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darren

@darren@c.im

Just me, living my life. A round-earther and curious technophile. Sharing a bit of life along the #Minnesota- #NorthDakota border. Amplifying a variety of interesting and passionate people.

#Vikings fan, #skol, #MNUFC, #sunsets, outdoors, #lakelife, #UpNorth #fishing, #iceFishing, #winter, #mnastodon, former #Microsoft, dad to #actuallyautistic adult.

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aral, to DuckDuckGo
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“Choice.”

#alternatives #choice #DuckDuckGo #DDG #Qwant #ecosia #bing

Qwant search for foo at 09:18: Qwant is temporarily unavailable.
Ecosia search for foo @ 09:17: There was a problem loading search results for “foo”
Two astronauts staring at Earth from space. Front astronaut: “you mean it’s all just Bing?” Rear astronaut, aiming gun at front astronaut: “Always has been.”

darren,
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@winniehell @dave @aral

Just learned YaCy is on Fedi

https://sigmoid.social/@orbiterlab

darren, to Colorado
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Enjoyed a visit to #ManitouSprings, #Colorado. Lots of fun attractions, galleries, restaurants and eclectic stores. Even found #vegan food for lunch.
Its #Summer! Get out and #explore!

GottaLaff, to random
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NEW: THE JURY HAS REACHED A VERDICT IN THE TRUMP TRIAL.

darren,
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@dannotdaniel @GottaLaff

Make Assholes Guilty Again.

#MAGA

meidastouch, to random

President Biden: The American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed. Donald Trump was given every opportunity to defend himself. After five weeks, the jury reached a unanimous verdict. They found Trump guilty on all 34 felony counts.

darren,
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@meidastouch
No convicted criminal has ever liked a guilty verdict.

darren, to Minnesota
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I have long family history in #NorthDakota, and there's much beauty and kindness in the state. But ND is a national leader in low voter turn out, and that has lead to #Republicans gerrymandering #Democrats out of existence in the state house, paving the way for the unrestrained cruel, hysterical culture war politics we see today.
One of the reasons the R's get away with it is because a huge percentage of North Dakotans live within an hour of the #Minnesota border. When ND forced the state's only #abortion clinic out of #FargoND, it just moved a couple of miles to #MoorheadMN. Meh... whats the big deal, right, just cross the river to Minnesota.

ND wants to be seen as business friendly. But attacks on LGBTQ people, indigenous peoples voting, the environment, health care, women, books and libraries.... it takes a toll on your reputation. #NDSU and #UND, major growth engines and population importers for the state, risk being seen as places to avoid.

Gender reassignment surgery is now illegal, even though its never been performed in ND. And I suppose ND kids needing puberty blockers can just travel to Minnesota for the care they need, and once again North Dakotan's can wave off the hate and sit out the next election.

I agree with Cody Schuler, of ACLU ND: “This ban won’t stop North Dakotans from being trans, but it will deny them critical support that helps struggling transgender youth grow up to become thriving transgender adults.”

But eventually, this cruelty is going to lead to a less prosperous North Dakota. Maybe thats what it will take to prove to North Dakotans that voting has consequences.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/north-dakota-governor-signs-law-limiting-transgender-care-minors-rcna80736

lwbadger, to Minnesota

The work on the park in Pelican Rapids appears to be complete. The dam replaced by rapids, Pelican Pete freshly painted, a new pedestrian bridge across river, and the former bottom of Mill Pond now grassy instead of muddy.

#LargeAnimalStatues #landscape #Minnesota

darren,
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@lwbadger Thats quite an improvement. A friend of mine on the watershed board said that this was a major step toward restoring trout and sturgeon on the Ottertail river. And Pete isn't all rusty anymore.

darren, to art
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"Smiling Girl, a Courtesan, Holding an Obscene Image."
One of my favorite paintings, seen at St Louis Art Museum during a recent visit. Just love the expression on her face, and the humanity embodied in her presence. An oil painting on canvas by Gerard van Honthorst, created in 1625.

Learn more at https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiling_Girl,_a_Courtesan,_Holding_an_Obscene_Image

#art #museum #paintings #Dutch #StLouis #SLAM #ArtMuseum #prostitutes #sexWorkers

Tutanota, to microsoft
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With introducing which will screenshot your screen to monitor all activities on your device, this begs the question...

What distro will you be switching to?

darren,
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@Tutanota Can anyone recommend a disto known to work well with on a Surface tablet?

Cstnskld, to mastodon Swedish
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My biggest #gripe with #Mastodon is reach and the ability to discover stuff outside of chronological scrolling. Lists in #BlueSky make that better. Imho the algorithms in #Threads are too intrusive.

If there were simpler ways to connect with different topics on here it would make it excellent, to me at least. I guess it might come down to why you use different social media.

darren,
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@Cstnskld I second hashtags. Fedilab lets me follow those I find interesting. Works well for me. When i find someone I like, I dive into their feed, often finding more interesting people thru their boosts.

darren, to random
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Heading to in hopes that will finally win a game for me. I have to travel 500 miles RT to watch the Loons. I see about 3 games per season. Havent seen them win in person in three years. If they don't win today, my miles-to-win ratio drops to 5,000/0.

darren,
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@Kaptainkr I thought that game would never end. The ref did everything he could to thow it to Portland, but they won anyway.

darren, to architecture
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At Drekker Brewery in , they had bricks from demolition, so they created an interesting cementless courtyard wall.

FargoNd

A close view of a fence made of wire holding randomly placed bricks. Grey rocks in foreground. The sky has whispy clouds.

darren, to Minnesota
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Traffic jam on the lake channel!
Enjoy a safe memorial day weekend!

#lakelife #Minnesota

darren, to random
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Back in my college days, my go-to hangover treatment was an Arby's Giant roast beef sandwich, large curly fries and their largest Coke. Something about the combination of salt and caffeine, carbs and protein in that meal always made me feel better.
I don't abuse alcohol like that any more. But if I did, I'd head to #Arbys straightway. Even though I never eat fast food, I'd make an exception for a hangover.
This is on my mind because one of my kids doesn't look so good this morning.

#hangovers

jmarthaler, to random
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With every passing day, it seems more likely that there are only two outcomes for and Emanuel Reynoso: the Copetti, or the Rigoni.

https://www.startribune.com/emanuel-reynoso-minnesota-united-mls-liga-mx-enzo-copetti-emiliano-rigoni/600367979/

darren,
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@jmarthaler I'm not an expert on #MLS Designated Player rule, but how soon after they lance ReyNoShow could the Loons pick up a new DP, assuming they had someone in mind?

darren, (edited ) to random
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Ivy on The Ivers building.

Richard_Littler, to Typography
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I've been hunting for this specific typeface/font for ages, but can never find it. It was used for cinema light box/marquees in the UK in the 1960s-1980s. It's close to some of the usual suspects (Gill Sans, Human521, Futura, DIN, Century, etc ), but no cigar. Any ideas?

Cinema light box marquee
Cinema light box marquee
Cinema light box marquee

darren,
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@Richard_Littler Optima Bold?

jd, to random
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Built during the depression, it was too expensive to use the letter U in signage.

#madeUpHistory

darren,
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@jd Fun fact. The letter U arrived in North America in 1945 with returning soldiers from the Italian war theater.

( @lowqualityfacts )

HopelessDemigod, to Minnesota
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#Minnesota #History

The Foshay tower in downtown Minneapolis required guy wires when it was originally built.

darren,
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@HopelessDemigod Foshay is such an awesome art decco structure. Ive stayed at the W Hotel Foshay. The bar at the top, the museum and view from the balcony are amazing.

darren,
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@HopelessDemigod Those wires look more like lightning protection than anything structural, dont they?

darren,
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@HopelessDemigod It looks like celebratory ribbons, probably to celebrate a grand opening.

darren, (edited ) to aitools
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My view out the window riding the city bus today. Bus wrap makes travel miserable. Advertising wrap over bus windows says to bus riders that they dont deserve a view of their city or a comfortable ride.

darren, to Birds
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Northern cardinal, chillin' on our lawn today.

darren, (edited ) to random
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Driving home late from a soccer game, just saw a enter over west central Minnesota, grow bright, then break into several pieces. Cool.

darren,
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Years ago I was lucky to see what became known as the Mifflin #meteorite. Very bright, flashing, colorful. It traversed a long path. I will never forget it.

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