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So many people grumbling about Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.

If nothing else, it appears he's well on the way to making it an ad-free social network.

Oh dear. I've just been informed that collecting the names of every person on the planet for my naughty and nice lists is, and I quote, “a significant and wholly irresponsible breach of #GDPR “.
I'm going to hand out about 8 billion consent forms soon. If you could all get them back to me ASAP that would be appreciated.

@mattl avoid any with bitter coatings (it’s a safety feature to avoid kids eating them). Apparently the coating can interfere with the electrical connection.

Who thought last month that the Democratic control of Congress would outlast Twitter?

My office Mac is having a bit of a problem with the fans on the video card. Sigh.
I know the solution is either doing maintenance on the fans or replacing them, it is just getting IT to actually do it. For now, my office computer growls at me. youtu.be/UpLiyriY7nE

How to Catch a Mountain Lion
an illustrative guide

1. Place a cardboard box where the animal frequently visits.
2. Sit back and wait.
3. A cat is a cat is a cat.

Whoopsies. Pissing off members of Congress, yet another thing Elon is exceling at. You would think people would stop confusing being rich for being competent. twitter.com/SenMarkey/status/1

RT @VeryBadLlama@twitter.com

“I never thought leopards would eat MY face,” sobs man who paid $44 billion for LeopardsWhoEatPeoplesFaces dot com

🐦🔗: twitter.com/VeryBadLlama/statu

Oh heck, turns out this itself was a parody! Harry Potter never has been on Twitter. Well played Weird Al, well played.

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My understanding is an is in order when joining Mastodon. I am a Physics and Astronomy Professor facing a transition (after 23 years of teaching) to becoming a CS Professor as my university tries to “right size” itself. So at this point my interests include . I also like , although in northern MN where I live I can’t really do that for six months out of the year.

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