beforewisdom

dancinyogi, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to random

Do you know how to read and write cursive?

*Read all options before voting, as I have broken them down.

#poll

Please boost for a wider demographic.

stefan, 6 months ago (edited 6 months ago) to mastodon

Thinking about opening a feature request.

EDIT: Here it is https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/27731

#mastodon #AltText #ImageDescription #accessibility #a11y

GottaLaff, 6 months ago to legal

#WompWomp

#Ivanka #Trump's bid to block fraud trial testimony crashes and burns: report - Ivanka Trump has lost her appeal to try to overturn the order forcing her to testify in Trump's civil fraud trial #legal https://www.rawstory.com/ivana-bid-crashes-testimony/

beforewisdom, 11 months ago to fediverse

Warning

I responded to a post on Mastodon yesterday.

A copy of my response ended up in a discussion forum on Kbin.

I had no idea that would happen and discovered it by accident.

It sounds cool that both Kbin and Mastodon can both interoperate through the Fediverse.

I think people should be able to choose if their content gets copied to another site/apps.

There needs to be some obvious visual indicator that will happen so that people can make a choice.

#Mastodon #Kbin #Fediverse #Federated #RedditAlternative #RedditMigration #RedditBlackout #Help

rbreich, 6 months ago to random

Rich kids are more likely to get into an Ivy League school than middle-class kids with the exact same test scores. Here's a big reason why.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UsBI7QTkYQ&ab_channel=RobertReich

beforewisdom, 1 year ago to random

I'm an American with next to no interest in the British royal family.

I could be wrong.

I heard television rights were sold for the coronation and totaled enough to pay for the thing. Does anyone know if this is true?

Who is King Charles' wife?

What is Camilla's status?

Who become king or queen when King Charles dies?

#Coronation #UK #UKPolitics #Britain #England

beforewisdom, 11 months ago to Ethics

#TrollyProblem #Ethics #Philosophy #Morals #Veganism

Some of these are pretty funny in a dark way, others are sad in seeing how other people voted.

I had a kill count of 46.

https://neal.fun/absurd-trolley-problems/

beforewisdom, 11 months ago to politics

#Politics #USPolitics #JackDorsey #Twitter #BlueSky #RFKJunior

Jack Dorsey founder of Twitter and Blue Sky endorses RFK Junior for president of the United States.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/twitter-co-founder-jack-dorsey-endorses-rfk-jr-for-president

beforewisdom, 10 months ago to random

I've been reading Slashdot again for the first time in over a decade.

Got to say, disappointed in the subculture there.

A lot of aging tech bros arrested at the bro level of emotional development. Worse, all they have to say are the same old sophomoric opinions you can guess, and the same dumb jokes. Worst of all, they are very impressed with themselves and they don't realize how lame they come across.

Sadly, they often don't even know what they are talking about, their point of pride.

#SlashDot

beforewisdom, 10 months ago to Help

#Help #Question #Questions #Privacy #Mastodon

Preferences > Other > Posting Privacy

What does this option mean? :

"Unlisted - Everyone can see, but not listed on public timelines"

beforewisdom, 11 months ago to StarTrek

All #StarTrek series MUST have at least one episode where they go to the evil alternate universe. It is a LAW.
#Hack

beforewisdom, 10 months ago to trans

Helping other straight, cis, non-Europeans getting it straight.

#German flag, #LGBTQI+ flag, and the #Trans flag.

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beforewisdom, 10 months ago to ireland

#Ireland #FirstNations #Indigenous #Irish #IrishPotatoFamine #Famine #FamineRelief
First Nations' previously unknown donations to Irish Famine relief uncovered.
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/first-nations-irish-famine-relief

beforewisdom, 8 months ago to wildflowers

Lawns use a lot of water. Native plants use a lot less water. Many native plants are beautiful flowers. They also help bees, which are endangered and upon whom are agricultural system and ecosystem depend.

Clover lawns also use a lot less water, require much less maintenance, and help bees.

#NativePlants #WildFlowers #Drought #Water #Clover #Pollinator

beforewisdom, 10 months ago to twitter

Musk is threatening to sue Meta, claiming they poached ex-Twitter employees to get trade secrets.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/06/twitter-threatens-to-sue-meta-over-its-new-threads-app/

#Twitter #Threads

beforewisdom, 10 months ago to climate

Actually, I think it would be a blessing if a way was found to make money by removing carbon from the air.

#Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #GreenHouseEffect #MeatMakesThePlanetWarmer #Meat

beforewisdom, 11 months ago to random

#Carbohydrates

beforewisdom, 10 months ago to climate

Humanity had solar power as early as the 19th century!

"Mouchot showed his largest solar engine at the World’s Fair in Paris in 1878. The sun’s rays were concentrated in a reflective metal cone focused on a boiler attached to a heat-powered refrigeration device that produced blocks of ice."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/27/augustin-mouchot-french-pioneer-solar-power-engine

#ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #Solar #SolarPower #SolarPunk #SteamPunk

beforewisdom, 10 months ago to StarTrek

#StarTrek #StrangeNewWorlds #Season 2

SPOILERS

Yet-another-star-trek-time-travel-alternate-time-line-episode BUT this one was done nicely.

It was nice to see Captain Kirk get involved in a little bit of an honest old fashioned romance.

beforewisdom, 7 months ago to Columbus

Historians estimate there were about 10 million indigenous people when Europe first made contact with North America. They are still here. About 10 million people in North America are considered to have indigenous ancestry. There are over 500 tribes. People of indigenous descent are treated horribly. They are the targets of racism and discrimination.

Please do as this ancient commercial says and reconsider your views about Columbus Day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il5hwpdJMcg

#Columbus #ColumbusDay #IndigenousPeoplesDay #Indigenous #LandBack

beforewisdom, 10 months ago to Help

#Help #Question #Questions #Mastodon @feditips

How can I put several pictures into one Mastodon post?

beforewisdom, 7 months ago to Humor

#Humor #VeganFood.

beforewisdom, 24 days ago to vegan

Orangutans are being killed as their environment is being removed to grow palm oil

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68942123
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-68942123

#HerbalMedicine #PalmOil #Vegan #AnimalRights #VeganFood

beforewisdom, 5 months ago to climate

"More than 130 countries signed up to a declaration about food, on the second day of the UN climate summit COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Food contributes a third of the warming gases increasing global temperatures."

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-67594303

#Cop28 #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency #Greenhouse #Vegan