Posts by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
(DIR) Post #AcIZrw3Owbvdw76zia by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2023-11-29T04:55:32Z
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A conversation I've had this evening has me wondering, depictions of masculinity within American media was on a course moving into the mid-Eighties, but then AIDS killed basically everyone who was moving culture in that direction and we ended up with Die Hard for a generation or more.Maybe a part of my life today is mourning the loss of that culture we have never known because the more gentle side of masculinity was killed out in mass culture a few decades ago.
(DIR) Post #AdPfoxQHhCpW8biBQO by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2023-12-18T04:20:21Z
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So, the COVID JN.1 variant is apparently running rampant and might be getting around other immunity.We have 1000 people dying a day in the US right now. That's a Sept 11 every 3 days.Wear a mask, get your shots.
(DIR) Post #AdU0tZljwY1btUd9km by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2024-01-03T22:45:58Z
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@grammargirl It makes me wonder if the introduction of "whole word reading" and other offshoots of reading instruction ouside of basic phonics wasn't some kind of outside interference in our culture to destroy our literacy as a nation.I worked in a Title I Reading Lab in the early Nineties, and the introduction of the theory of "whole word reading" was something that felt new at that point, maybe? But it was widely fought against because words are sound symbols encoded on a page, and to learn to read you need to learn to decode those sound symbols. There is no intuition about reading, it's a pretty basic task.Anyway, yes, the destruction of literacy in the US is really disheartening.
(DIR) Post #AhP9sWQnxAAXhbUCR6 by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2024-04-20T19:52:04Z
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@HarneyB Yeah, like maybe you'd prefer the subgenere known as "Fusion" which is a bit more "jazz rock" than Jazz-Rock.If you are into Jazz and want something truly different from the standard fare, check out Carla Bley [RIP]. She did some amazing stuff that feels really different. It's not rock, though.
(DIR) Post #Ahnlv8OdNi9HHBYFMm by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2024-05-12T03:00:54Z
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@Radical_EgoCom I think you'd better find a better word for what you want to do, because that word has too much baggage and you won't be able to reappropriate it.
(DIR) Post #AiEdwwX4uNyuh9lpZ2 by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2024-05-25T02:08:46Z
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@Radical_EgoCom Yes, but if Trump wins, we lose all our democracy and never have another election.
(DIR) Post #AiKyRqvkwyt8KV5ayW by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2024-05-27T20:05:51Z
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I'm starting to think I might need to leave MetaFilter, and when I leave I will demand they delete everything I've done there and I don't think they want that to happen.But fuck, MetaFilter is becoming more and more untenable for me as time passes. It will leave a giant hole in my life if I do leave, and I intend to rip a giant hole in their database if I do leave.
(DIR) Post #AiWKcKxo9KGPfYuKoK by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2024-06-02T04:03:38Z
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I have a very old friend who commented about the Jenny Nicholson Star Wars Hotel video that he loves her mannerisms, her asides and snark , her insight, and he understands that she worked for a long time and did and excellent job. But he ONLY admitted those things to me after COMPLAINING ABOUT HER VOICE FOR SEVERAL COMMENTS.Men... Stop complaining about women's voices. It's sexist and gross. People talk like they talk. Period. You never complain about men's voices, so stop with the other complaints. I don't even know what to do with my friend now. He's revealed himself to be a total sexist. Which honestly doesn't surprise me. But I don't have that many friends left. Grrrr.
(DIR) Post #AmFwCwcbg5xALpGCNk by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2024-09-21T23:05:12Z
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@gvwilson I guess my question is... if crabs, how answer?
(DIR) Post #AnmX1por1gHMepYpw8 by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2024-11-06T23:31:37Z
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Watching the Pod Save America guys sit and trying to analyze the election results and never once come up with racism and misogyny as a reason for Harris losing is infuriating.
(DIR) Post #ApxgnFNynB9WYOcHPU by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2025-01-11T04:47:16Z
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@stux Excuse me... Mastodon can be what???
(DIR) Post #Aq19WX1xPs28V4Zqeu by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2025-01-12T20:53:21Z
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@futurebird Wait until you see how they respond if you drink it from a bowl with a straw.
(DIR) Post #AqThamN59udQ6XX6uG by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2025-01-26T15:26:59Z
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@futurebird "Learn to code" is as impossible as "learn to integrate functions" if you can't math. I can't math, and was a web design pro right up until Javascript came in beside HTML. I could HTML all day long in brilliant ways but I can't math. So I can't code. It's annoying.
(DIR) Post #AqpYNMlNdzsLQsvSrY by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2025-02-06T04:02:04Z
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I'm starting to think the entire Democratic campaign strategy for 2024 should have been "Hey! Hey! Hey! Remember the last pandemic??? We're about to have another one! Let's not put THAT GUY in charge again!"https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/05/nx-s1-5286265/bird-flu-cow-cattle-nevada
(DIR) Post #Arlcy39gO0rvZvNQxM by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2025-03-06T04:52:06Z
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@futurebird Time could be a circle that is a subtle spiral like the Gugenheim museum. The importance of the "flat" part is that it means that the end comes back around and joins up again so you repeat things. It's this repeating nature that is much important for this particular story. Or so I've been led to believe -- I didn't write any of the scripts or anything.
(DIR) Post #Art992hay57lzyFDBw by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2025-03-09T19:55:23Z
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@foone I hate to be that guy, but surely bits come in single numbers while bytes come in eights?
(DIR) Post #AsEqT32FKqa5OL4KgK by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2025-03-20T03:41:52Z
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Anyone have experience with inpatient mental health care? I have complex PTSD and alcohol use issues and my life is pretty broken. And my elderly parents apparently have actual money and might be willing to spring for 30 days of inpatient care. I'm trying to do research but also would welcome conversation. This is all sort of out of the blue, so it's all new to me. Chat me up, and please boost for more coverage.
(DIR) Post #AsTmaFlEw0KgRPh3J2 by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2025-02-04T18:52:21Z
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@DanMorgan I'm not sure what you think the immigration situation is OTHER than racism? That's been obvious for a decade, ever since Trump came down that escalator.
(DIR) Post #At280IZVCKKmWUICQq by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2025-04-12T16:50:53Z
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@mhoye They've gotten pretty sophisticated with tracking down blockchain transactions even when they try deliberately to obfuscate them. It would be fascinating to see this applied to this situation.
(DIR) Post #AxNlzxb18kvlXNjSE4 by ErgonWolf@pawb.fun
2025-08-21T02:33:17Z
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@mhoye What's the old canard? Never underestimate the data transfer rate of a station wagon loaded full with magnet tape driving from A to B?