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futurebird , 9 days ago to random

So of ya'll talk about "reply guys" on Mastodon. And yeah that exists, but it's like the least annoying of the gruesome menagerie I used to deal with every day on X social media.

There were:

• Stalker
• Mr. Race Science
• Always Wrong, Thinks He's Right
• Mr. I'm Making This About Politics
• Ms. Gender(ing everyone for no reason)
• Mr. Just Plain Racist
• Mr. I thought I blocked you?
• Mr. "I know where you work"

and on and on

futurebird , 17 days ago to random

So much of the lives of ants and what they do is a mystery because they live underground in structures, that though resilient for their purposes are rather fragile from a human perspective.

The making of plaster and aluminum casts of ant nests has exposed the complex architecture of their nests.

Many cast-makers go for abandoned nests some of the youTube channels attract ant-haters who just want the poor things to burn.

Is there a less destructive way to see the structure of the nest?

futurebird , 20 days ago to random

I was teaching all day but my husband has been having some crazy adventure. Our friend had his motorcycle stolen, tracked it with an airtag to a sidewalk on one of the bridges in the Bronx where it was not moving. He called my husband to meet him on the bridge and rode on his other bike there. They recovered the cycle and motorcycled away!

Crime averted! (We think it was a joyride or the thieves got spooked about being tracked and ditched the bike. )

Crazy stuff!

futurebird , 25 days ago to random

Judge Cannon must be getting help from other conservative think tank lawyers. Her recent request to force them to consider an obscure recent supreme court decision written by Clarence ... (about payday lenders) is way too complex and informed for this lady.

So my question: is there a kind of legal help, or conferencing with, political or lobbying groups that would be illegal or improper for a judge? Can we find out who's feeding her this stuff and nail her for it?

futurebird , 30 days ago to random

Mood: Checking the url of the source of my ant facts like I’m doing online banking.

ireneista , 1 month ago to random

so you remember Neuralink, the brain implant that we can't really call experimental because there doesn't seem to have been any sort of, like, science going on? with the lab that was investigated for animal cruelty?

futurebird , 1 month ago to random

Imagine architecture for creatures who easily climb vertical surfaces: a main entrance for a building could be in the center of the 2nd or 3rd floor— heck, you might not have floors, rather a system of depth: the number of major chambers from the main entrance— Theater ‘in the round?’ Try theatre in the sphere! Meeting rooms would have ceiling seats for the interns…

(If creatures are climbers & have fair sight the tension between natural light & space-efficiency produces incredible spaces)

futurebird , 1 month ago to random

Friends. I don't get it.

I understand the idea of a loan: borrow money, pay it back over time plus a fee for the favor of having more money sooner.

I understand having a company and taking out a loan: borrow money to do something to help the company make more money and pay it off... but it's OK you made enough that it was a good idea.

But HOW can someone borrow money to BUY a company then say the cost of the loan should go on the companies books?

I don't get it. :(

pluralistic , 3 months ago to random

Today's threads (a thread)

Inside: Amazon's financial shell game let it create an "impossible" monopoly; and more!

Archived at: https://pluralistic.net/2024/03/01/managerial-discretion/

#Pluralistic

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