Clara Listensprechen @ClaraListensprechen4@social.cleverlibre.org

Tomorrow will be the 247th 4th of July celebration in America since 1777.
Will we see a 248th, a 250th?
If we don’t preserve democracy, if we allow the fascists a place in our government, the answer will likely be “no”.

So #Mastodon has now passed 13m users....not all active, of course;

Nonetheless since there were under 3m accounts at the end of 2021, I think we can say, given the lack of a #corporate marketing campaign, and a constant drip of articles making spurious claims about how difficult it is to join the #fediverse, we have done pretty well in carving a new bit of the #socialmedia environment which functions with rules that serve us not the owners & advertisers of the platform.

Long may we prosper!

Hey! It looks like a lot of people are doing #introduction and reintroduction posts because of the ongoing exodus from other social media.
I don't go by my real name on here, and I prefer not to give any pronouns for the sake of anonymity- refer to me however you like! My avatar is
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind from the film of the same name. #SolarPunk
I toot a lot about #SolarCooking because it's a free, zero pollution way to cook that is ideal for summer cooking because it doesn't heat your home or strain the electric grid. And it's fun! I'm looking to test the boundaries of weather and seasons for solar cooking in my region.
I made my own #SolarOven / #SolarCooker out of free materials (cardboard boxes from the recycling, plastic bags, a scrap piece of clear acrylic) and some cheap supplies that tend to get used once and thrown away. (Glue, tape, aluminum foil). Pics attached (I've made two of them so far!)
People ask me sometimes for plans, and I usually direct them to the Solar Cooking Wiki. https://solarcooking.fandom.com/wiki/Solar_Cooking_Wiki_(Home) That's where I learned most of what I know now (plus my own first hand experience). If you like paper books, Cooking With Sunshine by Lorraine Anderson is an excellent reference. I'm also in the process of writing a zine about solar cooking that I'll distribute for free once it's done!
All the food I make in the solar cooker and otherwise is #vegan because I feel strongly that it's the fairest and most sustainable way to eat. I also focus on making real food from scratch (especially #beans and #bread) to show how useful the solar oven is. It's not an Easy Bake Oven! (Though I have baked a cake in it).
I also toot and share stuff about the #ClimateCrisis, #veganism, #urbanism #ebikes and #libraries, among other things... It's all linked together. I want to be part of a fair and sustainable world for all people. Proud to be an anarchist, #NoGodsNoMasters #NoBorders

Upside down Wisconsin roller coaster triggers emergency rescue https://www.rawstory.com/upside-down-wisconsin-roller-coaster-triggers-emergency-rescue/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Apparently the issue with my friend's computer not booting Windows was that the BIOS battery was dead. Replacing the battery set it to defaults, which, in the case of the Dell Optiplex 9020 meant it had RAID turned on.

Bold move from Dell to assume one could even get more than one drive into this machine.

Trump’s Law-and-Order GOP Sure Seems Confused by How Law and Order Works

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-law-and-order-gop-sure-seems-confused-by-how-law-and-order-works?ref=home

Israel Launches Most Intense Military Operation In West Bank In Years
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/israel-palestinians-jenin-west-bank_n_64a31725e4b0035bc5c866c1

Netanyahu is using more violence to distract from.his corruption case. Evil comes in all races and cultures and religions.

Women of Mastodon! How do you deal with men talking over you in a professional setting?

New report in The Lancet finds pollution is responsible for a staggering 9 million deaths per year, which would mean it causes 1 in 6 deaths. A nearly incomprehensible level of human suffering.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(22)00090-0/fulltext

Twitter employees say that removing support for legacy APIs is what broke TweetDeck, and the company will be moving users to the "new" version of TweetDeck (Jay Peters/The Verge)

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/3/23783092/twitter-tweetdeck-new-preview-force-legacy-apis
http://www.techmeme.com/230703/p21#a230703p21

Zuckerberg Looks to Deliver Hit to Musk With Upcoming Twitter Clone - The planned Meta microblogging app is seen as a potential rival because of the Instagram ... - https://www.wsj.com/articles/mark-zuckerberg-looks-to-deliver-hit-to-elon-musk-with-upcoming-twitter-clone-4a464407?mod=rss_Technology #paid

#ClimateCrisis

We’re Building Things Based on a Climate We No Longer Live In
#NOAA precipitation estimates that engineers and planners use to design bridges, roads and other infrastructure are decades out of date because of climate change

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/were-building-things-based-on-a-climate-we-no-longer-live-in/#

Trump Becomes Online Laughing Stock After Claiming He Draws ‘Larger Crowds Than Elvis’ https://www.politicalflare.com/2023/07/trump-becomes-online-laughing-stock-after-claiming-he-draws-larger-crowds-than-elvis/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

about 10 mile up 290 lies Cypress Texas & this is one of its residents
What in the deep fried fuck does he think is going to happen?

Sweet ginger pork chops with apricot jam sauce

#food #meat #hellofresh #cooking #homecooking

Remember, Safety First lol

Wait, is the reason that Markdown exists just that HTML depreciated all their markdown code?

HTML5 was a mistake. I want my <center> tag back.

"Commander of Russia's Akhmat unit killed in Donbas – Russian media

Yevgeny Pisarenko, the commander of Akhmat, a Chechen armed formation that is fighting on the Russian side, has been killed in combat in Donbas."

🔗: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/3/7409644/

#Ukraine #StandWithUkraine #Russia #RussiaIsATerroristState