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peterbutler

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CNET editor. Totally serious. No candy.

#Biking #Vegan #PingPong #LGBTAlly #Software #DiscGolf #IndieRock #BoardGames #JigsawPuzzles #Cats #PublicSchool #Parenting #Berkeley #Books #Writing #Horror #ScienceFiction #Sustainability #EconomicJustice #EndHomelessness #Libraries

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peterbutler, (edited ) to fediverse
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If you were going to start a photo blog on the Fediverse, which software would you use?

(and I’d love to hear why in the replies…)

peterbutler, to Sleeping
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Any neurologists out there with a background in sleep research who would be willing to be interviewed for a CNET article on delayed sleep phase disorder/syndrome?

I’ve got a young writer who could use some help. Long shot, but if you see this message and would be willing to help with an interview, let me know. Thanks!

peterbutler, to BBC
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"... we’ve amassed around 60,000 followers across our six trial accounts, and we have had to do very little moderation of replies associated with our content.

"We’ve had really encouraging levels of engagement (i.e. replies, re-posts and likes) on Mastodon.

"For some equivalent posts we’ve seen significantly larger engagement numbers for Mastodon compared to X/Twitter, particularly given the relative sizes of different platforms"

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

peterbutler, to vegan
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So … my ex-wife (who used to be vegan with me but got redpilled in 2020) is now teaching our 12 year old how to cook meat

That’s a bummer

I don’t have any family or friends now who are vegan, which is also a bummer

If you got one, I could use a good pep talk right now, vegan folks :sadness:

It is the right thing to do, isn’t it? I’m not the one who’s wrong?

peterbutler, to random
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The USPS will start shipping free COVID-19 tests again. You can start placing orders next Monday, September 25

https://special.usps.com/testkits

#Covid #Covid19 #CovidTests

peterbutler, to discgolf
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I finally gave the Oyster Bay disc golf course a full 18-hole run

https://www.obdgc.org/course

Short review: Well suited for beginners and short throwers. An interesting track on a mostly barren landscape overlooking OAK bay

It will be fun to see it in 15-20 years -- the tree plantings look new. It will get much tougher when those trees grow

Here’s my mostly “squirrel scorecard” i.e. shortest tees to shortest baskets — full review to follow …

peterbutler, to discgolf
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The gravel road is OB. Is my disc out of bounds?

(You can probably guess which way I ruled)

peterbutler, to ukteachers
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The average US taxpayer spends $1,748 per year for Pentagon contractors and $346 for K-12 education

Happy Tax Day! 😭

https://www.nationalpriorities.org/analysis/2024/tax-day-2024/

peterbutler, to random
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"the U.S. government spent more on health care last year than the governments of Germany, the U.K., Italy, Spain, Austria, and France combined spent to provide universal health care coverage to the whole of their population (335 million in total), which is comparable in size to the U.S. population of 331 million.”

https://www.statnews.com/2023/12/19/us-healthcare-costs-government-covers-41-percent-of-total/

peterbutler, to random
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I’m betting dollars to donuts that whoever wins tonight’s Warriors-Lakers game wins the series

(FWIW, I pay about $1.50 for a donut, so I’m not sure what the expression even means anymore)

Go Warriors!

peterbutler, to music
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Help me out here, Mastodon music fans

Back in the 1980s, there was a band called the Dry Heaves, and they were legendary

Literally legendary. No albums, no CDs, just some homemade tapes

They were a cross between a novelty band and a punk band (kinda like an early version of The Feelings)

The only damn song I can remember is Merge Into Heavy Traffic

Were the Dry Heaves a fever dream? Did they exist?
!HELP!

(I’m thinking Mid-Michigan)

#Music #DryHeaves #Punk #MidMichigan

peterbutler, to random
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Bandcamp is donating all their sales today to the NAACP. Good day to buy music

https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/juneteenth-fundraiser

peterbutler, to Oakland
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Help me out, Oakland/East Bay bike tooters

I’m looking for the best route from South Berkeley to Oyster Bay Park in San Leandro

I took the northern route Google suggested (screenshot) and it wasn’t great. I didn’t mind the traffic, but very poor pavement and lots of debris

Is it worth going down to Jack London and following the waterfront?

Is there anyway to cut through Alameda?

peterbutler, to iPhone
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I switched to a stupid iPhone so I could manage my kids’ stupid screen time but 99% of the time I try to use the feature I get a stupid blank page with a stupid spinning cursor that never resolves

Anyone else have this problem? Any solutions?

peterbutler, to ai
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I have never used an LLM or “AI" to write anything, and I will never use LLMs to write anything, even the most boring emails

I also promise to do whatever I can to sabotage LLMs and AI whenever possible

I’ll delete this if/when I ever change my mind

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/18/chatgpt-said-i-did-not-exist-how-artists-and-writers-are-fighting-back-against-ai

peterbutler, to climate
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“… the economist who has been embraced as a guiding light by the global institution tasked with shepherding humanity through the climate crisis, who has been awarded a Nobel for climate costing, who is widely feted as the doyen of his field, doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”

https://theintercept.com/2023/10/29/william-nordhaus-climate-economics/

peterbutler, to climate
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September 2023 was the most anomalous month for temperature — 1.75 degrees C higher than 1850-1900 average — in the modern era

Terrifying 😬

https://climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-september-2023-unprecedented-temperature-anomalies

peterbutler, to random
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I’m really starting to resent that Zoom makes me click “that meeting was great” after every meeting

peterbutler, to pizza
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In an ironic twist, my local pizza place uses an online ordering system that (accidentally, I assume) gives free toppings as long as they are only on half the pizza

As in a half and half pizza, with all toppings on both sides for free

At the risk of ruining my “free ride” (I’ve probably saved $20-25 in the past year — don’t order pizza for the kids much) …

What’s the moral/ethical thing to do here?

peterbutler, to random
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"Technology doesn’t just make it possible for me to find out what stupid people are thinking; it now curates their thoughts and serves them up to me daily, as if I were some kind of connoisseur of idiocy. I honestly do not remember asking for this.”

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/17/no-focus-no-fights-and-a-bad-back-16-ways-technology-has-ruined-my-life-tim-dowling

peterbutler, to microsoft
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This Microsoft/Midnight Blizzard hacking story is fucking wild

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/08/microsoft_confirms_russian_spies_stole/

MS is getting breached again right now as we speak

https://www.reuters.com/technology/cybersecurity/microsoft-says-cyber-threat-actor-has-been-able-access-internal-systems-2024-03-08/

peterbutler, to discgolf
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Any disc golf fans out there? It’s the only thing I miss from Twitter …

There’s a barnburner of a tournament going on in Waco right now. 4 of the best players in the world are tied for the lead with 10 players within 2 strokes

https://www.pdga.com/apps/tournament/live/event?view=Scores&eventId=77758&round=Finals&division=MPO

peterbutler, to vegan
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It looks like I’ll be eating coffee today 😔

Not a lick of vegan food at JFK Terminal 5 (except for oatmeal and I’m not paying for oatmeal)

Quite a difference from Terminal 1 in SFO, where I had a nice vegan breakfast and found a great vegan wrap for the plane ride

I like NYC, but I’ll be glad to get back to West Coast culture. It’s VERY old fashioned here (and I would guess many people like it that way 🤷🏼‍♀️)

peterbutler, to photography
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What are the best pictures of the solar eclipse that you’ve seen?

I’m weird about the whole thing (it’s a black circle 😐) but I haven’t seen much that has impressed me yet

The blood-red partial eclipse at the Washington Monument is my favorite approach so far. I suspect lots more images will come in over the next few days

https://www.cnet.com/pictures/relive-the-total-solar-eclipse-best-photos-so-far/

peterbutler, to california
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The Supreme Court has made horrible decisions in recent years, and it's impossible to top Dobbs for harm caused ... but I’m scared that the decision in Grants Pass v. Johnson and what comes after will break my heart completely 😢

https://theconversation.com/supreme-court-to-consider-whether-local-governments-can-make-it-a-crime-to-sleep-outside-if-no-inside-space-is-available-221703

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