Posts by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
(DIR) Post #AzgGKjyCd92XCnLWM4 by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-10-28T21:41:43Z
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@futurebird I'm impressed they thought it was imporant to say the ant is 'oversized'.
(DIR) Post #AzgGSJsnVPywc8QqBM by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-10-28T21:42:56Z
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@futurebird hope springs eternal
(DIR) Post #B0BMkXCFixOaUgw4K8 by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-11-12T21:49:21Z
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@futurebird My tv is on the floor in the corner behind the couch - it's not set up to watch anything. It's been there for a year. 🤷🏻♀️@lisamelton
(DIR) Post #B0YO3e8BA5xb0PwZGK by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-11-24T00:22:41Z
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@futurebird I just started reading Nghi Vo’s “A Mouthful of Dust” and it opens with “a mourning train of ants”.
(DIR) Post #B1DBQW1RQpFWgZbMUS by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-12-13T16:44:19Z
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@futurebird ambulance = am byu lince
(DIR) Post #B1Hozn4EiwjaWvYmPo by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-12-15T22:26:32Z
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@futurebird you've probably addressed this with your students already - when I taught professional ethics, my students often confused law and ethics ( eg what should happen)
(DIR) Post #B1HqhKWUJQ4KhI6ELY by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-12-15T22:45:35Z
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@futurebird I think it's brilliant - you're teaching them to think.
(DIR) Post #B1HqpKJWyOQ2Mjqt0q by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-12-15T22:47:04Z
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@futurebird btw - did you see this re AI ethics?https://mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/115721946504717925
(DIR) Post #B1glGS1KxByzmTe5o0 by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2025-12-27T23:12:28Z
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@futurebird Somehow I heard about Rachel Carson's Silent Spring when I was a child - and every single spring since then (I am creeping up on 68) I worry until I see the leaves unfurl and the various insects begin to scurry on their own errands.
(DIR) Post #B1wlU5L3Bs4K17j6rg by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2026-01-04T16:30:20Z
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@futurebird here's a link to the orthodox Jewish version which translates as lizard. There's also a translated version on the original aramaic but I don't have that one.https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs%2030%3A24-28&version=OJB
(DIR) Post #B23P2bZFbuyg27ta64 by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2026-01-07T21:21:50Z
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@futurebird I would like to live car free - and it would entail moving to a place with public transportation. On the other hand, it's a backup if I ever end up homeless.
(DIR) Post #B25i2IPv6Aak5I17nE by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2026-01-09T00:04:09Z
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@Nonilex Buy yourself a beautiful bowl rather than using the plain porcelain receptacle. It's made a difference for a number of friends. :BlahajHuggingHeart:
(DIR) Post #B2GDBAvdLlC5cpAEtM by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2026-01-14T01:40:11Z
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@futurebird I always thought of it as being stuck on a desert island (prison didn't enter my mind but maybe it's more appropriate in these times. )The book is Awakening Osiris (1988), a poetic translation of the Egyptian Book of the Dead by Normandi Ellis. I haven't changed my mind in almost 40 years.
(DIR) Post #B2IUkk8iW07kVDkWvo by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2026-01-15T04:06:33Z
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@Nonilex 🫂
(DIR) Post #B2K4l5RT6WHO4wwYJE by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2026-01-15T22:24:44Z
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@Nonilex the line was crossed when Jamal Khashoggi, a journalist, was dismembered by Saudi Arabia and the US president, Trump, dismissed it. Repeatedly. It's just a matter of time for the line to fade into the distance.
(DIR) Post #B2NjFBd9EuqhbGC4Tg by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2026-01-17T16:42:27Z
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@futurebird Ursula Leguin has a short story about ants called "The Author of the Acacia Seeds".@EricLawton
(DIR) Post #B2WYlbceVduG8tPKvw by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2026-01-21T22:57:27Z
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@futurebird cool! I also worked for a cigar importer/exporter in NYC on Madison Ave. it was the early 80s and the telex was their high tech 🙂 only two of us could use it.
(DIR) Post #B2WZG5f9NuuRzx71E0 by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2026-01-21T23:02:59Z
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@futurebird the scent of high quality tobacco is so good - I learned a lot from the owners.
(DIR) Post #B2chPdpbgHIB9spOTo by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2026-01-24T22:02:38Z
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@Nonilex please remember, you are not obligated to harm yourself in order to share information. 🫂
(DIR) Post #B2f2d1v3dZOqIj4Joe by CuriousMagpie@beige.party
2026-01-25T03:44:31Z
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@futurebird 🫂