Huntn00 @Huntn00@talkedabout.social

At #SundayBrunch:

Me:...and then we saw a peacock!

Bestie: Oh, you met George!

Me: What.

Bestie: George. He lives in the neighborhood now -- by Trader Joe's. The neighborhood news is that he used to live in Emeryville.

Me: Uh huh...

Bestie: But the fireworks on the 4th of July must have freaked him out. Because right after that he showed up here.

Me: What??

Bestie: Oh, yes. So he lives here now, and he roosts in a tree on that street. Around 8 pm every night, he climbs into a tree and all the neighbors watch him.

Me: He just...ascends.

Bestie: [eating her bagel] That's what they do.

It is so weird to be in your 30s and still be staring at sentences to figure out if the conjunction you want is "and" or "but".

You would think this would be straightforward, and/but it happens all the time.

Years ago some little punk thought it was a sick burn to say to me ‘You probably hang out with your friends making PUNS all weekend!’ Why yes, Dino, that’s exactly what I do lol

they keep telling us that we just need to understand the fascists.

the bad news is

we do understand them. Oh yes we do.

Quarterly global solar installations appear to be growing at 50% per annum over the past three years." Also, China's first half 2023 solar build jumped 154% compared to H1 2022! World may add about 390 GW of solar in 2023.

The #ClimateProgress the U.S. has made because enough Americans voted for Biden will be causing our 8% share of this graph to soon increase thankfully too!

We can't (and shouldn't) bring back the old, good internet.

We can (and must!) make a NEW, good internet.

https://doctorow.medium.com/enshitternet-c1d4252e5c6b

#enshittification #interoperability #labor #news #FreedomOfReach #bossware

@Huntn00

That's about it. Allows for the saving of old comments, pictures, data etc. I use it as a timeline reference that I can reflect on for writing or artwork.

On this day in 1955, white men lynch voting rights activist Lamar Smith in Mississippi.

The whole group at #GSU2023 with the signed gun sense bill.

Why US tech giants are threatening to quit the UK https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66304002

Exclusive: Georgia prosecutors have messages showing Trump's team is behind voting system breach | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/13/politics/coffee-county-georgia-voting-system-breach-trump/index.html

@Huntn00

I have this same fear of loss. So much amazing content on #mastodon

Allow me to suggest using favorites and bookmarks as a way to "follow up" on things during holiday or other downtime.

I tend to carry thousands of favorites.

Thank you, Kristen Clarke. Good to have the DOJ taking action against racist school systems, again
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/students-racist-taunts-confederate-flag-kentucky-madison-county-schools-doj-settlement/?s=09

A preoccupation with the next world clearly shows an inability to cope credibly with this one.
—Richard K. Morgan

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an #atheist vs #faith

#Theists:
Challenge: without using the #Bible or personal #revelation (both are hearsay), show credible evidence for #God.

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an #atheist vs #faith

“Today the risks of artificial intelligence are clear — but the warning signs have been there all along.” Listen to these women! They’ve been sounding the alarm for a long time.

#AI #LLMs #ML #BlackMastodon https://mastodon.online/@dgodon/110880115860332495

Judge warns Trump: ‘Inflammatory’ statements about election case could speed trial - FAaFO, #AmIRight? 😂 https://apple.news/A9FQ5iCnCROK8rmLF5qMMxQ

"Man is a great blunderer going about in the woods, and there is no other except the bear makes so much noise."
Stories from the Country of Lost Borders

Mary Hunter Austin died #OTD in 1934. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain describes the fauna, flora, and people of the region between the High Sierra and the Mojave Desert of southern California. via @wikipedia

Books by Mary Austin at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/201

#books #literature

https://www.reckon.news/news/2023/08/experts-remain-divided-on-facial-recognition-technology-despite-another-wrongful-arrest.html