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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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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

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...

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...

peachfront, to random
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dead & TFG indicted on 7 counts on the same day is enough for me to declare it's time to get this party started!!!

"Did you remember to bring the popcorn, Boo?"🍿 🍿 🍿
"Popcorn with champagne is my favorite thing, Hon."

pivoinebleue, to random

Arnold Schwarzenegger: 'No one gives a s--- about' climate change — this is what it should be called instead

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/30/schwarzenegger-no-one-gives-a-s-about-climate-change-rebrand-it.html

>"As long as they keep talking about global climate change, they are not gonna go anywhere. 'Cause no one gives a s--- about that," Arnold Schwarzenegger says.

peachfront,
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@pivoinebleue

His heart may be in the right place but i remember when it WAS called "pollution" and the right/GOP didn't GAF about it then either, if it was up to them, the Cuyahoga River would still be on fire

herhandsmyhands, (edited ) to romancelandia
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@romancelandia @ScribblingSandy
Heads up: royalty rates for indie titles on amazon have been changed down to 35% from 70%

Apparently they can be switched back, but you have to do it manually, and keep your eye on that.

Amazon is not a partner you can trust.

Edited to add: Emma Barry shared these on twitter (re-posted with permission)

peachfront,
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@notTheAudience @joyce @herhandsmyhands

That's not correct context, it's literal misinformation

I sell lots of wide books at the 70% royalty rate on Amazon but you do have to price at $2.99 or higher

I just double-checked this month's biggest seller for me on Amazon, and it is indeed still listed at the royalty rate of 70% even though it's not in the Kindle Unlimited library & they know it is widely distributed at all of the major online retailers

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@joyce @notTheAudience @herhandsmyhands

Yep, you're absolutely wrong about that. The 70% royalty rate on Amazon is for books that are in the price range $2.99-9.99. It has nothing to do with whether or not you're an Amazon exclusive/in the Kindle Unlimited library. The royalty payment plan is public information, so you can see it here on Amazon: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G202187870

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    peachfront,
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    @Jonathanglick

    They are allowed to do anything because they are serving the fascist oligarchs

    We are allowed to do nothing because we are supposed to be serfs & have nothing

    I'm at the point where I would stand & cheer if Biden as CoC ordered the Army to arrest every GOP leader & jail them to face trial on charges of extortion

    breadandcircuses, (edited ) to random

    Private jets are a luxury for the ultra-rich who wreck the planet with destructive lifestyles.

    North America (basically the USA) is home to more private jets than all other regions of the world COMBINED.

    Private jets are ~10 times more polluting per passenger than scheduled flights, and 50 times more than an average train ride.

    It's time to ‼

    peachfront,
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    @breadandcircuses

    way past time to ban private jets

    instead the little people are being told we're not to travel on mass transportation, as if us giving up our little lives would make any difference when these people are allowed to own personal jets and EVEN personal space programs

    juddlegum, to random
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    Musk is completely unhinged and untethered to reality

    RT @NickButler

    Elon Musk denies Allen, TX shooter — who had SS and swastika tattoos — is a white supremacist

    🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/NickButler/status/1658617510340579328

    video/mp4

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    @juddlegum

    as far as i know, he doesn't even admit that he, Elon Musk, is a white supremacist so we probably don't need to take his opinion very seriously...

    davep, to random

    Shopping for antiques won't make you gay but it may make you buy curios.

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    @davep

    how long you been saving up that one 😆

    tzimmer_history, to random
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    It’s really hard to overstate how acutely dangerous this is: All strands of the Right - leading Republicans, the media machine, the reactionary intellectual sphere, the conservative base - are openly and aggressively embracing rightwing vigilante violence.

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    @M_U @tzimmer_history

    the elite have hedge funds which means they can profit from a credit crisis as much or more as any other economic situation

    you're not allowed to participate in this form of investment (by law) unless you're a high net worth individual

    stock market is a place for the middle class to stash their retirement funds, so it will have to be broken & looted by the rich too...

    you heard it here first...

    rbreich, to random
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    Just to recap, Clarence Thomas let a GOP megadonor take him on lavish trips, buy his mom's house and let her live there rent free, pay for his grandnephew to attend a private boarding school — all in secret until now.

    How is he still on the Supreme Court?

    peachfront,
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    @rbreich

    because we don't have one single law enforcement officer in the land with enough basic decency to arrest the guy for open bribe-taking over decades

    that's it, that's the answer

    the law is only for Democrats & the little people

    juddlegum, to random
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    Everyone who has never tried to make a living as a writer thinks micropayments are a good idea.

    RT @elonmusk

    Rolling out next month, this platform will allow media publishers to charge users on a per article basis with one click.

    This enables users who would not sign up for a monthly subscription to pay a higher per article price for when they want to read an occasional article.… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1652349875017879552

    🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1652349875017879552

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    @juddlegum

    they fail to understand that a small barrier is the same size as a large barrier-- it's a barrier

    we all click away to read or do something else

    same problem Amazon's having with Kindle Vella, people just don't enjoy constantly being kicked out of the reading "zone" to be nagged for tokens/pennies

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    Since oligarchs pay little to no taxes anyway, it would make no difference if they decided to leave the nation because they now have to. In fact, it would be better for all of us if they got the fuck out of here.

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    @billOfEarth42 @Alchemist_Final @StillIRise1963

    We can, confiscating private "assets" for public good isn't some wacky dream that has never been tried

    An example: in 1974-75, Kuwait nationalized its oil industry previously under the control of foreign US & UK companies

    Result: for a time, the average income of a Kuwaiti citizen was the highest of any nation in the world, including the US

    There's no legit reason to leave valuable assets in the hands of the few

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