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paul

@paul@oldfriends.live

Admin & owner of OldFriends.Live
Host of 9 o'clock @hashtaggames
AKA #FeedingTubePaul

#Healthcare: #Parkinsons Plus- #MSA #MultipleSystemAtrophy
#FeedingTube since 4/2012

#HashtagGames #Jokester

#Progressive #politics

#Banjo #music, #literature, #movies, #TV, #fedi22

#Ohio #US #AppalachianOhio

#Veteran

#SissyCat & #LittleBit are my #CatsOfMastodon

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paul, to HashtagGames
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First Church of the Mandalorians, Reformed


paul, to random
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On May the 4th I sharpen my knives for September the 13th.

paul, to random
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Kentucky Derby washout could give these early favorites an advantage https://www.wcpo.com/sports/kentucky-derby-washout-could-give-these-early-favorites-an-advantage

jan, to random
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finally got through it's 10k backlog.

paul,
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@jan @haploc I hit over 9000 enqueue yesterday. First time that has happened to me since I spun my instance in late 2022. It just kept adding up. It would get down to 5K then jump back up. The day before I had a backlog of over 3000.

I went to the live feeds, all, & Flipboard (.com) Magazines, sometimes 7, 8, 9 posts of the same content from different accounts/magazines, endlessly. When Flipboard died down, my backlog cleared up quickly. Are they posting in batches? Maybe unrelated, but odd.

paul, to Roku
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Shout out to the dev team for the latest release, esp @tgpo for the PR fixing the order of latest rows on home view.

Nice to have everything back where it belongs.

https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-roku/releases

paul, to random
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Gary Floyd, 71, American singer, Dicks, Sister Double Happiness), passes away at age 71 of congestive heart failure.

The Dicks formed in Austin in 1980 and their debut single “The Dicks Hate the Police” is a classic.

"Openly gay at a time when few musicians were, Floyd was an outsized presence onstage and off, often in drag, with a confrontational style that was an huge influence on punk for years to come."

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/gary-floyd-the-dicks-sister-double-happiness-has-died/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_Double_Happiness?wprov=sfla1

paul, to devops
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There are several #MastoDev 'Help Wanted' requests from the Mastodon #developers if you are a #coder #Programmer

*Use /search for search (/search?query=something)
*Move account secrets to a dedicated table (and encrypt it?)
*Add a way for the user to select which languages they understand
*Allow admins to configure instance favicon and logo
*Allow searching for hashtags in admin UI
*Convert Redux state to Typescript #MastoAdmin #devops #Programmers #dev.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/labels/help%20welcome

paul,
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@liaizon

Someone already picked it up and the PR is almost ready to merge!

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/pull/30040

paul, to HashtagGames
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Afterlife with Elizabeth


paul, to HashtagGames
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Corner Ghosts


paul, to HashtagGames
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Two and a Half Mesmers


📽️ Biographical film trailer, Mesmer (1994)

In 18th century Vienna, Dr. Franz Anton Mesmer believes he is able to heal patients by drawing out something unique from inside his patients.

video/mp4

wdjorth, to random
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Trump Media Auditor Charged for Massive Fraud
Uh…of course he did!
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/03/trump-media-auditor-charged-by-sec-with-massive-fraud-permanently-barred-from-public-company-audits.html?utm_source=thelitepaper.stocktwits.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=bulls-putting-bears-to-the-test

paul,
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@wdjorth

I have a feeling before Trump Media goes down in flames, once and for all, there will be many charges, indictments, etc for various frauds.

I can't believe it is trading at near $50.

The cottage industry that the fringe created won't make it ever turn a real buck.

In the end, I think history will show it's just a massive fraud and money laundering operation and like most frauds, the lowest denominator investor that put their money into it will be hurt the most.

DrJackBrown, to random
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Hey MSM, stop saying that Donald Trump thought of Hope Hicks as his 'surrogate daughter'. If you do, your comparison will only be accurate if you remind your viewership/readers the numerous pathological statements Trump has said regarding his own daughters.

paul,
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@DrJackBrown

Someone needs to do an in-depth search to determine which host, pundit, reporter, etc, first uttered that Hope Hicks was like Trump's 'surrogate daughter' and then do a dissertation on how the media turned that into an emotional talking point.

It probably was a cable news host talking to a reporter about Hicks and Trump's pre-2015 relationship and it was an off-the-cuff comment that now is seemingly accepted as a reporting 'fact.'

darnell, to H5N1
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We have spreading in the 🇺🇸 amongst mammals (mainly cows 🐄 apparently), & no major alarms 🚨 are being broadcasted by the government.

My worry is pigs 🐖 getting infected, as they can easily infect humans.

👉🏾 We still don’t understand how one human apparently got bird flu from a cow 🔛 @arstechnica 📰 https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/we-still-dont-understand-how-one-human-apparently-got-bird-flu-from-a-cow/

paul,
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@darnell @arstechnica

I've been reading about that case.

I have wondered if the person didn't get it from the cows but got it from the same source that the dairy cows did.

I haven't found much info about the farm, its size, operation, etc, but dairy barns aren't the most kept up places, esp if free roaming cows that come in to be milked. Easily could get contamination from infected birds in the dairy barn.

I hope they find out.

paul, to random
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What's the proper URL for searching through Mastodon if you were doing a search via a URL?

For example, searching 'SearchContent has: media" Google would be https://www.google.com/search?q=searchcontent+has%3A+media"

I would like to add my Mastodon instance to my browsers search engines list. Interestingly, Miskey and Sharkey and some other federated platforms I've been to are already added.

I'm getting great results for content from my Mastodon search than Google and Bing, + no ads, and tracking.

paul,
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@michael

Thanks. I see a couple weeks ago, put out a 'Help Wanted' post to implement this.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/29991

paul, to random
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I've heard the euphuism, 'couldn't' and/or 'shouldn't be elected as dog catcher' for years.

I think Kristi Noem is the first person that should apply to literally, with merit and receipts.

#KRISTINOEM #USPol

makkhorn, to narcissism
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KRISTI NOEM
"Stare-Down" with Kim Jong Un?

BOY, she’s one tough little narcissist.
Alas, story is false.

"Through my tenure on the House Armed Services Committee,” she wrote, “I had the chance to travel to many countries to meet with world leaders.

" I remember when I met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. I’m sure he underestimated me, having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants (I’d been a children’s pastor, after all).”

#uspol #noem #narcissism #fakenews #news

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2024/05/03/kristi-noem-shoots-at-lone-wolf-nikki-haley-00155932

paul,
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@makkhorn

"my experience staring down little tyrants (I’d been a children’s pastor, after all).”

That line stood out to me. She hates certain dogs and sees children, from a position as a "pastor," as tyrants.

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    paul,
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    @design_law
    I live in rural .

    I've never had a problem and we usually have a couple streaming devices going at the same time.

    Only one TV has a cable box, the others are through apps on the TV, even cable TV streams via a Roku.

    Our speed fluctuates as neighbors use their internet, for some reason. So, this is the peak time for high speed at the Chambers' house. lol.

    Here's my speed test.

    paul,
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    @design_law

    I should add, my brother has "gigabyte" service where he lives and he is not impressed. There really is no difference in speed for his family as they are not really power internet users nor 4K video "junkies." He says when his contract is up, he's going back to standard cable internet.

    lifeofguenter, to threads
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    #threads is now properly working with #convocasa - I did not do anything so must have been something in their side. Thanks @paul for debugging back then though.

    paul,
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    @lifeofguenter
    👍 You're welcome.

    Glad things are working.

    paul, to random
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    Microsoft says April Windows updates break VPN connections. No fix is available. If you use Windows 10 or 11, and rely on VPN, you may want to consider your options.

    If you don't bypass the April updates, and you need to use VPN, it probably wouldn't hurt to have a live Linux USB OS handy, esp if you VPN for privacy or security reasons, so you can quickly log into a browser and use the internet via a VPN connection

    https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-says-april-windows-updates-break-vpn-connections/

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    Not an ad for sex work but for prepress

    paul,
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    @glennf

    My favorite time of the week was taking the proofs for our small weekly Sunday newspaper to the Middletown (Ohio) Journal overnight on Fridays, getting the plates made then watching the web press knock our small run out and the bundles stacking up at the end, ready to be loaded into the van.

    It was a beautiful ballet to watch.

    w7voa, to random
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    Both freedom of speech and rule of law must be upheld on US college campus, says President Biden in remarks from the Roosevelt Room at the White House. "In moments like this there are always those who rush to score political points."

    paul,
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    @CindyS @JeanPDeliet @GreenFire @w7voa

    We spend $800B on K-12.With the results we're getting, literacy alone, we are ripped off

    I post all the time about the voucher rip-off. Every chance I can.

    K-12 is national emergency, has been for decades. It's a failure & needs to be fixed. It was failing long before the right decided to use it as a political tool, which I agree they're doing and have since at least Reagan. Now, your turn to tell me to throw more money at it😉

    https://oldfriends.live/@paul/112200932204069820

    These are unchartered nonpublic schools, many church owned Want to start a school in Ohio and get tuition paid by the state for your students? 1. Start a church 2. Start a Christian school as a ministry, an extension of the church No rules, regulations, curriculum oversite, teacher requirements To start a church in Ohio you just got to say, "I am a pastor, and we are a church." No regulations Now you have a state funded private voucher school in Ohio.
    Ohio gives $1billion per year to voucher schools, many unchartered nonpublic church owned schools Want to start a school& get $4K - $8K paid by the state per student? 1. Start a church ~To start a church in Ohio you just got to say, "I am a pastor, and we are a church." No regulations 2. Start a Christian school as a ministry, an extension of the church. No rules, regulations, curriculum oversite, teacher requirements Now you have a state funded private voucher school in Ohio.

    paul,
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    @GreenFire @CindyS @JeanPDeliet @w7voa

    I'm not disagreeing, or even suggesting what we need to do at this point, but currently, we're paying around $104,000 per student to get them in the K door and out the 12 door, and more than half of them can't adequately read

    The entire structure needs to be reworked. I do know vouchers isn't a solution, esp the program like Ohio has, i.e. unchartered religious schools

    It's not the teacher's fault. It's in the system design. I'm for K-12, btw

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