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lakelady

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blah, blah, blah, witty remark, blah, blah, insightful comment, blah, blah, blah.

"If you can't laugh it's not worth it" ~ my mom

note to self: seek joy & beauty wherever you can find it, media has an overabundance of the opposite.

Boosts don't always mean agreement

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shoq, to random
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The thing about microblogging is, it’s fundamentally boring. Conflict and sensationalism make it more interesting, but it’s so fucking passive, it just sucks away part of your life and doesn’t give all that much back. People rationalize it differently, but that’s all they are doing. SecondLife blended chat, fantasy, and live action in ways the world had never seen before. Some universities still use it.

lakelady,
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@shoq microblogging is only boring if you find reading boring. In my decades of experience on the web the majority of people just want to consume, not create. Some of us use it to chew on ideas, but we’re rare birds. Not really different than offline life. We need to stop expecting online interactions to be different than offline ones.

shoq, to random
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I’m considering being a mentor to a very sharp 17 year old Black woman here in Fort Lauderdale. I didn’t realize how much I missed teaching until we had an introductory google meet yesterday with her and her mom. I never had children, so maybe that’s also a factor driving my interest now. I’m still a bit fearful of committing to it. Lots of responsibility.

lakelady,
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@shoq just remember what you do and how well you try you'll fck something up. IMHO teaching is kinda like parenting - you do the best you can with the tools you have and no matter what it will be imperfect. So my vote (which doens't mean shjt) is - go for it.

GottaLaff, to Canada
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ends today! TODAY.

(Click on that hashtag to see all the dopey gifs, including one with Hammy!)

You've been with me every step of the way and for that I thank you.❤️

👉🏼Here are the links to the why, how, and omg it's happening blogs: https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff/112413459979525215👈🏼

For the next few days we'll be on the road to 🇨🇦, our new home. Bear with me for not replying w/ more than a "like" & for not live-posting the .

I'll post alerts & pop in.

IT'S HAPPENING!!

video/mp4

lakelady,
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@GottaLaff Let the adventure begin! Safe travels and see you on the flip side.

PS - I'm traveling back to CA (flying) today so I'm feeling an odd sort of connection. Next week I'll be driving x-country, with two cats, back to Michigan. Hope you enjoy the road

babelcarp, to tea
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We went out for a long walk this afternoon. Before that I’d done a couple of nice mellow gongfu steeps of some adolescent Fuding white tea, so I dumped the leaves into the tea jar and poured in boiling water before we set out.

By the time I took the first sip maybe a half hour later, the liquor was like some overboiled vegetable, not really drinkable. Should’ve stuck with short steeps!

@tea

lakelady,
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@babelcarp @tea I've tried various flasks for tea and the VERY best I've found is this insert for a Contigo West Loop thermos. You can easily remove the strainer after steeping and it's got it's own little container to catch the drips.

https://www.amazon.com/Contigo-Infuser-Strainer-Stainless-Dishwasher/dp/B084C25JMQ/ref=asc_df_B084C25JMQ?tag=bngsmtphsnus-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=80470640387731&hvnetw=s&hvqmt=e&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584070163189096&th=1

RickiTarr, to random
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So, what's the thing, what's the big thing no one can help you with? How do you cope with it?

lakelady,
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@RickiTarr being obscenely financially secure without earning a bit of it and can do little to change it. Deal with it - I hide the fact of it most of the time. I try to practice mindful generosity.

lakelady, to random
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If you've never had the chance to see the Aurora do whatever you can to get out tonight and tomorrow night (maybe Sunday too?) to see it. There are few things on this planet more magical. Find a place away from city lights and open sky and look to the north. Your cameras, either your phone or "regular" cameras will pick up more than your human eyes. But from what I'm seeing of the figures even the naked eye is gonna get to see colors with this storm. #Aurora #NorthernLights

lakelady, to random
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Ugh stuck on cell service for internet today and it SUCKS! Xfinity has been out for almost 24 hours now. WTF? Phone hotspot not working because I need to install an update but can’t download update because I can’t use hotspot. ARRRRRRGH!

shoq, to random
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Rachel Maddow and Joyannreid live from the Apollo is on now. MSNBC.

lakelady,
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@shoq crap I missed most of the first hour and don't see any repeats in the schedule. I guess I'll have to look for it "on demand" boo :(

GottaLaff, to random
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I'm taking a break. See you later.

lakelady,
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@GottaLaff Thank you again for all you do <3 Have a quiet (newswise) w/end

alper, (edited ) to mastodon
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My #Mastodon home timeline is amazing, so much good and relevant stuff, much better than either Twitter or Threads. It’s just there’s too much of it and there’s no way to figure out what’s top.

The other problem, which is also discovery related, is being able to see content break through existing spheres.

Other than that, I think we’re gucci here.

lakelady,
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@alper two suggestions to manage the flow. 1)Turn on notifications for particular people you don't want to miss. 2) Use lists

shoq, to random
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@lakelady I can’t speak for @galad, but in my view, the evidence is in the fact that 100% of their very public ire and rhetoric is aimed at the US and Israel, rather than the biggest obstacle to ending the violence: Hamas. I have not yet seen a single exception. It may exist, but I haven’t seen it.

lakelady,
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@galad @shoq Honestly I've heard VERY little about what various groups have called for other than some very vague reporting of "divesting". The reporting on the student positions by the MSM has been abysmal.

shoq, to random
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See? Same problem as Hamas itself. When people don’t actually want to resolve the conflict, they make demands that can never be met. And that is precisely why so many Israeli hardliners feel justified in doing whatever it takes to destroy Hamas. Even if the death toll sickens some of them. They see it as their only option with an enemy that lets uncomprising terrorists lead them to only more death and destruction.

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lakelady,
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@shoq wish there was more explanation of exactly why divesting is not possible

shoq, to random
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Some celebrites have really gotten outraged over these senseless deaths in Gaza, which is curious given how many other senseless deaths have surrounded us. Did those tragedies have more sense to them, or could Jews being demonized be a reason for this sudden outbreak of concern? I have questions.

lakelady,
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@shoq are you assuming one can only be outraged by one set of deaths at a time? I find most people can hold several outrages at a time.

shoq, to random
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Whenever someone tells me about their totally “awesome community” on any platform (often one that hasn’t existed very long), I look at their time and all I can figure is that community for them is a few dozen people who like their posts. I guess that’s fine, but it feels like a pretty low bar for “awesome” to me.

lakelady,
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@shoq on the other hand a few quality connections are worth way more than thousands of faceless followers

shoq, to random
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I am getting the sense that if this is encouraged to build any larger, all that will be achieved is a lot of commencements, if not graduations themselves, will be delayed or canceled outright, denying tens of thousands of students that hard-earned once in a lifetime moment.

lakelady,
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@shoq hmmm being denied being handed a document most will toss into storage vs children losing their families and their lives. Tough choice?

shoq, to random
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#alivelshi While many of these protests started out sincerely enough, this has morphed into performative political stunts by a) opportunistic grifters who show up at any fire to throw gasoline on it, and b) foreign adversaries who know how to skillfully enable and program them.

lakelady,
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@shoq hmmm that sounds a lot like what was said about anti-war protests in the past . . . the ol' outside agitators line.

shoq, to random
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There should be a special (often postumous) Darwin Award for people who stand their ground, capturing killer tornados not more than a half mile from their position.

lakelady,
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@shoq if you know which way it's headed a half mile can be perfectly safe.
And you can grab great photos/video

lakelady,
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@shoq tornados tended to leapfrog over my hometown so I've been around them quite a bit. Yes they can zigzag and go up and down but if you know the direction of the front and the stormline you have have a general idea which way they're heading. Hell you could be a half-mile behind where it's already been. They rarely backtrack

shoq, to random
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Imagine a few dozen strategically chosen bridges, shut down, weekly. Coupled with other similar actions, congress would be forced to consider urgent reform measures that would never happen any other way. We’re going to end up there anyway. We should get started.

lakelady,
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@shoq that's what seems to have started on Monday - lots of bridges (and an airport too I believe) all shut down in a well co-ordinated effort

lakelady,
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@shoq https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/15/gaza-israel-war-protests-bridges/

lakelady,
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@shoq I'm kinda hoping this was just a start of more. A practice run as it were.

lakelady,
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@shoq What's an example of an issue that's got enough support to mobilize multiple same day protests that is not polarizing? If we all agreed where's the need for massive protests?

evan, (edited ) to random
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Should unauthorized immigrants to the state of Palestine be given a path to citizenship?

#EvanPoll #poll

lakelady,
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@evan to Palestine or from Palestine? who is immigrating to Palestine during a time of war?

evan, to random
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This is cool. New social app, integrated with ActivityPub.

https://www.lyrak.com/blog/introducing-lyrak

lakelady,
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@evan ads, sponsored (paid) posts, curated content? what exactly do you find cool about this?

shoq, to random
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Sometimes chatGPT can’t tell that I’m just messin’ with it. It needs to lighten up.

lakelady,
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@shoq like Data from Star Trek Next Generation . . . it isn't equipped for humor

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