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Former Stockpile Stewardess. Classically trained. Loner. Rebel. Off-topic for all. [bridged from https://mastodon.social/@kpdooty on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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“There is no area in which the United States’ global dominance is more total than higher education. With about 4 percent of the world’s population and 25 percent of its gross domestic product, America has 72 percent of the world’s 25 top universitiesby one ranking and 64 percent by another. But […]

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

Until Schumer is removed as the Dems' Senate leader, there is zero (or less) chance of saving the nation from total dictatorship. If that isn't obvious today, nothing is.

submitted 19 hours ago • 3 comments

I love Canada for a lot of reasons but petty, passive aggressive moves like this make me proud. #canada #USpol

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

When Trump congratulates you for helping him out, have you really done the right thing?

submitted 1 day ago • 40 comments

Hey, checking in on the strategic plan that says Democrats will get blamed for a govt shutdown so it's important to help Republicans pass a budget, validating and normalizing Trump and Musk's attacks on the Constitution, because Democrats will gain by staying out of the spotlight. How's that going?

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

Well! Today's appointment with the ENT (bless them! They got me in on the same day!) will take me close to a hotspot I checked out a few weeks ago. Maybe if they would fix me so I wouldn't miss another day of #birding?

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

OpenAI wants to get its hands on *all* data, unfettered, on "national security grounds". Such laughable reasoning. Grifters gonna grift, however, if we gave him copyright materials today, they will come for our private data tomorrow. These LLMs have insatiable appetite for electricity and […]

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

I was volunteered to become the bird club's treasurer. Me with a Chromebook. I have some questions for anyone who understands accounting: 1. Couldn't I just use Excel (or Google Sheets)? 2. What do I need so I can read historical Quicken records (again, would .csv imports suffice)? 3. Is […]

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Defeated by juniper/cedar again

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Sure, eggs are expensive but Trump has made stocks affordable for everyone.

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

I'm again getting requests to connect on LinkedIn from fake Chinese accounts. Look, I'm *retired*. I really should have reported them all before.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

First they came for the Palestinian protestor and I said “hey you Nazi fucks, you’re being Nazis, everyone else we need to shut these motherfuckers down RIGHT now” because I actually paid attention to the poem

submitted 4 days ago • 67 comments

I got to today's bird walk early and heard a mimic. Like Northern Mockingbirds, Brown Thrashers also do impressions, but they can't help letting out a few giggles fake bird calls #birding

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

I never understood the business model for polished pixels at my former employer, but it appears that Maxar turned off Ukraine's access to the portal by which the USG accesses unclassified commercial imagery […]

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Before the Stand Up For Science event, I checked out two hotspots. One eBirder had consistently reported Black Crowned Night Heron at one hotspot. Today I saw all six BCNH in a tree at precisely the spot he described in his comments, at a hotspot about a mile down the road. #birding

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

In other news: very disappointed with my former employer. They are laser-focused on making $$$ for their private equity overlords now. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:lafbr3dznxdyvgup2umwssht/post/3ljruef3lvc2e

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment