CharlieMcHenry

CharlieMcHenry, 1 year ago to random

I hate to dance on someone’s grave, but in this case I will make an exception. Good riddance to bad rubbish. Jerry Springer, raucous talk show host, dead at 79 https://www.reuters.com/world/us/jerry-springer-ohio-mayor-turned-talk-show-host-dead-79-2023-04-27/ #obit #jerryspringer #entertainment #TV

CharlieMcHenry, 5 months ago to privacy

It’s true, what we’ve always suspected but did not know for sure til now: our devices are listening to us in casual conversation. Uh-huh, phones, tablets, even smart TVs. #privacy #Surveillance https://www.404media.co/cmg-cox-media-actually-listening-to-phones-smartspeakers-for-ads-marketing/

CharlieMcHenry, 8 months ago to Hydrogen

Warmest September on record as 'gobsmacking' data shocks scientists - The world's September temperatures were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the EU climate service. #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-67017021

CharlieMcHenry, 7 months ago to random

JPMorgan chief Dimon to sell some of his own company stock for first time - if Jamie is selling, maybe it’s time to short the market. Whadayouthink? https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/jpmorgan-ceo-dimon-sell-some-his-stake-2024-2023-10-27/

CharlieMcHenry, 1 month ago to twitter

Elon Musk plans to charge new X users to enable posting - but ironically introduces AI to help users write posts. So… try to reduce bots but promote AI generated content? Do I have that right? #X #Xwitter #Twitter https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/15/elon-musk-plans-to-charge-new-x-users-to-enable-posting/

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to TeslaMotors

Tesla’s ‘nightmare’ year continues with massive sales drop in Q1. And it’s not that folks don’t like #EVs - they just don’t like #ElonMusk. #EV #Tesla

https://qz.com/elon-musk-tesla-electric-vehicle-deliveries-sales-q1-1851380928

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to random

🤣 🤣 "Right-Wing Media Blames Bridge Collapse on ‘Open Border’ and COVID Lockdowns" https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsmax-and-fox-news-pundits-blame-bridge-collapse-on-open-border-and-covid-lockdowns?via=ios

CharlieMcHenry, 4 months ago to random

Microsoft is bringing Teams to Android Auto, so that you may never escape your work
https://jalopnik.com/microsoft-wants-your-driving-time-to-belong-to-your-bos-1851162847

CharlieMcHenry, 5 months ago to tetris

On a lighter note, after 34 years, a kid finally beat Tetris - previously thought to be unbeatable. Yup. he got to the “true killer screen”, the first player to beat the game. #Tetris #gaming #RetroGaming https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuJ5UuknsHU

CharlieMcHenry, 4 months ago to solar

@pluralistic, well-known (I have three of his books, one fiction, two non-fiction) tech luminary and unbridled capitalism critic shares his thoughts on the #Solar energy industry. Suffice it to say Cory is not happy, with good reason as usual. Read his critique before buying a solar system for your home or business. https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/27/here-comes-the-sun-king/

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to twitter

"Elon Musk Has Entered the ‘Please Clap’ Stage of His Megalomania" - (Now…) X is a cloistered feedback bubble of MAGA, Intellectual Dark Web, and racist edgelords. #X #Twitter #ElonMusk #Elon https://www.thedailybeast.com/elon-musk-has-entered-the-please-clap-stage-of-his-megalomania?via=ios

CharlieMcHenry, 2 months ago to NativeAmerican

LOL, MAGA S. Dakota governor banned from over 10 percent of her own state: Third South Dakota tribal nation bans Noem from reservation 🤣 #SouthDakota #KristiNoem #NativeAmerican #politics https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4589622-third-south-dakota-tribal-nation-bans-noem-from-reservation/

CharlieMcHenry, 8 months ago to poland

#Poland election turns Germany into punching bag, straining Western alliance - #Slovakia and #Hungary aren’t European countries, they are #Russian satellite states and should be expelled from the #EU - Poland, if it wants to follow suit, should continue with the current govt and policies, which are distinctly anti-European. To be part of the #EuropeanUnion means sharing values and strategic goals. Poland, Slovakia and Hungary simply don’t measure up. It was a mistake to allow them membership in the Union. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/poland-election-turns-germany-into-punchbag-straining-western-alliance-2023-10-05/

CharlieMcHenry, 7 months ago to politics

This is truly terrifying: 23% of Americans support political violence ahead of the 2024 election, survey shows - what have we become? #politics #USA #Elections #Violence #PoliticalViolence https://www.npr.org/2023/10/25/1208577427/23-of-americans-support-political-violence-ahead-of-the-2024-election-survey-sho

CharlieMcHenry, 5 months ago to privacy

Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying #privacy experts https://www.npr.org/2023/12/19/1219984002/artificial-intelligence-can-find-your-location-in-photos-worrying-privacy-expert

CharlieMcHenry, 7 months ago to poland

Poland gives support to centrist opposition after 8 years of nationalist rule - and all of Europe breathes a sigh of relief. #PolandPolitics #Poland #PolandElection2023 https://apnews.com/article/29eb9108f6e9c242e9bb3a2f803b5a63

CharlieMcHenry, 7 months ago to random

Damn, now imma hafta look up “uncanny valley” and “collapse the wave function” - just when I thought I had it all down, now this… #SBF #SamBankmanFried

CharlieMcHenry, 7 months ago to random

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders strikes some gender neutral terms from state documents - An evil woman, she is… Hateful and clueless. https://www.axios.com/2023/10/19/sarah-huckabee-sanders-gender-neutral

CharlieMcHenry, 8 months ago to animals

In honor of #Caturday and the #CatsOfMastodon I’m posting our two feline sisters, litter-mates that couldn’t be more different. They share coloration, but literally nothing else. One is a long-hair, chill, slow-moving couch potato; the other is a short-hair, hyperactive, mischief maker intent on escaping out the door - even though both enjoy a large ‘catio’ on our family room deck. So meet Safi, short for Saffron; and her sister Coco. Coco is the long-hair.

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CharlieMcHenry, 7 months ago to music

Took my 12 y.o. grandson to his first live symphony performance last Saturday, it was a learning experience. The conductor and symphony board decided on a “challenging” program of 19th Century Czech composers in two parts, the first featuring a trumpet concerto - which I thought would be a perfect intro for my grandson. Though good, it was not the program I expected. I had to explain to my grandson that though there is a large corpus of really beautiful classical music, sometimes orchestras choose to perform more challenging or experimental pieces. A shame IMO. There exists, after all, bad classical music - let’s face it. Of course I’m opinionated (I’m sure you’re not surprised), and I personally think any classical piece written after say 1840 is suspect and most are rubbish. Aficionados would argue that modernist classical music simply reflects the times; discordant, busy and brassy. I argue that is not classical music’s job. #music #ClassicalMusic #ClassicalMusicLovers

CharlieMcHenry, 8 months ago to twitter

Been on Mastodon for a year now, a birdsite refugee fleeing Musk’s shitshow. Today, I blocked my first account, took a full year - some sort of record imo. Sheesh, I was blocking 1 account/day on #Twitter - quite the difference. I knew my earlier post today regarding occupied Palestine would get some hate, and I wasn’t wrong. I recognize the issue is contentious, but it is personal for me. The inherent injustice of the situation is obvious, but in my case it is compounded by the loss of an associate by assassination in 1985. Christian American citizen Alex Odeh, a colleague, was assassinated sitting in his own office in Santa Ana, Calif. The murderer fled to Israel, where he shelters to this day. Odeh’s crime? Saying Israel should consider negotiating with their Palestinian counterparts. For that he died at the hands of an assassin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Odeh?wprov=sfti1

CharlieMcHenry, 7 months ago to random

He’s gone full delusional folks: Trump compares himself to Nelson Mandela as he rails against criminal charges against him https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/23/politics/donald-trump-nelson-mandela/index.html

CharlieMcHenry, 8 months ago to Palestine

It is sad and disappointing to see war break out and the loss of life in occupied #Palestine. Hamas may have started this war, but not without reason and ample provocation imo. #Israel is an #Apartheid state that encourages the illegal seizure of land, violent attacks by settlers on local #Palestinians, and provocative incursions at #AlAqsaMosque. They stystematically dehumanize and disrespect their Palestinian neighbors with checkpoints, walls, and land seizures. It’s long past time, imo, for the world and the US specifically to call out these breaches of Int’l law and impose sanctions on the Israeli state. In 2007, I wrote a post about how we should allow Israel to stand on its own, without US support. http://popimpulse.blogspot.com/2012/11/it-is-time-to-let-israel-stand-on-its.html

CharlieMcHenry, 7 months ago to Florida

Florida being #Florida orders state universities to disband pro-Palestinian student group chapters on campuses - so much for free speech, eh? https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4275788-florida-orders-state-universities-disband-pro-palestinian-student-groups/

CharlieMcHenry, 8 months ago to geopolitics

Bloomberg is reporting that consumer debt unexpectedly declined $15.6 billion in August, which could be interpreted as a good, or a bad thing depending on its cause and the consequences. Let me explain, reducing consumer/household debt is a good thing in most cases - unless it signals consumer concerns and a withdrawal from the market as purchasers sit on the sidelines. Something similar is happening rn in China as consumers quite borrowing and buying. That’s the negative view. If consumers quit borrowing and buying, growth slows and the #economy tanks.