ceoln @ceoln@social.cleverlibre.org

punk rock levels are currently at 30% but fluctuating wildly

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If religious schools can't play by the same rules as regular schools, then maybe there shouldn't be religious schools.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/supreme-court-catholic-school-teacher-fired-new-jersey-1234807867/

@Noodles @molly0xfff I think Disruption Mode in Lemonade Stand is to create a lemonade delivery app to overpay lemonade stands and delivery drivers while undercharging customers using $2 billion from venture capitalists. Then you sell the business to suckers for a ridiculous price and go disrupt another industry.

the New York Times is really scraping the barrel here to defend crypto

"you'll learn a lot from making bad investment decisions"

#crypto #cryptocurrency #Bitcoin

Amnesia

@allisonwyss I like to add the whole body language to it to convey it.

"What makes you say that?"
There was a curious twinkling in his eyes.

"What makes you say that?"
She frowned and her shoulders tightened.

"What makes you say that?"
Xer hands curled to fists and xe took a menancing step forward, now nearly towering over him.

Indictment Watch number 5 is in Arizona!

Trump's legal quagmire deepens as Arizona eyes a fifth criminal case against him. The investigation focuses on the assembly of sham electors, a scheme already resulting in charges in two states. Arizona's Democratic and former Republican Governors anticipate or support an indictment.

Vanderbilt U. has decided to disable Turnitin's AI detector, making it unavailable to the campus. Read their very thoughtful post about why they made this decision: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/brightspace/2023/08/16/guidance-on-ai-detection-and-why-were-disabling-turnitins-ai-detector/.

cc @bryanalexandee

Another consultation today where an inventor was told by his patent attorney that the test for design patent infringement was “similar” and not “the same.” At what point does it rise to malpractice? You’re robbing small businesses to get them unenforceable patents.

If the idea of violent protests don't make you at least little scared I wonder how well you know history. At the same time, real change almost never happens without people putting their bodies on the line.

The right understands this far better than your average liberal/moderate. To be a moderate is to trust that existing systems will (mostly) work.

If those system fail? What then? To even consider this is moderate treason.

(Cartoons by Mattie Lubchansky https://thenib.com/author/mattie-lubchansky/ )

In my subtext class, we talk about inflection--how meaning changes based on _how_ words are said. This seems pretty obvious & I think about how we do it in real life & how actors do it. But then there's a moment of--wait!--how do we make inflection felt in writing?

So: Just describing it, of course. Emphasis through rhythm & punctuation choices. Gesture. What else?

How do you play with inflection in your dialogue?

#WritingCommunity #Writing #WritingConversations #Subtext #Inflection

Pippin (BC, Canada) is absolutely fascinated by the washing machine. He likes to watch it spin and try and catch the clothes through the drum window. He loves that his humans bought him such a big toy.

#cats #cat #CatNews #CatsOfMastodon #FediCats

https://www.cat-news.news/

Florida Republicans lead the way in demonstrating how to wreck an educational system.

https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2023/08/16/how-to-kill-a-university/

Trump and his co-conspirators were given until Friday, 25 August at noon to surrender, or they will be arrested and put in a cell.

@myriam_vidalv @Nature surveyed >9,000 #Scientists to see how their use us the platform changed since Elon Musk took over. Under 7% have stopped using it altogether and around 46% have joined other social-media platforms.
Why are they leaving?
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02554-0

I want to have a sign made for my yard that says "This yard supports XXX species", with some painted butterflies, bees, etc on it, and where the XXX is for those little numbers you can hang on things as it changes as I see more species.

Anyone know how I would find someone to make it?

#NativePlants #PioneerValleyMA #insects

New instance, new #introduction!

I'm a father, a cat-person, an artist, a writer, and a software engineer. Sometimes I play a little music for my own entertainment.

But, my biggest hobby, by far, is reading epic fantasy novels. Here's my top 5:

1. "The Wars of Light and Shadow" by Janny Wurtz
2. "The Elderling Saga" by Robin Hobb
3. "Black Company" by Glen Cook
4. "The Lord of the Rings" by JRR Tolkien
5. "Lyonesse" by Jack Vance

I have some other interests too... here's a cloud of hashtags for those...

#emacs #python #democracy #VoteBlueNoMatterWho #ExceptRFJJrFuckThatGuy