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Hawaii

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Hello Mastodon, my name is Rob. I'm a relatively normal person but with a weird accent. I've lived in four countries, at least as many alternative universes, and countless alternative realities. I'm fascinated with all sorts of cultures, languages, music, and foods. Some folks know me as a #writer, a lay #Buddhist, a #rabbit adopter, a #vegan, or a #photographer. I'm a #survivor of childhood abuse, so support children's issues and #MentalHealth. Nice to meet you!

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Hawaii, to random
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Heated floors: Why Koreans love the floor: The cultural secret behind ignoring sofas

https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-05-18/culture/lifeStyle/WHY-Why-Koreans-love-the-floor-The-cultural-secret-behind-ignoring-sofas/2049113

Hawaii, to random
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Same as it ever was: the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

“Dow surpasses 40,000, world stocks hit record amid rate cut hopes”

https://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/15269881

Hawaii, to random
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100% support for independence protestors in . The violence and damage that a small handful of people are doing is nothing compared to the violence and damage caused by more than a century of France colonialism.

drahardja, to Texas
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#Texas is losing Californian transplants again. No surprise to me, as Texas politicans use Californians as rhetoric bait—at the same time boasting about how Californians are moving into the state to create the next Silicon Valley in Austin, while simultaneously scapegoating Californians as disgusting commie liberals invading their state, lumping them together with “illegal immigrants” in their xenophobic rhetoric.

Not said in the article is the fact that Texas law is hostile to non-cis-het people, especially those with a uterus. You can’t pay me enough money to relocate to Texas (or any number of southern red states), because that would add a mortal risk, if not to me directly, then to someone close to me.

The recent influx of tech workers to Texas was a mirage anyway, fueled more by tax giveaways than any systemic change. Now that the money has run dry, companies are finding a different state to fleece.

“Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them.”

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/austin-texas-tech-bust-oracle-tesla/

Hawaii,
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@drahardja About two years into the pandemic #Hawaii created the “Movers And Shakas” program which subsidized bringing remote workers to Hawai’i. Caused a valid backlash locally, and I wonder how many of the participants are still in Hawai’i. The program should have been called “Out Of State Landlord Support Program;” all HI got out if it was more shoppers in Costco.

Binder, to random
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“How do you manage to not compulsively read the entirety of every book you start?”

Simple explanation, really. I’m a natural born quitter.

I quit when things aren’t working & when they are. For any reason or no reason. I’ve probably quit more things than most people have begun.

Hawaii,
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@Binder
I have a huge number of books I’ve loved enough to never want them to end - so I skip the last chapter. The characters, the places, all the unanswered questions and unrealized potentials, remain my BFFs.

Sadly though, my mind reached capacity years ago, and now new BFFs seem to be overwriting earlier ones.

So I go back and reread, and the self-perpetuating cycle itself becomes the BFF.

Hawaii, to random
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Florida dolphin found with highly pathogenic avian flu: Report

https://phys.org/news/2024-04-florida-dolphin-highly-pathogenic-avian.html

Hawaii, to hongkong
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#HongKong’s treasurer tells visiting UK minister that BN(O) passport not recognised for early pension withdrawal https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/25/hong-kongs-treasurer-tells-visiting-uk-minister-that-bno-passport-not-recognised-for-early-pension-withdrawal/ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/04/25/hong-kongs-treasurer-tells-visiting-uk-minister-that-bno-passport-not-recognised-for-early-pension-withdrawal/

protonprivacy, to random
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The perfect time to vent some (honest) frustration in your email signature is #NationalEmailDay.

Drop yours in the comments. 😉

Thanks for not scheduling a meeting instead, L. Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
Yay! You've reached the end of this email, Loki Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
I look forward to retirement, Eric Sent with Proton Mail secure email.

Hawaii,
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@protonprivacy
This e-mail could have been a meeting.

Hawaii, to random
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bought , who designed around their previous product . Now Bayer claims that waging chemical warfare in the yard, garden, and farm should be acceptable.

Weedkiller manufacturer seeks lawmakers’ help to squelch claims it failed to warn about

https://apnews.com/article/bayer-legislation-glyphosate-roundup-lawsuits-cancer-warning-4fa2e6662479f3e60a409ce4439a40ed

Hawaii, to ps5
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“Codenamed Trinity, the PlayStation 5 Pro model will include a more powerful GPU and a slightly faster CPU mode. All of Sony’s changes point to a #PS5 Pro that will be far more capable of rendering games with ray tracing enabled or hitting higher resolutions and frame rates in certain titles.” #gaming

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/15/24130716/sony-ps5-pro-specs-release-date-rumors

Hawaii, to Stoicism
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I wish that #peace drove as many of our actions as violence. Physical violence, economic, social, cultural, sexist, racist, environmental, and more. Even the games we play and the foods we eat. Humanity seems driven to destroy not only itself, but everything around it - even the water, air, and soil that support our lives. Earth is written off as collateral damage. We treat our own kind, even our children, as if we are a disease to be eradicated. Choose peace; our choices are being taken away.

dgar, (edited ) to random
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Hawaii,
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@dgar love this!

verge, to random
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Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations

Hawaii,
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@verge
Another reason to never, ever use #Windows: now you'll have ads embedded in your OS (browser ad blockers won't work on them). Use Linux instead - the vast majority of distros are #FOSS.

Hawaii, to Stoicism
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I enjoy exploring the world via Google Earth; it's much less damaging to the environment, though may be damaging to your privacy because it's a Google product. In any case, here's a screenshot from , . Sighting a sign with the word "Peace" made me wonder how those folks are doing today. in Myanmar may be difficult to imagine while a violent military controls the country.

Hawaii, to Korea
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'Politics that kill': South 's youth say government failing them

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/south-korea-election-youth-voters-unhappy-4252286?cid=internal_sharetool_iphone_09042024_cna

Hawaii, to climate
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Europe's top human rights court ruled on Tuesday (Apr 9) that the Swiss government had violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to do enough to combat #ClimateChange, a decision that will set a precedent for future climate lawsuits.

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/climate-change-litigation-switzerland-citizen-human-rights-european-court-human-rights-portugal-4253606?cid=internal_sharetool_iphone_09042024_cna

Hawaii, to random
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Enjoying @annaleen ʻs “The Future Of Another Timeline” and getting blown away (and disgusted) by all the references to Anthony Comstock. Sad that all this Comstock rubbish is still such a problem today, 130 years later. Sheeple are sheeple.

Hawaii, to writing
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“There is a Royal Order of Adjectives, and you follow it without knowing what it is—a particular sequence to use when more than one adjective precedes a noun. There are exceptions, of course, because English is three languages in a trenchcoat. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, in general, the proper order is:
Opinion Size Physical quality Shape Age Color Origin Material Type Purpose”
#writing #language
https://boingboing.net/2024/03/24/there-is-a-royal-order-of-adjectives-and-you-follow-it-without-knowing-what-it-is.html

Hawaii, to random
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EPA bans #asbestos, a deadly carcinogen still in use decades after a partial ban https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2024/03/18/epa-bans-asbestos-deadly-carcinogen-still-use-decades-after-partial-ban/

Hawaii, to random
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“Doctors at #Kenya's public hospitals began a nationwide strike Thursday, accusing the government of failing to implement a raft of promises from a collective bargaining agreement signed in 2017 after a 100-day strike that saw people dying from lack of care.”

https://www.africanews.com/2024/03/15/kenyan-doctors-strike-nationwide-patients-turned-away-at-public-hospitals/

compost, to gardening
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I am getting curious, what do you listen to when you garden or compost?

Hawaii,
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@compost Sometimes podcasts, but most of the time just gentle music, the sort that will brighten my mood and not put me in a beat-heavy rush. Gotta respect the bugs and bacteria whose homes I'm rummaging through.

Hawaii, to random
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Doctors have had a difficult time during . Maybe that combined with long hours worked is behind their strike - not a new med school admissions quota.

“The monthly 2023 average translates into a total of 1,874 working hours per year, the first ever reading in the 1,800-hour range.
With the introduction of the 52-hour weekly work hour system in 2018, South Korea has seen a steady decline in its notoriously long working hours.”

https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240303001600315?section=national/national

Hawaii, to Korea
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Now a multibillion-dollar empire, draw global fans
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-03-01/business/industry/Now-a-multibilliondollar-empire-Korean-webtoons-draw-global-fans/1992088

sidereal, to random
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Any modern TV is just an enshittified computer plugged into a TV. You could just plug a normal computer into a big ass monitor, get some speakers, then you're off to the races but you still have adblock. Fuck a TV

Hawaii,
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@sidereal my next tv will be a high-def computer monitor. With everything streaming now there’s no reason to invite the privacy invasions that come with a “smart tv.”

Em0nM4stodon, to random

New People of Mastodon :mastodon:​✨

Know that Saturdays on Mastodon are in fact Caturdays :ablobcatnod:​

If you have a cat,
please caticipate by sharing pictures (with alt-text) of your cutie friend with us and using the hashtag Caturday!

We need more cats! :blobcatalt:​

MORE CATS! :blobcatflip:​

:blobcatrainbow:​

Hawaii,
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@Em0nM4stodon
is also:
for bat fans or batmans
for your boss' yesmen or flat-earthers
for Animal House fans
for insect champions
for those with fancy chapeaus
for Mormons
for physicists
for salespeople
for cute rats
...oh, and in some jurisdictions it is referred to as "Saturday," but I'm not buying that one.

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