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tlariv

@tlariv@mastodon.cloud

Some white guy in Chicago. Velophile, bibliophile, gastronome. Turnoffs include fascism. ☥
He/him/hey you

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mekkaokereke, to random
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People on Twitter are debating whether a person using uncommon words like "delve" are trying to sound smarter than they are, or worse, are ChatGPT bots, because "normal" people don't talk like that.

You don't have to get upset, or embroiled in the debate. Not worth the time or attention. But I'll share some important context as your friendly neighborhood Nigerian 🙋🏿‍♂️

Many Nigerians have bigger English language vocabularies and better command of grammar than the typical American or English person

tlariv,
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@quincypeck
Same, although I have found learning new words from doctors after the age of forty to be a uniformly bad experience.
@mekkaokereke

talia_christine, to random
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I'm sure the documentary about the fall of American democracy will be fascinating but living through it is bullshit.

tlariv,
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@bkm
I bartered a jar of sourdough starter for my first mask. In a parking lot, because it was 2020, and everything felt like a drug deal. Except buying weed. That was suddenly legal and felt like going to the DMV.
@mentallyalex @talia_christine

mekkaokereke, to random
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Something a lot of white folk don't realize happens to Black people a lot:

When there is a competition between a Black person and a white person for a coveted prize, if the white person wins, they're celebrated. If the Black person wins... they're asked to share the prize with the white person that came in second place.😮

This happens to Black women more often than Black men.

Literary awards (https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/oct/15/bernardine-evaristo-margaret-atwood-share-booker-prize-award)

Whitehouse invitation for championship teams:
https://www.npr.org/2023/04/04/1167965013/iowa-lsu-jill-biden-ncaa-basketball-championship

tlariv,
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@mekkaokereke
Welcome to the Chicago Sky, Angel. I might even start watching basketball again.

talia_christine, to random
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83.3 million is a hell of a lot of money.
I give it 10 minutes before that pos starts defaming E Jean Carroll again.

tlariv,
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@thepoliticalcat
I hope he paid Habba a lot, because no one is ever going to hire her again.
@talia_christine

assaf, to random
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tlariv,
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@assaf
In the event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure please secure your mask before shorting the manufacturer's stock.

GrimmReality, to random
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Starting a new thread that I like to call American Neo-Nazis Are Stupider Than You Can Even Imagine.

tlariv,
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@jspath55
I can't tell, but it sure is a Pyle.
@GrimmReality

StillIRise1963, to random
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If you actually want to change EVERYTHING here, we need more than a president. We need to own 60 seats in the Senate and take the House. If you don't understand that, then you DON'T GET HOW THE GOVERNMENT WORKS.

tlariv,
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@thepoliticalcat
From your thumbs to god's eyeballs. I am optimistic about the House.
@zakalwe @StillIRise1963

futurebird, to random
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The "poisoning the blood" is getting a lot of attention ... as is should.

But can we also meditate on "immigrants"

Not "illegals" (gross term) just... every "immigrant" except when he goes to give examples he says:

“They’re poisoning the blood of our country... All over the world, they’re coming into our country, from Africa, from Asia, all over the world.”

Yes. "all over the world"

Feel like something was left out of that list?

tlariv,
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@futurebird
Oh, two out of three wives. So that explains the daughterwife and the two Fredos.

tlariv,
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@futurebird
His mother, for example? His wife, maybe?

StillIRise1963, to random
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I hope the wealthy haven’t given up on deep sea exploration. They should keep pushing the boundaries.

tlariv,
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@StillIRise1963
As glamorous as I find shooting them into the sun when they think they're going to Mars, this is probably much more responsible.
@hannu_ikonen

tlariv,
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@StillIRise1963
Now it's starting to sound like watch parties and wagering.
@hannu_ikonen

mshelton, to random
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Privacy theater is when we use privacy practices to demonstrate intention, even if it doesn't mitigate risk in the wild. For example, why do the Ninja Turtles wear masks? Are there other squads of anthropomorphic turtles with weapons in these streets? What's the point of this? This is keeping me up at night, make it stop

tlariv,
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@mshelton
But they use different weapons, so their enemies would be able to tell them apart. So it's just for Splinter and April.
@jalcine

divya, to random
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How is it legal for petition gatherers to get paid per signature??? this is nuts

"Dana said the petitioner told her that he receives $12 for every signature he collects for California Forever. Another petition circulator collecting signatures in Solano County, who preferred not to give a name, told the Vallejo Sun that California Forever pays $6 per signature and an additional $3 bonus for a total of $9 per signature if the initiative qualifies for the ballot. The other petitions the circulator was offering to voters paid $3 per signature."

https://www.vallejosun.com/solano-residents-say-california-forever-petitioners-spread-misinformation-about-voting-process/

tlariv,
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@divya
See also Sideshow Bob

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/09/us/politics/rfk-signatures-ny.html

@hannu_ikonen

DrJackBrown, to random
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Marjorie Taylor Greene does not represent the people of Georgia – nay, she represents Vladimir Putin.

tlariv,
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@DrJackBrown
And even he should be embarrassed.

StillIRise1963, to random
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What type of person trades off the DEMOCRATIC reputations of their assassinated dad and uncle to TRICK people in service of FASCISM? RFK, Jr. does.

tlariv,
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@StillIRise1963
I saw him referred to as Sideshow Bob earlier this week, and I'm running with it.

CoinOfNote, to news
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We haven't yet had anyone guess this week's , it must be a tricky one! It's a worn, but nicely decorative piece, but from where?

Let us know! And don't forget to subscribe to the Coin of Note Newsletter, as it's due out this week with the answer: https://coinofnote.com/newsletter

@numismatics @histodons

tlariv,
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@alexf24
Once you said Spain and pointed out the towers it occurred to me that castles and lions would probably the heraldic device of Castile and Leon.

Sure enough:

https://www.jcyl.es/web/jcyl/Portada/es/Home/1246890364336/

@CoinOfNote @numismatics @histodons

The_Whore_of_Blahbylon, to random
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MOVIE QUIZ FOR 2024.04.26

Do you know which movie this picture is from?

Give your answer below, even if you have to guess.

Please boost for more responses.

The answer will be revealed tomorrow.

tlariv,
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@mina
This is why so many of the right answers included exclamation points. Everyone that knows it seems to love it.
@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon

Starry1086, to bookstodon

@bookstodon Hi all. Can anyone recommend a good informational book about bipolar disorder, especially if geared toward family and friends of bipolar folks? Thanks.

tlariv,
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@Starry1086
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison is the classic
@bookstodon

worldhistory, to history
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Nobody asked the horses whether they’d like to participate in our wars, but they had to do so anyway. This week, we look at the early history of the horses who found themselves at the center of human violence.

@histodons
https://open.substack.com/pub/worldhistory/p/nobody-asked-the-horses?r=7ecn0&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

tlariv,
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@worldhistory
At the centaur, if you will.

I'll show myself out
@histodons

franciscawrites, to movies
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Can you name a film that was adapted not from a novel, but from a short story?
Here's one:

The Illusionist (2006)

#writingcommunity @bookstodon #moviesandbooks #film #AdaptedFromaBook

tlariv,
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@franciscawrites
The Dead (John Huston/James Joyce). A masterpiece.
@bookstodon

StillIRise1963, to random
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I'm watching Morning Joe where they're all shocked by how exclusionary Westport, CT is.🙄

tlariv,
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@StillIRise1963
I mean, it's two towns over from Darien. As in "an Aryan from Darien". Where the hell have these people been?

futurebird, (edited ) to random
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Suppose you have a number in base 60. Is there anything remarkable or interesting about having a 49 in the 1s place?

Numbers in base 10 such as:

169, 769, 1249, 6649, 12709

tlariv,
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@irenes
It's the square of the smallest integer that's relatively prime to the base
@futurebird

tlariv,
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@irenes
I had a friend who sanded down a slide rule and recalibrated it in base 12. The. Whole. Thing.
@futurebird

StillIRise1963, to random
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WHITE RACIST CLOWNS 🤡 🤡

" 'This is connecting with Black America because they love sneakers,' Arroyo said."

"This a big deal, certainly in the inner city. So when you have Trump roll out his sneaker line, they're like, 'Wait a minute, this is cool.' He's reaching them on a level that defies and is above politics. The culture always trumps politics. And Trump understands culture like no politician I've ever seen."

https://www.rawstory.com/gold-sneaker/

tlariv,
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@StillIRise1963
Even when the shoes are the red badge of Tomdom

shoq, to random
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While everyone is busy mocking AI hype and overreach, AI is coming for you. Maybe all of us. Let me know when to worry. I’ll trust you.

Hold on: World’s fastest AI chip will massively accelerate AI progress

https://newatlas.com/computers/cerebras-wse3-cs3-worlds-fastest-ai-chip/

tlariv,
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@shoq
I'm not really worried about AI coming for my job, let alone my hobbies, but how much electricity and water is this thing going to require?

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