*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@social.cleverlibre.org

Wilson turns 1 year old today. Happy Birthday!

#cats #mastocats #catsofMastodon #meow #xp
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RT @Blackcatwilson1@twitter.activitypub.actor
This Little Fluffball turned 1 today-Happy Birthday Wilson..🥰❤ #catsoftwitter #cats #catsprotection #AdoptDontShop #blackcat #minipanther
https://twitter.com/Blackcatwilson1/status/1251196102298214401

@freemo
Oh, I never got the full license, it seemed unlikely I could ever setup (moeny and dad's restriction on my antenna length).

At the time, 80m was the entry level, lowest requirements band, only one for younger people to apply for.

Antenna theory and practice is fascinating, I remember reading and seeing many different types, ideas, how to reduce the size from the half-wavelength to a more reasonable and practical size.

@realcaseyrollins@mstdn.social

@freemo
Neat. I did a training course for ham operation many, many years ago, but never got the equipment, me being a broke teenager at the time. We could only get a license for the 80 m band, and my dad objected to my 40 m long antenna idea, lol... Early 70's.

Ham radio can be a great resource in times of troubles.

@realcaseyrollins@mstdn.social

@freemo
Well done on getting things back in working shape. 1500 Watts is a lot of transmission power for a HAM. Wow.

Hope the main transmitter can be repaired. Good luck!

@realcaseyrollins@mstdn.social

@darwish Thank you for being there for all who need your help, when times are tough and just being there is a life risk. Well done. 👍

#cats #mastocats #catsofMastodon #meow #xp
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RT @communist_cats

https://twitter.com/communist_cats/status/635520975631720448

@Phaedrus Interesting, thank you for the post.

I was going to ask who the source was, but Bing knew it -- https://swprs.org/media-navigator/

@roguerobot Those are good distance numbers, as we breathe deeper when exercising, and might find more aerosols from the person near us while doing it.

Even singing requires about 5 m distancing, as the voice projection requires more air movement and increases the risk of contagion.

Solo bicycle riding is still safer, and what I do when we get a warm enough day, this Spring has been colder than usual.

@TUHORIZONTERADIO Hola y bienvenido a Qoto!

Si es nuevo en la red Mastodon, se puede veer un guia para nuevos usuarios ahi :

* "Guía básica de Mastodon para principiantes"

https://www.realdroid.es/2018/10/07/mastodon-guia-basica/

* tambien mucha documentatión en Inglés, que se puede veer traducida al Español por Bing en este sitio :

https://www.translatetheweb.com/?ref=TVert&from=en&to=es&a=https://docs.joinmastodon.org/#

@emewhort

It´s a good thing to get familiar with the way things work here, in the Fediverse. It´s a Fedration of independant systems, each supporting itself and having discretion of setting their own preferred rules.

There are places with more strict rules, some with less, some which are hellholes we best keep distance from.

So it´s good to know. 😉

Any questions, just ask.
@LanceMason

@sda That was another man, who signed on that decision, Harry Truman in fact.

reference - https://www.nps.gov/articles/trumanatomicbomb.htm

And it was a criminal action, in my opinion, yes.

But the winners write the history books, at least for a time, so this hasn´t been discussed as much as it should.

@freemo

His tweet caused a lot of dismayed replies, and the article he took that snapshot is here - believe it.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/if-a-grandparent-chooses-a-loving-embrace-that-may-kill-them-who-are-we-to-stop-them-20200414-p54jmy.html

Australia, wasn't that were Max Max films started?

This is Real -- not a Satire piece. Conservative people are heartless. #xp
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RT @pixelatedboat
Conservatives are incredibly horny for killing old people right now
https://twitter.com/pixelatedboat/status/1249904130497314821

@Sphinx
Yeah, I felt I needed to clarify it - because sometimes stats shows results including "people who have been tested, but whose test resutls are pending" as a separate item.

@freemo

Cory Doctorow's sequence of tweets (lined above) is somber and food for thaught. He links to a piece he found important to read, regarding what could possibly happen if a premature re-starting and relaxing of social distancing happens.

Starts here: https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1250937381810655233

#xp
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RT @doctorow
I don't read @cstross's nonfic for rosy optimism: I come to him for clear-eyed extrapolations that are as pitiless as they are rigorous. His latest -- on the lifting of the lockdown -- does not disappoint.

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2020/04/itll-all-be-over-by-christmas.html

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https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1250937381810655233

@LanceMason @emewhort

yes, Toot it is, as in the sound of an elefant blowing thru it's trunk. If you think about it "tweeting" is just as silly a word, tweeting like little birds, are we? LOL.

Welcome, Eric! If you are new to using Mastodon, there's a good guide here: https://lifehacker.com/a-beginner-s-guide-to-mastodon-1828503235

We also have another new users guide, posted here : https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/suggestions-and-guidelines-for-new-users-written-by-mastodon-art-administrator

@lupyuen @PINE64 Always nice to get new toys, hope you enjoy working with it, Lup Yen Lee! 😃