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Categorically insulting all of America for what happened yesterday is toxic behavior, and any of those engaging in it now should be ashamed of themselves. Some of our votes don't count because of the electoral college. Some of us are disabled or otherwise struggling and can't afford to move to places where it might, or can't move for other reasons. Some of us don't just show up and virtue signal at the polls every 4 years--we're actively fighting for marginalized folks the rest of the time as well. Some of us actively have our votes and voices taken away. I could go on and on and on and on and on.

You want to grieve with us or insult leadership, or even criticize the ones who voted for that fascist asshat? Fine. But tell us all we chose this, paint us all with one brush, and shame on you, and I hope for your sake no one kicks you the next time you have occasion to feel grief and hopelessness despite your efforts to change course. And when you do grieve, I hope you remember this moment and these words, and that someone might have kicked you when you were down too but didn't.

And anyone who says "it's fine, we're just being hyperbolic" can go fuck their hyperbolicism, and themselves for that matter, with a rusty nail. That's all my social media contribution for the day, thanks for joining me on my journey of self-expression.



Choose gentle joy to yourself. Make that your mantra. Live it day by day and develop the willpower to be in a mindful, nonreactive mindset. That's really the best advice I have today for Mastodon. I feel your pain, your fear, but by not assuming and listening to our fellow neighbors, choosing optimism, you can still shape further divisions from occuring in this world. Now go forth, I've given many you a bunch of inspiring messages that came from my heart and soul around this.
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Since this morning I feel I'm in an alternate universe where the time isn't flowing the same way.




We are fucked as a democratic nation.
And now Ukraine is fucked and so is Gaza.

The whole planet is fucked. I wish this was hyperbole, but it's not.



Susie Dent always finds the right word at the right time for the right occasion.

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@nixCraft 1. bonus for the typo in the title

2. Lots of people have already found and asked me about the Casio fx-180P calculator on the table behind me 😀 (no, I don't use it)

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@nixCraft

Semifun fact:
My seventeen years old son forgot his calculator with his mum, and is at this very moment using my fx-180P during his physics test today.

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@MrShark @nixCraft wow what a fun coincidence. I brought it out as a backup for *my* then 17yo son when his fancy graphical calculator broke earlier this year, and it has just been left lingering on my table since.

(now he has turned 18 and I fixed his TI calc by replacing the battery)



How did people vote for "concepts of a plan"?


Current PSPS (Public Safety Power Shutoffs) - customers already without power in LA, Riverside, San Bernardino, Santa Barbara, and Ventura County.

#FireWx #CAwx



#MovieThread V: Definitely Not The Final Frontier, Chapter Eleven — November Edition

From 2020 to 2023 I watched 1492 movies. This year so far, I've watched another 388, for a total of 1880 movies.

Numbers still check out.

This month:
* 1945 Best Picture nominees
* Actually starting Elaine May.
* Probably some Star Trek.

:beepboopone: Previous thread: beepboop.one/@Alexis/113238083…

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Everything I know about Transformers is either vague recollections of the Michael Bay series or better recollections of several rereads of Shortpacked!.
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🚗 #394: "Transformers One" (2024)

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Hi everyone. Headache still killing me. Asked my brother not to visit today. I hope everyone has an awesome day.
in reply to Bruce Toews

Hey, I'm so sorry you had to cancel a visit with your brother. Praying you'll feel better.


OK, my one and only political post as it honestly doesn't engage me.

Am I alone in thinking it's really messed up to allow a convicted criminal to even run for presidency, let alone be able to take office.

What kind of message does that send out?

in reply to Darren Hartland

people voted Johnson in, after all.
There's probably some merit in the idea of the government we deserve.


Oh look, Substack where buttons don't work as intended--especially the cancel subscription button. I wonder why!


Well, expect more Randy Rainbow at least. There has to be one good take-away from this utter fucking shit-show mustn't there?
in reply to Andre Louis

The second Coming of Covfefe is dawning.
We brexited. They've done a double donald.
I wonder what the world'll look like in a few years.
in reply to Sean Randall

@cachondo Brexit seems like a child's playground spat in comparison to Don the friggin Mong.


Don’t expect Chrome to support keyboard-operable scrolling regions until (maybe) version 132 (anchor link):
adrianroselli.com/2022/06/keyb…

Only 14 versions past its target release!

#accessibility #a11y



okay everyone, you can stop doomscrolling now. you got to the bottom and found the Doom


Just a reminder that #DoubleTap was pre-recorded this week to allow our travels so we will not be reacting in any way to the results of the US election so if you need a break from the world come join us in all the usual places.



what's your favorite programming language? why? please boost i need to distract myself lol




Remember y'all, the only thing you always have control over are your reactions, always. It's an autonomy nobody can take away when you think about it, you and you alone have control of how your feelings alter your own actions. (Unless of course you're hooked up to mind and body control systems, but let's not think about that.)
It's very disheartening to see so many already panic and talk of leaving a country when there's zero reason to worry until and if we reach any of those moments.
in reply to Keri Svendsen

Huge hugs to you! I totally get your feelings and they are valid, but I also hope it doesn't go that far. If they are planning to mirror Orbán, who is largely the prime-minister keeping me away from returning to visit Hungary, the ones at highest risk are undocumented and entering the border immigrants. They would have much harder times getting rid of naturalized citizens or actual people without huge consequences and protests first, so I wouldn't worry til it happens. :) #USPol
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Sadly we will get that far. Trump will not leave in 4 years. He is the American Hitler. It is hard enough now for us, it's going to get much worse. :(


USPol

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The world needs more cat photos right now. Here’s my contribution. It’s a cat laying on a stuffed duck.

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El Pleno del Tribunal Constitucional declara inconstitucional que las madres biológicas de familias monoparentales, trabajadoras por cuenta ajena, no puedan ampliar su permiso por nacimiento y cuidado de hijo más allá de 16 semanas
tribunalconstitucional.es/Nota…


Many years ago, around 1990, I was in a bus with a friend, discussing UNIX process management. After a while I realized the other passengers were looking at us in a very worried way.

Don't talk about parents outliving their children, or killing their children, without saying you're talking about processes.

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Now that it's no longer possible to rank in web searches, unless you're a content farm or a major publisher, it's a good time to ditch SEO, drop keywords, use descriptive headlines instead of catchy or clickbait ones, and write for humans. SEO won't help anyway, so let's help the readers who care.

#seo #WebSearch #blogging



Just finished watching #Ludwig on @BBCiPlayer! 🎬🕵️‍♂️ Thought it was a straight-up detective show, but pleasantly surprised by the comedy twist! 😂 A delightful blend of mystery and humor. Highly recommend! #MustWatch #ComedyDrama #DavidMitchell


Not USpol, but US related, a call to get your passports
Please get your passport if you at all can, it's self-Id for gender right now, and is valid overseas for many many things, including proof of gender, it's an incredibly important document and can help open your possibilities so much, even in the midst of all of this uncertainty


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Gentle reminder that most disabled people can NOT leave the United States. Countries don’t want to take in disabled, chronically ill and “high cost health users”. There are serious financial barriers to moving - leaving most people behind.

Spare a thought for all of us tonight - people are scared. Then regroup and find a way forward … we are stronger together.

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Guess all the “illegal alien” voting they were talking about went for him and it’s fine now, right?


I was joking that we should have build a wall and gotten the US to pay for it.
in reply to Hubert Figuière

turns we should even if they'd never pay for it.

(I'm talking about a wall to protect Canada)



Is there any cloud provider that doesn't rely on the US?
in reply to Hubert Figuière

There are no parts of the world that do not in some way rely on the US. 🙁

Not that the world would collapse if we were gone, but hooooo boy would you notice.

in reply to Hubert Figuière

Cloud rely on DNS. DNS rely on the US.
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Still paying for Spotify? Still driving a Tesla?

Still funding fascism.

BTW Tesla are gonna be useful to find all these enemies the fascists want to eliminate.

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My alarm ringtone is "I got you babe". I started using it as a joke over groundhog day last year.

I think it's over.




Remember that DNA you gave to figure out your ancestry?

The fascists thank you for that.

in reply to Hubert Figuière

Trading away all our privacy, all the time, to big business? Not great either.
in reply to Patrick

@PatrickoftheG yeah. Between Google, Microsoft and AWS, most of the IT "infrastructure" has been given to a fascist country.