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EdwardTheDuck

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RickiTarr, to random
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Tell me a silly/funny childhood story!

I'll start:

One time in Sunday School, the teacher was talking about the difference between humans and animals, and mentioned that Animals had Tails and humans didn't. I let her know this was not true, because my Dad had a tail, just in the front, instead of the back. The teacher was silent for several seconds, and tried to correct me in a church appropriate way, but I doubled down, and insisted that my little brothers also had front tails too. This got so heated that the teacher had to go get my parents to take me out of Sunday School.

EdwardTheDuck,
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@RickiTarr Gives new meaning to "tailbones" 😏

When I was five, I thought I started the Loma Prieta earthquake. We used to go to this playground with a boat climbing structure, complete with a rope "anchor." One day I wanted to see what would happen if I pulled the rope. I did - suddenly everything started shaking. I was anxious even then, as my first thought wasn't of my or any other park goers safety. Rather I imagined a breaking news story shaming the little boy who pulled the rope. 🫨😂

JuliusGoat, to random
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We had another freedom shooting today, in Iowa this time. For those of you who don’t live in the U.S., we safeguard our freedom here by ensuring that anyone who thinks some person/people need killing is able to shoot them immediately, and every day someone decides to celebrate this basic freedom.

EdwardTheDuck,
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@JuliusGoat Don't forget the traditional greeting of "hopes & prayers." While I don't observe, I know enough that this phrase somehow concludes the ritual. 😬

RickiTarr, to random
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Today's theme is Normal!

You can take this test to see how "Normal" you are, and also how radically left wing you are! LOL Please share the results if you feel like it, or do nothing at all, because it really doesn't matter!

https://www.idrlabs.com/4-axes/test.php

EdwardTheDuck,
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@RickiTarr For context I often self-identify as a "milquetoast cishet white guy" and consider myself liberal not left-wing. I think this checks out? Bummer that (I suspect) wanting to spend time with your kids and pets is considered a "female" trait. Shouldn't everyone want strong relationships with loved ones? 🤷🏻‍♂️

arstechnica, to random
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Deepfake nudes of high schoolers spark police probe in NJ

Parents told the high school "believed" the deepfake nudes were deleted.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/deepfake-nudes-of-high-schoolers-spark-police-probe-in-nj/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

EdwardTheDuck,
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@arstechnica Ew. I don't understand why there's an "it might not be illegal" element here. Distributing explicit images of classmates or colleagues - however they were generated - is textbook sexual harassment.

ryanhoulihan, to random
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Oh my god, it’s Friday the 13th of October and I went rollerblading in the sunshine. That’s not spooky at all!

EdwardTheDuck,
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@ryanhoulihan Wonderful ensemble! 🤩🛼

dancinyogi, (edited ) to random
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Have you had a Mastodon "crush"? Someone you find yourself replying to A LOT and catching 'feels' for?'

#poll

Please boost for a wider demographic.

EdwardTheDuck,
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@dancinyogi There are people on here I like talking with and frankly some of them are pretty cute. It's nothing like an IRL crush though.

TexasObserver, to humanrights
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Top story: Our research shows working for the U.S. Postal Service was more dangerous than Walmart, despite the retail giant dwarfing them in size, and more dangerous than even similar sized delivery services.

@josephinelee breaks down the numbers, and puts a human face on them: https://www.texasobserver.org/usps-worker-heat-death-safety/

#HumanRights #WorkersRights #USPS #news #Texas #politics #USpol #heatwave #ClimateChange

EdwardTheDuck,
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@TexasObserver @josephinelee Thanks again for your reporting. Sorry I got a little out of pocket there.

One of the most troubling elements is that the USPS seems to be blatantly falsifying data. Is this something NALC or OSHA is looking into, or would Congress have to get involved? (Which... isn't likely to happen. 😅)

GottaLaff, to random
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Robert F Kennedy Jr announces independent run for president in move to abandon Democratic candidacy - #RFKJr https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/oct/09/biden-israel-palestine-republican-democrats-trump-house-speaker-latest?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

EdwardTheDuck,
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@GottaLaff @Grant_M While I share the concern generally, I take comfort in this sorta already happening a few years ago when a DIFFERENT Robert Kennedy Jr primaried Doug Jones in the Alabama Senate special election and didn't even get 20% of the vote. https://ballotpedia.org/Robert_Kennedy_Jr._(Alabama)

I also appreciate that the Biden campaign is taking these "independent candidate" grifters seriously.

Sheril, to random
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Just a reminder that we don’t have to argue with people on the Internet when they’re wrong.

EdwardTheDuck,
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@Sheril Yes! In a medium of manufactured outrage, it's much more meaningful to try to comfort the afflicted than afflict the comfortable.

thevglibrary, to KirbyBin
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So many Kirbys, but can you spot the one that's stuck⁉️

That's right - the 3rd entry in the FIND KIRBY series has arrived! 💗

More pages of fun, as holds a feast for the ages! 📚❤️

Check them all out here:

👉 https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/find-kirby-have-fun-at-the-party

@bookstodon

EdwardTheDuck,
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@thevglibrary @bookstodon What a delightful find! Thanks for sharing. 🤞🏻 this series will be translated & released Stateside one day. It would be great for school book fairs.

andrewstroehlein, to random
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Twitter/X "will collect information about the location of users and their private messages, which may constitute mass surveillance."
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2023/09/global-xs-new-policy-risks-violating-right-to-privacy-for-millions/

EdwardTheDuck,
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@rticks @ssamulczyk @andrewstroehlein My dude, I agree with you and I'm still begging: please don't do this. Comparing modern American political parties to those of a historical era in another country does a disservice to those who lost their lives then & now. Let's keep our eyes on the prize, solidarity with those on the margins against encroaching fascism & ever-present surveillance. And to state the obvious, posting profiles to invite harassment is just gross.

EdwardTheDuck,
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@rticks @ssamulczyk @andrewstroehlein So in a roundabout way we returned to why some people still use Twitter despite everything.

There is no sustainable alternative to voting for Democrats/leaving Twitter if you want to keep fascists out of power in the US/participate in a global fan movement. Decentralized models like mutual aid/Mastodon, while worthwhile, exist outside the system by design & can't scale up to be accessible for normies.

My goal is to welcome these people, not proselytize.

EdwardTheDuck,
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@rticks @ssamulczyk @andrewstroehlein To be clear, I deleted my Twitter account earlier this year & lobbied for my work to do the same. (And I actually like Democrats a lot.)

While it frustrates me many choose to stay, the network effect is real. At the end of the day all I can do is support alternative models & lobby for them where I can, so one day they can become sustainable or even new norm. Until then, let's promote harm reduction. Lambasting others who have no options... doesn't do that.

RickiTarr, to random
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Y'all remember the Wild West that was the early internet? So, after Napster got shut down, file sharing didn't stop, you know what it did? That's right kids, let's say it all together: DECENTRALIZED! This protected those sites from being sued and shut down. It's interesting to once again be moving around in decentralized networks again 20+ years later. The past and the future are colliding in such interesting ways.

EdwardTheDuck,
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@RickiTarr A UX critique of Napster & Limewire was bad information. While far less harmful than say, today's election interference, fan sites for They Might Be Giants & Weird Al had to keep lengthy lists of "these songs are not by this artist" alongside their real discographies as any comedy/parody song would be misattributed to them. Happened a lot with pop punk too. I have MP3s that are old enough to drink and still don't know & maybe have no way of ever knowing who's really behind them.

Chrishallbeck, to comics
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Seriously?

EdwardTheDuck,
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@Chrishallbeck 🤣 Ma & Pa Kent raised him right!

heidilifeldman, to random
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The prosecutors seeking to bring Trump to justice are amazingly brave. They now require round-the-clock protection due to threats of physical violence from Trump supporters. Important reporting on this and other political violence stoked by Trump here, gift access, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/24/us/politics/trump-prosecutions-threats-violence.html?unlocked_article_code=tglcZLARKAn9S1t0w-CGvB3OxAr112XNIBHso6wBWpv5r6TzeoNR_ZNepUzOTVk5GVywIvjAmniVaX-E8XVrN2lFdN_JjnrfAqeU_p2GsANaT75caEu5NWjloJep2sNn6rFfft5IHjp7ka2b0AGsEP6tRN_B8kov7rbDEeojuSqPR6ZVx8fy1n_rHkg2YI1aPauwnTBkyWMMk9AQ7ZouQ8fqjg0P7etgxqYZ5K9eQ75izS82tC9V99Q5vux_aGjbIH6LxOWaVtPen9aVPbXp3ywVnNJ9sX-Tsn_u5er-UNCUvrKz2empLqQTPrkkYQl1HuSqNbfFN_ioxxsrC7CkArlxgjZcdGoFrELztTC6OTcW&smid=url-share #FaniWillis #JackSmith #AlvinBragg #LawFedi

EdwardTheDuck,
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@heidilifeldman Thanks for gifting the article. I did take some comfort in this quote:

“Professor Pape, of the University of Chicago, said that while the numbers of people who felt violence was justified to support Mr. Trump were concerning, he would rather focus on a different group identified in his survey: the 80 percent of American adults who said they supported a bipartisan effort to reduce the possibility of political violence.”

aral, to fediverse
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Mathematical italic capital h mathematical italic small e mathematical italic small l mathematical italic small l mathematical italic small o.

WTF?

Oh, I just said “Hello” to you in italics.

(That’s similar to what someone who uses a screen reader hears when you use fancy non-alphabetical Unicode characters to simulate italics or boldface on your fediverse posts. So please don’t do that.)

#fediverse #acessibility #a11y #unicode

EdwardTheDuck,
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@aral Good on you for learning, changing your behavior, and encouraging others to do the same.

EdwardTheDuck, to random
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One of my kids accidentally said Spider-Man 2019 instead of #SpiderMan2099 and now I'm imagining a Peter Parker who was laid off when the Daily Bugle pivoted to video and shitposts between gig work.

EdwardTheDuck,
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@SchlocklusterVideo "You may have bested the Brainiac. But can you overcome... THE LISTICLE?" 😂

dgar, (edited ) to random
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(Edit: Image found on Facebook.
I do not know where you can buy this item.)

EdwardTheDuck,
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@dgar MOFA Deez Nuts!

#SorryNotSorry

NewsDesk, (edited ) to USpolitics
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The Mitch McConnell incident is reviving questions about America's aging leadership. FiveThirtyEight recently reported that Congress is older than it's ever been: https://flip.it/jEOVef

Do you think there should be a maximum age limit for president and Congress?

EdwardTheDuck,
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@NewsDesk No. As others have said, term limits for all federal offices (including the judiciary, which is arguably even more important as a lifetime, unelected position) would be a more organic way to bring in "new blood."

At 53 years old, John Fetterman is far younger than the Senate's median age of 65. Yet, he was "unfit to serve" due to health struggles. I deeply admire his perseverance & perspective, which is valuable, and worry arbitrary age/health limits would shut voices like that out.

eniko, to random
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every time i look at my bsky feed im amazed at how angry everyone there already is. that honeymoon period sure didn't seem to last long

EdwardTheDuck,
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@eniko Angry about the site specifically or just cranky-ranty in general?

vagina_museum, to random
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OLD THREAD REPOST

Good afternoon, who would like to hear about a controversy about sending nudes into outer space?

Well, we're going to tell you about a controversy about sending NUDES into OUTER SPACE...

EdwardTheDuck,
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@vagina_museum Sending nudes into outer space was controversial? There were already nudes on the moon!

lauren, to mastodon
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I'm pretty disgusted by all the hate being directed here on #Mastodon at five newly dead people who very likely have families and friends and others who cared deeply about them. While there is literally no amount of money that could have convinced me to ride in that thing, having a bit of respect for the dead, or at least for those who loved them, would be a much better look for Mastodon in my opinion.

EdwardTheDuck,
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@lauren Thanks for posting this! I was all set to come on here with some snarky eat-the-rich nonsense and then I saw your post following another expressing basic sympathy for the families and quickly changed my tune.

Too often, I assume afflicting the comfortable is synonymous with comforting the afflicted. Thanks for the reminder that mean-spiritedness is, well, mean, no matter who the target is.

thevglibrary, to NintendoSwitch
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Happy 30th anniversary to #The7thGuest!

While we'll all likely celebrate once it hits the #NintendoSwitch next week, in the meantime:

Head on over to #TheVideoGameLibrary and check out this 1995 novelization from
Matthew J. Costello and Craig Shaw Gardner.

👉https://thevideogamelibrary.org/book/the-7th-guest-a-novel

#PCGaming #PC #PCGame #VideoGame #VideoGames #7thGuest #VirginInteractive #RetroGame #AdventureGame #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Novel #Novelization #Gamer #Gaming #Read #Bookworm #AprilFoolsDay

EdwardTheDuck,
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@thevglibrary @bookstodon What a find! I follow someone on Instagram who collects (tiedinfilm for those who use that platform) and had no idea video game novelizations even existed!

Thanks for the tip on on too. I remember playing that and as a kid and don't remember beating either. 🤔🖥️💀 Were both games re-released or just the one?

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