Ambulocetus @ambulocetus@social.cleverlibre.org

Ok here is an image, what follows is a poll about what it shows.

Is it:

A. A dog sneaks into an empty lot then joyfully chases its own tail.

B. A dog looks with longing at other dogs playing through a fence.

C. Something else?

And the poll!

the image in the previous post is...

#billionaires

I think what annoys me most about the phrase "This is the New Normal" is that it sort implies that we just have to accept it and there's nothing we can do.

Being sick all the time is Not Normal.

The oceans boiling and the forests burning down while the cities either flood or wither in droughts is Not Normal either.

A few assholes holding the vast majority of the wealth while the rest of us struggle to get by is definitely Not Normal.

And we should not accept any of it as Normal.
It is not.

*pssst* every time you see NASA branded clothing, no money goes to NASA at all, the cool “worm” logo is public domain so whatever company is making clothing keeps all the sales $$$. There’s no such thing as a “Vans + NASA” collaboration. It’s why the NASA logo shows up often in cheap fast fashion brands. It’s free for the taking by anyone.

GODZILLA

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Attention #Montreal #RetroComputing folks!

There is a retro PC seller at the St-Michel Flea Market, that is moving out of Montreal in a few months!

They are looking to sell off all of their inventory before moving, I wrote a short blog post on some of the interesting items I saw at their stand. There could be a chance they do shipping but I can't speak for them.

https://jason.nabein.me/blog/retro-hardware-at-st-michel-flea-market-in-montreal-canada.html

#RetroPC #retro #retrogaming #NEC #PC98 #Compaq #vintage #quebec

You know, many people probably walk through Plaza Las Fuentes in Pasadena and don't really wonder about how the waters are connected.

But I do.

And we're gonna run around with a cheap-o conductivity probe and figure it all out.

So buckle up, because SCIENCE IS GONNA HAPPEN!

(And we gonna focus on really cheap and easy stuff. So you too can do this with your favorite fountains and water features.)

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People working in tech need to be paying attention to what is happening with unions and strikes across America right now.

Take notes y’all.

Links 7/16/23 https://mikethemadbiologist.com/2023/07/16/links-7-16-23/

Portrait of a Texas winnow ant, Aphaenogaster texana, from #UTAustin’s Brackenridge Field Laboratory.

#Ants #Insects #Texas #Aphaenogaster

This is exactly right

#eattherich #latestagecapitalism #billionaires #classism #writersstrike

I just stumbled across what looks like a crime scene which consisted of a jacket, shoes, obituary Lyke Bryan CD's and other stuff thrown at the end of my subdivision. I called the cops to let them know just in case someone may have gotten hurt and kept trying to give them the lady's name and car information that was on an auto-shop receipt but they weren't interested in the information. Anyways, all the stuff was gone by the time they got here, but yeah, cops don't solve crime.

Fun fact: the first episode of The Twilight Zone delayed by the #SAG-AFTRA and #WGA #strikes in 1960 was “The Mighty Casey,” a cautionary fable about replacing baseball players with #robots.

#SAG #strike #writer #labor #unions #uspol #AI

The #Bluesky community is on strike, in protest of “free speech” moderation policies and refusal to prevent or remove #racism.

The inciting incident this time: users signing up with the n-word in their usernames. Using the word “cracker”, however, was a bannable offense.

Bluesky has not responded for over 36 hours as of writing. Devs are blocking protestors. Timelines are filled with variations of:

“No more normal posting until my Black friends and family are safe.”

#social #tech