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peachfront

@peachfront@toot.community

Senior parrots, birds, birding, rock swaps, crystals & stone-cutting. Sometimes I write funny dialogue for the birds in your photographs. I read books, & I vote!

Formerly known as Peachfront on Twitter & Instagram, & Amethyst Qu on Medium.

Haven't owned peachfront.com domain in years but you may find my old trip reports at peachfront.diaryland.com.

Pro Tip: Diaryland does not have any www's.

#birds #crystals #photography #fedi22 #books #writing #selfpublishing #birding #nature

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skykiss, to random
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Anybody else still curious who planted the pipe bombs, disabled Mike Pence’s key card, removed the panic button in Ayanna Presley’s office, and shared the locations of non-reinforced Capitol windows?

peachfront,
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@skykiss

We have text message evidence that sharing locations was done by GOP Congresspeople-- whose names are known

We have video of the pipe bombs being placed that some say (I'm not good enough at judging by gait evidence to know myself) is Marjorie Taylor Greene

At min. we know GOP Congresspeople were aiding & abetting the attackers on Jan 6... these people should have been jailed awaiting trial 2+ years ago

Justice delayed is justice denied... as always

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peachfront,
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@agt @bookstodon

It's my opinion eReaders are a tech whose time has passed because my Android Tablet (for reading) & phone (for audiobooks) do everything more & better ... I already tossed my old Kobo eReader, still have a couple of Kindles but hardly ever use them

Kindle's main advantage was its long battery life, an advantage that doesn't matter anymore because of small & more versatile power banks

peachfront,
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@eivind @theotherotherone @agt @bookstodon

My library seems to spread out the books I want over Hoopla, Cloud Library, and Libby, so yep... I need all the apps on my tablet & phone

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@theotherotherone @agt @bookstodon

Libby is the app for Overdrive & it works great on both tablets & phones--

Some of the books I borrow are on audio & for me, I find it easier to use my phone to get them & send the audio to a bluetooth speaker...

GW, to random

Experts panic over Florida tourism as major conventions flee state’s 'unfriendly political environment'

Convention organizers are pulling out of Florida

When asked for a reason why they were scrapping plans, one organizer wrote simply: “Governor DeSantis.”

Thousands of dollars are also being lost by restaurants and attractions by visitors going elsewhere.

...Community Schools Conference – it also pulled out of more than 2,000 hotel rooms.

https://www.alternet.org/experts-panic-over-florida-tourism-as-major-conventions-flee-state-s-unfriendly-political-environment-2662247798/

peachfront,
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@GW

To hold a convention in Florida in this environment is to say you don't care about your Black, female, or LGBT+ attendees-- not a good look

TheConversationUS, to Travel
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Covid delays aren’t the only reason for long passport wait times in the US. Part of the issue is that more Americans want to travel internationally – and many are eager to do so post-lockdown.

In 1989, only 3 in every 100 Americans had a passport.
Today, that ratio is up 45 for every 100.

https://theconversation.com/passport-bottleneck-is-holding-up-international-travel-by-americans-eager-to-see-the-world-as-covid-19-eases-205271

peachfront,
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@TheConversationUS

No one knows if US is going to go full fascist & how many of us will have to flee but we have an illegit Supreme Court going mad & a man who led an attempt to overthrow the gov't still walking free on no-bail

People aren't buying more $110 pieces of paper because "bored post Covid" but because the last time people needed to flee the country wholesale (men in the Vietnam War era), you could enter both Mexico & Canada without a passport

Next question!

waitworry, to random

really surprised that "just not paying any of your bills" turned out to be a poor long term business strategy

peachfront,
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@hankg @waitworry

It was popularized in the 80s, i think one of Trump's ghostwriters wrote the book Other People's Money... Rich people think they're too important to pay for stuff, which makes me wonder sometimes why we pretend to believe they're rich or allow them to keep big items like aircraft, buildings, & Twitter...

juddlegum, to random
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To recap: Supreme Court justices nominated by a president who lost the popular vote and confirmed by Senators representing far less than half the country have eliminated abortion rights, green-lighted anti-LGBTQ discrimination, and ended affirmative action.

In one year.

peachfront,
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@juddlegum

You left out a word...

To recap: The BRIBE-Taking Supreme Court justices etc.

It's enough to make you wish the UN or something would march in and haul them all off to face international justice since apparently the US is so corrupt there are no laws against taking bribes!!!

pearlbear, (edited ) to random
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So tomorrow, the NWS forecasts wet bulb temperatures in parts of the US are so high, that people will die if they aren't in air-conditioning. You can't really do anything in wet bulb temps above 90F, and you die in wet bulb temps above 95F.

And it's only June!

Source: https://digital.mdl.nws.noaa.gov/

(Edited to add source)

peachfront,
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@pearlbear

FFS

I have the tree guy coming out tomorrow, obv. he can't work during this

I know, hardly the biggest issue, but I'm trying not to panic here

I am ONE MILE from Lake Pontchartrain, it just shouldn't be this way

ZachWeinersmith, to random
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Do you think there's a way the Internet could've been designed differently, early on, which would've made it better than it is now?

peachfront,
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@ZachWeinersmith

Not the whole internet maybe...

But it should have never been normalized on Social Media the requirement to use your real name -- Facebook didn't create that culture to help women but to make it easier for frat elite males to know who to despise (for not being pretty or rich) & who to bully (anybody not a cis male)

People were originally able to come online & discuss mutual interests w/out being judged based on looks, gender, class, color-- all that's long gone now

pivoinebleue, to random

Two of the trashiest people in Congress. They are embarrassing the country.

Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls Boebert a ‘Little Bitch’ on the House Floor

https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-boebert-a-little-bitch-on-the-house-floor?t=VoMeC8fwpUDIgwthZDyO0w&s=09

>A feud has been boiling between Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert for months. It finally reached a new level on Wednesday.



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@PamelaBarroway @pivoinebleue

yep it's called gerrymandering

do you think any sane person wishes to represented by the craven Steve Scalise?

the lines are drawn to give dumb***es & grifters an unfair advantage

GottaLaff, (edited ) to random
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Via Eric Columbus: 1/..

This #Jan6 email from #Pence's counsel to Eastman while "under siege" is a great reminder of the stakes of that day and the villainy of those who would overturn the election. It also might be the longest email I've ever seen that was written on an iPhone.

Kyle Cheney:

#Eastman is still testifying but they're briefly pausing to accommodate Jacob's schedule.

A reminder of how their last exchange went.

peachfront,
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@GottaLaff

that's a hilarious letter

peachfront,
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@Litzz11 @GottaLaff

I live in the South, so to me, I assume these phrases were meant about as sincerely as, "Bless your heart, honey"

Esp since "I respect your heart" (not your head or your argument) is so close to this traditional phrase of polite disrespect...

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@annewalk @theotherotherone @kaylee @bookstodon @steaphan

The way it was explained to me, as an American is, "Americans don't need a reason not to read a book." When you live in an anti-intellectual society, it's destructive to consistently focus on what you don't like about books. Now, obviously, there are books so egregious, so widely known already, & so popular that one feels one must say something but...

Most of the time, nothing good comes from sharing one's dislike of a book.

flexghost, to random
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Governor Greg Abbott just vetoed a bill that would allow disabled Texans to vote by mail

I’m guessing Abbott vetoed this from his wheelchair?

Same as Clarence Thomas looking to repeal interracial marriage, Lindsey Graham attacking same-sex marriage, and Dubya attacking education. Hate and self owns.

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@flexghost

Reminds me of misogynist Queen Bee type women, they assume the prisons they build for others will never hold them-- indeed, they assume they are more "special" if they stomp down on others like them

Radical_EgoCom, to random

I think a polluting billionaire being lost to the ocean is very poetic.

peachfront,
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@Radical_EgoCom

i hate to say it but i felt the same way

GottaLaff, to random
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Justice Samuel Took Luxury Fishing Vacation With GOP Billionaire Who Later Had Cases Before the Court

In the years after the undisclosed trip to Alaska, Republican megadonor Paul Singer’s hedge fund has repeatedly had business before the . Alito has never recused himself.- ProPublica

https://apple.news/APqAN1qWFT_qpFizC95yFhQ

peachfront,
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@GottaLaff

FFS my librarian is afraid to take a homemade gift from me at Christmas but these clowns are allowed to take high-dollar bribes?

There are laws against bribery. Somebody could find one. Someone could arrest them.

I'm so tired of having it shoved in my face that there must be, at best 1 or 2% of law enforcement willing to enforce the law equally against all, regardless of who they are. And that 1% will always slow walk cases against the rich & powerful.

Walks away grumbling

arstechnica, to random
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Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering

While rescuers fear for crew, Logitech F710 PC gamepad sells out within minutes.

https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2023/06/submarine-missing-near-titanic-used-a-30-logitech-gamepad-for-steering/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

peachfront,
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@arstechnica

Why pay $250K for a ticket on a bucket of bolts with a $50 game controller when you could build it better at home in your garage?

I just read that literally 17 bolts will stop them from getting out even if they did find some way to get to the surface on their own...

juddlegum, to random
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RT @chamath

Being able to think for oneself is a feature of democracy, not a bug.

You may not agree with all of us or like any of us, but I’d try to figure out why so many independent thinkers are gravitating towards @RobertKennedyJr https://twitter.com/ashleyrindsberg/status/1670374545457573889

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/chamath/status/1670389993792057350

peachfront,
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@juddlegum

Don't know that it's a choice or that anti-vaxxers are capable of independent thought

The Chaos Machine makes a convincing argument that social media algorithms have worked over time to sway susceptible people to believe first in anti-vax propaganda & then to follow the anti-science rabbit hole to right wing extremism

No thinking required... they just like to flatter themselves

dgar, to random
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Can’t remember the last time I ate a monkey.

peachfront,
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@dgar

agree, seems legit 🤣

peachfront, to internet
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The Chaos Machine by Max Fisher has made me better understand the collapse in visibility on Medium for content that isn't despairing, enraging, or get-quick-rich... Algos want to sell isolation & dependence on a platform for money.

Don't fit that mold so I'm moving my stuff away

One of my first newer stories moved is my wildflower scam story-- It's now available w/ no paywalls & no email asks here:

https://vocal.media/earth/fooled-by-a-wildflower-scam-left-with-so-many-questions

#SocialMedia #Books #bookstadon

Free_Press, to news
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Time to Cut the Cord!

Cable TV Packages Now Cost an Average of $217.42 Per Month & Costs More Than Water, Power, & Trash Combined

With the plethora of free streaming services available, it's time to consider the change from cable to streaming - I'm glad I made the move!

Pluto, Plex, Roku, Tubi, Freevee, Xumoplay, YouTube, etc...
#News #cable

https://cordcuttersnews.com/cable-tv-packages-now-cost-an-average-of-217-42-per-month-costs-more-than-water-power-trash-combined/

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peachfront,
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@Free_Press

Forget cable, I never had it... I want to know: Where is this place where water, power, & trash combined cost less than average $217.42/month

Maybe 1982????

Radical_EgoCom, to random

Capitalist "Innovation"

peachfront,
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@Radical_EgoCom

I was scratching my head over this today, what kind of psychotic expectations did they have that this wasn't enough money to earn from a kitchen appliance????

bitterkarella, to random
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1
Mary Shelley: sup fuckers time pack it in!
Poe: what's going on?
Shelley: haven't you heard? there's a new kind of horror in town!
Shelley: it's called cozy horror!
Shelley: and this one's just for us girls!
Tabitha King: yeah!

peachfront,
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@bitterkarella

i always thought this genre was like, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir...

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