Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

General found the heat tape and he ain't goin nowhere! 😄

We have about 6 mourning doves that visit our garden. General was the first & seems to be the patriarch of the group.

He found the end of the heat tape that we use to keep snow from accumulating on the awning. The others flew away when I approached to take a pic. General stood his ground.

I almost hate to unplug the heat tape.

#MourningDoves #MourningDove #birds #snow #wildlife #nature #winter #cold #doves #dove

Snowed in? Thank The MAGA Packed Supreme Court That Crippled The EPA In Its Fight Against Climate Change https://demcastusa.com/2024/01/16/snowed-in-thank-the-maga-packed-supreme-court-that-crippled-the-epa-in-its-fight-against-climate-change/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

PBS: The Tuesday vote is a step toward potentially halting the U.S. military's long-assured aid to Israel. Some 24,000 people in Gaza have been killed, the majority of them women and children.#news #PBS #headline https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/bernie-sanders-forces-senate-into-a-test-vote-on-military-aid-as-the-israel-hamas-war-grinds-on

PBS: Navarro was found guilty by a jury in Washington's federal court in September for defying a subpoena for documents and a deposition from the House Jan. 6 committee and has vowed to appeal.#news #PBS #headline https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-white-house-official-peter-navarro-loses-his-bid-for-a-new-contempt-trial

PBS: The justices rejected Apple's appeal of lower-court rulings that found some of Apple's app store rules for apps purchased on more than 1 billion iPhones constitute unfair competition under California law.#news #PBS #headline https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/supreme-court-rebuffs-apples-court-appeal-on-app-payments-threatening-billions-in-revenue

Interviewer: It looks like your previous job only lasted three months. Can you share why you left?

Me: Sure! All new employers are subject to a 90-day probationary period, during which they are evaluated to make sure they are a good fit with my personal culture and can perform their duties satisfactorily. Not all companies make it.

I recently shared a Blind post from a Google dev who was weighing staying at Google for $1M/year or OpenAI for $3M/year ($2.5M of which won’t vest for years).

It looks like Google is now giving Deepmind and Google Brain researchers millions in stock to stay.

Kinda wild that hundreds are getting laid off at Google while others are getting a few million in retention bonuses not to go to OpenAI. 😬
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/googles-defense-against-openai-talent-grab-special-stock

I’m super unimpressed with my 20-something year old neighbors letting me (65) do all the shoveling. They live in the princess apartment where every tenant who has lived there so far feels absolutely no responsibility but is more than happy to let others do the work and take advantage of it 🤬
I am committed to moving in June.
#snow

In Barcelona this week, not in a tourist part. Not hearing any Catalán. I'll fix that tomorrow, my very Catalán friend is taking me to a tapas bar that has 100% five star reviews except those from Spaniards who got the cold shoulder by speaking Castillan. 😬

⚠️🇺🇸Biden to meet with Congress leaders to discuss unblocking aid to Ukraine (more) https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/01/16/7437538/ #Ukraine #USA #UnitedStates #Press #News #russia #russiaUkraineWar #9yrInvasionofUkraine #BoycottMusk #BoycottPoland #AxisOfEvil
#NoEUPrezForHungary
#NoUSRepublicans2024

#TheCathyWilcox @cathywilcox Bombardment. My @smh #cartoon. #alttext

On her way up...
#catsofmastodon #hererochromis
#whitekitten

Trump theatrics are already 'adding zeros' to E. Jean Carroll payout: analyst https://www.rawstory.com/carroll-trump-defamation/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

#AfternoonUpdate #AMUpdate Dogs like to watch dogs on TV, new study by UW researcher finds https://wausaupilotandreview.com/2024/01/16/dogs-like-to-watch-dogs-on-tv-new-study-by-uw-researcher-finds/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"Software is getting slower more rapidly than hardware becomes faster."
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39015323
#hackernews #tech

⚡️Russia launches missiles against Kharkiv, injuring 4 civilians.

A Russian missile strike on downtown Kharkiv late on Jan. 16 injured four people, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported.

According to the authorities, civilian residential infrastructure was damaged.

eh, think I lost a follower over that last thread. Mastodon refuses to blur out the sensitive content image I don't know why.... oh well

Bitcoin miner Core Scientific gets court approval for restructuring
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/bitcoin-miner-core-scientific-gets-court-approval-restructuring-4052716