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Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On), Outtasite Dallasite https://youtu.be/yA-G81xJT3U (by Allen Toussaint)

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AdamBishop, to Weather
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⛈️ Stormy clouds and much needed rains in Granada. The sunny weather is already returning ☀️, and the main reservoir for Granada is just above over 50% of its capacity, and well down on the last 4 years' average for the same period. We still need more rain, or snow on the Sierra 🏔️🙏

pabloniusmonk,
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@AdamBishop Here in Dallas we hit 94⁰F (34.4⁰ Celsius) yesterday. We've been reading about the drought in Catalonia as well. Sobering news for us all. 🌡️ Enjoy that rain ☔!

pabloniusmonk, to random
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5 Best MP3 Players to Buy In 2024
Live like it's 2002.

Bought the kids these InniOasis knockoff iPods. They're Android & have recordable FM radio too. They are infatuated with the click wheel, as they should be.

https://www.esquire.com/lifestyle/g46660660/best-mp3-players/

pabloniusmonk,
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@AdamBishop Seamlessly, yes, essentially like a flash drive. The Click Wheel trick is nice except it doesn't adjust the speed while you're perusing through your tracks like the iPod did. That tests your patience, no doubt.

Otherwise it's a neat approximation of the iPod classic for them. And they had never used one before.

pabloniusmonk,
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@AdamBishop Since you mention the few old iPods you have around, I would be remiss not to mention to you the RockBox option: https://www.rockbox.org/

You could even replace the 30-pin connector with USB-C. And RockBox allows for any OS to load the iPod.

Lots of neat mods on old iPods. Nice weekend project - for a rainy day? ;-)

Sheril, to random
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In February 2024, it will approach 70°F (21°C) degrees multiple times in Michigan over the next week.

The average high here in February according to the University of Michigan is 34°F (1°C)

This isn’t normal.

pabloniusmonk,
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@Sheril Forecast is for 94⁰ here in Dallas tomorrow. I cut the lawn last week in shorts. And it's still February!

realTuckFrumper, to random
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Nikki Haley says ‘I have a duty’ to stay in race despite latest loss to Trump https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/25/nikki-haley-trump-south-carolina-republican-primary?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

pabloniusmonk,
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@realTuckFrumper translated: "I'm staying in the race because Trump will likely end up in prison which will leave me in the pole position regardless of the fact that I lost in my home state."

AdamBishop, to BBC
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The @BBCRD are continuing their Mastodon trial for at least another six months! 👏 Here's hoping it will be many more. 🙏

https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/blog/2024-02-extending-our-mastodon-social-media-trial

pabloniusmonk,
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@AdamBishop Oh well...

"We have been asked by a number of people on Mastodon to include BBC News social accounts in the trial. Because of the potential sensitivity around news stories, we need to be particularly careful with our editorial processes and within the scope of this trial we are not in a position to guarantee time and effort from other teams outside of R&D. This means we haven't been able to include BBC News in the trial yet, but we are working on it."

pabloniusmonk, to android
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5 things we'd love to see change about Android

  1. Streamlined updates
  2. Overhaul support
  3. Just give us all the things There are no pro features, there is only a paywall
  4. Unify App Design
  5. Tidy App Drawer

Also:

  1. Stop blocking bootloader unlocking
  2. Bring back the 3.5mm headphone jack
  3. Bring back removable storage
  4. Unify app backups the same way apps can utilize iCloud on the iPhone
  5. Mini-sized Android phones

https://www.androidpolice.com/5-things-to-change-about-android/

sjvn, to random
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More fonty business.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/diN5s8M8MCA

pabloniusmonk,
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@sjvn "Lorem ipsum, that's cruel..." 😁

jeffjarvis, to random
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"I'm not sure how something that's just a little tiny prick can be so powerful in so many ways." Every time the lady in the RO commercial says that, I think she's talking about Trump, not GLP.

pabloniusmonk,
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@jeffjarvis 🤣

pabloniusmonk, to random
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@scottjenson interested to hear your impressions of the Pixel Watch 2 after you wear it a bit.

pabloniusmonk,
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@scottjenson FWIW the charging to 100% is much quicker than older watches. I'm used to it. I have some other issues though.

sjvn, to random
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I’m not sure this is what Paul Simon had in mind.

pabloniusmonk,
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@sjvn but it is a Subway wall! 😁

TodayInTwitter, to random
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You can watch Yaccarino and other Silicon Valley tech CEOs be grilled on child safety here at 10:00 a.m. Eastern time tomorrow. I'll post any Yaccarino gems. https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/big-tech-and-the-online-child-sexual-exploitation-crisis

pabloniusmonk,
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@TodayInTwitter rubbing hands together gif

pabloniusmonk, to random
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Having Mail Merge 📨 available for FREE is useful as well since none of the cloud office products do. I've also used Draw to edit PDFs.

LibreOffice: 7 easy tips every new user should know
📝 🧮🎤🖇️🗄️✖️✉️

"If you experience lags with version 6.5 or higher, turn off Java runtime. Java runtime is necessary for database functions (like Microsoft Access). If you don't use it, turn off the feature."

https://www.androidpolice.com/libreoffice-tips-tricks/

@androidpolice @libreoffice @tdforg

pabloniusmonk,
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More polishing for LibreOffice!

LibreOffice 24.2: New Features

A look at some of the new features in LibreOffice 24.2, created by our community of volunteers and certified developers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs9pMn4cffs

ricmac, to random
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Good article from one of the founders of The Quietus, an online music site I like. Btw, it frustrates me that The Quietus and other indie music magazines/websites are still using Twitter and haven’t even tested Mastodon (as far as I’m aware). Several of The Quietus writers are on here, but wouldn’t it be great if the publisher itself tried some new things on the web. Ok, it’s still early days… https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/jan/30/pitchfork-q-music-reviews-critics-songs

pabloniusmonk,
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@ricmac That's been a frustration for all of us here. Aspirationally I have taken to hashtagging accounts not yet on Mastodon in my toots. Ultimately we can only lead a horse to water. @pitchfork

RWW was a must-read for me back in the Google Reader glory days.

jeffjarvis, to random
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"COPYRIGHT was not enacted to protect creators but instead to make it possible for artists to alienate themselves from their art, to turn creativity into a tradable asset in a new marketplace for creativity."

pabloniusmonk,
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@jeffjarvis 😆

pabloniusmonk, to Texas
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No comment from Gov. Abbott on his pledge to "eliminate rape"

Texas had estimated 26,000 pregnancies from rape since total abortion ban

Additionally, fertility rates in the state have increased, both overall and for teens, for the first time in years.

https://archive.is/mrEK0

@dallasnews

pabloniusmonk, to music
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Mary Weiss, Lead Singer of the Shangri-Las, Dies at 75

“I had enough pain in me at the time to pull off anything and get into it and sound believable,” Weiss later recalled in 2001. “You can hear it on the performances. It was very easy for me. The recording studio was the place where you could really release what you were feeling without everybody looking at you.”

https://pitchfork.com/news/mary-weiss-lead-singer-of-the-shangri-las-dies-at-75/

@pitchfork

pabloniusmonk, to music
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As the hugely influential music site is being "folded into GQ," @marchogan looks back on what P4K meant and how working there changed his life

Perhaps Pitchfork matters today because its arc parallels that of the internet itself, from nerdy and amateurish to grown-up, worldly, and inclusive, to now gated off in a Babel of AI-age confusion.

Pouring One Out for Pitchfork – 9.2 Music Publication in a 3.7 Digital Media World

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/pitchfork-music-gq-1234949447/


@pitchfork @RollingStone

jeffjarvis, to random
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Grateful to my dear friend @PeteDominick for having me on to look back on -- gulp -- 50 years in journalism as I -- air quotes -- retire: lessons learned, mistakes made, lucky breaks.... Damn, it's fun talking with Pete. (So join his Patreon.)

https://standupwithpete.libsyn.com/iowa-caucus-pete-dominick-jeff-jarvis-journalism-trump-biden-media-newspapers-magazines

pabloniusmonk,
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@jeffjarvis @PeteDominick Really enjoying this interview. As usual great insights from you on the state of journalism, the web, teaching, parenting, & insightful questions from @PeteDominick as well.

I had a sub to EW way back when! Didn't know it was your creation. Looked fwd to every issue.

Looking forward to "The Web We Weave"!

pabloniusmonk, to random
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Texas Senator Ted Cruz's Travel Agent peepin' the Weather Forecast

pabloniusmonk, to music
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CDs are making a comeback thanks to Gen Z 💿 🎵

"I think that there's something very satisfying of having a neat row of only the things that you think kind of represent you," Timothy Karoff, 24

https://www.axios.com/2024/01/06/gen-z-cds-buying-collection

pabloniusmonk, to Dallas
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Dallas is decreasing homelessness. Here’s how we did it

"Over 95% of the neighbors we connect with at homeless encampments say yes to housing, dispelling a common myth that most are “service resistant.”

"People living in encampments are given a home, not shuffled to temporary housing, cited for trespassing, or forced to disperse around the city (all more costly and inefficient outcomes)."

https://archive.is/VguMp

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