becoming our primary (and sometimes ONLY) way to enjoy media, we're back to the ephemeral days of early live radio and TV: if you enjoy something, RECORD IT! You may never get another chance to experience it. You're even doing society a favor by preserving our artistic heritage.

alopex, 9 months ago to random

Instead of websites trying to shame people into turning off their ad blockers, they should just put a tip jar where the ads would be.

johncarlosbaez, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

Suppose you were trying to invent a bright orange powder that could easily dye clothes and be hard to wash off. Using your knowledge of quantum mechanics you'd design this symmetrical molecule where an electron's wavefunction can vibrate back and forth along a chain of carbons at the frequency of green light. Absorbing green light makes it look orange! And this molecule doesn't dissolve in water.

Yes: you'd invent turmeric!

Or more precisely 'curcurmin', the molecule that gives turmeric its special properties.

The black atoms are carbons, the white are hydrogens and the red are oxygens.

Read on and check out what pure curcurmin looks like.

(1/n)

alopex, 10 months ago to random

My advice for people new to Mastodon to avoid others swamping you with advice on how to use Mastodon: pretend you've been here all along! You were just disconnected for a bit and had to move servers when you got back online because your old one had disappeared:

• "I was in a coma for 2 years."
• "I was at a research station in Antarctica with no internet."
• "I was working on a top secret program that required me to leave no digital trace."
• "I was in a cave participating in a study in sensory deprivation, but the researchers forgot about me."
• "I was staying low until the statute of limitations ran out on something I can not talk about."

Chrishallbeck, 11 months ago to random

Three girls are in the hospital tonight after being mauled by a “blue monster” while delivering Girl Scout cookies to the 300 block of Sesame Street.

alopex, 1 year ago to cycling

Important questions:

Who is/was this fox?!

What was their dying wish that resulted in this moment?

Can they now rest in peace and stop haunting the local bike shop?

(Video clip, without audio, from Stage 19 of the 2023 Giro d'Italia.)

#Giro #GiroDItalia #Fox #cycling

Video capture (without audio) from the Giro d'Italia bike race, 2023 stage 19, during a slow climbing portion 14 km from the end, where a fan along the road runs behind competitors holding a mounted fox wearing a bright pink bandanna.