paul

paul, 10 hours ago to random

Just went through and deactivated autopay's that haven't been used for a while at various payment sites.

I do that several times per year.

In June, I will reset my debit card & get a new one. We do that twice per year.

We don't have a lot of disposable money so any nefarious losses would be painful.

paul, 11 hours ago to random

Weekend is here so, now the 'No tomes Available' Sidekiq errors are starting to appear like clockwork as businesses that use their services do backups over the weekend put strain on Backblaze B2B and #Backblaze throttles available connections dynamically across their system.

Joy Joy for low-cost media storage of a #MastoAdmin. We get what we pay for. Luckily, for me, most of that media is from the Fediverse firehouse.

Really wish we could turn off Preview images, esp self-hosts

chris, 12 hours ago to Canada

Hey Canada! Have a safe and fun May Two-Four!! ✌️
#Canada #Travel #RV #MayLongWeekend #May24 #LongWeekend #DIY

paul, 12 hours ago to random

Yes! Vera is coming back for another season!

#ITV descended upon County Durham, Seaham yesterday (May 16, 2024) filming new scenes for the final ever 14th season of #Vera starring #BrendaBlethyn, set to hit our screens in 2025.

Images taken by a local out for her walk.

🔗ITV Vera crew filming episodes along Seaham seafront | The Northern Echo

https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/24326836.itv-vera-crew-filming-episodes-along-seaham-seafront/

paul, 14 hours ago to HashtagGames

Achy Breaky Heart is really a spiritual prayer song that is channeled to Ronald McDonald by chronic McDonald's diners.

#SecretMeaningsInSongs
#HashTagGames

paul, 15 hours ago to HashtagGames

Shrimping for Dummies ~ Forrest Gump

#FictionalCharactersAutobiography
#HashTagGames

paul, 16 hours ago to random

CDC Will No Longer Supply Free COVID-19 Vaccines for Uninsured Adults–shutting down the program in August 2024 just before the fall rollout of updated vaccines to fight against the latest variants.

CDC blames rescissions of COVID-19 funds by Congress and doesn't know if manufacturers will offer patient assistance programs on the Federally financed research behind the COVID vaccines.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/cdc-will-no-longer-supply-free-covid-19-vaccines-for-uninsured-adults?ref=home

CDC statement:
https://tinalexander.github.io/notes/2024/05#cdc-spokesperson-on-end-of-the-bridge-access-program

paul, 16 hours ago to ai

OpenAI Strikes Reddit Deal To Train Its #AI On Your Posts

Reddit gets access to OpenAI’s tech for building AI features, and OpenAI gets real-time access to Reddit posts that feed into ChatGPT. #OpenAI has also signed up to become an advertising partner on #Reddit.

It’s an agreement similar to the one Reddit signed with #Google earlier this year that was reportedly worth $60 million.

🔗 https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/16/24158529/reddit-openai-chatgpt-api-access-advertising

🔗 RedditInc Blog: https://www.redditinc.com/blog/reddit-and-oai-partner

paul, 17 hours ago to random

"White Trash Wins Lotto," an insane and insanely clever musical about Axl Rose, is now available for free download from the creator, piece's composer, librettist, and director Andy Prieboy.

The restored digital cast recordings, Lyrics/Backstory and Program pdf booklets are available..

Here's an old clip about it from Conan.

https://youtu.be/_iMtnugwkNE?si=7rGidBp6A7SNuFdG

Download link: https://andyprieboy.com/wtwl

Story, https://boingboing.net/2024/05/06/white-trash-wins-lotto-an-insane-and-insanely-clever-musical-about-axl-rose-now-available-for-free-download.html

GottaLaff, 17 hours ago to random

Damn. #RIP Award-winning actor Dabney Coleman -- who starred in hit movies such as Melvin and Howard, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond, and Tootsie -- has reportedly passed away at the age of 92.

He won an Emmy in 1987 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for his role Sworn to Silence, but was nominated six times. He also won a Golden Globe Award. https://local12.com/news/entertainment/report-actor-dabney-coleman-passes-away-dead-death-age-92-melvin-howard-on-golden-pond-tootsie-movies-film-television-emmy-award

paul, 20 hours ago to Ohio

Ohio just listed the second round of EV charging stations

Funding for the EV chargers is being awarded as part of the second round of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program. Ohio was the first state in the nation to activate a NEVI charging station under this program. Round 2 funding will go towards EV chargers on I-270, I-275, I-675, I-680, I-71, I-76, I-77, SR 15, U.S. 23, U.S. 30, and U.S. 33. #Ohio #EV #NEVI #ChargingStations

https://drive.ohio.gov/wps/wcm/connect/gov/0eb78aa4-b405-49c7-8141-1b8effbf0f9e/Round2-Map%2BList.pdf

Funding for the EV chargers is being awarded as part of the second round of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program. Ohio was the first state in the nation to activate a NEVI charging station under this program. Round 2 funding will go towards EV chargers on I-270, I-275, I-675, I-680, I-71, I-76, I-77, SR 15, U.S. 23, U.S. 30, and U.S. 33.
Funding for the EV chargers is being awarded as part of the second round of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Program. Ohio was the first state in the nation to activate a NEVI charging station under this program. Round 2 funding will go towards EV chargers on I-270, I-275, I-675, I-680, I-71, I-76, I-77, SR 15, U.S. 23, U.S. 30, and U.S. 33.

stux, 20 hours ago to random

So Twitter changed their url from twitter.com => x.com but sessions with 'twitter.com' are kept until destroyed and redirected to 'x.com'? :ablobcatgooglymlemjumping:

stux, 1 day ago to random

A thing that worries me a bit is with AI in rise so much, many people and companies talk about it like "their AI". Like it's their property and they own the code but it's not..

There are only a few companies on the planet who are "in control" of the code and data, those are the ones who "own AI", not the consumer

There is no "your AI", there is only "their AI" that you work with, don't forget that!

choqueiro, 1 day ago to random Galician

We've just defederated from pradva.me. A seemingly empty instance with only 33 users that was producing almost twice the activity as mastodon.social.

We haven't found this instance in public blocklists. Does anyone know about them?

#MastoAdmin

paul, 1 day ago to retrocomputing

Rescuing Archie, the world's first internet search engine.
#Search #RetroComputing .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUwR9xdEuZI

paul, 1 day ago to HashtagGames

'Ho Ho Ho–Life From Above The Valley ~ Green Giant

#FictionalCharactersAutobiography
#HashTagGames

Grren Giant in the valley

paul, 1 day ago to HashtagGames

The Doctor Knows A Who

#FictionalCharactersAutobiography
#HashTagGames

paul, 1 day ago to random

FBI most wanted suspect, a swatter, found in Columbus Ohio

Agents arrested 18-year-old Brayden Grace after accusing him of being involved in multiple swatting calls across the United States.

Grace was part of a group active on Instagram and Telegram called “Purgatory,” which used the social media platforms to plan multiple #swatting calls

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/fbis-most-wanted-suspect-found-and-arrested-in-columbus/

paul, 2 days ago to tv

Tonight is the one-hour series finale of #YoungSheldon

Not only is the season cut short, 13 (really 14 episodes), but most of it has been building the new spin-off about Georgie, Mandy & McCallisters

Three's Company did this with Jack's soon to be wife & it bombed

MeeMaw & Missy haven't signed on to the spin-off

I feel like they really cheated us because we learned about them in YS and now their futures will be pretty much a mystery, except for what filler they do in the spin-off #TV

Young Sheldon Cast now
Young Sheldon Cast 2024
Young Sheldon Cast 7 years ago

paul, 2 days ago to random

Trump wants RFKjr in the debates so they can tag team Biden. More likely, Trump will allow RFKjr to do the lead, imo.

FKjr isn't polling enough to be in the debates, imo.

Who knows.

CNN will wet (skeet) themselves with premature excitement and jump at the chance.

paul, 2 days ago to random

I talked my wife into going to see my 84-year-old aunt today.

What she doesn't know is it is a surprise BBQ with a birthday cake for her. Her birthday is this weekend.

It's just me, my aunt and my brother, all COVID cautious.

She has no idea. lol. 😂

ai6yr, 2 days ago to random

Geolocate this, LOL.

admin, 2 days ago (edited 57 minutes ago) to mastodon

What should an Admin, or if you're an Admin, what do you do, about someone's post that contains unnecessary extreme profanities attacking a well-known person?

Comments are welcome

#MastoAdmin #Mastodon #FediBlock