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nerdseyeview, 10 months ago to random

so easy to make fun of Xlon but also, there's probably a multisyllabic german word for the feeling of grief at losing a thing that used to be a source of such connection and delight.

siderea, 10 months ago to random

I just learned that there's a popular flavor in Australia called "musk", which I, in the US, had never heard of. (This is not a Twitter joke.)

This reminded me of learning about elderflower, which is apparently a popular flavor for things in the UK but which is just about unheard of in the US, and of the gooseberry, still endemic to Northern Europe & very popular, which was deliberately nigh-entirely eradicated from the US about a century ago; and about discovering how China and other places in Asia were just discovering the American cranberry before the pandemic hit; and of how most Americans have never tasted anything that is rose flavored, despite the popularity of rose flavored things across the entirety of mainland Asia.

Is there some list somewhere of interesting flavors popular to certain cultures and unknown in others? Something you could consult for giving international gifts, so you could know what a recipient might find novel and interesting?

skinnylatte, 10 months ago to random

Also why I still don’t know how to drive a car:

timrichards, 10 months ago to mastodon

Have been on Mastodon for almost nine months now, and I'm still missing the ability to quote-boost. There are so many times I want to add some context to a post before boosting it to my followers. Useful facility.

#Mastodon #QuoteBoosting

lauren, 10 months ago to twitter

Elon says he also plans to get rid of the #Twitter brand entirely. It's difficult to imagine a more ham-fisted move, but he's a master at them.

donni, 10 months ago to random

Doomscrolling for a couple hours, then a nice doomshower and a glass of doom tea

shoq, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

I don't like the concept, the execution, or anything about Barbie, or Ken, or the entire marketed gush about it since the 1960s. I think it's gullible and irritating that people are rushing out to see a movie contrived about a contrivance. Barbie always made young girls insecure about their body image, and they got shit for it, so PR flacks came up with the "role model Barbie" concept. Yes, Virginia, you can be anything you want to be (so long as you're pretty enough, cupcake.") Blech.

cydonian, 10 months ago to random

Weekend read: Around the world in 80 trains by Monisha Rajesh

mariyadelano, 10 months ago to Colorado

My husband and I decided to extend our stay in #Colorado by a couple of months.

So I’m looking to meet people while I’m here! I’m in #Arvada, halfway between #Denver and #Boulder.

I work in #tech #marketing (specifically #B2B), own a #business and talk a lot about #content and being a creator. I’m #Ukrainian, and outside of work I love #reading, #writing, #visualArt, #music, #videoGames, and good food / cafes

If anyone is around, knows of any events, meetups, or looking for speakers - hi! 👋

timrichards, 10 months ago to Trains

On a flight to Brisbane with @NarrelleMHarris, who's joining me on my next long-distance rail trip. On Tuesday we're catching the Spirit of Queensland sleeper train north to Cairns, stopping off at Townsville and Innisfail. That's 1,681 kilometres in total on the rails!

Will be posting about the rail journey and the locations we visit exclusively for the patrons of my Patreon, if you're interested in joining: https://www.patreon.com/timrichards

#RailTravel #TrainTravel #Train #Trains #SleeperTrain #Queensland #Australia

anne_twain, 10 months ago to australia

I need to follow some more Australians. My feed in the mornings is nearly all Americans and though I'm interested in events in America I'm even more interested in my own country.

Pls make yrself known in the comments if you're a Aussie looking for more connections.

Maybe someone has a list of Australian accounts to follow?

#Australia #Australian #auspol

GrimmReality, 10 months ago to random

However old or jaded I get, sometimes when I'm walking around town I will see an obviously mutually enraptured couple, holding hands or making out, and I really appreciate that because I know, if there is any kind of monster or zombie attack, they will 100% get eaten first.

maxleibman, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to random

"Ad blockers are unethical—ads are how they pay to keep the lights on!”

Exactly. It's how THEY pay to keep the lights on. It's not how I pay for anything. I didn't agree to see ads, although I'm ok with some ads; what I definitely didn't do is agree to be tracked and profiled and have arbitrary third-party code running on my computer just so I could read this awful, pointless, SEO-ified shitfest of an article that doesn't come close to answering the question I was googling.

#enshittification

lauren, 10 months ago to random

The concept of a "Counter-Earth" sharing the same orbit as Earth has long been a staple of sci-fi. Just two examples are the Gerry Anderson production "Journey to the Far Side of the Sun" (1969) aka "Doppelgänger", and the entire notorious long-running "Gor" series of books and films. - Trojan Planet Suspected of Sharing the Same Orbit as Its Sibling - https://gizmodo.com/trojan-planet-suspected-sharing-same-orbit-sibling-1850660567

timrichards, 10 months ago to random

Good tips. I do some public speaking about my travels, which generally works well because the audiences feel warmly about the topic and they've chosen to be there.

Jane Caro on public speaking and how to connect with an audience https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/life-and-relationships/giving-a-speech-can-be-paralysing-for-many-this-is-my-one-tip-to-surviving-it-20230705-p5dly3.html

WTL, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to mastodon

There's a discussion in my family about which stove top element / burner is our preferred one. What do you all have to say, good people of #Mastodon? Thank you all for your answers and comments!

timrichards, 10 months ago to workersrights

The headline says it all...

Bosses, if you don’t trust your staff to WFH then the problem is you

#Work https://www.smh.com.au/national/dear-bosses-if-you-don-t-trust-your-staff-to-wfh-then-the-problem-is-you-20230718-p5dp70.html

pc_bain, 10 months ago to bookstodon

Lovely first visit to Scrivener’s Bookshop in Buxton. Five floors, 40,000 second-hand books, now minus one or two. (Week-End Wodehouse for me.)

#bookshop #bookstodon @bookstodon #Wodehouse

CultureDesk, 10 months ago to Travel

If you're planning on traveling to Florida, you might want to check your driver's license. The state's Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles says that some licenses from Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Hawaii, and Delaware are now invalid as part of Gov. Ron DeSantis's crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Fodor's Travel has this advice on how to navigate the restrictions.

https://flip.it/l4jvPt

#Travel #Florida #TravelTuesday

timrichards, 10 months ago to threads

Great line: "Mark Zuckerberg has opted instead for corporate blandness, creating the social media equivalent of the music playing in a particularly respectable elevator."

The state of AI and social media shows capitalism is unlikely to end with a robot rebellion https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/17/state-of-ai-social-media-twitter-reddit-threads-facebook-instagram-meta-musk-zuckerberg-capitalism

#Threads #SocialMedia

shoq, 10 months ago to random

I cannot escape the horror. I will never forget the time I had a colossal brain fart and left Manhattan for Florida. My kiwi roommate, a brilliant colorist, stopped in this tracks, turned and looked at me quizzically, then asked, “Why the fuck would anyone want to move to Florida? What exactly are you thinking? ”

He’s been dead a long time, but every time DeSantis opens his mouth, Nick’s question comes back to haunt me.

timrichards, 10 months ago to auspol

A conversation about UBI:

Universal Basic Income: Why Everald Compton thinks every adult should get $500 a week from the government

#auspol https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/why-every-adult-should-get-500-a-week-from-the-government-no-questions-asked-20230713-p5dnyz.html