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
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@freemo Exactly. And same here. I see my improvement but nobody else needs to see it.
@lauren This is a creepy one. I like it.
Nowadays you can probably find that exact publication in the Internet Archive.
@freemo Love calligraphy. I have no talent for it but I do it anyway. It's cathartic. So I won't be posting any of my "works". Nobody needs to see it. hahaha.
@georgetakei We should have finished what Sherman started. General Sherman was much, much too nice.
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@goldengateblond Hah! In my childhood and teens I thought it was a really cool blessing. It's not.
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@mastodonmigration @mem_somerville @gbhnews @TucsonSentinel It's great to see BBC join the Fediverse with an instance!
Let's also shout out @restofworld, another early example of a publication with an instance
@mastodonmigration This looks great. Unfortunately, my instance doesn't seem to know about the BBC instance yet. Have to wait a bit.
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Breaking #FediverseNews
WOW! The BBC now as it's own instance!
BBC >>> https://social.bbc/about
"The team at BBC Research & Development are researching social technologies and exploring possibilities for the #BBC. One part of our work is to establish a BBC presence in the Fediverse... This is an experiment - we will run it for 6 months, and then look at how much value it has provided"
New BBC accounts you can follow: @BBCRD, @BBC5Live, @BBCRadio4, @BBC_News_Labs, @BBCTaster, @Connected_Studio
@ai6yr Yup. Cars with bodies bolted to frames. Rubber bushings everywhere. Everything creaks and groans. The suspension creaks and groans. You ignore all that when you're focused on the engine rumbling. Hahaha.
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Elon Musk’s New Twitter ‘X’ Sign Is Annoying Neighbors: ‘It’s Hard To Describe How Bright It Is’ - https://uproxx.com/viral/elon-musk-twitter-x-sign-bright-lights/
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What a story!
That one time...at Fermilab...when physicists sent a ferret into a particle accelerator...
[It really happened in 1971]
https://www.sciencealert.com/bizarre-true-story-physicists-once-put-a-ferret-in-a-particle-accelerator #science #animals #physics
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In 2019, a panel of US judges permanently dismissed all 83 ethics complaints filed against Brett Kavanaugh around the time of his confirmation hearing without considering their individual merit.
EIGHTY-THREE ethics complaints filed against Brett were not investigated.
What crimes did he commit? Who rights did Brett violate?
EIGHTY-THREE PERSONS BRAVE ENOUGH TO FILE THE COMPLAINT. #corrupt #scotus
@ai6yr I guess I'm weird. (Nothing unusual there.) I've loved this room since the moment I first saw it at the Cinerama Dome theater in Hollywood.
It struck me as eminently practical for a bedroom. Soft, even, shadowless lighting, very easy on the eyes. Zero glare when you're laying in bed. I love it. Such lighting also makes the people in the room look their best.
An exact replica of the surreal bedroom in "2001: A Space Odyssey"
https://mossandfog.com/an-exact-replica-from-the-surreal-bedroom-of-2001-a-space-odyssey/
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"The Tragedy of the Commons" was written by a eugenicist and was effectively debunked as ahistorical fantasy decades ago. More propaganda in the service of privatizing public space and resources. Pass it on. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-tragedy-of-the-tragedy-of-the-commons/
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- 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
