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Orange Menace
Orange Menace • mastodon (AP)
I’ve been testing these new compostable cat traps, so far they’re very effective!

#Caturday #CatsOfMastodon #Cats
A little black & white cat sitting in a small cardboard tray (which used to hold tins of cst food)
A larger black and white cat sitting under cardboard packaging.
#cats #caturday #catsOfMastodon
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Ham on Wry
Ham on Wry • mastodon (AP)
Are you travelling this holiday season.

  • Yes (18%, 35 votes)
  • No (62%, 117 votes)
  • Only in my daydreams (18%, 35 votes)
187 voters. Poll end: 3 weeks ago

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Chrisblue@bsky.social
Chrisblue@bsky.social • mastodon (AP)
Stephen King:
"I’m a gun owner, and I respect the rights of responsible gun owners. That said, the second amendment will continue to be watered with the blood of children until the laws change.*
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It's Going Down
It's Going Down • mastodon (AP)
People in #Indianapolis, IN held a demonstration in front of Elevance Health yesterday. Holding a banner reading, "Deny, Defend, Despose, Healthcare 4 All."

"Today, we protest against Elevance Health not in its role as a distinct actor in the health insurance market, a single agent in the hall of mirrors of contemporary capitalism. Elevance operates in just the same manner as UHC in the way it ranks bodies and judges some to be worthy of care and the rest simply not worth the time or effort. In this manner the only difference between the two is a matter of degrees in subdomains. We believe it is necessary to oppose this system of broad ranking of life expectancies in an age of depreciating life expectations. It is necessary as a precondition to a life worth living.

We believe that everyone is worthy of care. We believe that everyone deserves access to a healthy life according to their own standards. Both Elevance and UHC stand as barriers to this possibility. This is why we oppose them."
Protesters in front of medical building hold banner reading, "Deny, Defend, Depose, Healthcare 4 All."
#Indianapolis
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Lesley Carhart :unverified:
Lesley Carhart :unverified: • mastodon (AP)
If just one single thing right now could be easy, that would be incredible.
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Em :official_verified:
Em :official_verified: • mastodon (AP)
I feel this
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kcarruthers
kcarruthers • mastodon (AP)
🤞
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Elissa
Elissa • mastodon (AP)
I just learned that the pyrotechnics guy who did Das Boot (1981) went simply by "Charlie Boom-Boom”.

That's up there with Joe Bang from Logan Lucky.
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Joel Michael
Joel Michael • mastodon (AP)
reminds me of Leon (mononym) from Cool Runnings
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HU Art Sound (2)
HU Art Sound (2) • diaspora
Sign of the times
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#cartoon by Nate #Fakes (Break of Day)
#cartoon #Fakes
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SnowshadowII :maple:
SnowshadowII :maple: • mastodon (AP)
If you bike to work, you live longer, new study confirms

"If you’re looking for an affordable and accessible way to live longer, skip the pricey wellness retreats and quirky biohacks—just bike to work. A newly published 18-year study of 82,297 adults in Scotland has revealed that commuting by bike significantly lowers the risk of early death, hospitalizations, and a range of chronic illnesses."

#Biking #BikeTooter #Health

https://momentummag.com/if-you-bike-to-work-you-live-longer-new-study-confirms/
#Health #biking #biketooter
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John Socks
John Socks • mastodon (AP)
I think I saw something many many years ago that looked at the carbon impact of bicycling to work.

It concluded that bicycling to work increased an individual's carbon impact, and that was the punchline.

Because they live longer.
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SnowshadowII :maple:
SnowshadowII :maple: • mastodon (AP)
@John The article must have been paid for by the fossil fuel industry ( I am not joking)
@John Socks
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John Socks
John Socks • mastodon (AP)
The sad thing is that it's actually legit. Transportation is only one part of our carbon footprint after all. People live an extra 10 years, they're heating and cooling their houses, they're buying a lot of food and clothes ..

The number of actual transformations we would have to do to really address global warming .. well, most people aren't even ready to get on a bike, let alone go vegan.
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SnowshadowII :maple:
SnowshadowII :maple: • mastodon (AP)
@John

Good point about people refusing to adapt to a less convenient lifestyle.

It won't be so convenient as grocery prices continue to climb due to increased climate related crop failure
@John Socks
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Richard Rathe
Richard Rathe • mastodon (AP)
Sounds like #healthinsurance…

Make people wait in line, randomly deny a third of claims, and wait for them to die off… while you make bank.😕
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unusual_whales
unusual_whales • mastodon (AP)
CNN: “People look at the performance of Congress and say ‘Why should we give them more money?’”

Senator Dick Durbin “What about the media?… Half of your listeners are not there anymore and you’re still getting the same paycheck.”

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options
#Finance #News #Stocks #Economics #options
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HU Art Sound (2)
HU Art Sound (2) • diaspora
Kiss-me frog
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#cartoon by Peter #Schrank https://www.schrankartoons.com/
#cartoon #Schrank
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HU Art Sound (2)
HU Art Sound (2) • diaspora
Who's your daddy when you have two?
9052194

#cartoon by Dennis #Goris
#cartoon #Goris
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HU Art Sound (2)
HU Art Sound (2) • diaspora
The morph
9052196

#elon #trump
#Trump #Elon
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katharine
katharine • mastodon (AP)
Crying Girl pop art but it’s narcissistic Boomer grandmas crying over lack of access to their kids and grandkids who are fed up with the toxic bullshit
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Melissa BearTrix
Melissa BearTrix • mastodon (AP)
Praise to the holy doughnut

Hugz & xXx
Me holding a cinnamon doughnut in the air
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Jen Fizzbuzz
Jen Fizzbuzz • mastodon (AP)
praise be for it has risen!
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PetraPanda
PetraPanda • mastodon (AP)
... and there's only one peach with the hole in the middle
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Adam Trickett :debian: :kde:
Adam Trickett :debian: :kde: • mastodon (AP)
Sounds like the next winter storm has arrived, I can hear the rain and wind has picked up... Hoping tomorrow won't be too bad. Probably no beach walk for the dog, and if it's as bad as predicted not much dog walking at all...
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fediverseobserver
fediverseobserver • friendica (via ActivityPub)
Found 27 new servers and 27 servers died off since 7 hours ago.

22,912 servers checked. 14,808,144 Total Users with 1,067,821 Active Users today. Check out the stats!

New #fediverse servers found:

valkenb.org a #mastodon server from New Zealand
solaris.kalisz.pl a #wordpress server from Poland
key.authenyo.xyz a #sharkey server from Private
social.iris.upc.edu a #mastodon server from Spain
items.minimals.org a #snac server from Germany
helixnonelead.life a #mastodon server from South Korea
stockhandbook.blog a #wordpress server from United States
social.xanten.cc a #mastodon server from Germany
a.reviewed.world a #mastodon server from France
live.0x212.com a #owncast server from United States
dont.amd.im a #gotosocial server from United States
malktube.duckdns.org a #peertube server from Dominican Republic
micro.kittens.cat a #sharkey server from Private
social.grantix.eu a #friendica server from France
hello.masto.host a #mastodon server from France
mastodon.tuxcord.net a #mastodon server from United Kingdom
villemorte.sites.felinn.org a #gancio server from France
mahakala.icu a #mastodon server from Japan
fedi.idesmi.eu a #gotosocial server from
1732378310224.kzkr.xyz a #yojoart server from Private
mastodon.calitabby.net a #mastodon server from United States
yosijo.de a #wordpress server from Germany
ap.bluecatnet.work a #mastodon server from Singapore
social.lyra56k.net a #sharkey server from United States
fedi.viois.gay a #sharkey server from United States
mk.fef.jp a #misskey server from Private
ice.midnightoasis.moe a #iceshrimp server from United States

Help others find a home, send them to fediverse.observer
#Friendica #Mastodon #fediverse #PeerTube #wordpress #misskey #owncast #gotosocial #gancio #snac #iceshrimp #sharkey #yojoart
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Heather Cook🖖Autistic Coach
Heather Cook🖖Autistic Coach • mastodon (AP)
FYI, I'm taking off of social media from Saturday, December 21st through Sunday, January 5th to rest and restore, and will be back refreshed and ready to engage again.

So when I don't respond to you, it's nothing you said wrong; I literally haven't seen it. /gen

Have a neurowonderful transition to the new year,
Heather
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Kyrylys
Kyrylys • mastodon (AP)
37.94º
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Solanus
Solanus • mastodon (AP)
Poquito a poquito.
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Paul Fairie
Paul Fairie • mastodon (AP)
Santa Claus has a lot to answer for.
Santa Claus Belief Blamed For Hippies LOS ANGELES (AP) - Want a hippie in the house? Keep telling your child there's a Santa Claus, says a university psychologist. --Alamogordo Daily News, 17 Dec 1967
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GNU Health
GNU Health • mastodon (AP)
#GNUHealth on the Black book of Global Healthcare Information Technology 😎 .
Worldwide advancements of the Digital Transformation of the Healthcare data systems.
#GNU #OpenScience

https://www.accesswire.com/958012/121-local-regional-ehr-vendors-across-53-countries-to-know-showcasing-global-health-it-achievements-with-insights-from-black-book-research
A picture of The Black book of Global Healthcare Information Technology . 2025 Edition. Worldwide advancements of the Digital Transformation of the Healthcare data systems
#gnu #GNUHealth #OpenScience
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Ukraine War Bulletins and News
Ukraine War Bulletins and News • mastodon (AP)
⚠️🇺🇦Russian war criminals attack on cancer treatment center in Kherson 'heinous act of cruelty against civilians,' President Zelensky says (more) https://kyivindependent.com/russian-attack-on-cancer-treatment-center-in-kherson-heinous-act-of-cruelty-against-civilians-zelensky-says/ #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #OSCE #CoE #PACE #Mastodon #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#UnitedStates #USA #uk #UnitedKingdom #Mastodon #News #japan #EU #US #media #taiwan #EuropeanUnion #Ukraine #SouthKorea #NATO #press #COE #osce #russiaukrainewar #PACE #10yrinvasionofukraine #nukesforukraine #nukesornato
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.
M.S. Bellows, Jr. • mastodon (AP)
My adult kid @thewoodbinewitch just shared this with me and I feel *so freaking seen*!!!
Four panel cartoon. Panel 1: kids says "No, I just got bit by a dad!" Panel 2: "I can feel the transformation coming!" Panel 3: kid enters a Home Depot Panel 4: Kid says "I'm gonna build a deck!"
@Biz Bellows
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Biz Bellows
Biz Bellows • mastodon (AP)
please note the Dad Stache. It is imperative that every dad grows a stache at least once in their tenure as Dad, preferably at the start so all the adorable, nostalgic baby photos feature the Dad Stache
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.
M.S. Bellows, Jr. • mastodon (AP)
100% correct. Here's me with my dad wearing his (short-lived and never repeated) Dad Stache®®™!
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aburtch
aburtch • mastodon (AP)
Happy Winter #Solstice! It only gets brighter from here.
Stonehenge in winter at solstice. There’s frost on the grass, the monument is dramatically lit from behind by the winter sun low in the sky making it appear in silhouette.
#solstice
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Ms. Que Banh
Ms. Que Banh • mastodon (AP)
I look like my Grandma when my dentures are out😅

Thank you to everyone!!!

#AsianMastodon #gratitude
#gratitude #asianmastodon
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cobalt
cobalt • mastodon (AP)
awwww love this video! ❤️
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Ukraine War Bulletins and News
Ukraine War Bulletins and News • mastodon (AP)
⚠️🇩🇪Ukrainian woman in serious condition following Germany's Christmas market attack (more) https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-woman-in-serious-condition-following-germanys-christmas-market-attack/ #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #German #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#UnitedStates #USA #uk #UnitedKingdom #News #japan #EU #US #media #taiwan #EuropeanUnion #Ukraine #SouthKorea #NATO #German #press #russiaukrainewar #10yrinvasionofukraine #nukesforukraine #nukesornato
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Ukraine War Bulletins and News
Ukraine War Bulletins and News • mastodon (AP)
‼️🇺🇸President Zelensky meets with CIA director in Kyiv (more) https://kyivindependent.com/zelensky-meets-with-cia-director-in-kyiv/ #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine

Zelensky meets with CIA director in Kyiv

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Dec. 21 that he met with CIA Director William Burns in Ukraine, marking a rare public acknowledgment of their discussions during Russia’s full-scale invasion.
Olena Goncharova (The Kyiv Independent)
#UnitedStates #USA #uk #UnitedKingdom #News #japan #EU #US #media #taiwan #EuropeanUnion #Ukraine #SouthKorea #NATO #press #russiaukrainewar #10yrinvasionofukraine #nukesforukraine #nukesornato
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João Pinheiro
João Pinheiro • hubzilla (AP)

𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋

2024-12-21 18:08:23


#USA

𝕕𝕚𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕒 🏳️‍⚧️🦋
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
Folks don’t understand how bad things are for the Liberals.

Let me be blunt: there’s no left wing vote to split. If an election were to be called tomorrow, the Liberals would be wiped out and what’s left of any progressivism will be the NDP. For progressivism to survive in Canada, the NDP is where you’ll have to park your vote.
RE: https://mastodon.coffee/users/Christopher/statuses/113692991719366956

Christopher :coffefied: (@Christopher@mastodon.coffee)

@atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org Parking your vote for the NDP only makes sense if you live in an riding where they have a competitive chance of winning, otherwise your just spoiling your vote for the CPC, its how Harper won in 2011. :blobcatglance:
Mastodon ☕
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
Let me be honest. Liberalism in Canada is as good as dead. Things are about to take a hard rightward shift.

And to tell you the truth, I fear Pierre Poilievre more than I fear Donald Trump.

Because whatever you want to say about Poilievre, he is smarter than Trump. He’s a master manipulator par excellence. He can sell water to fish.

But you look at Trudeau, and you go, “God damn, this is bad…”

Now I’ll be parking my vote with the NDP, but will they form government? No. Maybe, if we’re lucky, they’ll gain more seats.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/poilievre-to-trump-canada-will-never-be-the-51st-state-1.7153798
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Christopher :coffefied:
Christopher :coffefied: • mastodon (AP)
Twenty years ago it would be the same shit, but when one party is openly backed by fascist then its not the same.
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)

Content warning: CA politics

@Mark Shane Hayden @Christopher :coffefied:
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Pam C
Pam C • mastodon (AP)
Spotted this on FB (amendment to the one already shared).
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lolgop
lolgop • mastodon (AP)
In a functioning democracy with a functioning media, this would be pretty much the only thing discussed on every Sunday show tomorrow.

But in a Gilded Age with a Gilded Media, all the incentives are asswardly backward.

https://prospect.org/politics/2024-12-20-government-shutting-down-elon-musk-factories-china/
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Jay Kuo
Jay Kuo • mastodon (AP)
This week’s Just for Skeets and Giggles is out! Have a great weekend. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/just-for-skeets-and-giggles-122124?r=1zr8b&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi • mastodon (AP)
“He’s not gonna get any favors out of us,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett says after Dems prevented a gov’t shutdown. “I am going to make sure that the American people can know the nice things that they can have if they just put the right people in power, & that means putting the Dems back on top” #Velshi
https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/rep-crockett-to-speaker-mike-johnson-don-t-expect-any-favors-from-dems-in-new-congress-227662405920

https://www.msnbc.com/ali-velshi/watch/rep-crockett-to-speaker-mike-johnson-don-t-expect-any-favors-from-dems-in-new-congress-227662405920

Rep. Crockett to Speaker Mike Johnson: Don’t expect ‘any favors’ from Dems in new Congress

“He’s not gonna get any favors out of us,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) tells Ali Velshi, after Democrats once again voted to fund the government and prevent a shutdown, despite external political pressure from Elon Musk and Donald Trump.
MSNBC
#Velshi
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いしたにまさき・ノートPC没滅運動中
いしたにまさき・ノートPC没滅運動中 • mastodon (AP)
MIXI Dockの話なつかしすぎるｗ
そして、言えない話ｗｗｗ
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chris martens
chris martens • mastodon (AP)
happy solstice everyone! hope you are having a nice day
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chris martens
chris martens Private Message mastodon (AP)
@dev thanks!
@Dev
Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow • mastodon (AP)
This is my last Pluralistic post of the year, and rather than round up my most successful posts of the year, I figured I'd write a little about why it's impossible for me to do that, and why that is by design, and what that says about the arts, monopolies, AI, and creative labor markets.

--

If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read or share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog:

https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/21/blockheads-r-us/#vocational-awe

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A writer, bundled in furs, sitting on a block of ice and writing with a quill pen. His head has been replaced with that of a skeleton. His inkpot is suspended over a camp stove. He has written, 'No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.' Surrounding him in a semicircle are nine angry, wealthy men in old fashioned suits, shouting and gesticulating. The background is a faded US$100 bill.
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CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:
CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow: • mastodon (AP)

:qr:

This is a QR code.
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v̾i̾t̾r̾i̾o̾l̾i̾x̾
v̾i̾t̾r̾i̾o̾l̾i̾x̾ • mastodon (AP)
@catsalad
ce n'est pas un code QR
@CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:
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Lot⁴⁹
Lot⁴⁹ • mastodon (AP)
@catsalad
A QR code which goes to the url clickclickclick.click
@CatSalad🐈🥗 (D.Burch) :blobcatrainbow:
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Kathy Reid
Kathy Reid • mastodon (AP)
For anyone interested in the gendered politics of communication in #technology, count how many times in this video Daniela Amodei, the President of Anthropic, speaks, and how many times she is interrupted or talked over, and what that ratio is.

https://youtu.be/om2lIWXLLN4?feature=shared
#Technology
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Kathy Reid
Kathy Reid • mastodon (AP)
@unicornCoder yeah I interpreted the interruptions very differently
@unicornCoder ☑️ :gnome: :bash:
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unicornCoder ☑️ :gnome: :bash:
unicornCoder ☑️ :gnome: :bash: • mastodon (AP)
that's fair. overall a video where they all were so happy with themselves.
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@Om*
@Om* • diaspora
henry ford awarded by nazis for creating the assembly line...

8978894


#corporatemotherfuckers #henryford #nazis #award
#nazis #Award #corporatemotherfuckers #henryford
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Andy Dillon
Andy Dillon • diaspora
A former friend went ballistic defending Ford awhile back when I pointed out Ford's history.
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>sfb< SigmundFreud'sBartender
>sfb< SigmundFreud'sBartender • diaspora
afaik he also adviced the soviet union
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C.W. Williams
C.W. Williams • mastodon (AP)
Good afternoon Federati! A clear, cold and very windy day here near the Bay. Fine weather for a bit of the traditional Winter Solstice Goose-bothering.
#afternoon #cold #windy #solstice #Chesapeake #Birds #dogs #gundogdayafternoon #GooseBothering
Photo of a clear, cold and windy winter solstice afternoon on Harris Creek, sun behind us bathes the scene in golden afternoon light. Sky is a deep perfect blue with scattered puffy white clouds.Marsh is brown and just doesn't want to be bothered right now. Creek water is rippled and reflects the sky and clouds. In the foreground Miles and Jon two black Flat-Coated Retrievers stroll down the wood walk in hopes of indulging in some serious Goose-bothering. Photo of a clear, cold and windy winter solstice afternoon on Harris Creek, sun behind us bathes the scene in golden afternoon light. Sky is a deep perfect blue with scattered puffy white clouds.Marsh is brown and just doesn't want to be bothered right now. Creek water is rippled and reflects the sky and clouds.
Photo of a clear, cold and windy winter solstice afternoon on Harris Creek, sun behind us bathes the scene in golden afternoon light. Sky is a deep perfect blue with scattered puffy white clouds.Marsh is brown and just doesn't want to be bothered right now. Creek water is rippled and reflects the sky and clouds. In the foreground Miles and Jon two black Flat-Coated Retrievers stand on the wood walk, indulging in some serious Goose-bothering. Photo of a clear, cold and windy winter solstice afternoon on Harris Creek, sun behind us bathes the scene in golden afternoon light. Sky is a deep perfect blue with scattered puffy white clouds.Marsh is brown and just doesn't want to be bothered right now. Creek water is rippled and reflects the sky and clouds.
#birds #dogs #cold #afternoon #solstice #windy #chesapeake #gundogdayafternoon #goosebothering
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katharine
katharine • mastodon (AP)
According to the WHO's GISRS FluNet surveillance data, we might be at the third lowest point of Covid.

Everybody could put their little maskies on all the way through winter and we could see if that line drops and flattens for a decent interval.

You could whip this out and show it to your loved ones to convince them to wear the good maskies that you give them. Or to say "nah, babe, but it could be" when they insist that Covid is so totes over.

https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiNzc4YTIxZjQtM2E1My00YjYxLWIxMDItNzEzMjkyY2E1MzU1IiwidCI6ImY2MTBjMGI3LWJkMjQtNGIzOS04MTBiLTNkYzI4MGFmYjU5MCIsImMiOjh9

#CovidIsNotOver
line graph of Covid and flu positivity percentage tracked from January 2020 to December 2024. The red (or most consistently high) line is Covid, the blue (lower) line is influenza.

Power BI Report

Report powered by Power BI
app.powerbi.com
#CovidIsNotOver
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katharine
katharine • mastodon (AP)
Although the data may be incomplete, it does give an overall sense of the Covid waves over the years as well as a visual comparison to flu in terms of seasonality and surges.

Show these sorts of graphs to your minimizers and pandemic past-tensers. Put them on the spot to do some fancy footwork to justify the last 2-3 years.
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