Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

When I got my cat I thought he was a a little dumb.
But today he pulled a shrimp magnet off the fridge to play with, then he was done with it, he PUT IT BACK ON THE FRIDGE.

@cheerfulmadness I have to admit I had forgotten about that comet... From what I read, it is in the constellation of Pavo, in the southern sky. So, yeah, we're pretty much screwed to see it in the UK. #astronomy

Newfoundland first responders walk off the job following strike order from union leadership
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/paramedics-strike-teamsters-union-fewers-ambulance-1.6720302

Microsoft is checking everyone's bags for unsupported Office installs

https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/21/microsoft_office_count_update/

remember that @libreoffice exists and is free

If you live where there is a moderately dark sky at night, you can find this #constellation without too much trouble. Look for #Orion, and from there go south. The stars of #Lepus are visible to the west of the bright star #Sirius. #astronomy

📷: Stellarium

The British malaise is, it seems to me, down to the fact that we've developed a political and journalistic class of utterly trivial people, with no real grounding in or understanding of any intellectual discipline: not history, not philosophy, not political theory, and most certainly not any science or technology. I'm talking mainly of the #Conservatives, of course - but by no means only of the Conservatives. >>>

The next time you hear Republicans in Congress complaining about increasing IRS enforcement, remember that the richest 1 percent of Americans evade as much as $163 billion in taxes each year.

Hey all,
So I went to the thrift store to see if I could find the #8 book in this series but it wasn’t there. So, if anyone has it or any other books in the series I will gladly buy them from you.

“North Dakota lawmakers rejected a bill Friday that would have made people pay $1,500 each time they refer to themselves or others with gender pronouns different from the ones they were assigned at birth” #LGBTQ+ #ProtectTransYouth
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/lgbtq-people-allies-could-face-1500-fine-in-north-dakota/

Taliban has banned women from seeing male doctors AND banned women from seeking medical education to become doctors. This is a sure fire way to kill women. It’s beyond barbaric.

Moreover, Prophet Muhammad (sa) declared education incumbent upon women AND declared medical knowledge as the most worthwhile knowledge. Taliban extremists ignore that entirely—because they fear truth, justice, and empowered women.

Taliban are enemies of all humanity.

Sajid Javid calls for patients to pay for GP and A&E visits

Of course he does - it’s been the Tory end game all along. At least now they’ve dropped the pretense. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jan/20/sajid-javid-calls-for-patients-to-pay-for-gp-and-ae-visits

The ghost town of Bodie, CA by starlight

Gallery: https://www.abandonedamerica.us/bodie

NYC townhouse and occult researchers’ headquarters lists for $15M

https://nypost.com/2023/01/17/nyc-home-and-occult-researchers-headquarters-lists-for-15m/

"The American Society for Psychical Research, a 138-year-old nonprofit committed to studying 'extraordinary or as yet unexplained phenomena,' has put its tony headquarters on the market for $15 million."

Quick. Someone buy this for me?!

#OmniumGatherum #esoteric

Carnivorous oyster mushrooms can kill roundworms with “nerve gas in a lollipop”

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/carnivorous-oyster-mushrooms-can-kill-roundworms-with-nerve-gas-in-a-lollipop/

"The mushrooms have evolved a novel mechanism for paralyzing and killing its nematode prey: a toxin contained within lollipop-like structures called toxocysts that, when emitted, causes widespread cell death in roundworms within minutes. Scientists have now identified the specific volatile organic compound responsible for this effect"

#OmniumGatherum #science

An inspiration to countless girls, Dr. Kalpana Chawla was the first woman of Indian descent to go to space, a pilot, and an aerospace engineer. Chawla is pictured here on STS-107 in January 2003, two weeks before she and her crewmates perished during re-entry. #NASARemembers
#NASAhistory

The Smithsonian has made over 4 MILLION images open source! You can create, copy, distribute, etc. This is amazing!

https://www.si.edu/openaccess

@SecularJeffrey I still think the "Radium Condoms" aremy favourite part of the Radium Craze. "Baby, you're makin' me HOT!" "No, darling, that's the condom reaching critical mass!"

Are you looking for open source professionals to add to your team? List your jobs on #OSJobHub and get connected to qualified candidates https://opensourcejobhub.com #jobs #career #OpenSource #FOSS #engineer #SoftwareDeveloper #marketing #sales #tech #DevOps #sysadmin #security #Linux

I'm older so I remember things. Everything you see happening today should be understood this way:

The top tax rate used to be 90% in order to prevent the really rich from destroying democracy.

The corporate tax rate was 50% because corporations exist to serve society.

AND the inheritance tax was really high to keep family dynasties from gaining power over us.

#taxes #democracy