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@Nickiquote@mstdn.social. I recently learned that the Spanish version of "lefty loosy, righty tighty" is "the left liberates, the right oppresses", and the world of fasteners makes SO much more sense now.
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@futurebird@sauropods.win. I wonder how long this will remain true. I have not deleted my fb account for reasons parallel to these ones, but it is becoming harder and harder to find the posts from my friends, cycling club, community, as they get drowned in the algorithmic slop storm. If I know to look ("the cycling club should have an announcement up") I can generally find it, but the odds of noticing something of use to me by chance are getting lower.
@FranceskaMann@freeradical.zone @wdjorth@mastodon.online @Epic_Null@infosec.exchange
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⚠️ In which Trump's self-aggrandising lies reach an alarming level.
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@Benhm3@mastodon.social @VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social
It's no steps to the left
Only jumps to the right...
So, instead of enforcing a regulation to make US streamers put a portion of their revenues from Canadian consumers into productions by Canadian producers, the government is going to give tax dollars to the STREAMERS? Am I reading that correctly?
"Oh, you don't want to pay a fee? No problem, then, let us give YOU money instead."
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@hewer_of_code Very funny. Not QUITE as funny as Hulk Hogan losing a trademark case to a bunch of octogenarians raising funds to save hedgehogs and wood thrushes, but very funny nonetheless.
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@Selvari21106@mastodon.social. Apparently she switched to Reform last winter, causing Farage to withdraw all the nasty things he said about her when she was a right-wing Tory as opposed to a full-fledged fascist. https://apnews.com/article/conservative-defection-reform-braverman-tories-farage-016fc9889334cd788598024772e5e070
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@sinabhfuil@mastodon.ie. And in every bureaucracy (corporate and public) ever "Sure, OK."
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@TheRaDR This is the tactic behind anti-ICE protesters throwing sex toys on the ground at ICE facilities. The soldiers either have to pick up the toys to get rid of them, or leave them on the ground around their feet. Neither option is acceptable to the rough, tough, heavily-armed agents.
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@thevhswizard@retro.pizza TBF, though, if your question is something like "how do I make it so my new car (or tv, or fridge) doesn't spy on me?" many of the responses will be "never buy new stuff, I will keep my 1976 Dodge Aspen running for the rest of time to avoid 21st century techbro stuff." Which, I mean, is fair enough, but fails to answer the question.
Cf: questions about non-FOSS computing.
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@petersuber Five years later: Gothenburg City Council Votes to Lay Off all library staff and replace them with an enhanced self serve system and automated door locks.
Oil In The Family
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@scalzi "I violated every principle I was given: I guessed instead of verifying I ran a destructive action without being asked. I didn't understand what I was doing before doing it."
WTF? How does software violate its coding? This reads like the mea culpa section of a RCA written by a junior dev who is hoping (in vain) to not get fired. The whole value of automation is to avoid unintended, out of scope, actions. Burn it all down.
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@markstos@urbanists.social @pft@infosec.exchange The site says it is IP68, which is good enough for most purposes (not diving).
Remington Steel
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@kc @hewer_of_code Nah, he lost the first battle so thoroughly that even he knew not to try to engage the WWF again.
(I realize this is hyperbole, but I really like spreading the thought that the tights-wearing, steroid-abusing promoters of violence and toxic masculinity lost to some tweedy woods-walkers and tree-huggers 😀.)
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@sofiav@mastodon.online @cmconseils@mastodon.social My partner and I just discussed this photo. We agreed that one of the Next Generation of Feline Overlords in our house will be named Hubris.
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@calcifer@masto.hackers.town Why do we need farms? Everyone just gets their food from a store (or a delivery app.)
I agree that Canada imports too many goods from countries that use forced labour. For example: https://apnews.com/article/prison-to-plate-inmate-labor-investigation-c6f0eb4747963283316e494eadf08c4e
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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social "....even if the Commission had authority to review and condition these operations (which it does not), these harms are unlikely to occur.”
So, the commission didn't review the operations but has concluded that harms are unlikely to occur. Seems legit....
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@VeroniqueB99 I once had all of my ducks in a row.
Then a big truck came along and ran them all over at once.
So now the Americans are blockading the strait?
Silicone Valley
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@Cassandra@ottawa.place He has just been appointed to Carney's new advisory council on Canada-U.S. economic relations https://montrealgazette.com/news/canada/from-dairy-to-critical-minerals-carneys-advisory-council-signals-battlegrounds-in-u-s-trade-talks/ so the GG role is unlikely. It would be as much of a delightful FU to PP as possible while still aligning with Carney's propensity to appoint white business men to positions, though.
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@catsalad Along with skirting threats, threaded threats, bringing threats to heel(s), etc.
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
Not sure if this is the case with every Mastodon client app, but in Tusky when I am viewing a profile there is a spot at the bottom which says "Information below may reflect the user's profile incompletely. Press here to open full profile in browser." That link takes me to the user's profile on their home instance, which is complete. Very useful when deciding whether to follow someone new, or allow them to follow me.
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@graand@thecanadian.social Short term stock market manipulation? Seizing ships that paid the toll and then selling the oil (a la Venezuelan tanker hijacking)? Some other scam.....
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@davidtheeviloverlord "The little dog laughed to see such fun, and the cow was shaped like the moon..." @sundogplanets
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@hashtaggames @paul@oldfriends.live I received it at 7:55 pm Central Daylight Saving time tosay
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@VeroniqueB99@mastodon.social
And in just seven days,
Well, maybe 2 weeks,
We have already made a man
He's the best man ever made.
I never said seven days, that is fake news...
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@vicfroh@mastodon.social Is pissing on a grave considered speaking? Asking for a friend....
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@futurebird@sauropods.win. As this enshittification proceeds, will people continue to accept it, or will they seek better places to engage with relatives, friends, community? I hope the latter, and encourage people to try alternatives (like the fediverse), but I think it will take a long time. [Cf apocryphal stories about boiling frogs.]
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@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org
I'm old enough to remember when things like this were clearly satire. Now I have to wonder...
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@mhoye Huge investments in hardware and power to generate sketchy electronic currency. Yeah, that tracks.