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hikeofthemenrys, to random
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Let the memes begin

hikeofthemenrys,
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(Uncredited only because I don’t know who made it)

hikeofthemenrys,
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Lots of anonymous heroes tonight

hikeofthemenrys, to random
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You know you’re in a good Chinese restaurant when you’re the only native English speaker in the whole joint.

Table at a Chinese restaurant with a pitcher of tea and water. There are descriptions in English and Mandarin of the Chinese zodiac.

hikeofthemenrys, to random
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My camera can see the aurora, maybe, but I can’t.

hikeofthemenrys, to random
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I didn’t get to see this one but I saw #totality in 2017 and Joe’s description of seeing a total solar #eclipse is 100% accurate. You totally become that guy. “Oh you saw 99%? Dude, you, no, it’s not the same.” https://youtu.be/NZr5HaFAfhw?si=rbIrLif4e1fD9w1G

hikeofthemenrys, to random
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Omg that’s it

chopaganda, to random
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This story is insane and even more insane if you live in a legal state.

from @teleskiguy https://mastodon.social/@teleskiguy/112109236973199949

hikeofthemenrys,
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@chopaganda @teleskiguy A friend of mine just sent a care package to another friend’s son in college including a test kit and Narcan… after a friend of his ended up in the ER from fentanyl poisoning from smoking black market flower. He’s in a state with zero tolerance including for medical. So messed up and unnecessary. #LegalizeIt

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🇺🇸 US: ‘Alarming’ rise in Americans with long COVID symptoms.

"CDC data shows nearly 18 million people could be living with long Covid even as health agency relaxes isolation recommendations"

#COVID19US #LongCOVID #PandemicIsNotOver @auscovid19

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/15/long-covid-symptoms-cdc?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

hikeofthemenrys,
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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 @ai6yr NGL this election is the first time I’ve ever seriously considered moving overseas. Beyond merely frightening if that lunatic gets back into the White House.

hikeofthemenrys,
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@DenisCOVIDinfoguy @auscovid19 @ai6yr Especially if it’s a bunch of Gen Z voters staying home because “bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe”

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A close friend pinged me this AM to report that Mayor McCheese waltzed across the stage last night at a Billy String show. Apparently, there is some precedent for McCheese appearances, I found one from a Leftover Salmon show in 2021. What is heaven's name is going on here? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUytT0SrWXc

hikeofthemenrys,
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@mrcompletely @LostReflector @InstituteJerry He was pretty beat up but received a facelift about a decade ago thanks to Scramble Campbell. Not sure when he got the lipstick, though. Andy Frasco had gotten hold of him the last I’d heard, but apparently he’s back in Nashville, where Vince currently resides.

hikeofthemenrys,
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@mrcompletely @LostReflector @InstituteJerry I was good friends with the original liberator of the Mayor. He was bound for the Boulder County dump when she grabbed him out of a pile of debris at a defunct Mickey D’s. The Mayor toured regularly with the Salmon for several years, though he was regularly abducted. Most memorably, some Oregon Country Fair folks held him until a ransom was paid. Fifty pounds of feed corn and “proof of Dick Hippy.”

ai6yr, to random
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FEMA flood map for Guerneville, CA. The whole dang town is built IN THE BASE FLOODPLAIN. #FEMA #flooding #floods #Guerneville

hikeofthemenrys,
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@ai6yr We have friends with a second home in Guerneville. Their place (like a lot of buildings there) has a bottom floor designed to withstand flooding. People move valuables to higher floors and the water passes underneath the building largely without incident.

hikeofthemenrys,
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@ai6yr Also important to note that where their place is built the river has to be forty feet (!) high to flood. In the summertime the river is at like 5 feet so that’s a lot of water!

davemark, (edited ) to mastodon
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What’s your take on the bot situation on Mastodon?

Far fewer bots than on Twitter and Threads?

Is there an easy way to tell if a #Mastodon follower is a bot? Do you generally just ignore them?

I’m interested in the community culture here.

hikeofthemenrys,
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@davemark The only bots I’ve seen are the intentional ones like earthquake, traffic, and weather bots. As far as organized bot campaigns of misinformation and harassment, I haven’t personally seen any. Like, at all. Occasionally some troll pops their head in but they get blocked pretty quickly.

hikeofthemenrys, to random
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The most ironic thing about Chappelle these days is that while he revels in “punching down,” he comes off in interviews as being incredibly thin-skinned about any criticism of him. I don’t think that’s surprising or unusual for someone in his position, but it does bum me out as a former fan of his. Contrast that with Carlin (to whom people love to compare Chappelle). What made Carlin great was that he didn’t put himself on a pedestal where he couldn’t be taken down a peg. https://mastodon.social/@theconversationau/111768120181411970

hikeofthemenrys,
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Carlin’s comedy always came down, essentially, to observations on the human condition, with a strong sense of the absurdity of it all. And while he definitely made jokes that probably wouldn’t be considered politically correct these days, he also had an acknowledgment of that tension in his work. It’s hard to imagine that he would be as stuck in a rut as Chappelle seems these days.

ai6yr, to delhi
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Ooopsie, another semi got stuck on the Potrero Grade. #NewburyPark #PotreroGrade #traffic #VenturaCounty

CHP log notice showing "Semi Blocking Roadway"

hikeofthemenrys,
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@HoffmanLabs @ai6yr My wife lived at the top of Pacific Heights in San Francisco before we married; semis getting stuck on the top of the hill were an almost weekly experience https://images.app.goo.gl/a1w75NihEDKWY5DQA

hikeofthemenrys, to random
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Ran into an old friend a few weeks back with whom I’d grown apart over the years. He’s become a full Elon stan and wow, yeah, that’s definitely a whole thing. Awkward conversation eventually devolved predictably into my calling him an edgelord and his angrily getting up and declaring, “why would I ever want to hang out with this motherfucker again?” Good times.

hikeofthemenrys, to random
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@ai6yr any plans to bring @CaltransDist3_bot and the other bots online? One of the things I was happiest about in the Fediverse was never having to go back to twitter to read these feeds

hikeofthemenrys, to random
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Set up a plugin for Wordpress; going to try my hand at microblogging to the Fediverse. So far I haven’t really cracked the code. The server is visible from Mona but I can’t see any posts. Also I followed myself here from there, at least in theory. I have no idea what I’m doing.

hikeofthemenrys, to random
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There’s knowing you’re not getting any younger, and then there’s getting ads for cemetery plots on Facebook. Cool. Cool cool cool cool cool cool…

hikeofthemenrys, to random
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hikeofthemenrys, to random
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As always I’m thankful that @chopaganda, whom I’ve never met in person, considers me an interesting follow, and that he’d recommend me to total strangers in the federated net space.

Right back at you, Chop!

And once again, I hope I don’t do anything dumb that makes you regret following my mish mash of Jorts.horse retoots and occasional ham band hot takes peppered with bad sports opinions.

hikeofthemenrys, to random
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Just got a Bluesky invite from a mutual follow. Some thoughts:

• There’s a real “cool kids” vibe there. I feel like I walked by the VIP lounge at the nightclub when there’s no chance I’m crossing the velvet rope

• Lots of conversations about what’s bad about Mastodon with almost no recognition about what Mastodon actually is

• All the reporters are there now, which a) contributes to the clubby atmosphere and b) gives it a more interactive energy when news breaks

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