George Mari @GeorgeMari@social.cleverlibre.org

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'As a journalism professor in Illinois, Meyer said, he had graduate students from Egypt who talked about how people would come into the newspaper office and seize everything so they couldn’t publish. Those students presented a scholarly paper at a conference in Toronto about what it has done to journalism there.

“That’s basically what they’re trying to do here,” Meyer said. “The intervention is just like that repressive government of Egypt. I didn’t think it could happen in America.”'

https://kansasreflector.com/2023/08/11/police-stage-chilling-raid-on-marion-county-newspaper-seizing-computers-records-and-cellphones/

h/t @dangillmor

But…I might need it.

A woman was at her hairdresser's getting her hair styled for a trip to Rome with her husband. She mentioned the trip to the hairdresser, who said:

"Rome ? Why would anyone want to go there? It's crowded and dirty. You're crazy to go to Rome. Anyway, how are you getting there?"

"We're taking BA," was the reply. "We got a great rate!"

"BA?" exclaimed the hairdresser." That's a terrible airline. Their planes are old, their flight attendants are ugly, and they're always late. So, where are you staying in Rome?"

"We'll be at this exclusive little place over on Rome's Tiber River called Teste."

"Don't go any further. I know that place. Everybody thinks it’s gonna be something special and exclusive, but it's really a dump."

"We're going to go to see the Vatican and maybe get to see the Pope."

"That's rich," laughed the hairdresser. You and a million other people trying to see him. He'll look the size of an ant. Boy, good luck on this lousy trip of yours. You're going to need it."

.

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A month later, the woman again came in for a hairdo. The hairdresser asked her about her trip to Rome.

"It was wonderful," explained the woman, "not only were we on time in one of BA's brand new planes, but it was overbooked, and they bumped us up to first class. The food and wine were wonderful, and I had a handsome 28-year-old steward who waited on me hand and foot. And the hotel was great! They'd just finished a £5 million remodelling job, and now it's a jewel, the finest hotel in the city. They too, were overbooked, so they apologized and gave us their owner's suite at no extra charge!"

"Well," muttered the hairdresser, "that's all well and good, but I bet you didn't get to see the Pope."

"Actually, we were quite lucky, because as we toured the Vatican, a Swiss Guard tapped me on theshoulder and explained that, once in a while, the Pope likes to meet some of the visitors, and if I'd be so kind as to step into his private room and wait, the Pope would personally greet me. Sure enough, five minutes later, the Pope walked through the door and shook my hand! I knelt down and he spoke a few words to me."

"Oh, really! What'd he say ?"

He said: "Who the fuck did your hair?"

Recorded our first live episode of the Batteries Included Podcast, and I think it went pretty well.

I always enjoyed making our podcasts before we went independent, but I gotta say, I'm actually enjoying it much more now.

https://youtu.be/TVZKUtMknuM

Here's a good story on this week's win on the #SonoranDesertNM.
https://www.courthousenews.com/feds-forced-to-review-grazing-on-biodiverse-sonoran-desert-national-monument/

Found via Joshua P. Hill on twitter: "I think a lot of us who grew up in this era where unions have been weakened literally don’t know that strong unions can do stuff like reverse you getting fired. And we should."

#SupportUnions #SupportWorkers

Happened to look out to the front yard and...

#SpokaneDoesntSuck #Spokane #Deer

Help a friend take the first steps toward mastering the command line. Purchase "Introduction to the Command Line" from #GNUPress today! https://u.fsf.org/29l Interested in the PDF instead? Download it via https://u.fsf.org/3lt

We moved to 🏠 mozilla.social so let's do a #reintroduction! 👋

We are SpiderMonkey, @mozilla’s #opensource engine for #JavaScript and #WebAssembly.
SpiderMonkey is used in Firefox, Servo and various other projects.

This account is run by our engineers, and none of us know how social media works. We were told to use hashtags.
#firefox #opensource #compilers #wasm #foss #privacy #security #performance #community

Nice to meet you!

Trying my hardest to make more friends on here. Please boost to help me socialize. My hobbies include:

-screaming "STOLEN VALOR" at Revolutionary War reenactments.

-counting the number of leaves on a tree until I get bored, typically around the 2-3 range.

-editing the Muppets Wikipedia page to state that the Muppets were responsible for both starting and ending the Cold War.

-trying to get unbanned from Wikipedia.

From next month, I have availability for a new project.

If you need help with API development, I have the expertise and track record to deliver practical, efficient, and reliable solutions.

Contact me if I can help your team and project.

Buy some music and help a Dude:

https://crlstudios.bandcamp.com/track/vco-berlin-daemon-metallum-remix

This comp has tons of good stuff on it, and I’m happy I could contribute.

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The words that @shanselman used in this blog post over 10 years ago are still true to this day https://www.hanselman.com/blog/your-words-are-wasted

WTF? Uninstall the Nightowl App, now. Spread the word. https://robins.one/notes/uninstall-the-nightowl-app-now.html

Is it cheaper to refuel your EV battery or gas tank? We did the math in all 50 states.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2023/electric-vehicle-charging-price-vs-gasoline/

#electricvehicles #ev #electriccar #climatechange #transportation #gas #

I’m overjoyed to announce my latest app, Callsheet, is now available!

Callsheet is the best way to look up information about movies, TV shows, cast, and crew. It’s fast, and it respects your time.

Callsheet is free for your first 20 searches; after that you must subscribe to use it. Plans start at just $1 per month or $10 per year. Every subscription comes with a 1-week free trial.

Blog post: https://www.caseyliss.com/callsheet
App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/callsheet-find-cast-crew/id1672356376

OK last announcement.

If you live in *Ohio* you should have voted "no" by now. But, if you haven't you still have till the end of Aug 8th! Time to search up your poll site and get going!

(But, don't feel bad if this referendum caught you off guard, Ohio Republicans are hoping no one will show up to vote.)

Vote NO on issue 1. It's a strange constitutional amendment that changes the threshold to make it possible for a small group to veto everything. It's the only thing on the ballot.