jeridansky

jeridansky, 16 hours ago to animals

Celebrating #WhiskersWednesday with my Tennessee! #CatsOfMastodon

jeridansky, 1 day ago to animals

Tennessee with his beloved toy mouse on this #ToeBeansTuesday.

#CatsOfMastodon #today

jeridansky, 2 days ago to random

A good boy seen on a neighborhood walk. #Mondog

jeridansky, 2 days ago to random

No matter what your thoughts re: the war in #Gaza, it's worth reading the full statement from the ICC Prosecutor Karim A.A. Khan regarding his application for arrest warrants for Hamas leaders, Netanyahu and the Israeli Minister of Defense.

https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/statement-icc-prosecutor-karim-aa-khan-kc-applications-arrest-warrants-situation-state

jeridansky, 2 days ago to Bloomscrolling

Flowers in the early morning sun. My iPhone says they are fortnight lilies or wood iris; fortnight lily seems like the better match. #bloomscrolling #today #garden

jeridansky, 4 days ago to Bloomscrolling

Today's farmers market flowers were ranunculus. #BloomScrolling #today #flowers

jeridansky, 6 days ago to DadBin

This photo is damaged, but I still love it: my dad (who is now 99) at the piano, with my grandmother looking on. #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #family #piano

jeridansky, 8 days ago to animals

It's #ToeBeansTuesday again, and Tennessee is happy to oblige. #CatsOfMastodon

jeridansky, 10 days ago to Banking

I just got emails that sure looked like official messages from my bank saying I'd added a Zelle recipient and sent him a bunch of money.

Of course I didn't click on any of the links; I just went to my bank's website and checked my accounts, and everything is fine. Also: The Zelle messages referenced an account ending in four digits which match none of my bank accounts.

So a warning that fake messages like this are circulating.

#banking #fraud #today

jeridansky, 10 days ago to microsoft

Surprising almost no one:

"Return-to-office mandates at some of the most powerful tech companies — Apple, Microsoft and SpaceX — were followed by a spike in departures among the most senior, tough-to-replace talent."

And regarding managers, one person posits: "Maybe managers leave shortly after mandates ... 'because it’s easier to manage a team that’s happy.'"

Gift link via @amydiehl
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/12/rto-microsoft-apple-spacex/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE1NDg2NDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE2ODY4Nzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTU0ODY0MDAsImp0aSI6IjEzYzUzYzYyLWIzNWEtNGZjZS05ODFhLWU0NTBhOWU2ZTI3MiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9idXNpbmVzcy8yMDI0LzA1LzEyL3J0by1taWNyb3NvZnQtYXBwbGUtc3BhY2V4LyJ9.UIvzIv58TQTb6eSwqy47rds7JRdmGCQcZZdjVweZHC8

#RTO #Microsoft #SpaceX #management

jeridansky, 11 days ago to Bloomscrolling

More farmers market: #bloomscrolling #today

jeridansky, 16 days ago to photography

A lovely story about an acclaimed 89-year-old photographer, David Hurn, whose name I’d never heard but whose work I've certainly seen — including a famous Sean Connery / James Bond poster.

“I must be one of the few people that's played Monopoly with The Beatles.”

“I've become the village photographer, so I cover little Johnny's birthday party and this and that and I do it very seriously, as though I was working for Life magazine, and I love doing that.”

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c89zeg04w8go
#photography

jeridansky, 17 days ago to climate

I'm generally skeptical of organizations announcing their green and/or climate-friendly initiatives, but it seems like Eurostar is really doing a lot of good stuff.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/01/deliberately-ambitious-eurostar-promises-to-power-its-trains-with-100-renewable-energy-by-

h/t @primonatura
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #trains

jeridansky, 18 days ago to animals

Tennessee, being adorable. #Caturday #CatsOfMastodon

jeridansky, 19 days ago to random

And then there were four: “Rutgers and the University of Minnesota now join Northwestern and Brown in successfully reaching deals to peacefully end their encampment protests.”

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/02/rutgers-university-of-minnesota-protest-agreement

#StudentSpring #StudentProtests
h/t @Miro_Collas

jeridansky, 21 days ago to animals

Tennessee, giving me a soulful look. #WhiskersWedneday #CatsOfMastodon #today

jeridansky, 22 days ago to animals

Tennessee, really showing off those toe beans. You might notice a lack of floof on one part of his tummy; they had to remove some to do his ultrasound back a week and a half ago. #ToeBeansTuesday #CatsOfMastodon

jeridansky, 23 days ago to H5N1

Do you drink raw milk? You probably don't want to do that right now. @HelenBranswell has some quotes from experts who all sound horrified at the prospect of anyone drinking that milk.

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/29/bird-flu-raw-milk-h5n1-risk-us-cattle/

#BirdFlu #H5N1 #milk

jeridansky, 24 days ago to random

I've written enough Postcards to Voters — I'm writing 10 right now for a Supreme Court election in Georgia — that I need to buy more postcards.

We have lots of artists here; does anyone sell postcards? I'm looking to buy about 100 with possible re-orders. The art must be nonpolitical and something that will make people want to read the cards. Pictures of animals, flowers, landscapes and such are all good. (My current ones have a bird.)

#MastoArt #FediGiftShop #postcards

jeridansky, 25 days ago to twitter

As memories of my years on Twitter fade, I'm reflecting:

What I lost as Twitter spiraled downward and I left: A few cool people and some communities, including folks doing good legal explainers.

Some of what I gained on Mastodon: So many cat and bird photos! Much more coverage of climate change. New cool people!

And on Twitter I never saw before-and-now photos from trans women, and posts by furries.

#Twitter #Mastodon #LGBTQ

jeridansky, 26 days ago to random

I don't need more T-shirts, but this one from The Onion would be calling otherwise:
https://store.theonion.com/collections/headlines/products/plan-to-be-more-positive-headline-t-shirt

#Tshirt #TheOnion

jeridansky, 26 days ago to ai

If I were creating an AI safety board it would not include the people listed here, including Sam Altman and the CEOs of Alphabet, Amazon Web Services, Delta Airlines, IBM, Adobe, etc. They're just going to come up with "answers" that benefit their businesses.

Where are the researchers like Timnet Gebru? The people used to thinking about safety and unintended harms across a range of technologies?

https://therecord.media/dhs-artificial-intelligence-safety-security-board-announcement

#AI

jeridansky, 26 days ago to random

The good thing about a 6:30 am routine mammogram appointment, the first one of the day: You don’t need to worry about other unmasked patients because there are no other patients. (The medical staff members are all masked.)

The bad thing: That’s awfully early when you aren’t a morning person.

Now back home, in bed, ready to nap.

#Covid #Covid19 #CovidIsNotOver

jeridansky, 28 days ago to animals

Tennessee in a late entry for #WhiskersWednesday. #CatsOfMastodon

jeridansky, 29 days ago to H5N1

If you want to know what’s going on with H5N1 bird flu and dairy cattle, you’ll want to follow @HelenBranswell

Some of her recent reporting:
"Osterholm said that the Covid pandemic should have taught government officials that transparency and clear communications are key to successful management of outbreaks. 'That to me is being missed here. And I can’t for the life of me understand why,' he said."

https://www.statnews.com/2024/04/18/h5n1-bird-flu-scientists-want-usda-genetic-data-faster/

And Helen's latest:
https://scicomm.xyz/@HelenBranswell/112317285709443895

#birdflu #H5N1