I don’t know anything about #3dPrinters, but am hoping you folks can help me out. What is a good place to start in the under $500 (preferably less), open source, 3d printing realm? I want to make some toys, functional and precise replacement pieces when fixing things, mostly consumer electronics, and I want to be able to set it up with ease.
Today was rough. I did not get out of bed till 1, I recorded and edited a video for TikTok that I then immediately erased in error, my child had a meltdown over the specifics of what video game we would play together, I setup but did not paint the bathroom I planned to finish...
All that said, I did read Jacobin Magazine for two hours in the sun and it was warm enough to take my shirt off and get a little sweaty just sitting there. This really smoothed out all the other problems.
@mivox - So frustrating. I made a great video on who is liable to fall for scams (spoiler: It is anybody who is caught at the right time) and had edited the captions and made the post. Then I closed the app as it was uploading 🤦🏽♀️
The US is losing all of its unearned reputation as a benevolent spreader of democracy. Isael is becoming a pariah state and the US will stand by her, providing bombs and cash, making sure Isael can protect her self until the bitter end. It is disgusting.
Thank you to the state of Ireland for being willing to stand with Palestine.
Powering through the first few seasons For All Mankind I found myself crying all the time. It was cathartic. The ups and downs of joy and desperation. I took a break from the series but just now finished season 3. I steeled myself this time; but that did not stop me from bawling during the last couple of episodes. #ForAllMankind is top tier #scifi television and I can’t recommend it enough.
@riotRhino AAAAHHHHH god I love that show with all my heart and if a season five doesn’t materialize very soon I may switch to buying non-Apple phones out of sheer bitterness.
I am working on removing Amazon from my life. I needed a lamp for my bedside table so went to eBay to find something. Found one with two plugs, 2 standard USB and 1 USB C charging ports. My order arrived today… and it was drop shipped by #Amazon.
A doctor of mine informed me they could not submit prescriptions through Costco right now because they have been unable to accept requests. Looks like this is the reason why:
My wife and I have been discussing what it would look like to start an #IntentionalCommunity / #cohousing project here in the #SalishSea area (US side). There are existing communities that I am looking forward to visiting, but we want to focus our efforts with folks who are #Covid cautious right now. Throwing the question into the fediverse- is this something folks are interested in?
I am not promoter of the NYTimes in general, but this opinion video they just put out about filing #taxes is on point.
Let this serve as my annual reminder that #Intuit is not your friend and that #TurboTax is a scam. The US tax filing system is broken and we should not be playing guessing games with the IRS every tax season.
I called and left messages and emailed Senator Murray (D-WA) since the beginning of the genocide in Palestine, asking her to support a #ceasefire. She has been completely absent on providing a response to me and the thousands of her constituents who have demanded the same thing. She is usually quick to respond on any issue you would reach out on. Turns out when you accept over $680k from #AIPAC it is easy to deny Palestinian suffering.
Watching For All Man Kind while I am in my COVID isolation room, and I don’t know if it is the COVID, or the genocide of Palestinians, or that the overwhelming speed of global warming, but I have not cried this much watching a show before. What a great story.
@mivox I have some ready to go! My son brought it in the house from his mom’s home. It has been mild for him so far so hopefully will be for me as well. I have not had a fever in forever.
The message is the medium. The values of the fediverse are different right now from other platforms and what has been built here is much different than other corners of the web. That said, the popularity of this platform pales in comparison to other similar one. Here are the numbers I have found: #Mastodon: 1.5 million accounts #Bluesky: 3 million accounts (as of yesterday) #Threads: 160 million accounts #Twitter: 256 million active accounts
@riotRhino@mastodonusercount Yeah, that's exactly what I looked at :) In any case, looks like Fedi is something like 4-5x bigger than Bluesky at the moment I guess? (similarly in active users count)
#Seattle folks, you made me proud today. Shut it down for #Palestine! Folks blocked I5 North bound for hours (it still may be blocked now). It feels like the tides are turning on Israel but we still have a long way to go.