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jetton, 7 months ago to random

Been perusing late 17th and early 18th century texts, as one is wont to do, when I came across this pronoun rant.

jetton, 11 months ago to random

There seems to be a lot of misconceptions about how to set up Mastodon.

1. You do not have to sacrifice a duck. Any waterfowl will do.
2. The bit about dancing around naked in a forest glade? While dancing is fun, you may just walk.
3. When the demon appears, you needn’t chant in Latin. It is fluent in all languages.

The rest of the guide is correct.

N.B. If while searching for the glade you come to a boiling river of blood, you have gone too far.
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jetton, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

What companies are good sources for buying fountain pens? Looking to buy a belated birthday present for my wife.

And for myself, looking to find a source for dip pens, papers, and inks. Thinking of returning to calligraphy after a hiatus of 50 years.

[edit: I'm in the midwest United States]

#FountainPen

jetton, 3 months ago to random

Swimming and floating lungs from the 18th to the 21st centuries.

In 1728, in Musselburgh Scotland, Margaret Dickson gave birth to a child she stated was stillborn. A surgeon examined the body and concluded that the child had been born alive based on the infants lungs “swimming” when placed in water. Based on this result, and despite the doubt of other members of the faculty, she was charged with murder, and sentenced to die by hanging.

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jetton, 5 months ago to random

There is this misconception that people in the Middle Ages only lived to their thirties.

This is of course misleading, since this is the mean age at death.

About half died as infants.

Using the median instead gives a clearer picture of #medieval lifespan.

Median age at death was 1.

jetton, 12 days ago to random

Why was this never mentioned in school?

jetton, 26 days ago to random

Donald Trump at his New Jersey speech:

“The late, great Hannibal Lecter is a wonderful man,” Trump continued. “He oftentimes would have a friend for dinner. Remember the last scene? ‘Excuse me, I’m about to have a friend for dinner’ as this poor doctor walked by. ‘I’m about to have a friend for dinner.’ But Hannibal Lecter, congratulations. The late, great Hannibal Lecter.”

jetton, 11 months ago to random

Holiday here in the US. Called the 4th of July, which by strange coincidence falls on July 4th.

Commemorates the anniversary of the signing by a bunch of rich white men of the Declaration of Independence on August 2nd 1776, and the start of the revolutionary war that had been going on for over a year.

It’s celebrated by irritating your neighbors by setting off fireworks.

#IndependenceDay

jetton, 16 days ago to random

Google search is getting so good now. I'm always learning new things.

jetton, 7 months ago to mecfs

Healthcare in America. A Rant For a Tuesday Morning.

After a 7 month wait, finally saw a neurologist.
Had he read the referral letter and history from my internist? No.
Had he read the pages of paperwork I’d filled out? No.
Had he looked at the MRIs I’d dropped off? No.
He spent about 3 minutes doing a very cursory exam. Popped out for 2 minutes to look at the MRIs.

1/3 #MECFS #Medicine

jetton, 5 months ago to random

Americans are notoriously bad at geography Most can not even come close to naming all the states.

https://xkcd.com/2868

jetton, 7 months ago to random

Looks like the Kraken has finally been released.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/19/sidney-powell-guilty-plea-trump-georgia-elections

jetton, 7 months ago to random

And it's #FollowFriday again.

Another dozenish somewhat random folks:

@AbandonedAmerica
@mcnado
@grammargirl
@gorskon
@TheRaDR
@overholt
@lisamelton
@Sheril
@Narayoni
@KleinianArborist
@Bellingcat
@pluralistic
@badastro

jetton, 6 months ago to random

And yet another #FollowFriday
(Will it never end? Think of the Children!)

Semi-random dozen-ish list of folks to consider following:

@GottaLaff
@jdmccafferty
@GrrlScientist
@greenleejw
@TheRaDR
@gwenbeads
@arstechnica
@gutenberg_org
@neilhimself
@LisaHornung
@frankashwood
@internetarchive
@aaronm

jetton, 7 months ago to random

In honor of #FollowFriday falling on a Friday this week, I decided I should make my first random list of some folk to consider following.

@wonderofscience
@AstroKatie
@CitizenWald
@pzmyers
@greenleejw
@JenLucPiquant
@Teri_Kanefield
@rabbijill
@hannah
@gutenberg_org
@aetiology
@davidrevoy
@SJLahey

jetton, 6 months ago to animals

Loki was complaining he hasn't been on the fediverse recently.

#DogsOfMastodon

jetton, 1 year ago to random

First they came for the journalists, who were very surprised to find themselves in a giant warehouse filled with minorities, immigrants, disabled, trans, and gay people.

jetton, 8 months ago to random

There has been much written on how to convince those who refuse to get vaccinated or wear masks because they believe inane conspiracy theories.
You are not going to be able to change the mind of those who think they’ll become magnetic or will be injected with nanoparticle tracking chips by rational argument.
The only way forward is to invent even more bizarre conspiracy theories.

Covid vaccines block the Trans Virus!!!
N95 masks stop you from inhaling Gay Particles!!!

jetton, 7 months ago to random

Am I surprised that the new Speaker of the US House of Representatives is a Creationist?

No.

I mean, who needs science when we have The Bible, right?

jetton, 1 month ago to journalism

The only time I’ve been beaten by police was in NYC in 1969.

I was at a peace rally at a field near the edge of Central Park and was one of the volunteers on the perimeter. A van pulled up on the path. A group, in full Nazi attire and carrying Swastika flags, jumped out right next to the rally. They ended up running away, chased by some from the crowd. Several of us ran alongside yelling at people to turn back, to little avail.
Two blocks away they turned a corner and…

#press #news

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jetton, 7 months ago to mastodon

Looking for people to follow?
Use this one weird trick to find kindred folk.

See a post that speaks to you, or at least you strongly agree with? Besides boosting the post and following them, click on the post.

At the bottom it shows the number of boosts. Click on the icon and you’ll get a list of others that have boosted the post. Same with favorite icon. Ta-dah!

Only took me 11 months to figure this out.

This is on the web. Not sure if it works on them new-fangled brainy phones.

#Mastodon

jetton, 5 months ago to fallout

John Mastodon's laboratory sometime in the mid-1950s. The photo is of James "Pip" Boyer, testing an early Mastodon interface on a portable phone prototype.

#JohnMastodon #Fallout

jetton, 5 months ago to random

My daughter just asked me whether it's acceptable to substitute Pigeons for Turtle Doves in the traditional Boxing Day Meal.
It was hard enough finding a Partridge yesterday.

jetton, 1 month ago to random

@pluralistic

When my late son was in jail, he fell and broke 4 teeth. No dental care in jail. He was told to take ibuprofen which he could buy from the commissary.

The price? 95 cents. For two tablets.

Since he then couldn't work, he started again accruing the $34/day "room and board" fee.

They also started seizing half the money I put on his commissary account to pay part of this fee.

https://pluralistic.net/2024/04/20/captive-market/#locked-in

jetton, 21 days ago to random

Swollen feet?

Try this One Weird Trick that doctors don't want you to know.