szescstopni @szescstopni@social.cleverlibre.org

Do you know your spouse/SO's cell phone number (without looking it up)?

#poll

Please boost for a wider demographic 😉

School board elections are happening tomorrow over much of the US. They're often low turnout, and that can enable extremists to get elected with only a small number of backers voting for them (as has happened in some PA communities not far from where I live). If your local school board's having elections, please research the candidates, plan to vote tomorrow, and encourage your neighbors to do the same.

The office dog assistant is having a good morning so far. A bone! With peanut butter!
#DogsOfMastodon #MonDog

Everyone thinks, haha, these squirrels don't even remember where they hid 90% of the nuts they store for the winter", but nobody ever asks if the squirrels might be out there thinking, my ancestors planted this forest that provides for us all, and my children's children will know the same of me.

Moja wersja #IdąPsięta
(hashtag pożyczony oczywiście od @szescstopni)

#mondog #dogsofmastodon

The reason they're gutting the EPA is so 'farmers' can steal public water...you know...that thing that we are reminded is precious and not as obundant as it once was.

Your wetlands are about to become toxic. Also, rarer.

Touchscreen card devices may prevent blind customers paying

'Blind customers are being left "frustrated" and "embarrassed" by inaccessible payment devices. Some shops have buttonless touchscreen card readers, meaning you need sight to tap in your PIN'

Very short-sighted tech developers. They should have thought about this, and about the security issues. As should the businesses involved.

#disability #technology #tech

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-67239870

Starting to see a lot of shitty AI images out there on the open web.

Here, badly done AI ants on Phys Org illustrating an article scraped from elsewhere.

#generative_AI #scicomm #AI

https://phys.org/news/2023-09-invasive-ants-silent-threat-ecosystems.html

My son was born at 1:30 a.m. on November 5.

We set the clocks back last night at 2:00 a.m.

That means we went through the hour of 1:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m. twice.

That means we had his exact birth time twice today.

So he has a double birthday today, right?

🤔

Puffball stages.

Verschiedene Stadien eines Pilzes, der seine Sporen in einem Fruchtkörper in Kugelform bildet, der schließlich aufreißt.
Hasenstäublinge möglicherweise?

#fungiverse #mosstodon

@Grootinside TBH, accelerating climate change could very well lead to authoritarian systems, as we've seen throughout history. Strong-men tend to do well during chaos and famines.

#JustStopOil #protesters arrested after 10 minutes under UK’s ‘repressive’ new #AntiProtestLaws

The #UK is following in other #European countries footsteps with new powers to break up the #climate group's slow marches.

By Euronews Green
Published on 31/10/2023

"More than 60 #CimateActivists have been arrested in #London under the UK’s 'repressive' new anti-protest laws.

"Just Stop Oil protesters were taking part in a ‘slow march’ around Parliament Square yesterday morning (30 October), demanding an end to new #oil and #gas licenses.

"Within 10 minutes, Metropolitan police arrived - blocking their path and forcing activists off the road. When this proved unsuccessful, videos and photos show police kneeling on and handcuffing protesters, before carrying them into vans.

"This is the first time that the Met have made arrests under section 7 of the #PublicOrderAct 2023, which bans any activity that 'interferes with the use or operation of any key national infrastructure in #England and #Wales.'

"It’s part of a wider European crackdown on #DirectAction protests. #France and #Germany have taken an #AntiTerror approach to some #demonstrations; toughening #surveillance and #detention laws and even launching dawn raids on the homes of #LastGeneration members."

Read more:
https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/10/31/just-stop-oil-protesters-arrested-after-10-minutes-under-uks-repressive-new-anti-protest-l

#BigOilAndGas #Fascism #Corporatocracy #ClimateJustice #OilAndGasIndustry #Environment #HumanRights

a trail of blood
across the road
bowhunting season

#RuralLife
Daily #photography

Fediverse Networking Challenge! ​✨

I’m not on LinkedIn 🚫​
I’m not on Facebook ⛔​
I’m not on Twitter anymore ​

Do you think I can find a job in tech just by networking here? 👀

#Fediverse #Mastodon #LinkedIn #GetFediHired #FediHired

A small town mayor in Alabama killed himself after a conservative web site published pictures of him in women’s clothing and make-up. The closet is a hard place to be, and outing anyone can be very harmful. We need a society where it’s okay to be who you want to be so long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else. Is that so hard to imagine?

"...researchers found that the virus blocks specific genes that use oxygen to create ATP, forcing the body to deplete finite energy reserves in the body.

Without an energy source, cells throughout the body begin to starve, with the cells powering the brain and the heart suffering the most."

#CovidIsNotOver #LongCovid #Covid

Researchers Show SARS-Cov-2 Infection Affects Energy Stores in the Body, Causing Organ Failure

https://news.unchealthcare.org/2023/10/researchers-show-sars-cov-2-infection-affects-energy-stores-in-the-body-causing-organ-failure/

Do you trust AI to write the news? It already is – and not without issues

https://theconversation.com/do-you-trust-ai-to-write-the-news-it-already-is-and-not-without-issues-216909

> The Guardian has accused Microsoft of reputational damage, after it displayed one of its articles alongside an inappropriate AI-generated poll.

Mukbang ("eat-show") is a Korean entertainment format where, originally, a fully clad attractive woman had a solid meal on camera, possibly while adding running commentary. I just realised that since my wife moved in with me a bit less than 24 years ago, I have lived in an almost constant state of #mukbang. I have most of my meals while watching an attractive East Asian woman eat and provide running commentary.

#food #marriage