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ponyponypony

@ponyponypony@mas.to

Love love, hate hate.
Fascism is hate.
Give dogs the attention they need.
Listen to music.
Eat the rich.
Vote, vote, vote.
Be skeptical.
Consider the source.

I don't like to generalize, but at this point the GOP, Republicans, are Nazis. Nazi positions and Nazi tactics. If you support them, you are too. You want Nazis? This is how you get Nazis.

Apparently Hitler's rise was financed by the stupid rich, too.

Yes, I'm in the USA, and it is pissing me off.

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ponyponypony, to random
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@futurebird

Hey I saw this, I'm pretty sure, HUGE ANT, walking up to Griffith Observatory in LA. Is it an ant? What kind? Thought you might like to see it.

asbestos, to random
@asbestos@toot.community avatar

"Life Surge" The Number one event of faith and finance
Holy dogshit this is bad.
Like the dude from duck dynasty, Tim Tiebo bad. they also got some amputees too. Well Fuck you, I'm missing a leg and I'm an atheist. and not a greedy christo-fascist douche

ponyponypony,
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@asbestos

Holy shit, if that isn't the most toxic thing I've ever seen. Ok, well, it's not, but it absolutely should be.

SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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ponyponypony,
@ponyponypony@mas.to avatar

@SmudgeTheInsultCat

lol this
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cafeteria_Catholicism

quixoticgeek, to random
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We need to talk about data centres.

For the 2nd or 3rd time this week I've seen someone comment on a new data centre build with a stat about how 80% of data is never accessed. Then they talk about the energy and cooling used in modern DCs.

The reality is that data storage is actually incredibly efficient, and uses fuck all power. A hard disk is less than 10w and stores multiple users data.

Storing data, our photos, our memories, our history. Is not the problem.

What is? 1/n

ponyponypony,
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@quixoticgeek

In spite of, or perhaps also because of, all the carping and contentions in the comments, many of which have good points, as does this thread of posts, I think it is all, posts and comments, well worth reading.

I would wish for better tone in some of the comments; I think more "yes, and" than "no, but" would be more appropriate.

morecowbell, (edited ) to random
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    ponyponypony,
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    @morecowbell

    Can't it be both?

    SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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    ponyponypony,
    @ponyponypony@mas.to avatar

    @SmudgeTheInsultCat

    I don't want to hurt orangutans or be ragdolled across the parking lot if I screw it up, but otoh that's my car and chickens shit all over everything all of the time.

    Can I fight the chicken outside my car, before I get in it? Can we keep the chicken outside the goddamned car?

    SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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    ponyponypony,
    @ponyponypony@mas.to avatar

    @SmudgeTheInsultCat

    Or Mexican coffee!
    Basically coffee & tequila.
    With a really minimal amount of Kahlua, if you must.

    EarlOfEdgecombe, to SanFrancisco
    @EarlOfEdgecombe@mstdn.social avatar

    This articulates my exact feelings about San Francisco, the tech industry, & the entire social crisis of Capitalism we are all facing. Ms. Solnit writes with fierce precision & grace, connecting the dots with damning evidence rather than hyperbole.

    Essential reading.

    https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n03/rebecca-solnit/in-the-shadow-of-silicon-valley

    ponyponypony,
    @ponyponypony@mas.to avatar

    @EarlOfEdgecombe
    "You can’t really be in favour of both democracy and billionaires, because democracy requires equal opportunity in order to participate, and extreme wealth gives its holders unfathomable advantages with little accountability. I’ve long believed that democracy depends in part on co-existing with strangers and people unlike you, on feeling that you have something in common with them."

    StillIRise1963, to random
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    "Old" does not equal "deep." If you had no depth in youth, you'll have no depth in older age.

    ponyponypony,
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    @StillIRise1963

    I have to disagree, you can become either deeper or more shallow with experience, practice, or thought, or the lack. Your starting point may make it harder or easier to make or surrender progress.

    ponyponypony,
    @ponyponypony@mas.to avatar

    @StillIRise1963

    Not this:
    "Old" does not equal "deep".

    This:
    If you had no depth in youth, you'll have no depth in older age.

    How do you acquire depth over time starting from, zero depth on day one, why is there an age after which you can't acquire depth, and what age is that?

    hankg, to USpolitics

    I know I harp on the low state of our modern MSM and how screwed we are to the point where I annoy myself. I try to hold back nowadays but JFC...

    #msm #uspolitics #ap #trump #biden #bothsidesism

    ponyponypony,
    @ponyponypony@mas.to avatar

    @hankg

    You know, the terrible thing about the Trump early on hue and cry of "fake news" is that it was not very wrong if taken out of context. The problem was, the context was that of every accusation from the GOP being a confession.

    VeryBadLlama, to random
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    I do not hope that 2024 will be better. I do not hope that I will be better in 2024. 2024 and I will simply trudge forward together, hand in hand, two wretched and irredeemable goblins shuffling ever deeper into an endless bog.

    ponyponypony,
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    @VeryBadLlama

    Oof. The very thing I struggle not to feel every day.

    futurebird, to random
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    Imagine being so teeny tiny that you are an endoparasite on leafhoppers

    Leafhoppers are already in the "so small they go unnoticed" category, and you're just a little pest on a minuscule thing.

    Of course the group that's most likely to choose this life? The wasps.

    Wasps are some of the smallest insects. There are "fairy flies" that are parasites of the eggs of certain insects.

    They are so small that air is "thick" to them and their wings have feathered edges are are oar shaped.

    ponyponypony,
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    @futurebird @Gurre

    I love that he winds up the article with this sentence:

    I have no meaningful thoughts or lessons about neuroscience to impart through D. echmepterygis, but I needed to share the burden of knowing they exist and are out there, waiting.

    RickiTarr, to random
    @RickiTarr@beige.party avatar

    Do you think there are any truly credible sources of news and information?

    I feel like anymore when I read something, I need to do further research, and find second or third sources for verification. So many headlines are click bait half truths, hyperbole, or just full on lies and don't get me started
    on YouTube "News".

    ponyponypony,
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    @RickiTarr

    I like this in my list of not-owned-by billionaires news/op outlets.

    https://theconversation.com/

    Truly credible? Test it against other things and research. I have a hard time finding our whole species credible. I'll settle for some, or more, credibility, or at least things not self-disqualifying.

    https://theconversation.com/

    I like that they list all their funding partners at the bottom.

    BassIsFun, to jazz

    I am really have inflamed vocal cords. I can't speak and because of my sinuses, one of my ears feel 'blocked', so even music is out of the the question.

    But when I get back to stereo, could you recommend me some from 1960's and up?

    I really love Mastodon, my Heads place, you warm my heart.

    @jazz

    ponyponypony,
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    @BassIsFun @jazz

    Ok, here goes.
    Oliver Nelson, "The Blues and the Abstract Truth".
    Tito Puente and His Latin Ensemble, "Mambo Diablo".
    Ray Bryant, "Con Alma".
    Nicola Conte, "Jet Sounds".
    Ginger Baker Trio, with Charlie Haden & Bill Frisell.
    Stanley Clarke, Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham, Deron Johson and Najee, "Live at the Greek".
    Larry Carlton & Steve Lukather, "Live in Osaka".
    Hope this helps.

    clive, (edited ) to random
    @clive@saturation.social avatar

    Why are so many American pedestrians being killed by car-drivers at night?

    Fascinating piece in the New York Times (free link here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/12/11/upshot/nighttime-deaths.html?unlocked_article_code=1.FE0.uEMf.FuV3jZhYzZHu&hpgrp=k-abar&smid=url-share) on this question

    After years of decline, the number of pedestrians killed by drivers began to rise in 2008 -- but only at night

    No-one's quite sure why

    Embiggified vehicles don't seem to be the cause ...

    ... though distracted driving does seem to be part of it

    Also: more people living alongside massive highway-esque suburban roads

    ponyponypony,
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    @clive
    Increasingly bright headlights is my best guess.

    ponyponypony,
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    @clive
    The main reason I haven't gotten an ebike yet is that I'm a motorcycle rider and am terrified of riding slower than the rest of traffic, being passed constantly where there is no accommodation for passing. Yep, USA.

    SmudgeTheInsultCat, to random
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    ponyponypony,
    @ponyponypony@mas.to avatar

    @SmudgeTheInsultCat
    Because FFS more people would drop acid while driving and that's a bad idea.

    kompaktkiste, to jazz

    Yusef Lateef - Live Lila Eule, Bremen, Germany, October 20, 1971 ⚫
    2021 Honey Pie Records
    A1 In The Evening
    A2 Lowland Lullaby
    B1 Untitled Medley
    +
    Bob Cunningham
    Albert Toothie Heath
    Kenny Barron

    jeez this is a good one!
    wow 🐺

    diff loc same band: https://youtu.be/WQWHFbeP-Mw?si=WdYmD51XwdcHL5Xm&t=2032



    @jazz
    @vinylrecords

    ponyponypony,
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    @kompaktkiste @jazz @vinylrecords
    Having trouble identifying what instrument Yusef is playing! Love Kenny Barron, what tasty piano.

    ponyponypony,
    @ponyponypony@mas.to avatar

    @kompaktkiste @jazz @vinylrecords
    Ah, oboe did not occur to me!

    csilverman, to art

    Had an "oh my god" moment just now when, on upgrading to iOS 17, I opened Notes and saw new tools to play with.

    I'm freaking out. The crayon and watercolor especially are going to be game-changing.

    Best part: this toolset works on attachments now. That means I can zoom while drawing, which is key to the process as some of you know.

    Thank you @shantini and all the other talented folks at Apple who just gave me some new superpowers here.

    ponyponypony,
    @ponyponypony@mas.to avatar

    @csilverman @shantini
    Does it have undo? I still have an iphone 6 and notes does not have undo, which plays hell with my grocery list when I'm one-handing it in a store.

    skaly, (edited ) to random
    @skaly@mastodon.social avatar

    Hey, those are the last days to get anything from my shop to arrive in time for the holidays with no special deliveries. It's my dream to provide as many more souls out there unique heartwarming handmade gifts for Christmas & Hanukkah, I've just been really unable to promote due to the war and my current health situation. But - my amazing partner is going to package and deliver anything you order from London to anywhere in the world and I just set a 20% off
    ❤️⬇️
    https://www.etsy.com/shop/genderlessbyskaly/?etsrc=sdt

    ponyponypony,
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    @skaly
    Oh drat only one viking axe pendant left and it's in 3 peoples' carts, says the page for that. Alas.

    ponyponypony,
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    @skaly
    Well, I pulled the trigger anyway so I win I hope :D

    Going to try to make sure I get the leather cord not the chain.

    ponyponypony,
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    @skaly

    This is Confirmation number: 3133408587

    Can I get that with the leather cord, please?

    ponyponypony,
    @ponyponypony@mas.to avatar

    @skaly
    Sorry for doing this here but Etsy won't let me register due to issue on their end so I can't see it in spite of email confirmation.

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