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vincent

@vincent@mastodon.coffee

Trans rights are human rights | #coffee | #SiliconValley | #atheism | #bagpipes | #AmWriting | #Latin | #Caturday | #Newts | 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 ally

Profile photo: a cute newt! Drawn by
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Banner: nickel ferrules of my bagpipes' drones, pattern of a Celtic knot

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Minimus, to random
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fabula murina (mouse story) CLVII
tres onisci in Silvio musculo repunt (Three woodlice are crawling on Silvius the little mouse). Silvius subridet: loricas segmentatas gerunt, similiter milites Romani! (Silvius smiles: they're wearing segmented armour like Roman soldiers!)

vincent,
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@Minimus

Euge, Silvī! imāgō est mihi MMDCCLX AUC (2007 CE) gerēntī loricam segmentātam et paenulam. oniscī milītēs ferōcēs sunt.

cfiesler, to random
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Benedictine College should refund the tuition of every woman graduate who had to listen to the commencement speaker say that her degree is worthless.

vincent,
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@sepdroid @cfiesler WTF??? What am I missing? Bess Kalb's newsletter was satiring this this morning, too.

jens, to random
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Let's merge the code bases of sharkey and mastodon and call it megalodon.

vincent,
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@jens There already is an Android App called Megalodon! It's the one I use for Mastodon on my phone.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.joinmastodon.android.sk

RickiTarr, to random
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Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

vincent,
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@RickiTarr @HumToTable CA is culturally dominated by L.A. (Hollywood, plus more people live in Socal), but other population centers have vastly different cultures. San Diego, very proximate to L.A. relatively speaking, is a different place.

We call where I live NorCal (S.F. Bay Area) but Northern California is huge, and we share very little cultural affinity with actual Northern California. For example, my sis has to deal with meth heads, whereas I have to deal with tech bros.

samhainnight, to random
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Today's view

#TodaysView

Stopped by the ocean on the way home.

vincent,
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@samhainnight Oh lovely. I need to get to NorCal again soon.

skinnylatte, to food
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LA food diary.

Some of you know I’m a big fan of LA food. I think that dollar for dollar you get a tremendous amount of cuisines, varieties of foods, in this melting pot which feels to me like it has far more immigrant and working class food than the Bay Area. Even the density and quality of ‘fancy food’ is high!

I’m keeping a record of my LA 2024 discoveries.

#Food #LAfood #LosAngeles

vincent,
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@skinnylatte SDG Tofu House in Santa Clara is where we go for Korean soup. I have no doubt that it's better in Socal though.

vincent, to random
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Three of my favorite blogs keep newsing via Xwitter. And since I block Xwitter traffic, I can't read the posts, only the commentary. I am frequenting those blogs less often now.

I am unhappy with this trend, and it happened long before Musk bought the hellsite. I had thought that people would stop after Xwitter became unusable, but old habits don't die, it seems.

Please don't news via Xwitter. Or screencap. Or, I don't know, do journalism instead of retweeting. Thanks.

mhoye, to random
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You have to assume that these guys are spending the week shook.

https://www.rabbit.tech/

vincent,
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@mhoye I went to the website and do not understand the product.

Minimus, to random
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fabula murina (mouse story) CXX
Minimus et Silvius figuli sunt (Minimus and Silvius are potters). Minimus glebula argillae in rotam figularem posuit, et Silvius hilariter explorat (Minimus put a lump of clay on the wheel, and Silvius is happily experimenting).
#fabulamurina

vincent,
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@Minimus

glēbulam, nōn? accūsātīvus glēbulae ut verbō "pōnō" adjungātur .

vincent, to random
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Bath time in the sun on #Caturday

skinnylatte, to ai
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Ok, we are live: https://publicsectorai.tech/

The site lays out my position a little more clearly. For now, I have a reading list of the papers that really helped me shape my early thinking. Will be adding more resources as we go

vincent,
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@skinnylatte I got the email confirmation finally. So DNS fixed?

RickiTarr, to random
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Opens Facebook

Immediately closes Facebook

vincent,
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@RickiTarr FB is such a shit site. After wasting hours of my life tonight trying to recover my MIL's hacked account, I have a strong urge to meet Zuckerberg into outer space.

vincent, to Facebook
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Good gods Facebook sucks so bad.

I just spent two hours trying to recover my MIL's hacked account to no avail.

And there is no email, no phone, no chat, NOBODY, to talk to to (unless you're an advertiser).

RickiTarr, to random
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New York Times articles be like:

All Experts Say Water Is Wet, But Is It? Three Unstable People That Want You To Join Their MLM Religion Disagree.

vincent,
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@rooster @RickiTarr Hey! @courtcan would take issue with you if she lived in a real place!

grammargirl, to random
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I see it's International Women's Day!

I think it's pretty likely I was the first woman to start a podcasting network back in 2006, and we're still going strong today. So do me a favor and check out a Quick and Dirty Tips podcast this weekend.

https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/podcasts/

vincent,
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@grammargirl I've been a writer and a grammar nerd for decades but only recently discovered your wonderful podcast! I am working up the courage to leave a VM, too. Thank you.

b0rk, to random
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how HEAD works in git https://jvns.ca/blog/2024/03/08/how-head-works-in-git/

vincent,
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@b0rk Righteous rants like this make me wonder how the universe would be different if Mercurial had launched a week earlier.

drahardja, to Aviation
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“Tire falls off United flight departing SFO, crushing several vehicles in parking lot, company says”

#aviation #sfba #sfo

https://abc7news.com/flight-emergency-sfo-tire-falls-from-united-airlines-to-osaka-35/14500843/

vincent,
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@drahardja @sgt1372 The article cites someone who says failed tired are a maintenance issue, not a manufacturing one.

I feel extra lucky about the United flight I was on two weeks ago now. Over the Pacific ocean. At night. And it was a 737max!

RickiTarr, to random
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Type "Women are..." and/or "Men are..." and let predictive text finish the sentence.

vincent,
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@RickiTarr
Women are going out for a while.
Men are the same size as the last time.

RickiTarr, to random
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Without looking it up, tell me anything you know about Lithuania or Lithuanians.

vincent,
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@RickiTarr In the 80s in Vilnius, families and husbands weren't allowed to be in the maternity ward. Family members were expected to be quiet around the mother and newborn. And the nursery was to have its shades drawn at all times.

I was in a birthing class with the daughter of a Lithuanian immigrant. She had talked to her mother about the differences in their maternity experiences and shared these interesting tidbits with the rest of the class.

skinnylatte, to 11ty
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I’ve been building my new website in #11ty, and it’s the first time a static site generator has really clicked for me. I’ve been using different ones forever and they were always confounding in some way.

One of the nice things about moving from another SSG is how your archives are just.. files.

After a few days of tinkering, I think I’m happy with the structure, and will next spend some time figuring out design and accessibility elements.

https://staging.popagandhi.com/

vincent,
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@skinnylatte It looks great!

samhainnight, to random
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The tree on the powerlines at the end of the road has been cleared away. But right after I put my lunch in the car the took 5 steps back to the house, a huge branch landed on the car roof! It left a small dent on the top. O-O

vincent,
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@samhainnight oh no! Sorry! I did tree trimming yesterday, but I doubt it was enough.

vincent,
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@samhainnight my sister lives in NorCal. You've reminded me that I need to check in on her. Thank you.

rooster, to trans
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Having a hair day #trans #selfie

vincent,
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@rooster You look great! Makes me wish I had long hair again. Or hair at all. Also, your belt is fab.

samhainnight, to random
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Made it back home despite a lot of deep puddles and flooded gutters spilling out onto the road.

vincent,
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@samhainnight I'm glad you are home safe.

TheJen, to random
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Wow Trader Joe's. Hope you thought that bullshit all the way through.

vincent,
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@TheJen ?

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