kataclyst

trochee, 2 days ago to random

A shockingly large proportion of SV technosolutions are band-aids for the "problems" of a techbro who

• drives to work alone
• in an expensive car
• with a good mobile connection
• through silicon valley traffic

For example:

• autonomous driving (or gig drivers)
• food delivery; task rabbit
• agents to read and respond to your email
• voice assistants providing emotional validation

https://mastodon.online/@danirabbit/112502816917988936

QasimRashid, 11 days ago to random

I’m incredibly proud of my wife Ayesha, owner of Equal Entrance, for having donated nearly $5000 of her small biz income to Gaza relief over the past 7 months.✊🏽

If you want to support her & support Gaza relief, follow her & check out her store below. Maybe get a Keiffyah.❤️

https://equalentrance.com/products/keffiyeh-fishnet-design

trochee, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

Hah, catch this small world moment where my uncle @dangillmor cites my brother Dan in (correctly) calling out my employer as "ahead of their skis"

Thanks for the pointer, Uncle Dan !
https://mastodon.social/@dangillmor/112255639551683319

kataclyst, 1 month ago to random

There was no answer when she called, so Campeau showed up at the downtown nursing home in Windsor last month. With the code for the front door's keypad taped nearby, she walked right in.
“I'm sorry, but it was disgusting,” she said.
The halls were cluttered, the rooms dirty and it took her 15 minutes to find a staffer, she said.

Family furious over $400/day hospital fine for not moving to LTC | CTV News https://windsor.ctvnews.ca/i-m-not-paying-it-family-furious-over-400-day-hospital-fine-for-not-moving-to-ltc-1.6840953

cstross, 1 month ago to random

This adds up to a Labour-Tory coalition in Holyrood if an election was held tomorrow, doesn't it?

(Scarily, Labour policies are closer to Tory than they are to the SNP. And they have an intense tribal hate for the SNP. SNP/Green coalition would be a minority; LibDems unlikely to join and it would still leave them a seat short of a majority.)

https://mastodonapp.uk/@ukelections/112246638072919776

mattblaze, 1 month ago to random

About six months ago, I made multiple sets of refundable plane and hotel reservations at different places along the path of totality for Monday, every one of which is now forecast for heavy cloud cover.

Sorry, everyone in those places.

mattblaze, 1 month ago to random

I just found out X/Twitter unilaterally "verified" my old and dormant account there ("because you're an influential user"), now making me look like I'm an idiot who's voluntarily paying Musk eight bucks or whatever it is a month.

A free gift of defamation.

gwynnion, 1 month ago to random

Something like 75%-80% of Democratic voters support a permanent ceasefire in Gaza, including a strong majority of Jewish and Muslim Democrats, but the Biden administration and many Congressional Democrats could apparently care less, and that small pro-genocide minority stridently insist Biden is under no obligation to listen to the Democratic majority even if it may cost him "the most important election of our lives" against Trump.

GrimmReality, 2 months ago to random

I will be dogsitting on the West Side tonight and will park my car in a driveway like some kind of baronial liege lord.

hugo, 2 months ago to random

boy oh boy. there goes peer review.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468023024002402

kataclyst, 2 months ago to random

I can’t believe I have to say this, but when starving people run at the few aid trucks that are allowed into their open air prison/barrel, they are not, in any way, “looting”.

#CeasefireNow #FreePalestine #StopTheGenocide

Iconfactory, 3 months ago to fediverse

Online media can be overwhelming. It's fragmented between countless services, websites, social networks, and apps.

You need an app that weaves together an overview of nearly everything that’s happening across all the different services you follow.

That’s our vision for Project Tapestry, the new Kickstarter we're launching today.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/iconfactory/project-tapestry

#ProjectTapestry #Fediverse #iOSDev

simplenomad, 3 months ago to solar

8:55am to 4pm was the dead-of-winter time when my #solar panels would begin offsetting the house load and charging the batteries, assuming of course a sunny day. Now it's 8:15am to 4:25pm, so it's slowly looking up!

#greenenergy

stshank, 4 months ago to Energy

I just went through 2 weeks at 11°F to 41°F, most of it below freezing, in a house heated by one heat pump. It worked very well. New options work in even lower temperatures: https://www.cnet.com/home/energy-and-utilities/most-heat-pumps-slow-down-in-frigid-cold-new-models-shown-at-ces-could-change-that/
#CES #HeatPump #Energy #EnergyEfficiency

kataclyst, 4 months ago to random

A member of the Canadian Senate explains the groupings within that body. Not something you learn in school (or on your citizenship test)!

From: @Paulatics
https://mstdn.ca/@Paulatics/111672015771855179

micahflee, 5 months ago to random

Not bad reviews, if I may say so myself

“Micah has always been great at breaking down complex technical information into easily digestible steps, and this book is no different.” — yael grauer, independent investigative tech reporter “Hacked and dumped datasets are rich sources of information ..., and Lee’s book will only increase the number of important stories others are able to extract from them.” — joseph cox, senior staff writer at motherboard/vice media “Micah masterfully breaks down how to handle a data leak and provides the reader with hands-on examples to hone their skills. If only I had this book when I broke the news of the Epik data breach!” — steven monacelli, special investigative correspondent at the texas observer “Whether you’re a veteran reporter or a novice researcher, Hacks, Leaks, and Revelations is the perfect field guide for twenty-first-century data-driven ­ journalism. ...​ Micah wastes no time providing you with the essential tools and skills needed to begin digging through the next big data leak.” — mikael thalen, tech and security reporter at the daily dot

kataclyst, 5 months ago to random

Kangaroo on the run in Durham Region found and captured, police say | CBC News

What the story doesn’t report, but the CBC reported on the radio, is that one of the cops grabbed it by the tail and it punched them in the face. #1312

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/oshawa-kangaroo-zoo-1.7048082

kataclyst, 5 months ago to random

Oh, men.

From: @TheConversationUS
https://newsie.social/@TheConversationUS/111517115414768455

fkamiah17, 5 months ago to UKpolitics

Of course it would strike at the very foundations of the British Museum, it's a giant warehouse of stolen goods.
Please note the picture is of the Natural History Museum. Another factchecking tour de force from the Tories 🤣🤣
#UKPolitics #ParthenonMarbles

RickiTarr, 6 months ago to random

I'm taking a hard political stance, and I'm sorry if you get offended, but if it was never boiled, it's not a bagel, it's just bread with a hole.

kataclyst, 6 months ago to random

Awful lot of "not covid" going around out there.

regehr, 6 months ago to random

wtf