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rialian.bsky.social
Looking about for a pic, but thought this amusing for the moment. I am on other spaces ...just decided to use this long-term nom-de-plume here.
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Looks like Abbot is "upgrading" their Libre 2s and 3s to "plus"...adding about 10 or so dollars to the price, and an extra day lifespan (14 to 15). I will be testing one when I need to apply one on Monday.

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Luigi Mangione court appearance in New York today. I read a while ago, that fellow inmates are very supportive of him, even going so far as to cut his hair and give him the best treatment they can, while he shares his commissary with them, as donations for his commissary have been crazy high.

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old.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/... The reason wingdings exists: to make dingbats and whatchamacallits easy for both dinguses and goofuses

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Seems pretty dangerous to turn a lot of angry, unemployed, highly-skilled scientists out on the streets. Do you want dino-people? Because THIS is how you get dino-people.

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Five major airlines—American Airlines, Delta, JetBlue, Southwest, and United—have joined an airline trade association lawsuit to overturn a Department of Transportation rule that forces airlines to treat wheelchair users and their mobility devices with dignity.

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static.fews.net/ Great. they took down the Famine Early Warning System Network when they killed USAID. I really hope someone got those datasets.

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"No one could possibly be That dumb" is frankly the biggest tell that someone hasn't worked in retail or any kind of service job imo

submitted 4 days ago • 18 comments

LLMs: that’s some unseely fey shit

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There's a union out there called AFSCME and they're busting their balls for you doing a lot of shit work you take for granted

submitted 4 days ago • 23 comments

Dad Joke of the Day: Koi fish always move in groups of 4 for safety. When danger appears, the A, B and C koi can swim away because the predator always attacks the D koi.

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I used to joke that “I’m not a mad scientist, I’m just a disappointed scientist.” I’m mad now.

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There are certain parts of Wendel's Wood where the trees seem to refuse to stay still. Many are the reports of their wanderings. I have no doubt that they roam, I am just never sure whether they drag themselves towards the pond to slate a thirst or gaze at their own reflections. – #CLNolan

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Most Democrats have made it clear they have no interest in leadership and should all resign so real leaders can take their place; tomorrow would be good if it’s too late today.

submitted 7 days ago • 14 comments

“The right loves AI-generated imagery….Why? To understand it, we must consider the right’s hatred of working people, its (more than) mutual embrace of the tech industry and, primarily, its profound rejection of Enlightenment humanism.” It fits perfectly into their faux-populist anti-elitism.

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My time working in Foster Care Reunification has been very much an influence on my way of seeing things, years and years later. (I worked from late92-2000, and a bit after I moved to WV. There are reasons I no longer work such things. (I was a caseworker, not a social worker. BA philosophy/Psych)

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And yes, I did have “medical folk” come into my shop during Covid (part-where-we-admitted-it-was-happening) and tell me that masks did nothing, and vaccinations were bad. These were people who were WITH people interested in stuff we had….they were not into it, themselves. They were all Republicans

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Have had a couple “just block” moments on here… Apparently running a metaphysical shop is being “part of the problem”, or “you are basically Q-anon. I just chuckle, block….and move on.

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