Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@social.cleverlibre.org
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So. Cal. engineer (hardware/software, retired, he/him), born at 313 ppm, musician, chef, now living in West Virginia. KW2P ham radio (the original social network), father of three, grandfather, astronomy, solar dynamics, photography, writing, birding, birdwatching, eBird, fountain pens, cats and dog, reader of banned books, Chairman of the Charcuterie Board, Whisk Manager, Compuserve refugee, founder of The Church of The Unwarranted Assumption. Crypto is short for cryptography. Blog: shuttersparks.net
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"To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire
Joined Nov 2022
@lowqualityfacts Masto is a lot more egalitarian today than it was two years ago when what you said was completely true.
@LikeItOrLumpIt You're already there. Just being on Masto makes us weird.
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Venice's canals dry as Italy faces new drought alert, Alps receive less than half usual snowfall.
#Venice, where #flooding is normally the primary concern, faces unusually low tides that are making it impossible for gondolas, water taxis and ambulances to navigate some of its famous canals. #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-21/drought-italy-alps-snowfall-venice-canals-low-tide/102005580
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*pounding fist on counter* WHERE IS THE EARLY GRAVE I WAS PROMISED
@twitterreject @Snarkycounsel @QasimRashid True. My point was that an individual state can't make the decision. It's made at the federal level.
The original design of the country prevented the federal government from giving welfare to states, but that's all in the trashcan now.
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Supreme Court Gonzalez vs. Google arguments audio live now - https://www.cnn.com/business/live-news/supreme-court-gonzalez-v-google-2-21-23/index.html
@atomicpoet @fediversenews I think Mastodon has exceeded Twitter in every regard but raw user count.
@bleakfuture I like it. I hope it goes well and that you have fun doing it.
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My almost 13 year old daughter had a good idea. We’ve been talking about doing a podcast together - mostly for us to have.
Her idea was reviewing books that are being taken out of school libraries - discussing the content, reviewing the actual literature but also the reasons it was banned and our thoughts there as well.
This is something I think that we will do, soon.
@ai6yr That captures it perfectly.
@Snarkycounsel @QasimRashid We have no choice.
@rbreich Yes, exactly. The way that my educated generation reacted to the Vietnam war in the 1960s scared the crap out of government and education has been declining ever since. "Keep 'em dumb."
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Republicans aren’t afraid of “Critical Race Theory,” they are afraid of critical thinking.
They know the biggest threat facing their party is a new multi-racial generation of young people unafraid to speak truth to power.
That’s why they are waging a war on America’s teachers.
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This is fascism. There is nothing "semi" about it. This is not "normal" political discourse, DeSantis is not a "normal" governor, and the Republican Party is not a "normal" political organization. It is fascism.
"Hide your books to avoid felony charges, Florida schools tell teachers. Unsure what titles violate new state rules, two school districts tell educators to conceal every book for now":
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/01/31/florida-hide-books-stop-woke-manatee-county-duval-county-desantis/
@snarkysteff Definitely would eat. ;-)
@ai6yr Had the same problem in 2020. At least they learned I wasn't exaggerating.
Most people don't want to hear negative stuff that might impact their lives. Me, I'm the opposite. I'm all about "forewarned is forearmed." What I don't know can hurt me.
@LesterHammerer@mindly.social Excellent. Mise en place, everything in its place.
@doctorjaymarie@mastodon.world @MoiraEve The reversal of ethics that you describe is a fundamental characteristic of fascism.
@arossp Basically, except for West Virginia. You can pretty much see the outline of the state in pure red. We are the heart of reddism in the U.S.A. :-(
- Website
- https://shuttersparks.net
So. Cal. engineer (hardware/software, retired, he/him), born at 313 ppm, musician, chef, now living in West Virginia. KW2P ham radio (the original social network), father of three, grandfather, astronomy, solar dynamics, photography, writing, birding, birdwatching, eBird, fountain pens, cats and dog, reader of banned books, Chairman of the Charcuterie Board, Whisk Manager, Compuserve refugee, founder of The Church of The Unwarranted Assumption. Crypto is short for cryptography. Blog: shuttersparks.net
#HamRadio
#Morse
#MorseCode
#Birding
#BirdWatching
#eBird
#wv
#WestVirginia
#food
#cooking
#astronomy
#physics
#engineering
#photography
#FountainPens
"To hold a pen is to be at war." --Voltaire
Joined Nov 2022
