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xinit

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I grew up in #Canada, but it just didn't work out. I've been in the #Netherlands since 2018, and sometime in 2024, we plan to apply for citizenship.

Maybe we know each other from #LiveJournal some #Vancouver or #Toronto events. I've done #Music #Journalism, #Photography and #FineArts and accidentally "fell into" #IT, and then further into Financial IT.

#DragonCon

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orci, to random
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Okay, so I've tried Threads and Bluesky now. And I still like this place the best ❤️

xinit, (edited )
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@orci I think gonorrhea's got some upward potential in that list.

arstechnica, to random
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Jury awards $229M to victims of “Real Water” tainted with rocket fuel chemical

An expert witness testified hydrazine was likely formed during an electrolysis process.

https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/10/jury-awards-229m-to-victims-of-real-water-tainted-with-rocket-fuel-chemical/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

xinit,
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@arstechnica concentrated water?

xinit, to random
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My 10 yo did a bit of cosplay at and he was nervous about how his C3PO costume was going to be received. He said he thought it was too "janky" for the photoshoot we were headed to.

As we rounded the corner by the Courtland (nee Sheraton) one guy commented on how cool the costume looked. That helped buoy the kid.

When we arrived, the 501st were fist-bumping him, ribbons were offered.

So I just posted to say thanks.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/SWatDC/posts/10159884448085794

Which kind of took off.

krelnik, to Cosplay

Use your imagination for at - it doesn’t have to be a sci-fi or fantasy character! (Props and signs can be helpful too)

xinit,
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@krelnik I assume that he's Space Grandpa, giving the universe advice from his comically small Space Porch.

mjgardner, (edited ) to Cosplay
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I am officially coining the collective noun “a #kaftan of Mrs. Ropers”

(PS: This was when the group was still gathering outside the Masquerade. The fully assembled kaftan was over 100 Helens strong.)

#ThreesCompany #TheRopers #DragonCon #DragonCon2023 #cosplay #AudraLindley

xinit,
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@mjgardner the only question I have is - why does Mrs. Roper on the front left have what looks like a very real fire axe?

xinit,
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@mjgardner I guess it's the gorilla on the basketball court ... didn't see the dress because I was staring at the axe :D

dancinyogi, (edited ) to random
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How many cups of coffee do you drink per day?☕

Please boost for a wider demographic 😊

xinit,
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@dancinyogi about 750mL of French Press, so about 3 8oz cups for the Americans.

vaurora, to random
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It’s weird to me when people frame calls for bike-friendly infrastructure as in conflict with disability accommodation. Make a city good for biking requires lots of smooth curbless bike paths that are perfect for mobility scooters, much better than trying to use your scooter on the road or the sidewalk. I see people zipping around on their mobility scooters everywhere in Amsterdam. They also have these tiny little cars for people with disabilities that are allowed to use all bike infrastructure

xinit,
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@mekkaokereke @vaurora I think the secret is that many of the people with the “what about the disabled” line aren’t disabled and don’t care what happens to the disabled.

They’re using them as a straw man “gotcha” for the “leftist elite cyclists” who likely DO care about people who need accommodations.

They don’t want more accommodations for the disabled, the poor, the pedestrians.

mpesce, to random
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UK MP Angela Eagle, who was a joint winner of the 1976 British Girls' Under-18 chess championship, said: "There is no physical advantage in chess unless you believe men are inherently more able to play than women -- I spent my chess career being told women's brains were smaller than men's and we shouldn't even be playing." She added: "This ban is ridiculous and offensive to women."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66538328

xinit,
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@mpesce for a game like chess, ostensibly played by really smart people, this is one of the dumbest things they could have ever done.

idoubtit, to random
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    xinit,
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    @idoubtit Figger? Did you mean finger?

    jake4480, to random
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    Was just on a current site that's used regularly by a lot of people for verification purposes and this crappy quality graphic is on the front of it with a BlackBerry front and center. Man, I miss my Storm sometimes 😂

    xinit,
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    @jake4480 the Storm was such a weird device. I liked mine well enough, but what a strange idea. Should have been called the BlackBerry Platypus.

    djlink, to random
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    Not even Zoom wants to use Zoom for work.

    xinit,
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    @djlink Trying to protect their own executives and people from Zoom's actions?

    aral, to ads
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    Whenever you see the words “ads”, “cryptocurrency”, “blockchain”, “web 3”, or “AI”, just replace them with “farts” and you’ll know whether you want them or not.

    “Can the fediverse survive without farts?”

    Yes, perfectly well.

    “Will farts replace people?”

    I hope not.

    “The European Commission embraces farts.”

    That’s unfortunate.

    “This new startup wants to improve your life with farts.”

    I’m good, thanks.

    xinit,
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    @aral

    Now I'm imagining this:

    "Who hasn't found themselves a bit bloated and gassy but with nobody near to share the output of your body's fermentation? Now, with the you can store your in a .

    Later, you can safely, securely and privately share these with people anywhere in the world, almost instantly. They'll be able to but they won't know unless you want them to. Start mining now.

    Sponsored by @TacoBell"

    warandpeas, to random
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    Collab Comic with Rewriting Extinction (Link in the comments)

    🔥🔥 This party is getting hotter by the second, and not in a good way 🔥🔥

    Time to take some action, or won't be the only ones melting in the heat-tsunami.

    xinit,
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    @warandpeas "I'm okay with the events that are currently unfolding"

    Free_Press, to random
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    Judge tells Trump to not commit any crimes

    xinit,
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    @Free_Press hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha hahahaha

    rolle, (edited ) to mastodon
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    How many times you have switched instances?

    xinit,
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    @rolle well, I switched once so “none in f the above”

    xinit,
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    @rolle I should have read the responses first. Heh.

    jpm, (edited ) to random
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    Wait what? Partner didn’t know what a thunderbox is?

    Do you know what the toilet-related thunderbox is? If you don’t know, leave a comment below of what you think it might be! (If you do know, please don’t spoil it)

    xinit,
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    @jpm I didn't know, but I find it amusing that there's a gold mining project that shares the name. Seems fitting.

    itnewsbot, to random
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    Elon Musk says he’s going to talk to Tim Cook about adjusting the Apple tax - Illustration: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Image: Getty Ima... - https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/2/23817821/elon-musk-twitter-tim-cook-apple-tax

    xinit,
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    @itnewsbot “Oh, you don’t like 30%? Okay. We’ll change that. 50%.”

    Loukas, to random Swedish
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    Omg!

    The BBC have posted an article with a graphic and they've done a GOOD ALT-TEXT!

    I'm pleased and surprised, because adding a good image description for a graphic takes an investment of time and skill. https://social.bbc/@BBC5Live/110813931709883312

    xinit,
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    @Loukas I like adding additional information when I can. Like how they specified that it was a list of teams right in the alt-text, even though the image doesn't REALLY make that clear either.

    It comes up on a mouse-over, though, so I can see it too.

    Sheril, to random
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    We live closer in time to Tyrannosaurus rex than it did to Stegosaurus.

    xinit,
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    @Sheril seems fitting, as we appear to becoming fossils the way things are going.

    georgetakei, to random

    People worry about Biden getting to 80. But I want to talk about Trump's 74.

    As in felony counts. 74 felony counts, and more to come.

    xinit,
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    @georgetakei well played. Hoping to get to see you at those year.

    siderea, to random

    I'm not angry about this, contrary to what it may sound like: I'm amused. Perhaps I'm easily amused.

    Thing is, it's a pretty normal thing - and it's happening a bit more now given recent topic of discussion here - for me to wind up having conversations with people about the value of anonymity or pseudonymity, in which people volunteer the opinion directly to me, usually in agreement with me, that anonymous commenters are not all bad, or that there's some value to allowing anonymous online comments because of some example... out there (waves hands airily) somewhere.

    To me. They say this directly to me. While I am standing directly in front of them, as it were, virtually, using a pseudonym.

    You know the ID in my wallet does not actually say "Siderea, Sibylla Bostoniensis", right? My professional license does not say "Siderea, Sibylla Bostoniensis, LMHC". That is not what I put at the top of my IRS 1040. It's not what my patients call me.

    xinit,
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    @siderea there are people that I've known for over a decade without knowing their "real" name.

    A couple that I was surprised were actually using their real name all along, too.

    xinit, to random
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    Rocky Horror at 50.

    https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/richard-obrien-rocky-horror-show-50th-anniversary-exclusive/

    catileptic, to random
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    Can Google sink lower than this?

    Google employees publishing an extremely toxic proposal in their own names, then raining down with "respectability politics" on the comments.

    Framing centralized control of who gets to browse the Internet as "safe for users" is playing the age old card of authoritarianism being in the interest of the "weak and feeble-minded".

    There will be no civil engagement with proposals of domination and coercion.

    xinit,
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    @catileptic ... and some said that the change of the motto from "DON'T BE EVIL" to "JUST DON'T GET CAUGHT" was just a branding effort...

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