Want to hear something crazy?
My grandfather was a clockmaker/repairer. When he sold someone a clock he would give them a card with his home phone number and tell them to call him if there was a problem. He and my Granny moved to their house since 1952 and my Granny still owns it.
In 2020 someone who had bought a clock in 1965 CALLED AND ASKED FOR MY GRANDFATHER TO HELP HIM FIX IT.
I know because I was there looking after Granny and I answered the phone.
Do you know your spouse/SO's cell phone number (without looking it up)?
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
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.
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.
https://phys.org/news/2023-09-invasive-ants-silent-threat-ecosystems.html
Puffball stages.
Verschiedene Stadien eines Pilzes, der seine Sporen in einem Fruchtkörper in Kugelform bildet, der schließlich aufreißt.
Hasenstäublinge möglicherweise?
@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."
#BigOilAndGas #Fascism #Corporatocracy #ClimateJustice #OilAndGasIndustry #Environment #HumanRights
Living in the #wetlands of #Polesia (also spelled #Polesie) in #EasternPoland. Surrounded by #bogs and #forests, trying not to fuck up surrounding nature too much.
Taking care of a small pack of #dogs – #IdąPsięta.
Luddite working with hi-tech.
#RuralBroadband provider by accident. Starting a small LoRaWAN project to monitor our wetlands. Coding in #Python. Dealing with dirty data, cleaning them when time allows.
#Atheist. I don't *believe* in #science – science is the *only* thing that protects us from belief.
Fuck nazis.
My account on Twitter is still up, for good reasons. https://twitter.com/szescstopni
I check facts before I toot.
I sometimes toot in Polish.
Zdolny, ale leniwy.