Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

"Mastodon is far from perfect. But I only have so many hours in the day, and only so many days left in my life. I would much rather spend those precious hours making a open service better than using a temporarily superior closed one. I have seen that movie. I know how it ends."

- @pluralistic

https://doctorow.medium.com/fool-me-twice-we-dont-get-fooled-again-20074e311f1f

Mastodon was the only place to catch every suggested short story I posted in July due to other social media shenanigans. But you still may have missed one.

I've got you covered, with a round-up over at my blog:
https://www.adriabailton.com/musings/short-fiction-round-up-77

This graph is making the rounds again on other social media sites. It begs the question "Why do men pay off their student loans, but women can't/won't?"

It's not Black history month, but you already know the answer!

Black women are forced to borrow more for their education. Then Black women are paid less when they graduate, even for the same degree.

A disproportionate amount of the $1.7 Trillion of loan debt (not a typo. Trillion. With a "T.") is held by Black women that did everything right)

A coworker asked me if I had big plans for the fall. It took me way too long to realize they meant “Autumn” and not the collapse of civilization…

@evelynefoerster Shame it wasn’t on the Abbey Road album!

#Beetles #Jokes #humour #today #DadJokes #MumJokes

Hello everyone! This is Benjamin Hollon; I spun up a GoToSocial instance to try out.

I will not be moving permanently, but I will be messaging some from this account and putting it through the motions. Feel free to ask questions!

The main water feature at THE NATIONAL BOTANIC GARDEN OF WALES is this long, pebble lined rill. It snakes it's way down the central avenue, sometimes going underground before popping back up again, or flowing around groups of ancient boulders. It ends at a large spiral and fountain. #nbgw

New “Eris” Covid Variant top 10 symptoms interestingly does not include fever-

1. Sore throat
2. Runny nose
3. Blocked nose
4. Sneezing
5. Dry cough
6. Headache
7. Wet cough
8. Hoarse voice
9. Muscle aches
10. Altered smell

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/health/ten-symptoms-new-rising-covid-30643261

Kansas State Wildcats must alter future football schedules as new members join Big 12 https://www.kansascity.com/sports/college/big-12/kansas-state/article278025168.html

old-style software was stuff like WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get*)

the new software paradigm** everyone's racing for is DIFM (Do It For Me)

* haahahahahahaaaaahaaaha
** ugh, sorry

We just had to send 2 warships to the Red sea...3000 US troops.

We recently had to deploy 4 destroyers to Alaska because of coordinated threatening maneuvers from both Russia and China.

TBH, I think trump already endangered #NationalSecurity of this country either for profit or for favor.

The indictments are likely the tip of the iceberg and only what can be made public.

#HomelandSecurity #TopSecret #GlobalThreats #RedSea #Alaska