tc_morekindness

tc_morekindness, 11 days ago to USpolitics

This trial exposed how much David Pecker helped Trump by constantly putting fake negative news about his opponents on every grocery store aisle in America. Pecker freely admitted it. I wonder if that exposure has done anything to change the minds of people who believed those stories. Or whether these people might view future tabloid headlines with a more skeptical eye. Probably not.

#USPolitics #USPol #FakeNews #Propaganda

tc_morekindness, 14 days ago to random

This #TuneTuesday the theme is #ItsForYou

"The fedi is great because of the people on it. @derthomas asks you to share a song that you'd like to dedicate to someone on the fedi "

I dedicate this song to
@DemocracySpot, who was one of the first people I found on the fedi that was playing the funk. In time, I discovered that we graduated high school in the same year (or thereabouts) and have many of the same memories of funky tunes from back in the day... :ablobcatheadphones: Have a good Tuesday, Eddie!

#Stomp
#BrothersJohnson

https://invidious.lunar.icu/watch?v=tPBDMihPRJA

tc_morekindness, 24 days ago to random

You're welcome.

These Rescue Dogs Have Been Trained to Drive a Car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czgC3T3lwEk

tc_morekindness, 25 days ago to random

@vasto
Here's a very idle question: How do you feel about spreadsheets?

tc_morekindness, 1 month ago to random

#MusicWomenWednesday

I heard a Pretenders song on the radio this afternoon (not this one I'm linking to). I was so in love with this band back in the day...

#MessageOfLove
#ThePretenders
#ChrissieHynde

https://song.link/ncmthbvz4tfsc

tc_morekindness, 2 months ago to random

I just discovered this song in the last year or so, but it rocks all day. I especially love, "I'm happy as Christmas..."

#NowPlaying
#BetterNow
#CollectiveSoul

https://song.link/bxmtk6pkqzb44

tc_morekindness, 2 months ago to Cartoons

#cartoons

tc_morekindness, 2 months ago to ireland

"Between 1845 and 1852, the potato crop in Ireland failed and caused what became known as the Great Famine...

"In 1847, during the height of the famine, the Native American Choctaw Nation raised $170, which is the equivalent of around $5,000 today. The money helped to supply food to the starving Irish...

"In the small town of Midleton in County Cork, Ireland, there’s a sculpture that commemorates the Choctaw Nation’s contribution titled Kindred Spirits...

"It looks extra beautiful at night and is lit by rainbow-colored lights."

https://mymodernmet.com/kindred-spirits-sculpture/

#Ireland
#GreatFamine
#PotatoFamine
#Choctaw
#ChoctawNation
#NativeAmerican
#KindredSpirits
#sculpture

https://mymodernmet.com/kindred-spirits-sculpture/

tc_morekindness, 2 months ago to random

From Salon:

"In attempt to raise public awareness, Dr. Gartner has created a new petition at Change.org.: “We diagnose Trump with probable dementia: A petition for licensed professionals only.”

"At the time of this writing, hundreds of verified mental health and other medical professionals have signed the petition. This group includes some of the leading experts in their respective disciplines. Some of these signers have also offered detailed comments about what they have concluded, based on the obvious evidence, is Donald Trump’s increasing cognitive difficulties, and why he is therefore unfit for office..."

https://www.salon.com/2024/03/14/experts-are-desperate-to-warn-the-public-hundreds-sign-dr-john-gartners-dementia-petition/

#Trump #TrumpDementia

tc_morekindness, 4 months ago to random

@GottaLaff

To be clear, I was talking about c-diff. I hope that's better.

tc_morekindness, 5 months ago to random

For those interested, as I am, in the monitoring of covid virus particles in wastewater... NC has reached a crazy new high for that particular stat. The trend line went vertical over the past few weeks. The previous high was Jan 2022 (Omicron surge?).

I'm attaching a graph from the NC DHHS website, plus another graph, created by an individual who used NCDHHS data.

#covid
#wastewater
#NC

[title of chart] Wastewater Monitoring COVID-19 Virus particles per person average [caption] For the week ending January 3, North Carolina set a new all-time record high of COVID-19 particles detected in wastewater per person average. Chart: Jason deBruyn + Source: NC DHHS + Created with Datawrapper The x-axis starts at Jan 2021 and ends at Jan 2024. The y-axis goes from 0 to 120M, in increments of 10M. The data are shown as a line, which fluctuates largely between 0 and 30M, with 3 higher spikes. Before Jan 2024, the highest (very sharp) spike was Jan 2022, peaking ~106M. The next higher spike was ~56M in Jan 2023. For the past month, the line is basically vertical, going from <20M around Dec 1 to >120M for the last data point in Jan 2024.

tc_morekindness, 5 months ago to random

Etiquette question. I had a handyman at my house yesterday fixing some things, and he couldn't seem to stop coughing. I should have asked him to put on a mask, but I was wearing a mask and I stayed pretty far away from him. Would it have been impolite to ask him if he had covid? I also felt bad for him because it was cold outside, and I don't think he should have been out there working with that cough. Thoughts?

#covid
#etiquette

tc_morekindness, 5 months ago to generationx

#TeamHeardle @teamheardle
Friday
12/29/23

I can’t do worse than yesterday.

Heardle Lyrical #273
🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
https://lyrical.heardledecades.xyz/

Heardle Covers #146
🔈⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬜
https://covers.heardledecades.xyz

Heardle USA No. 1s #293
🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
https://usa.heardledecades.com/

Bandle #499 6/6
I was stuck on another song.
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩
https://bandle.app/

Heardle 1960s #596
Oh Lord.
🔈⬛️⬛️⬛️🟩⬜️⬜️
https://60s.heardledecades.com/

Heardle Super 70s #133
O.m.g. I had the artist at the first clip, but then kept doubting and vacillating. Ugh.
🔈⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩⬜
https://super70s.heardledecades.xyz

I’m exhausted after that. But must go on.

#CUEdle #1970s #617 🟥 🟩 29.5s Not anything I was hoping to hear.
no: Cuedle 80s. I have missed this before. No clue who this artist is and have never heard this song. And don’t really like it.
https://cuedle.fun

Try 80's Rock Heardle - #120
Phew. I needed something easy.
🎧 🟩⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️
http://rock-heardle.com/

no: Heardle 1980s No. 1s #556
Oh man. I’ve missed this multiple times too. Never heard this song before playing Heardle.
🔇⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️
https://80s.heardledecades.com

Ok, one more. Heardle Rock or Motown? which one’s calling me . . .

Heardle Motown #259
😓 At the first notes, I was like, yay, I picked right! But then I typed in the artist, and the song wasn’t there. 🤨 So I typed in the song title, but what came up for that title was a different artist. 🤔 So I tried a variation on the title, and it finally came up. There’s a glitch in this game that I think I’ve figured out.
🔊🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️
https://motown.heardledecades.xyz/

GT 9/11. TBH, it should be 8 because of Bandle. In any case, much better than yesterday. But now I need something completely mindless like watching this ridiculous show my sister's got me hooked on. 👋

tc_morekindness, 5 months ago to random

Interesting. This is in "Scientific Reports," a journal published by Nature Portfolio, which publishes a number of research journals, including "Nature." This journal does not have the same standards and prestige as the journal "Nature," but it is peer-reviewed.

"The migration of Twitter users to Mastodon following Elon Musk’s acquisition presents a unique opportunity to study collective behavior... We analyzed the social network and the public conversations of about 75,000 migrated users...

Communities in which the influence process unfolded more rapidly exhibit... more emphasis on shared identity and exchange of factual knowledge in the community discussion." [emphasis mine]

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-48200-7

tc_morekindness, 5 months ago to random

Interesting theme for #TuneTuesday. The theme is #MoreRadioMusicDJ - songs about the radio and DJs.

Several songs came to mind, but this one is from a favorite album, which I haven't listened to in a while.

#TheNightfly
#DonaldFagen

Thanks to @Kitty for coordinating TT and to @satsuma for this theme!

https://songwhip.com/donald-fagen/thenightfly

tc_morekindness, 6 months ago to HashtagGames

Naked Lunchbox

#BlueCollarAMovie
#HashTagGames

tc_morekindness, 6 months ago to teamheardle

@teamheardle @skullvalanche
@Rasta

Thinking about Cat Stevens, I remembered that there was some controversy years ago, after he converted to Islam (and changed his name to Yusuf Islam) -- I was curious about that, esp given what's going on right now, and so I googled...

Per Wikipedia: "The Israeli government had deported Islam in 2000 over allegations that he provided funding to the Palestinian organisation Hamas,[104] but he denied doing so knowingly.[105] Islam stated "I have never knowingly supported or given money to Hamas".[106] "At the time I was reported to have done it, I didn't know such a group existed. Some people give a political interpretation to charity. We were horrified at how people were suffering in the Holy Land.""

He has also been involved for decades with charitable work focused largely, though not exclusively, on the Middle East. "In January 2009, Yusuf released a single in aid of children in Gaza." He founded a charity Small Kindness that has the mission "to help the most vulnerable victims of war and conflict, such as orphans, widows, and young girls." He has won a number of humanitarian awards.

Last interesting bit: He and Carly Simon were romantically involved in the early 70s, and her songs "Legend in Your Own Time" and "Anticipation" were written for and about him. Just a couple of days ago, I was listening to Carly Simon and thinking about what a great songwriter she is. I had no idea that she and Cat Stevens were an item.

tc_morekindness, 6 months ago to teamheardle

@skullvalanche @teamheardle
Just FYI, I just tested the USA 1HWs game with my pc clock set to Central time, 11:30 pm, and the game has now switched over to Friday. I played it before 11 pm Central, and it was a different song. Game #91. If you were to play it now (or before midnight Central), would you get #91 or #92, I wonder?

tc_morekindness, 6 months ago to jpmusic

@teamheardle

Ok, I just did an experiment. I set my computer back to Mon, 11/13/23, 11:30 pm or so, and I tried the USA 1HWs game. I got game #82, which is supposed to be Tuesday's game. But when I set my clock back to 9 pm, I got game #81 (which is the game I missed this week).

I think maybe since you're in Central time, @skullvalanche, and you created the game, that means my computer has to be before midnight Central time (so before 11 pm Eastern) in order to get that day's game. Does that make sense?

And maybe that's why I was a day ahead all week, even on days when I played between 11 pm and midnight Eastern. (I think that was the case for at least some of the days this week.)

tc_morekindness, 7 months ago to teamheardle

@teamheardle
Hey y'all, is @Coaster_Strath ok? Chris, if you're out there, give a wave. Just checking -- haven't heard anything from you in a while.

tc_morekindness, 7 months ago to random

"The new North Carolina maps are even worse than many feared, pursuing partisan advantage with greater audacity and precision than any gerrymander in recent history...

"This almost certainly makes North Carolina the most gerrymandered state in the country, at least on the basis of partisan proportionality. The popular Dave’s Redistricting website assigns the congressional map a proportionality score of zero out of 100 (yes, zero!). To put this number in perspective, Wisconsin and Illinois — two other leading contenders for the partisan gerrymandering crown — earn proportionality scores of 40 and 44, respectively."

"Republicans are heavily favored to retain their legislative “supermajorities” in both chambers — even, in some scenarios, if Democrats win a majority of the statewide vote."

#AbolishGerrymandering #EndGerrymandering
#Gerrymandering
#NCPolitics

https://www.democracydocket.com/opinion/the-future-of-partisan-gerrymandering-in-north-carolina/

tc_morekindness, 7 months ago to random

#Voting #VotingRights #WhenWeAllVote #Elections

tc_morekindness, 8 months ago to Haiku

Hey, I just learned that one of my haiku has been nominated for The Haiku Foundation’s 2023 Touchstone Awards!

#haiku
#poetry

tc_morekindness, 8 months ago to random

I was just thinking, gosh I feel so tired... and then I remembered that I had a covid shot today. I had forgotten. I wouldn't say I have sick/ flu-like feelings, just very tired. And I'm so glad I got the shot.

#covid #vaccine #CovidVaccine

tc_morekindness, 8 months ago to random

This.

"Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, savor you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow."
-Mary Jean Irion

I've been journaling #3GoodThings for a few days, and last night I felt slightly troubled that I couldn't think of any "standout" good things. But maybe that's because my normal life is so good. It's a wonderful, miraculous thing that I can spend time doing all kinds of stuff online or using a spreadsheet or eating ordinary delicious food, like an apple.