pmonks

astrid, 4 months ago to random

what doesn't kill you makes everyone around you call you brave, while not addressing the thing that almost killed you

RickiTarr, 4 months ago to random

What animal do you think best represents you?

Teri_Kanefield, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Okay, now I'll be serious.

From @NPR Trump thinks that copyright legislation he signed while president made Taylor Swift "so much money," it would be "disloyal" of her to endorse Biden.

I would imagine Swifties would be annoyed and offended by the idea of a guy trying to take credit for her success.

Disloyal? Wow.

(I spent the day at the beach with Chilean in-laws and JJ. For Chileans, football is soccer.)

https://www.npr.org/2024/02/11/1230747538/

mekkaokereke, 3 days ago to random

If you got upset at me for pointing out that more people died of Covid under Biden than Trump, in large part because Biden rolled back common sense restrictions that were in place under Trump...

Then you'll hate me pointing out that Trump introduced a 25% tariff on Chinese EVs, and Biden is upping that to 100% tariff.

https://insideevs.com/news/719283/chinese-ev-tariffs-biden-quadruple/

We can't allow the US to get off of fossil fuels... unless US billionaires win! 🤡

Fear the BYD Dolphin! (an EV car for $12K)
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/T3nfyO_UHjk

RickiTarr, 6 days ago to random

You're not in the way, your body isn't taking up too much space. There is no normal, average is just the space between all the possibilities. You don't need to make yourself invisible, smaller, or less, because you don't meet some ridiculous criteria.

Adam_Cadmon1, 3 months ago to random

I try not to think about what work in America would look like if Reagan had never become president and unions remained as strong now as they were in the 60s and 70s.

We'd probably be working 4-hour days, 4 days a week with all kinds of extra goodies. But nope. We let rich people dupe us into believing "trickle down" bullshit.

RickiTarr, 3 days ago to random

You are going to make love to a Cereal Mascot, who do you choose?

I'm going Snap, Crackle, & Pop.

RickiTarr, 3 days ago to random

So, what's the thing, what's the big thing no one can help you with? How do you cope with it?

RickiTarr, 4 days ago to random

Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

RickiTarr, 3 months ago to random

Okay, I'm thinking about gift giving today. A little backstory about why:

Every year my Father-in-law attempts to get my Mother-in-law a gift. She is a bit of a shopper, and is notoriously difficult to shop for. Every year he gets her something he guesses a woman would like (perfume, sweater, jewelry), and every year she doesn't really like it, and ends up begrudgingly using it or returns it. They have been married over 30 years, and seem to have a pretty good marriage otherwise. It's like she wants him to magically understand what she wants, and he is sort of equally bad at the whole thing too. I will never understand why they don't just have a conversation about this. Just for extra fun, she is the most bizarre gift giver, also, to the point that it has become an annual tradition that I show my friends what she got us. A small list of things we have gotten:

A couch cover with grapes on it
A sexy nightgown
A painting of the house they live in
A gourd painted to look like a cat eating a bird
A package of tea that I would have absolutely loved, stuffed with cheap tea bags
Children's Lego sets
Toy trains
Underwear that didn't fit either of us
A wooden board covered in seashells that is supposed to hold a curling iron
A waterproof bed cover

I could go on and on. Just to clarify this doesn't bother me or my husband at all, we actually get a kick out of the weirdness. I don't personally care about presents much, I'm more of an experiences person.

SO, if you've managed to get this far, how do you feel about gift giving/getting? Feel free to elaborate and give examples!

RickiTarr, 2 days ago to random

Seriously heard someone saying they don't listen to many black artists, because they aren't really into rap. Bitch please, feel free to share songs from Black artists from any genre. Here is one of my favorites, if you like this song please check out her other work:

https://youtu.be/KovrJ8HXI1Q?si=HOYIG7YMuAUTsJz6

RickiTarr, 1 month ago to random

Who is the best Batman villain and why?

pmonks, 5 months ago to random

It beggars belief that the town I finished high school in (pop 19,000) had a ban on wood-burning fireplaces as early as the 1980s, yet San Francisco continues to allow them. #SanFranciscoHellscape #AirPollutionEdition

pmonks, 10 months ago to random

I spy with my lil eye, one lurkery @karlthefog! 👀 #SanFranciscoHellscape

pmonks, 5 months ago to random

@futurebird saw this and thought of you!

pmonks, 1 month ago to Bloomscrolling

Still life with poppies and bay. #BloomScrolling #Photography #FiltersGoneWild #MarinCounty #CaliforniaNatives #NatureyCrap

pmonks, 4 months ago to random

Absolutely stunning day out there. #SanFranciscoHellscape #GhastlyAppallingExperiencesEverywhereAllTheTimeEdition #NatureyCrap

pmonks, 10 months ago to random

PEREZ’S SEA LAVENDER!!!!!!11 😍😍😍 #BloomScrolling #Florespondence

pmonks, 7 months ago to random

Today’s meme honours @arrdem. #ClampMania

pmonks, 6 months ago to showerthoughts

I really don’t understand user-hostile infrastructure like this in SF’s public parks. The main argument I’ve heard is that it’s to stop certain classes of visitor from ruining other visitors’ experience, but stereotyping one specific user group (skaters, in this example) is just old-fashioned bigotry.

Not to mention that this kind of (dubious) strategy isn’t even applied evenly. The worst experiences I’ve had in our public parks have almost entirely involved dogs, but I don’t see anti-dog infrastructure anywhere (heck, I don’t even see respect for, or enforcement of, existing dog regulations most of the time). #SanFranciscoHellscape #HostileInfrastructureEdition #ShowerThoughts

pmonks, 5 months ago to climate

If you’re anti-EV, you’re pro-suicide-by-climate. It really is that simple. Yes public transit and smaller personal transportation conveyances (bikes, e-bikes, scooters, skateboards, etc. etc. ad infinitum) are vastly better transport options in dense urbanised areas (including a lot of the Bay), but ~70% of the US population don’t live in such areas [1], and we don’t have time to redesign, rezone, and rebuild that 70% in order to make it public transit / personal transportation compatible.

We have about a decade give or take to massively reduce our carbon emissions or we’re literally toast. And yes EVs aren’t even close to being enough, but they are a quick, substantial, and comparatively easy win that doesn’t require implausible solutions like rebuilding 70% of society by the mid 2030s.

#ClimateCrisis #EVs #PreCoffeeRants

[1] https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2018/05/22/demographic-and-economic-trends-in-urban-suburban-and-rural-communities/

pmonks, 8 months ago to random

Remembering #OrangeSkyDay 3 years ago today. #SanFranciscoHellscape #OrangeEdition

pmonks, 1 month ago to foss

One thing I have yet to see much of in this #xz debacle is much if any empathy for the original project maintainer. From what I can gather they’ve been toiling away on this project for at least 2 decades, have faced mental health issues in that time that required them to take breaks from it, and that the alleged hacker potentially conned their way into a position of authority for the project.

I can’t imagine how awful they must feel right now, likely compounding their mental health challenges, and really hope that no one is piling on them. Working on #FOSS can be a thankless job, and a small minority of users can be unreasonably entitled and vocal about it - I really hope those toxic types aren’t piling on.

pmonks, 4 months ago to random

#FungiFriday #Mosstodon #SierraFoothills

dgar, 1 month ago to random

I tuck my knees into my chest and lean forward.

That’s how I roll.