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mpirnat

@mpirnat@mas.to

Rational romantic mystic cynical idealist; counterpoints the surrealism of the underlying metaphor.

Senior backend engineer @ Zapier. d20 enthusiast. Helps with PyOhio. Opinions someone’s. He/him/his.

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mpirnat, (edited ) to Ohio
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Five days before a special election that should be illegal, voting locations for tens of thousands of Ohioans have been temporarily changed (presumably to make it harder for us to defeat this awful ballot issue). If you’re in Ohio, make sure you know where to vote!

https://fox8.com/news/polling-places-for-aug-8-election-changed-in-cuyahoga-summit-counties/

Edited to add: You can check your polling location here: https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/voters/toolkit/polling-location/

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    mpirnat,
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    @rooster Either way, the gravitational pull will be im-pasta-ble to escape.

    mpirnat, to random
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    With nearly 1000 talk proposals, there are plenty of amazing talks that couldn’t accept… luckily, the CFP is open! We’d love the chance to see if your idea is a fit for us.

    🐍❤️🎉

    For more info, head on over to https://pyohio.org

    mpirnat, (edited ) to python
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    Hey friends (and friends I haven’t met yet)! The is open for this one last day, so if you’ve been thinking about joining our roster of streaming short talks, now’s the time! ⏰

    We welcome any topic of interest to the community and are especially excited to welcome and support first time speakers. 🐍❤️

    Find out more at https://www.pyohio.org/2023

    Follow https://fosstodon.org/@pyohio for official updates. 🐘

    Boosts appreciated! 🚀

    BeAware, to aiart
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    Reminder to all of those with a cat in your vicinity, you don't "own" a cat, a cat owns you.

    mpirnat,
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    @BeAware As they say: “Dogs have owners; cats have staff.”

    sciencewrighter, to random
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    Enjoyed Cory Doctorow @pluralistic 's new essay re user "desire paths," ad blockers and apps. "This is why services are so horny to drive you to install their app rather using their websites: they are trying to get you to do something that, given your druthers, you would prefer not to do. They want to force you to exit through the gift shop, you want to carve a desire path straight to the parking lot." https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/24/everything-not-mandatory/#is-prohibited

    mpirnat,
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    @sciencewrighter @pluralistic I misread this at first as “exit through the grift shop” and tbh it seems just as accurate.

    mpirnat, to random
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    I posted a thing: "One D&D Playtest 5: Survey Results"
    https://mike.pirnat.com/2023/08/one-dd-playtest-5-survey-results/

    mpirnat, to random
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    “Infrastructure is a way of caring about each other at scale.” @brainwane on the keynote stage at

    mpirnat, to random
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    I've been waiting for this shoe to drop for what seems like forever: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/01/robocall-with-artificial-joe-biden-voice-tells-democrats-not-to-vote/

    mpirnat, to python
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    👋 's CFP is still open!

    Be a part of the longest continually running regional by pitching your ideas for short talks today -- we can't wait to hear from you! 🐍💖

    https://www.pyohio.org/2023/

    mpirnat, to Ohio
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    Nice work, ! Let’s keep it up for 2024.

    mpirnat, to python
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    We did it! Heaving a satisfied sigh of relief that another great is in the books. Huge thanks to our speakers, volunteers, and audience, without whom the event could not exist. I’m excited to see y’all in 2024! 🐍❤️🎉

    If you missed it, you can watch the whole thing at https://www.pyohio.org/2023/ or check out individual talk pages for the standalone videos.

    mpirnat, to random
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    MacOS Sonoma… is it safe to upgrade yet? Anything I should dread and/or look forward to?

    mpirnat, (edited ) to random
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    Inspired by a thing I saw on Reddit earlier today, I’m going to try listening to more complete albums this year. Maybe daily? We’ll see how it shakes out.

    I’m starting off with the 2019 mix of Abbey Road by The Beatles: https://songwhip.com/the-beatles/abbey-road-2019-mix

    1/366

    mpirnat,
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    134/366: Freedom of Choice by Devo

    More catch up; I think this is technically Monday’s pick.

    I bought a greatest hits collection way back in high school and just… never listened to the actual Devo albums, even though I really liked their stuff? Not sure why that happened, so I’m fixing that now.

    https://songwhip.com/devo-2/freedom-of-choice1980

    mpirnat,
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    9/366: I Robot by The Alan Parsons Project

    https://songwhip.com/the-alan-parsons-project/i-robot1977

    mpirnat,
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    34/366: The Chronicle of the Black Sword by Hawkwind

    It was D&D night. So, yeah, I kinda had to.

    https://songwhip.com/hawkwind/the-chronicle-of-the-black-sword

    mpirnat,
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    29/366: Vegas by The Crystal Method

    https://songwhip.com/the-crystal-method/vegas

    mpirnat,
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    111/366: Garbage by Garbage

    I never feel quite as old as I do when I put on the "20th anniversary edition" of something and realize that it got released roughly a decade ago. 😅

    https://songwhip.com/garbage/garbage20thanniversarydeluxeeditionremastered

    mpirnat, to random
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    It is by pollen alone I set my sinuses in motion. It is by the juice of histamine that the eyes acquire itch.

    mpirnat, to music
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    A friend of mine just released an album! It’s ambient drone synth and spoken word stuff, kinda sci-fi/cyberpunky. Maybe you’ll dig it too?

    https://jacoblistener.bandcamp.com/album/salt

    mpirnat, to random
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    Words, words, words: "An Album a Day: Week 1"
    https://mike.pirnat.com/2024/01/an-album-a-day-week-1/

    onelson, to random
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    No Time to Die (2021)

    Skipping over Spectre and closing out my "watch all Bond movies that are convenient to see" run with this.

    I don't expect to be thrilled.

    mpirnat,
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    @onelson Obi-wan voice: “He’s more martini now than man.”

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    I wanna hear about the best concerts you’ve been to! Some of mine:

    • Ozomatli at The Catalyst - played until curfew, spilled out onto the street and jammed for another hour until the cops came
    • Flaming Lips at Liberty Hall - second set, played the entirety of Dark Side
    • Dar Williams at Liberty - power went out, she sat on the edge of the stage and played three songs by flashlight
    • Joni Mitchell, Brandi Carlisle, et al at the Gorge - simply magical
    mpirnat,
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    @jacob Let’s see…

    • Pink Floyd, Denver, Division Bell tour
    • The Cure, Denver, Wild Mood Swings tour
    • U2, Las Vegas residency at The Sphere
    • Wolfstone, a middle school gym in my home town, sometime in the early 1990s
    • David Bowie, Cleveland, Reality tour
    • Rush, Cleveland, 2011; the show that was recorded for the Time Machine concert video
    • VNV Nation, the tiny stage at The Agora in Cleveland, for the Automatic Empires tour; Ronan high-fived me during my favorite song
    hynek, to random
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    If you wondered why I’m mostly boosting humorous takes on xz drama it’s because I find almost all serious takes absolutely nauseating. So much serious thinking by people who have never maintained anything of substance in their whole life.

    mpirnat,
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    @brainwane @hynek I have a personal rule that I can’t use “just” unless I’m the one who has to “just” do the thing.

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    mpirnat,
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    @grueproof See also: Pretty Eight Machine https://inversephase.bandcamp.com/album/pretty-eight-machine-se

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