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Blog Oklahoma mastodon (AP)
Tulsa Public Schools to provide free meals to all students
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/local-regional/2024-07-26/tulsa-public-schools-to-provide-free-meals-to-all-students

#Tulsa #Oklahoma #OKEd #oklaed


Deniz Opal mastodon (AP)
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An advertisement for a McCrispy next to a Crematorium.
Charlton Heston in Soylent Green.
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diesUndDas mastodon (AP)
soylent brown is made from burnt chicken
Kristen mastodon (AP)
Soylent Green is people!!

Laffy mastodon (AP)
Kevin Roberts, architect of #Project2025, has close ties to radical Catholic group Opus Dei

Heritage Foundation leader has long received spiritual guidance from group and his policy goals align with its teachings
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/26/kevin-roberts-project-2025-opus-dei?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Thomas 🔭🕹️ mastodon (AP)
Republicans are so weird and completely lacking any empathy that they picked “Laughing Kamala” as derogatory nickname.

Laughing, widely known as an alarming warning sign that only the most sinister people exhibit.
ECHAEA mastodon (AP)
Good to know they're desperate 👌
Justin 🌻 mastodon (AP)
this being in contrast to their favorite people who have no sense of humor except for harming others.

‼️🇺🇦AFU strikes Russian airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea, General Staff confirms (more) https://kyivindependent.com/explosions-fire-reported-at-airfield-in-occupied-crimea/ #Ukraine #Press #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#Article7 #Article7HungaryNow

#bullshitjobs mastodon (AP)
<10% of our jobs create all of our wealth.

>90% of our jobs exist to fight over money. Or to support entities that fight over money. Wasting most of our time, resources, energy and fossil fuels in the process.

Houston, we have a problem ...
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2024/07/24/hottest-day-on-earth-planet-breaks-record-twice-this-week-amid-historic-heat-waves/

#RemoveThomasBach #InvestigateThomasBach #BoycottTheParaOlympics
#InvestigateTheIOC #BoycottTheOlympics #BoycottTheParisGames
#487DeadUkrainianathletes
#TerroristsDontGetToPlay
⛔️🇫🇷7 of the 487 Ukrainian athletes who will never have a chance to compete at the Olympics due to invading Russian terrorism (PHOTOS and more) https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-athletes-who-will-never-have-a-chance-to-compete-at-the-olympics/ #Ukraine #France #Olympics #Paris #Press #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar
#10yrInvasionofUkraine

John V Willshire mastodon (AP)
A piece of wonderful news; I'm going to be on @gwandshows tonight with a wee film I made about rewilding our new-build garden, and what housing developers could & should do to help communities do this more easily.

More here: https://smithery.com/2024/07/25/bbc-gardeners-world-rewilding-a-garden/

#gardens #rewilding #housing

AI6YR Ben mastodon (AP)
Someone sabotaging the French high speed train network ahead of the Olympics opening ceremony. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20240726-france-s-high-speed-train-network-paralysed-by-malicious-acts #France #Olympics

In 2020, I was not a fan of Kamala Harris during her run for President. Her history as California AG, particularly with respect to a certain transgender felon, struck me as highly negative. I bought into the hype.

I’ll bottom line it. I’ve changed my mind. I know now that she was doing her job, and not expressing a personal animus toward people like me. Last night, I attended the Out For Kamala Harris Call (link to YouTube recording). That call raised around $300,000 for the Harris campaign in just over 90 minutes. There were many “out” celebrities speaking for her. More than 9000 people were listening by the time I got sleepy and dropped out.

As I have learned more about her over her time as VP, and have seen her as the presumptive Democratic nominee for President, I’ve become hopeful again about the future. Don’t get me wrong. It’s still going to be a hard fought battle against authoritarianism and bigotry. That’s really all the Republicans have to offer in their vision of the future. Project 2025 is basically a roadmap to The Handmaid’s Tale. That’s what they want – a nation that is essentially an oligarchy run by Christian Nationalists.

Please, get out and vote on November 5. The fate of our nation truly hangs in the balance. If you care about being able to vote in 2028, you must vote in 2024. You must vote Kamala Harris for President (Instagram). Donate to her campaign, if you can. Knock on doors if it’s safe. Talk to your friends. Make sure they know what Project 2025 is about.

I know, I don’t usually get political on this blog. But we face a truly existential moment in this nation. Our very existence as a decent people depends on our actions in the next 100+ days.

The journey continues.

https://janetannelogan.com/2024/07/26/kamala-harris-for-president/

#KamalaHarris2024 #politics #USPol

The Obamas Endorse Harris: 'This Is Going to Be Historic'

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/barack-obama-michelle-obama-endorse-kamala-harris-president-1235068511/

Republicans Really Wish Trump Hadn’t Picked J.D. Vance

https://newrepublic.com/post/184251/republicans-trump-jd-vance-mistake-biden-kamala-harris

Andrew Guilford mastodon (AP)
The UK Government has dropped its opposition to an international arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu

#UKPol #Labour #BenjaminNetanyahu #Israel #Gaza #Palestine #InternationalCriminalCourt

https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/jul/26/britain-drops-challenge-icc-arrest-warrants-israeli-leaders-netanyahu-gallant

Costa Samaras unkn (AP)
A grad student I am co-advising is about to defend his awesome dissertation and I am so excited for him!


The Register mastodon (AP)
Progress discloses second critical flaw in Telerik Report Server in as many months

These are the kinds of bugs APTs thrive on, just ask the Feds Progress Software's latest security advisory warns customers about the second critical vulnerability targeting its Telerik Report Server in as many months.…
#theregister #IT
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/07/26/critical_vulnerability_progress_telerik/

JonChevreau mastodon (AP)

Content warning: Making sense of the markets this week, via @MoneySense


26 Jul 2024: “Eyes of the Muse” by King Tuff - Found this one about a decade ago on my cousin-in-laws Discover Daily via Shazam. #SongOfTheDay #AdamsSongOfTheDay https://apple.co/3w4IIdL


LGBTQ Nation unkn (AP)
Elon Musk's trans daughter epically slams her dad for not knowing her at all - LGBTQ Nation
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/07/elon-musks-trans-daughter-epically-slams-her-dad-for-not-knowing-her-at-all/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into LGBTQ Nation @lgbtq-nation-LGBTQNation

Kahte🐿️ mastodon (AP)
@switch Bisous du vendredi 😘😘😘😘

Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
It absolutely does not have to be the case that the USA has to still be producing the amount of oil and gas that we are now in 2026, but it's up to all of us to stop it from happening by stopping to buy their polluting products.

#ElectrifyEverything #VoteClimate #VoteBlue #WeAreNotGoingBack
 Markets Insider + Follow . 5h

The US will be an oil production powerhouse through at least 2026,..
Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
Many experts believe that the clean energy transition has reached the point where emissions will stabilize and then begin to decline. The critical milestone of peak climate pollution might be happening right now.

The total global climate pollution released between February and May 2024 declined slightly from the amount released during the same period in 2023.
https://whowhatwhy.org/science/environment/a-major-milestone-global-climate-pollution-may-have-just-peaked/
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BlueVirginia mastodon (AP)
Following @RepSpanberger Push, President Biden Makes Final Nominations to Fill USPS Board of Governors (“Virginians have suffered some of the worst consequences of the detrimental policy changes made by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy") https://bluevirginia.us/2024/07/130219

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Spocks Fist mastodon (AP)
Please boost and donate to democracy. It’s only logical. 👊🖖

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris

#MastodonForHarris

Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
Some of my arrowheads could be older, but I'd have to say that this is the favorite stone age tool I own.

Do you know what it is?
Image of a stone tool that kind of looks like an elf boot I suppose
Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
@temptoetiam
@alienghic
@Ash_Crow
@akamran
@spiegelmama
@Snowshadow
@bici So, that stone age tool seems to me to be a mano, a tool used with a metate to grind grains.

I assume that it's old just based on how much of the stone has been worn off by generations of hands holding it on the handle pointed up in that picture.

I asked a couple of archaeologists based on the photo, but they wouldn't confirm my "guess".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mano_(stone)
Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
@temptoetiam @alienghic @Ash_Crow @akamran @spiegelmama @Snowshadow @bici
I'm pretty darn certain that it's authentic.

My mother told me she found in the dunes on one of the Caribbean islands that she lived on, but I don't want to assume which one regrettably.

I wish that she had of tried to find some local officials to have given it to, but now I don't know what will end up happening to it. Perhaps see if Smithsonian is interested?
Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
@Snowshadow @temptoetiam @alienghic @Ash_Crow @akamran @spiegelmama @bici
I took this to the Smithsonian and they were gracious enough to explain what it is.

Want to take a guess what this is? I can only narrow down it's date of origination to between 1757 to about the maybe half-way through the 20th century.

Anyways the Smithsonian is one of our best national treasures imo.

This ball of lead is the size of a softball:
Lead ball the size of a softball
spiegelmama mastodon (AP)

Content warning: Guess

Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)

Content warning: Guess

Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
@Snowshadow @temptoetiam @alienghic @Ash_Crow @akamran @spiegelmama @bici
@slcw
I'm going to give y'all a huge clue.

This tool would not have been used prior to probably a few hundred years after 1450.
SLCW💥 mastodon (AP)
@temptoetiam@octodon.social @alienghic@octodon.social @Ash_Crow @akamran @spiegelmama @bici

Some sort of weight for fishing? Or maybe a ball used in the milling of Cannon balls? I found a similar ball /egg in my searches. https://imgur.com/a/TuxLSg7
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mmalc mastodon (AP)
@Snowshadow @temptoetiam @alienghic @Ash_Crow @akamran @spiegelmama @bici @slcw

Something to do with typesetting, then; given some of the indentations, perhaps roll over letters etc. to ensure they're properly embedded in the form?
Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
@mmalc @Snowshadow @temptoetiam @alienghic @Ash_Crow @akamran @spiegelmama @bici @slcw
Bingo-almost!

Museum curator told me that he suspected it was used to CLEAN the iron type on the printing presses. The reason that I gave the date as a few hundred years after @gutenberg_org press patent was because in 1450 they didn't use iron type in the presses yet.

The ink would build up on the iron type and so they would press this lead ball down onto it. Since Pb is softer than Fe off came ink.
Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
@mmalc @Snowshadow @temptoetiam @alienghic @Ash_Crow @akamran @spiegelmama @bici @slcw @gutenberg_org
So, this was a personal find. Where I lived during middle school had a creek in subdivision. I was walking in the creek and found this cool lead ball.

It's a Civil War town so of course I thought cannon ball until trip to D.C. museum with it.
Kevin Leecaster mastodon (AP)
@mmalc @Snowshadow @temptoetiam @alienghic @Ash_Crow @akamran @spiegelmama @bici @slcw @gutenberg_org
So, upstream maybe a mile is the newspaper's offices and sometime between 1757 and I don't when I picture some dude saying f-this damn thing and tossing it into creek. I'd like to think it was one of their slaves, but anyways?

So, it slowly rolled downstream until I found it. I've reached out to newspaper, but no response back.
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Master of Crevettes mastodon (AP)
it looks a lot like a walking stick handle 😅

Deniz Opal mastodon (AP)
"If books could kill" podcast takes on JD Vance's book Hillbilly Elegy.

You'll love it.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7oKZ3KzkK13P2iuX3lEq5G?si=4gyE6mGxTk2PxBi8bgoM9g
Deniz Opal mastodon (AP)
@qotca Same. Going through their previous episodes now.
Brian David mastodon (AP)
@qotca The entirely of this podcast is amazing. The previous episode on Richard Hanania was gut bustingly funny.

shift/reset mastodon (AP)
I really wish people would stop making multi-part forms where I need to fill in required feeds to see all the questions. Especially when they validate them so I need to put in valid fake data.

I just want to see all the questions being asked so I know if it's going to require me having to go hunt down some random fucking document / see if I fail some eligibility requirement before I fill it in.

#accessibility
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NatalyaD mastodon (AP)
@f11xter @weirdwriter yeah, the list of info needed in advance is a good option. Reminds people who may not think to get info to do it.

Gov.UK specifically designs for the widest accessibility, and tries to avoid overload or too long forms and for lowest power devices.
NatalyaD mastodon (AP)
@weirdwriter

I was very cynical about GOV.UK when it started in about 2011 cos its predecessor directgov.uk was horrific, but I was pleasantly surprised. There was top-level support and while it's petered out a bit now and some departments like the tax department avoided improvements (they're bastards), 90% of government departments were forced into the new accessible regime.

They had people who believed in it, researched, listened, improved & promoted it.

@f11xter @shift_reset

Kevin Cianfarini mastodon (AP)
Hot damn, kudos to #answerthecall2024 for raising over $2 million last night in small dollar donors for Kamala Harris. It's encouraging to see efforts like this and #mastodonforharris supporting a candidate who will stand up for our rights.
Shannon Watts 
@shannonrwatts

Closing tonight with @mPinoe and Sue Bird to announce we've passed two million in donations!!! #AnswerTheCall2024. 

10:38 PM Jul 25, 2024
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Hugh Shanahan mastodon (AP)
If you still have a Xitter account even if it's just there lurking you might like to update a setting (from bluesky).

https://bsky.app/profile/wolvendamien.bsky.social/post/3ky5vfqaagr2m

If, like me, you wanna donate to help Kamala Harris become President, AND you’d like to see her right here on Mastodon, please use the link below to the #MastodonForHarris page on the Dem donation website — you’ll be supporting both causes!
Please BOOST this link https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris
& #MastodonForHarris even if you can’t donate right now.
#Kamala2024 #harris #KamalaHarris

https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/112850807360365303

Because funds raised via https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris go through our page and then directly to Harris for President, Harris’ finance team sees precisely how we are doing. And because we have been raising money from lots of people, with numerous recurring donations, at a good clip, I’m confident #MastodonForHarris is getting noticed. 3/3

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Blog Oklahoma mastodon (AP)
City of Coweta residents frustrated about water but the city says the water is safe
https://www.ktul.com/news/local/city-of-coweta-residents-frustrated-about-water-but-the-city-says-the-water-is-safe#

#Oklahoma #CowetaOK

Selena Larson mastodon (AP)
One of my favorite things about this website are the @orcspiration and @FrogandToadbot bots on the same post timing and appear right next to each other. A little mastoglimmer
Orcspiration
@orcspiration@botsin.space
SHELVE YOUR DAGGER, TODAY YOU
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@FrogandToadbot@botsin.space
"Turtle," said Frog. "You will have to go
away."
"Why should I?" asked the turtle.
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funny in his bathing suit, and he does
not want you to see him," said Frog.
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@orcspiration@botsin.space
CAN YOU SEE SOMETHING GREEN
FROM WHERE YOU ARE?
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@FrogandToadbot@botsin.space
Toad went out to his garden with some
candles.
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"I will read the seeds a story," said Toad.
"Then they will not be afraid."
Orcspiration
@orcspiration@botsin.space
RELISH IN THE SCREAMS OF YOUR
ENEMIES! DO YOU WANT TO TEXT A
FRIEND?
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@FrogandToadbot@botsin.space
Then Frog and Toad ate a big breakfast.
And after that, they spent a fine, long
day together. Orcspiration
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@orcspiration@botsin.space
YOUR ENEMIES LAMENT YOUR VERY
EXISTENCE. DO YOU HAVE MEDICINE
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@FrogandToadbot@botsin.space
'I saw the sun coming out,' said Frog. 1
saw birds sitting and singing in a tree. I
saw my mother and father working in
their garden. I saw flowers in the garden.'
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We have grown somewhat accustomed to seeing dramatic video of #flooding in mountainous areas of the world. A washout like this in South Dakota? Not so much. This is downright breathtaking. McCook, SD.
#ClimateDiary

https://youtu.be/NNJkHjaVHIc?feature=shared

⚠️⛔️NATO members attempting to give Ukraine to terrorists: Calls for ceasefire would leave 25% of Ukraine under Russian occupation, ambassador says (more) https://kyivindependent.com/seasefire-means-25-of-territories-remain-under-russian-control-ambassador-says/ #Ukraine #Press #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#Article7 #Article7HungaryNow

AI6YR Ben mastodon (AP)
AP: What we know about ‘malicious’ attack on French train network ahead of Olympics opening https://apnews.com/article/olympics-2024-malicious-act-trains-opening-ceremony-40159c5b49c44088960b61e944597b07 #olympics #trains #france

AI6YR Ben mastodon (AP)
Pure speculation, but have not seen any definitive updates on the damage in Jasper, but yesterday they cleared all fire crews without SCBA -- ie all wildland crews pulled -- and any structure defense would also require light/air support and typically hundreds of firefighters for a single structure fire... that could not have lasted very long. Apparently 200-300 ft flames on the front per CBC reporting, which is grim. Damage (in my opinion) could be quite catastrophic. #Jasper #wildfire #JasperNationalPark

https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/multiple-structures-ablaze-as-wildfire-roars-into-jasper-townsite-1.6975551
 “(The) air quality had deteriorated to the point that wildland firefighters and others without self-contained breathing apparatuses needed to evacuate to Hinton,” Parks Canada said in a statement.

“Structural firefighters remain in town and are working to save as many structures as possible and to protect critical infrastructure, including the wastewater treatment plant, communications facilities, the Trans Mountain Pipeline and others.”
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Word I have through first responder connections in town is pretty grim.
Bill Witte mastodon (AP)
It’ll be a tough recovery for Jasper. Once a WUI fire transitions to an urban conflagration with building to building ignition (like Maui) IC needs to make difficult decisions. Crews in structural gear need to switch air bottles and rehab every 30-45 min. It might be OK to lose 20 -100 houses if they save critical infrastructure. All communities need to do better mitigating structure ignitability.


Warner Crocker mastodon (AP)
Happy Birthday to George Bernard Shaw. Who gave us (among many things) this quote:

Two percent of the people think; three percent of the people think they think;
and ninety-five percent of the people
would rather die than think.
Photo of Gerorge Bernard Shaw
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