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Archie mastodon (AP)
Using the river as the centre stage for the opening has been a masterstroke by France

#paris2024

The Register mastodon (AP)
Video game actors strike because they fear an attack of the AI clones

You wouldn't download a performer Actors are back on strike for an entirely unsurprising reason: Studios aren't willing to give video game actors enough protection from artificial intelligence. …
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/26/hollywood_video_game_strike/

Hart mastodon (AP)
#ClimateEmergency ....and life goes on as usual
.... Back to you jim

Zaphod Beeblebrox mastodon (AP)
Some pretty stunning visuals in the opening ceremonies as night falls in Paris.
A mechanized horse and rider wrapped in the five ring Olympic flag races up the Seine Base of the Eiffel Tower as flags of nations emerge between the wings of dove of peace
The flags of nations participating flank the bridge before the illuminated wings of doves of peace Front view of mechanized horse and rider transporting the Olympic flag up the Seine to where the athletes are

Cooles Outfit! #olympics
Tom Merlin mastodon (AP)
Ich find die Stiefel so krass *schmacht*


Uurggghhhh, dirty old men being dirty old men. I wonder what else he's done has been covered up?
#FrancisFordCoppola
"Sorry, if I come up to you and kiss you," director Francis Ford Coppola boomed 
 into a microphone on the set of his new film Megalopolis, according to an 
 unnamed source who was there. "Just know it's solely for my pleasure." 
 On Friday, Variety published two exclusive video clips leaked from the set of that 
 much-maligned_epic that show the 85-year-old filmmaker walking up to a sc.antily 
 clad background actor and kissing her on the mouth.

Okay das Metall-Pferd mit Reiter aufm Wasser mit fast unsichtbarem Schwimmkörper ist echt coool gemacht #olympics
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Gary Hill diaspora
Protest... Fascists off our streets...
#London
#Protest
#Demonstration
#StopTheFascists
https://www.stopwar.org.uk/events/unite-against-fascist-tommy-robinson-in-london/
We can start by not referring to him by a stage name. His name is Stephen Yaxley-Lenon and he uses the other name to appear more of a salt-of-the-earth type than he is.
Gary Hill diaspora
Agreed, he is an utter scumbag...

Bubba Harrison mastodon (AP)
There’s a “Super Deluxe Edition” of John Lennon's 1973 album, 'Mind Games', limited to just 1,100 copies for only $1,350. It includes a hologram-engraved EP and I-Ching coins...but it's already sold out.

The six-disc/book version is still available.

If you still want to spend more money, you can buy a Beatles Rubik's cube or Monopoly game at the online #Beatles store.
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The 180-shift in the Democratic campaign


Out: Tom Petty. In: Beyonce. We look at what's behind the jarring vibe shifts in the Democratic campaign this week.

#news #npr #publicradio #usa
posted by pod_feeder_v2

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Tomorrow, Caturday is going to be next level.

Trending mastodon (AP)
#Paris2024 is now trending across Mastodon

Thomas 🔭🕹️ mastodon (AP)
Now to get the images off.. this camera doesn’t use any kind of storage card.

The only connection to the outside world is a serial cable… (and it’s not USB)
https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/112853562103619870

Today’s shitty camera, CASIO QV-120 (0.3MP, 1997)

#shittycamerachallenge #vga
Taking a picture of Zaha. The camera doesn’t have a viewfinder but relies on incredibly janky live view that eats up batteries. The lens can be tilted so you can see the screen better as off-angle viewing is impossible.
Zaha the cat with the front of the camera that proudly proclaims “VGA”

ran mak mastodon (AP)
omg, this was my first camera! this is amazing!!

JuneSim63 mastodon (AP)
Ukraine has sent 1,000 tonnes of wheat to Gaza through Jordan as part of a 7,000-tonne package for the war-battered Palestinian territory.

The shipment, announced by the Ukrainian embassy in Amman, is Kyiv's first participation in the international effort to assist more than two million people struggling with acute shortages of food, water, fuel, medical care and shelter.

#Ukraine #Gaza #Starvation
Ukraine sends wheat to relieve hunger in Gaza | The National
https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2024/07/25/ukraine-sends-wheat-to-relieve-hunger-in-gaza/

Mastodon Statistics hubzilla (AP)
#Mastodon #Statistics 2024-07-26 22:00 CEST
Number of active instances: 11 986
Number of users: 8 890 280
Number of statuses: 1 076 695 731
Number of users last 4h: -542
Number of statuses last 4h: 124 627
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#Fediverse

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Bat Andrea diaspora
Wordle 1.133 4/6*

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Slowdive - Summer Daze https://youtu.be/gmcVvQjPMUU?si=EMruj64WGjiKoeFE dreampop shoegaze @wmnf

Pete mastodon (AP)
This whole opening ceremony is like some kind of messed up fever dream. I have zero idea what is going on but daren’t look away. #ParisOlympics #Olympics

Greg Cocks💧🌏 mastodon (AP)
Visualizing All Of The World's Water
--
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/hf01-visualizing-all-of-the-worlds-water/ <-- shared technical article
--
https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/how-much-water-there-earth <-- USGS’s ‘How Much Water Is There On The Earth?’
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#water #hydrology #water #waterresources #farming #agriculture #foodsecurity #visualisation #earth #proportions #percentages #sources #groundwater #watercycle


Tarmo Amer mastodon (AP)
And in Estonian, it means a first person verb in many instances:

- Kallistan - I hug
- Varastan - I steal
- Jutustan - I tell a story

Introducing the July/August 2024 issue of Texas Observer magazine.

Visit https://texasobserver.org/editors-letter-introducing-our-july-august-issue/ for a special preview from @gusbova

#journalism #nonprofit #Texas
The cover of Texas Observer magazine shows a moody, black and red illustration of refugees traveling through the jungle on the back of motorbikes. One passenger in the foreground is clutching a toddler in her lap. Top headline: On the Trail of the Coyotes. A Cuban journalist recounts his long and perilous escape to Texas bu Jesus Jank Curbelo. 
The Living Legacy of Texas’ Prison Plantations by Josephine Lee and Michelle Pitcher. A Lipan Apache’s Ancestor’s Improbable Return by Darcie Little Badger. Medicaid’s Repo Men by Julie Poole.

Brian Tooted mastodon (AP)
Y’all, follow this guy.

From: @dgar
https://aus.social/@dgar/110031042616708523

Them: So how are you going to get your music out there?

Me: I’m going to share it on Mastodon.

Them: And people will boost it?

Me: No. Well, yeah, but not much. It’ll mostly just be seen by those who’ve followed me.

Them: How many people are going to just “follow” some random unknown song writer from the backwaters of Queensland?

Me: Very few.

Them: So… how are you going to build an audience of followers if people generally don’t follow musicians or share music?

Me: I’m going to share jokes. People love jokes. And they love sharing jokes. And, importantly, they love a joker. Oh, and weird facts. People love weird facts too.

Them: You’re not a comedian.

Me: No, but I can try to make people smile. Which is what I’m trying to do with my music anyway. That the real goal. As long as I’m making people smile, I’m succeeding.

A few months later:

Them: How’s the Mastodon thing going?

Me: Amazing! People love the jokes and lots of people are following!

Them: And are people listening to your music?

Me: Music is actually being boosted and people are leaving positive comments. I think plays are like two thousand percent from last year?

Them: Nice! That’ll make like what, a dollar fifty?

Me: Not that much! [lol] I will say though, I have met some of the most amazing, talented, thoughtful, and caring people I have ever had the privilege of knowing. They’ve been supportive, insightful, and genuinely inspiring.

🫶

@Dgar
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Mark Wyner :vm: mastodon (AP)
we’ve been following each other for a while. They’re one of the first accounts I followed. Dgar is a great addition to my timeline.


Kent Pitman mastodon (AP)
halfway round the world
Olympic level fire fights
warriors each owed gold

#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #climate #heat #ExtremeHeat #fire #fires #wildfire #wildfires #Olympics #metaphor #heroism #FireFighters #heroes

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/26/world/americas/canada-wildfires-jasper-alberta-firefighters.html

If you're iffy on the syllable count, click into the discussion thread on this. I'll put my notes there.

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Matthew Sheffield mastodon (AP)
JD Vance's white nationalist connections just keep getting exposed. In addition to endorsing a book by the guy running Project 2025, he wrote a blurb for Jack Posobiec, a racist antisemite who was one of the biggest promoters of the Pizzagate hoax https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/07/jd-vance-unhumans-book-jack-posobiec-alt-right-january-6/
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Äh Dude. Dein Flügel brennt 👩‍🚒🔥 #olympics
Sophie mastodon (AP)
Also haben sich doch welche vom #ESC verirrt.
#esc
Laura mastodon (AP)
Plot Twist: Das ist das olympische Feuer

Bill Jorth mastodon (AP)
Angus Dei members are contributing to the blatant christonationalism sweeping the conservative thinking. The aggressive methods are so unchristian as to be heretical. Certainly no wonder that religious membership in America and even worldwide is declining with each generation and with the level of education in each community. https://c.im/@cdarwin/112853065231745114

Roberts advised listeners
not to accept the
“narrative framing of the other side”
on these issues.

He said conservatives who are anti-abortion
should stop talking about it the way the left wants them to
and instead “talk about the fact that many of them want abortion to be legal until birth”.

Strategies of incrementalism
and narrative framing
don’t always apply, he added,
because sometimes you just have to fight.

“Right now, we have to fight on religious liberty and, in particular,
religious liberty as it relates to protecting institutions of faith,” he said.

“And that’s not a time for strategic retreat.
It’s not a time to be savvy,
it’s not a time to be sweet.
It’s not a time to develop friendships with the other side.

It is a time to take our fist
– figuratively, Father Charles
– and bust them in the nose
because they hate what you and I believe.”

#Camino #Schools #Rose #incremental #apostolic #Vance #Heritage #Foundation #Project2025 #Roberts #CIC #Gore #Escrivá #Roberts #Leo #Trump


Sue Stone mastodon (AP)
FBI Is Not Fully Convinced Trump Was Struck by a Bullet

“There is some question about whether or not it was a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,” FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/fbi-is-not-fully-convinced-trump-was-struck-by-a-bullet?ref=home?ref=home
EarthMomma mastodon (AP)
One day very soon, Trump will have to stop wearing something on his fully undamaged and completely healed ear and the ALT R MAGA Nutters will claim---IT IS A MIRACLE!!!

Bubba Harrison mastodon (AP)
The original 'Mind Games' was a precognitive vision of a Nutopian reality where the lines between illusion and reality are blurred. Or maybe it was just a hallucination caused by the government.
I prefer playing Hungry, Hungry Hippos.

brucy mastodon (AP)
Widespread Panic Boston and Vegas shows are cancelled.
Gonna cry now.

https://widespreadpanic.com/2024/07/26/boston-and-las-vegas-shows-canceled/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2neWiURCwiHgxAEKGxm-Knz4g_IlQkDSV_nqt2M6IKQLUfYa193eFf-g4_aem_xG6R5mhOmgYikQXFhE_Jjg

Kim Perales mastodon (AP)
😷"Massive Covid Spikes in These 21 States May Explain Why Everyone You Know Seems to Have It Right Now.

The wave is fueled by new COVID KP.2 strains —subvariants of the highly infectious Omicron strain, & its related variant, LB.1. These account for >90% of the new cases of COVID.

Vaccine rates are down as well, as the most recent data from the CDC’s vaccine tracking system says only 22.5% of adults have received an updated COVID vaccine since last Sept."
#Covid #Health
https://people.com/massive-covid-spikes-in-21-states-cdc-8683478
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Loch Nix mastodon (AP)
anyone have the word on when the next booster will be available?

Tried to schedule one in August to prepare for the school year and was told no boosters will be available until the next vaccine iteration is released.
Kim Perales mastodon (AP)
@lochnix I've heard September, but that may be an estimate.

Laffy mastodon (AP)
Via Aaron Rupar:

It's fun to think about #Trump dropping #Vance, but I can't imagine it happens. Admitting an error like that is just not something Trump does. And it would look extra bad since Trump needed a new running mate in the first place bc he tried to have the old one killed. He's stuck.
Steve Hersey mastodon (AP)
@jmelesky
That is plausible. It would also be consistent with his practice of "when you find you've dug yourself into a hole, dig harder!"
Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
@n1xnx @jmelesky
If I were JD I'd make certain to stay far away from any windows until election day.

** nada ocurre por espontaneidad, hoy en día todo esta conectado de una u otra forma, planeándose de arriba para abajo, sólo para echar a andar el efecto dominó **

a dynamic i'm grappling with (and kinda going back to that michelle wolf vid i posted) is how its so hard for us when a politician who is not a white man turns out to be a... politician.

its like we want women and people of color to somehow ascend in power all the way to the presidency while also only fulfilling the left's demands (even though the US left is rarely organized enough to make politically powerful demands at all)
observing the discourse on harris this week just reinforces my feeling that our power analysis is often off.

kinda like how bornagains can quit the church but then keep the same values and apply it to anti-vax hippie core or similar; we're all americans trained in passive consumerism who can denounce capitalism but still believe we can sit on our couch and post our way to better politics

Mike Sheward mastodon (AP)
see i've always wanted to learn piano but my fear of piano fires has always stopped me

#olympics
Krupo mastodon (AP)
clearly the piano can withstand it... Just float it on a river raft
Mike Sheward mastodon (AP)
@krupo yeah but thats how they get ya, it's expensive enough to get started with just the piano, but then throw in all the rafting equipment on top of it, never ending expense
Paul_IPv6 mastodon (AP)
fear that the piano might burst into flames or that you would be unable to quell the impulse to set your piano on fire? 😀

Vancouver Rolls Back Bylaw Restricting Gas Heat in New Buildings

The 6-5 vote on the bylaw amendment “restores the option for new home construction to use natural gas for heating and hot water”.

https://wecanfixclimatechange.com/2024/07/vancouver-rolls-back-bylaw-restricting-gas-heat-in-new-buildings

#ClimateEmergency #theenergymix
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