English's wild lack of spelling rules means that no matter how you think a name can be misspelled, there are people who actually have their name spelled that way. I discovered this week there are actually people named "Marylin" and suddenly all those "Marylin Mansion" MP3s people used to have on Napster don't seem quite so silly
You slept long through the night, regaining 7 hitpoints and 0 hitdice.
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You are safe in a small village, what would you like to do?
#PsychologicalSafety: “Forcing employees to come to the office under the threat of discipline leads to disengagement, fear, and distrust”
“Gallup finds that “the optimal engagement boost occurs when employees spend 60% to 80% of their time–or three to four days in a five-day workweek–working off-site.” #HybridWork
Reading the genome of a single person for the first time
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230210-the-man-whose-genome-you-can-read-end-to-end
What Haunts Me Most About the Latest Fox News Revelations https://lucid.substack.com/p/what-haunts-me-most-about-the-latest?publication_id=300941&utm_medium=email&action=share&isFreemail=true
Do yourself a favor and post some #blackhistorymonth stuff on here.
See who responds negatively and BLOCK THEIR ENTIRE DOMAIN!
How? Click on the offender's profile, then click the hamburger (the three dots ...); on the bottom of the menu, click 'Block Domain'
Now, that blocks all of the people on that server. Some of them COULD be cool...but honestly, why bother figuring that out? Just move on.
Simple! Easy! Enjoy your Mastodon!
Revised introduction: Former journalist, long-time anti-nuclear, environmental and human rights activist, music and film enthusiast, occasional librarian and ancient historian. Cat- and dog-parent, NB. I love nature, photography, gardening for pollinators, and reading a good book. Unabashed tree hugger. I can be cheeky at times. Unfiltered for the most part. Will only use CW for extreme stuff.
When I read the headline, I thought, no, that can't be right. Oh yeah, it's right. Headline:
Idaho lawmakers propose bill to criminalize administering COVID-19 mRNA vaccines
https://www.alternet.org/idaho-lawmakers/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
Bernie Sanders "Of course the oligarchs run Russia. But guess what? Oligarchs run the United States as well. And it’s not just the United States, it’s not just Russia; Europe, the UK, all over the world, we’re seeing a small number of incredibly wealthy people running things in their favour. A global oligarchy. This is an issue that needs to be talked about.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/19/bernie-sanders-oligarchs-ok-angry-about-capitalism-interview
A consciousness somehow associated with matter.
Posting about culture, philosophy, politics, AI Art Tools, NaNoWriMo, Software Development occasionally, the relationship of consciousness to matter.
Degrees in Philosophy and Computer Science, once had a US TS/SCI(redacted) clearance, radical-for-the-US politics, ex-Libertarian, zen-buddhist-pantheist-atheist.
Google employee, but I do not speak for Google in any way.
If your profile tells me nothing about you, it's less likely I'll follow you (back).
Header: abstract smoky patterns
pfp: Adorable weird piglet / delirium cultist... thing. In a hoodie.