Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

Mastoversary.

I created my Mastodon account around 4 years ago but it lay fallow and I only started using it in earnest approximately one year ago today, and I have never looked back. It is now the only social media site that I read regularly, and you...
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"Young Activists to Biden: Change Course on Gaza — or Lose in 2024"

Good for those kids! That's exactly what they have to do. The Democrats have to realize that our votes are not *a given.*

#USNews #USPol #Gaza #Democrats #activists

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/biden-israel-gaza-young-voters-2024-election-1234870340/

Retro Computer Festival 2023 is go!

#RC2014onTour #RC2014 #RCF2023

Canada had our worst fire season ever recorded this year.

Australia's fire season is just starting and it is devastating.

The scale of fires in NW Australia is an area bigger than Western Europe has been on fire at some point over the last 6 weeks.

Stay safe down under.

The man-made climate breakdown is 1000 times more costly than getting off fossil fuels.

The time for talking has long past. We need to move quickly to transition. Canada has a lot of work to do on this front.

#indiana
Butler University launches two-year college with degrees free to most students

https://in.chalkbeat.org/2023/11/3/23945228/butler-university-to-offer-students-two-year-degree-for-free

Like so many others here, I recently passed my one-year anniversary of joining Mastodon. It's been a joy.

I have slightly more than half of the followers here that I had on the deadbird site when I stopped posting there -- and conservatively, 10 times the genuine engagement in boosts, favorites, and replies with the Mastodon account.

My thanks to @Gargron and his team for their hard work.

(Advice: If you aren't donating to your instance, please do so.)

@purplepadma @darklyadapted I had to go to three shops - one of them twice as I forgot something - but fruit is now soaking & smells divine. Thanks for the motivation 😊.

Hey there Mastodonians. I could use a hand.

Last week I lost my #job for the third time THIS YEAR: once to a bankruptcy, once to a toxic CEO, and again last week due to an acquisition by a parent company that eliminated my position.

My background is in #solar #sales #leadership though I also have high writing proficiency (including a master's degree in creative #writing). Can you pass this around and reply if you have any job leads? I have 0 runway left at this point.

The next time you see high gas prices, remember that Exxon posted $9.1 billion in earnings for the third quarter of this year. The money is coming out of consumers’ pockets and going back to Exxon’s wealthy shareholders, to which it gave $8.1 billion in Q3.

Maybe everyone should use the term LLM (large language model) instead of AI for all such projects. But I guess then nobody will get hyped over it, especially investors who wish to make quick money out of the current trends.

The Internet is at a point where I trust the geocities-ass page that looks like a child made it more than any slickly produced modern web experience.

I crave your shitty blogs. Give me your UNDER CONSTRUCTION gifs.

Banner at protest outside the BBC in London

One country has one of the planet's strongest militaries, support from the Global North, a 27x bigger GDP, history of paying people to defend it online, decades of favourable propaganda...

It ain't the ones pulling mates out from under bomb rubble & burning with white phosphorus

Photos: Tens of thousands of people are currently protesting in DC demanding President Biden demand a ceasefire and withdraw US support from Israel's bombardment of Gaza:

@HollyCo26588808 I remember back in the 80s my 80+ yr old grandmother had gotten something similar. Basically just a cat sized furry thing that 'purred' and vibrated.

She was well aware what it was but said she just felt better holding and stroking it...having a 'pet' without having to be responsible for an actual pet.