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Judeet88

@Judeet88@universeodon.com

Retired nurse. Studied #geology, BScHons. Large collection of #rocks. Love #gardening, #knitting, #sewing, #reading, #painting, #writing, #talking, #silence; #thinking and seeing friends. Walked thousands of miles in UK, France. Choose hols somewhere remote. Love #OS maps and books. Cancer survivor 10yrs. Offences not intended. Bi. All real science enthralling. Help others cos I can. Fighting despair. Shocked by family secrets. Alone, not lonely. Always ask awkward questions. Reality based.

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Burger King...bravo and great trolling.

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A streak of record-setting that began last summer has now persisted for an entire year across the globe, researchers announced Wed, pushing closer to a dangerous threshold that the ’s nations had pledged not to cross.
Temperatures surpassed the 1.5°C threshold over the past year, & scientists warn they will again soon.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2024/06/05/global-temperatures-1-5-celsius-record-year/

Judeet88 ,
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@Nonilex Let us rejoice that this is the coolest year we're going to get for...ooohh...two or three centuries?

GottaLaff , to random
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Melinda French Gates says she will be donating $1 billion over the next two years to individuals and organizations working on behalf of women and families globally, including on in the United States.
https://apnews.com/article/melinda-french-gates-donation-reproductive-women-rights-ab3512903cac247960d1fe03eabaeb89

Judeet88 ,
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@GottaLaff Good for her. About time someone with loadsa money started sticking up for women and girls....

CultureDesk , to bookstodon group
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What's better for the environment: A paper book, or an e-reader? NPR spoke to industry experts about the rise of digital reading, how the publishing industry is reducing waste, and whether using a fossil-fuel-derived plastic e-reader is a better option than a paper book. The short answer, according to professor Mike Berners-Lee (yes, he is his brother): It depends.

https://flip.it/h5yJmA

#Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Reading #Environment

Judeet88 ,
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@CultureDesk @bookstodon At least with a proper book you can be pretty sure it's not been 'censored', especially if you find one as close to first publishing date as possible. Also, they can be passed round easily to others and in hard times, trashy novels can be used to insulate walls and floors and pages used to light stoves etc.

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As Heather Cox Richardson reports, the Supreme Court just signed off on a South Carolina congressional map that dilutes Black votes by gerrymandering.

And Samuel Alito wrote the majority opinion. She writes,

"Almost exactly 70 years after the Supreme Court unanimously decided Brown v. Board, it appears that the framed timbers designed to reverse the expansion of minority rights are falling into place."


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https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/may-23-2024

Judeet88 ,
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@wdlindsy "practical compassion" is not the sole remit of religion, it's basically simply what nice human beings do.

Judeet88 ,
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@wdlindsy I didn't say it was you who'd said it was the "sole remit" etc...it's just my opinion, garnered over nearly 70yrs of experience, and which I'm entitled to. I know there are good people doing good things everywhere.

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There is an ant colony that lives in the cracks of the asphalt in 2nd ave. In the center of the street. I don’t know if I should call them absolute legends or idiots. They use the cracks as highways like sidewalks ants. It’s a big colony although I can never get a good look at them without getting hocked at.

Perhaps I am the legendary idiot in this story.

Judeet88 ,
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@futurebird Put a hi-vis jacket and helmet on, wear gloves, have a clipboard and make out you're doing something "official"?

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Any “constitutional” or legal questions about the general election?

Ask below and I will reply if I can.

(I used to do this sort of thing on Twitter and I thought I would give it a go here.)

Judeet88 ,
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@davidallengreen What if the King is "indisposed" at the crucial moment? Does he have a legal "deputy" and who is it?

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One of my favorites. It took about a year before I could make sense of what the hummingbirds were doing. And I suppose it took them a year to be completely fearless when I was around. It finally happened. If there’s something you think you can do, you probably can.

Judeet88 ,
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@Jgbird Having only successfully photographed a Red Kite (think dot in the sky) a chicken and a racing pigeon who landed on my garden fence despite efforts to creep about and snap others, I'm dripping envy and admiration here...

CelloMomOnCars , to random
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"‘The fear has properly set in’: how it feels to watch my home town disappear into the sea

#Inverbervie, on the north-east coast of #Scotland, faces an existential threat, with storms carving away metres of #shoreline. "

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/21/the-fear-has-properly-set-in-how-it-feels-to-watch-my-home-town-disappear-into-the-sea

Judeet88 ,
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@CelloMomOnCars Sadly no government is going to spend £millions to protect just over 2000 inhabitants.

RolloTreadway , to random
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Morning everyone. Very exhausting dreams again. Head is properly sore. Lots of work to do today but having computer problems again. I just want to have a long dreamless sleep.

Hope everyone had better sleep than me, or has better sleep if you're off to bed soon.

Earworm this morning is Fauré's Pavane, for whatever reason. Here's some kids playing it beautifully. https://youtu.be/wQDoN40-_C4

Judeet88 ,
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@RolloTreadway @purplepadma I've gone through long periods in my life of having traumatic dreams where I shouted out so much I actually woke myself and my lovely neighbour asked me if I was ok the next day. As I keep a diary I'm able to correlate these periods with very stressful daytime situations over which I had little or no control. Part of having little or no control though was because I couldn't "let go" and back off, step away and put myself first. I'm still working on that!

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Art to the rescue!

Remake of an older meme where a man & woman couple are in the background having just walked past another woman but stopped to turn. Originally, the man is gazing at the woman who walked past, & the woman with him is looking at him angrily. BUT in THIS MEME, the woman in the foreground is a cut out of the King Charles's portrait. Replacing the man's head is a trial court artist rendering of trump & the accompanying woman's head is a portrait of billionaire Gina Rinehart.
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    @kDelta @TCMuffin @harriettmb @RustyBertrand The Monarch literally doesn't. The Monarch is obliged to do whatever the gov of the days demands of them, sign papers, welcome dictators to tea etc.

    mastodonmigration , to random
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    So, over in the astronomy world there is some consternation about a tweet from eminent satellite tracker Jonathan McDowell.

    Apparently "Starlink Precipitation" is now a thing. And yes, you got that right, Starlink precipitation is pieces of Elon Musk's fucking internet satellites raining down from space.

    See also this post from @carlysagan: https://mastodon.social/@carlysagan/112448150797509408

    Judeet88 ,
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    @mastodonmigration @carlysagan "eminent satellite tracker"...what a great title! How long will Jonathan be allowed to continue tweeting that kind of info I wonder??

    Homebrewandhacking , to bookstodon group
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    Dear @bookstodon

    I would like recommendations for books where the main character is a mild villain dealing with much worse villains and is telling the story as they go. Fantasy and Scifi are always comforting genres but I venture out for the right books.

    I would also like books where men and women are doing things and are friends without a romance being shoe-horned in. But I concede I might as well be asking for a pony at this point.

    Thanks for any help and or boosts!

    Judeet88 ,
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    @Homebrewandhacking @bookstodon (Sends a little pony in the post...)

    Strandjunker , to random
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    Remember, the Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers.

    It started with politicians dividing the people with “us vs. them”.

    It started with intolerance and hate speech.

    It started when people stopped caring, became desensitized, and turned a blind eye.

    Remember.

    Judeet88 ,
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    @Strandjunker It started with total control of the press.

    RolloTreadway , to random
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    Blehhh.

    After pissing down yesterday morning when the met office said it definitely wouldn't, it's now not raining when they said it definitely would.

    Could've had my still-damp laundry on the line all morning.

    Do I risk putting it out now?

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    @RolloTreadway I use 'Ventusky' a great weather site with lots of variables you can look at.

    RolloTreadway , to random
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    Morning everyone. Overslept, and the oversleeping period was a very unpleasant dream. Ugh. I don't feel any less tired either for that.

    Listening on random to a big general playlist of soul and funk songs because I don't know what I might want to listen to more specifically. The song on right now as I write this is Time Is Tight by Booker T & the MGs, so you can enjoy that with me. https://youtu.be/50xx1_CbJTI

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    @RolloTreadway I've gone through a period of exhausting dreams that seem terribly important whilst I'm in them and oh boy is it hard to get up in the morning. I just put it down to my brain de-stressing in it's mysterious way, putting things in some kind of weird order of it's own. It's better than waking at 3am and having to get up and have ovaltine and paracetamol to get back to sleep.

    picard , to random
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    Feels good to see that a man with a bin on his head received more votes for mayor than the fascist.

    Congratulations, @CountBinface

    Edit: Binface's (moral) victory speech! 😀

    https://youtu.be/jkbX0DBhvKE

    Judeet88 ,
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    @picard @CountBinface C.Binface almost beat the Independent candidate too, who was just above him on the list.

    RolloTreadway , to random
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    Right, I'm off to the chippy. Anyone want anything?

    Judeet88 ,
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    @RolloTreadway Just a little carton of mushy peas with brown sauce, thanks.

    tomiahonen , to random
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    NFL

    Again my regular reminder to my followers just here on Mastodon

    If you want the best play-by-play of Trump courtroom drama, follow Laffy she the womp-wompiest of the commentators here. Laffy is @GottaLaff

    Judeet88 ,
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    @tomiahonen @locksmithprime @RebelGeo @GottaLaff (International treasure...many readers in UK too...)

    RolloTreadway , to random
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    Been thinking.

    I would give anything to never have any dreams again. If there was some pill that could wipe away all dreams, whilst still allowing me to have a good sleep (yes, I know this isn't really possible), I would be first in the queue. My life would be improved so much.

    It's not just the bad dreams and the trauma dreams (though there are far too many of those), also the exhausting ones, and the nicer ones too that just leave me feeling devastated on waking up back in my rubbish life.

    And I was wondering: does anyone else get this? I don't mean, does anyone else get problematic dreams because everyone does sometimes.

    I mean, does anyone else find that their regular dreaming is so impactful that it has a measurable disabling effect and life would be massively improved with zero dreams?

    #MentalHealth

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    @RolloTreadway During several very stressful periods in my life I've had really awful dreams, where I've been shouting out or crying and woken myself up, or my neighbour has asked me if I'm ok the next day. I get that it's the mind trying to deal with stuff in it's own way and am thankful that most of the content of awful dreams are largely forgotten either straight away or a short time afterwards. They reminded me though that I really had to make an effort to deal with the stresses somehow, which I mostly did in the end.

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    Judeet88 ,
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    @dillyd Wood is surprisingly long-lived...let it be and wait and see?

    ClaireFromClare , to histodons group
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    A shift from agricultural employment to manufacturing accelerated a century before the steam engine & the boom in coal usage: intriguing findings from 20 years of archival research in England & Wales.

    New technologies? (eg in printing?) The ideas thus spreading? Hard-working immigrants? Any ideas here for an energy-efficient but prosperous future?

    https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/nation-of-makers-industrial-britain
    https://www.economiespast.org/

    #EconomiesPast #OccupationalData #CambridgeUniversity @histodons

    Chart showing the % of the male labour force engaged in agriculture, the secondary sector (manufacturing and processing), & tertiary sector (services), 1381-1901. More data is available after 1600, from probate and then also parish & census records. Earlier data comes from the 1381 poll tax, and 1522 muster list and coroners' reports. Between 1600 & 1700, the manufacturing share of employment rose from 20-30% to over 40%, with a commensurate decline in the agricultural share. From 1700-1800, both levelled off, before resuming those directional trends.
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    @ClaireFromClare @histodons It kind of coincides with a reduction in the power over life and death by the Church thus perhaps liberating the inventors and ideas people from the shackles of the Bible.

    Judeet88 ,
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    @ClaireFromClare I was thinking more of engineers, builders of canals, railways, engines, the electric light, sewage systems etc.

    Judeet88 ,
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    @ClaireFromClare I typed in '17th Century inventions' and was surprised how it truly was the blossoming of science and inventions. My suggestions were a bit later.

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    You gotta respect the New York hustle

    Judeet88 ,
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    @luckytran You'd think at the very least they could have made some of the letters a bit wobbly...

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    Catkins are flowering at different times as climate changes – threatening their pollination and the wildlife that feed on them
    https://botany.fyi/Dg07Kc

    Catkins play crucial roles within ecosystems, both in terms of their importance in tree reproduction and as food for wildlife. As climate change progresses, the impact on catkins goes beyond direct effects, potentially setting off a chain reaction affecting other species.
    #Botany

    Judeet88 ,
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    @botanyone The image does not show 'catkins'. These are catkins.

    randahl , to random
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    Has anyone figured out why #Mastodon keeps having this strange development?

    While users appear to be arriving in huge numbers, the stats for monthly active users keep declining.

    I know the onboarding experience is not perfect, but still… this just seems unrealistic to me.

    In fact, from my own experience using Mastodon, it feels like everyone is more active now than one year ago. So what is going on?

    Judeet88 ,
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    @randahl I'm not surprised really. It's a very specialised place here overall. Quite exclusive in a way.

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    @dillyd Oh...I'd not thought of it like that but it makes sense.

    breadandcircuses , to random
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    I’ve mentioned this before, but I gotta say once again — it’s crazy how comically bad I am at guessing how my posts will be received.

    I mean, on occasion I’ll drop something random in my timeline, figuring it’s just a throwaway, and then BOOM — tons of comments and boosts. Why? I have no idea.

    Then, conversely, I’ll labor away on a particular item, believing this one really matters and people need to see it. But after it’s posted…… crickets.

    It’s hilarious how bad I am at this. Good thing I’m not getting paid on my results!

    Judeet88 ,
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    @breadandcircuses Yes, it's an odd phenomenon...I sometimes get the same. Lots of material for someone to study there I guess!

    MikeDunnAuthor , to random
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    International scientists call for greater conservation to reduce risk of future pandemics.

    "To effectively prevent pandemics, we must recognize 2 keys points: 1st that pandemics almost always start with a microbe infecting a wild animal in a natural environment and 2nd that human caused land use change often triggers the events- whether through wildlife trade or other distal activities- that facilitate spillover of microbes from wild animals to humans"

    https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/misc-emerging-topics/pandemic-prevention-plan-stresses-conservation-animal-habitats-and-their-food

    #pandemic #climate #spillover #biodiversity #climatecrisis

    Judeet88 ,
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    @MikeDunnAuthor The melting of the permafrost may prove to be insurmountable with regards controlling release of bacteria/microbes into the environment.

    wdlindsy , to random
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    I"n December 2021, writer Thomas Harding interviewed Brigitte Höss, daughter of Rudolf Höss, SS commandant of the death camp at Auschwitz. Harding's Jewish great-uncle arrested Höss when WWII ended. Höss was hanged for his crimes against humanity.

    Harding pressed Brigitte to condemn what her father did, overseeing a death camp in which countless numbers (there's no full documentation) of people were tortured and systematically murdered.

    #Auschwitz #RudolfHöss
    /1

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/24/brigitte-hoss-auschwitz-zone-of-interest-rudolf-oscar-winning-thomas-harding

    Judeet88 ,
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    @wdlindsy Harding bullied and bullied a very frail elderly lady who was but a small child at the time, forcing and forcing her to speak against her father whom she loved as her father. Poor woman...it was never her fault what happened.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Kate Middleton reveals she has cancer: Princess says she is undergoing chemotherapy and ‘getting stronger every day’

    https://trib.al/vAewyqA

    Judeet88 ,
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    @GottaLaff OMG...poor poor woman...chemo is SHIT.

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    @RolloTreadway Envious of your crocuses...mine are also in a pot but didn't really flower much this year plus the escaped rabbit had some of them.

    Strandjunker , to random
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    Did you know? The word “trumpery” appeared in the 15th century with the meanings “deceit” or “fraud”. 100 years later, it was being applied to objects of no value. Then in the 1900’s, it came to mean “showy but worthless”. Today, it is equated with “treasonous shitweasel”.

    Judeet88 ,
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    @Strandjunker Let's not forget that playing your 'trump' card is playing an unexpected winning card.

    Rasta , to random
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    None of the places I use; I feel not the loss.

    , , And Down In Widespread

    https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meta-sites-down-server-outage_n_65e747c6e4b0d2a2475acaf4

    Problems with 's platforms are being reported across the world, suggesting that the outage could be global.

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    @Rasta hahahahhaah! Someone cut the little blue wire didn't they?!

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    @RolloTreadway That got me thinking about what piece of music I bought first with my own money....it was a single (a 45rpm) "Looking Through the Windows" by the Jackson Five in 1972, which if I remember rightly didn't make it to number 1 in the UK because some other song was stuck there for a while. My first album was "Dark Side of the Moon" by Pink Floyd. I still have them both.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    #Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science #ProLifeMyAss https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/03/florida-measles-outbreak-preventable

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    @GottaLaff Behold yet another surefire example of how stupidity causes self-deletion from the gene pool....

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    @RolloTreadway I recently went through a 3wk period of intense and detailed dreams, mostly with a common theme. It's eased off now...I put it down to a period of high stress/grief in my waking life. Hope you can identify what's causing this and find solutions.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    Some on Mastodon just love to take a tiny sliver of good news and turn it into doom or cheap shots.

    I’m done w/ people who do that.

    I’m fine with genuine RATIONAL POLITE disagreements or criticism. I have to point that out since I’ve been accused of/blocked for intolerance of diff opinions👈🏼which I’ve always welcomed

    This is about mudslinging, labels, name-calling, misinfo, & disdain for scarce positives & replying w something designed to provoke &/or kneejerk-negate welcome news. Kthxbye.

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    @Phreba @GottaLaff @tuban_muzuru Agree with Pete...it's been getting steadily worse this past few months...the honeymoon period is over.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    I'm enjoying watching so many replies from people who are sure they know all about Trump's $$, where it is, all kinds of analyses about what he has and what he doesn't.

    Guess what. Nobody knows. We don't even have the deets of his tax returns, nor do we know of all his properties and accounts.

    So let's just wait and see before hot taking this to death. It serves no purpose, unless it's just for fun, which is fine too.

    Judeet88 ,
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    @GottaLaff They need to step away from their ACME crystal balls...

    ajsadauskas , (edited ) to Technology
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    My real worry with Google's voyage into enshittification (thanks to Cory Doctorow @pluralistic the term) is YouTube.

    Through YT, for the past 15 years, the world has basically entrusted Google to be the custodian of pretty much our entire global video archive.

    There's countless hours of archived footage — news reports, political speeches, historical events, documentaries, indie films, academic lectures, conference presentations, rare recordings, concert footage, obscure music — where the best or only copy is now held by Google through YouTube.

    So what happens if maintaining that archival footage becomes unprofitable?

    @technology

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    @ajsadauskas @pluralistic @technology Anyone who's put all their precious eggs in one basket controlled by someone/something else is a fool.

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    Omfg.

    I’m STILL getting replies wishing me well.

    I DO NOT HAVE COVID.

    Read the damn thread.

    Judeet88 ,
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    @GottaLaff (Truth is still trying to get it's boots on, whilst rumour's already run the marathon...)

    breadandcircuses , (edited ) to random
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    This might be an unpopular opinion, but I’ll state it anyway.

    Those of us fortunate enough to have access to washing machines and dryers should use them as little as possible.

    Try to wear your clothing — shirts, trousers, socks — more than once, ideally several times, before washing them again. That will save water, save energy, cause less pollution, and make your clothing last longer.

    #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #Pollution

    Judeet88 ,
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    @breadandcircuses I have one of those old-fashioned aerial clothes dryers up on the landing...stuff's dry in about 24hrs or so. I save all my laundry til I have a full load and use those weird little balls with balls inside jobbies. I only use liquid for woollens and sheets/towels/teatowels. I save my washing up for about 3 days and it takes about 15 litres to do as I rinse so as not to have to hand-dry them with a teatowel. I have solar panels and because my usage is relatively low, I've run a cable next door so's my lovely neighbour can do her washing for free.

    GottaLaff , to random
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    So far, feeling somewhat better, thank you all.

    Ok, what I have, most likely, is what’s called C-Diff. Look it up. It’s scary.

    I had to take antibiotics for some oral surgery 2+ wks ago + antibiotics to counter those antibiotics (which trigger C-Diff).

    It worked…until it didn’t.

    I got symptoms. Being tested to make sure. Yes, I’m miserable, but I luckily haven’t gotten a severe case.🤞🏼

    Weird: 1st case a few mos ago was not from antibiotics, no idea how I got it! Poss contact?🤷🏻‍♀️

    End.

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    @GottaLaff 'Live' yoghurt helps re-populate the gut with the biome that was killed off by the anti-biotics. It's very contagious, so beware of that.

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    I just scrolled through most of my replies over the last 15 hours or so (too many to finish reading all of them).

    It’s amazing how many replies are from those who think they know exactly how everything will turn out for Trump, who know exactly what will happen when he appeals, who can foresee the future, who know, well, exactly everything there is to know about everything, and then get angry if someone else differs.

    I rarely, if ever, do speculation, a personal rule.

    Glad I got offline early

    Judeet88 ,
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    @GottaLaff Most amateur political commentators on here fall into that category...they've got their crystal balls and 'know' with utter certainty what's going to happen...yeh, right!

    breadandcircuses , to random
    @breadandcircuses@climatejustice.social avatar

    Another worrisome tipping point: accelerating ice melt in Greenland potentially disrupting vital ocean currents...

    The Greenland ice cap is losing an average of 30 million tonnes of ice per hour due to the climate crisis, a study has revealed, which is 20% more than was previously thought.

    Some scientists are concerned that this additional source of freshwater pouring into the north Atlantic might mean that a collapse of ocean currents called the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (Amoc) is closer to being triggered, with severe consequences for humanity.

    The Amoc was already known to be at its weakest in 1,600 years, and in 2021 researchers spotted warning signs of a tipping point. A recent study suggested the collapse could happen as soon as 2025 in the worst-case scenario.

    A significant part of the Greenland ice sheet itself is also thought by scientists to be close to a tipping point of irreversible melting, with ice equivalent to 1-2 metres of sea level rise probably already expected.

    The scientists said: “There is some concern that any small source of freshwater may serve as a tipping point that could trigger a full-scale collapse of the Amoc, disrupting global weather patterns, ecosystems and global food security. But freshwater from the glacier retreat of Greenland is not included in oceanographic models at present.”

    FULL STORY -- https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/17/greenland-losing-30m-tonnes-of-ice-an-hour-study-reveals

    #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency

    Judeet88 ,
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    @breadandcircuses Fresh water floats on saltier water and therefore when super-cooled at the Arctic forms ice instead of sinking and maintaining AMOC. I predict attempts at geo-engineering involving massive dumping of salt into the far northern parts of the Atlantic to counter this...correction...to TRY and counter this.

    GottaLaff , to random
    @GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

    So now I'm getting:

    How DARE you not want to talk about something here? You're a political commentator! You're required to talk about what I want to talk about!

    Not if it results in troll swarms I don't.

    Not if I choose not to I don't.

    Not if I don't feel qualified to I don't.

    Not if it brings out the worst in people I don't.

    Nor do I demand that others discuss what I want to discuss.

    Kthxbye.

    Judeet88 ,
    @Judeet88@universeodon.com avatar

    @GottaLaff You could just add "HA. HA. HA." to the end of your post there...to hammer home the point they're plainly not getting?

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