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old man
He/him/they/them/it/that/she/her however you see me, presented in my expectations of likely impressions.
done lots
been lots of places
boost things that need attention or are just interesting or pretty and/or curious/
I try to keep my cynicism to my self so I don't publish much.

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flexghost , to random
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It's time to talk, fam.

Is this behavior ok at an LGBTQIA+ Pride Event deemed "family friendly?"

Tell me your thoughts...

Video of nude members of a pride parade strolling down the street

nrmacdonald ,
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@flexghost NO!

rms , to random
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https://stallman.org/puns.html#expectorant

New pun: My argument with guaifenesin

nrmacdonald ,
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@rms
yay yay ehhh hock a loogie

starchy , to random
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I was so chuffed to hear @pluralistic on CZM Book Club today, I actually used the word "chuffed" https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-cool-people-who-did-cool-96003360/episode/czm-book-club-party-discipline-by-183980124/

nrmacdonald ,
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@starchy @pluralistic
I'm chuffed yer chuffed

kenshirriff , to random
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How much trouble can one wire cause? The IBM 1402 Card Reader/Punch (1959) was a workhorse of the punch-card era, speedily reading 800 cards per minute. But the museum's card reader occasionally crunched cards and jammed, interfering with the demonstrations. 1/8

nrmacdonald ,
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@kenshirriff
Oh kryst, minds me of a main console card reader of an IBM370-135 that I was running in 1974 or so that went tits up in the middle of 1st shift spewing smoke annaw. Took the men in black about 20 hours to sort it.

wdlindsy , to random
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Alex Finley looks at the revelation that the Russians have been paying a wide network of European politicians to spout pro-Russia, anti-Ukraine rhetoric and asks if this can be happening in the US, too. He concludes:

"It is naïve to think the same pattern does not exist in the United States, given the ample evidence of coordinated pro-Russian talking points from several Republican politicians."

https://newrepublic.com/article/180630/russia-corruption-network-europe-buying-politicians-america

nrmacdonald ,
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@wdlindsy
Wow! waking up 30 years too late must be quite the revelatory event.

nrmacdonald ,
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@wdlindsy
Russians buying US and European pols is not a new thing. The headline in that artical is like asking if water is wet. The 30 years was jut a bit arbitrary.

nrmacdonald ,
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@wdlindsy
I was commenting on the rhetorical framing in the headline, not the content of the article that most won't bother to read,
jfc but this is tiresome

futurebird , to random
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OK. This is obvious but it just clicked for me. The reason you accuse the other side of doing what you are really doing is because in the end someone did it and you are hoping some people will forget who.

*someone stole an election
*someone mishandled classified documents
*someone nearly got impeached
*someone abused campaign funds cover up adultery

Last one is harder... but they'll get there.

(You know they are looking for ANYTHING. Maybe Joe has one of those 50s pinups in the garage.)

nrmacdonald ,
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@futurebird
The first to accuse gets the benefit of the doubt, the second is assumed defensive and hence more likely guilty of the offence.
Psychological leverage in public perception.
A mainstay of unbridled end stage global real estate cum religious cult ignorance for millennia.

loren , to random
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bloodroot sounds like it should be way more metal than a little white flower

nrmacdonald ,
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@loren
stealthy plant pathogen/antibody fighting back against the human metastasis/infection, glory to the ecosphere!

ElleGray , to random
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my daughter's in France touring cathedrals and museums and such and this is the photo she sent today

nrmacdonald ,
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@ElleGray
Way, way better than cathedrals and museums and such. She's got an good eye.

GottaLaff , to random
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Via Dan Rather, a thread: 1/…

If I may, there’s something I need to get off my chest.

As democracy remains under siege, it has been frustrating to watch how the press covers politics these days.

I am reminded by lessons that came to me during the Nixon years as a CBS News corresp:

  1. Enough with Both-sides-ism

When 1 side lies intentionally & repeatedly, they are no longer entitled to benefit of doubt. They should be held to account, right away. Do not simply repeat the narratives they spew

nrmacdonald ,
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@GottaLaff
Well yeah... but where's the money in that?
😿

wdlindsy , to random
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"Trump is almost certain to lose millions, if not billions, unwinding his real estate portfolio to cover the cost of judgments, mounting legal bills, and a presidential campaign….

It's difficult to imagine anyone under such a high level of financial distress gaining access to the levers of power."

~ Marlon Weems


/1

https://thejourneyman.substack.com/p/trumps-empire-has-entered-a-death

nrmacdonald ,
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@wdlindsy
In a reasonable an just society Donald John Trump would have been relegated to the gutter and never risen beyond selling fake Rolex watches from the trunk of a K car, but he had a rich Daddy and media value to the entertainment mogul scum that made him "A Star" so, here we are.
Here we are under the thumb of a mass of egits that think pro wrestling is real.

nrmacdonald ,
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@wdlindsy
thanks

pluralistic , to random
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It's been 40 years since launched the seminal, essential, world-changing @2600: The Quarterly. 2600 wasn't the first /hacker zine, but it was the most important, spawning a global subculture dedicated to the noble pursuit of technological self-determination:

https://www.2600.com/

1/

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@pluralistic @2600
still have my blue box

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