Posts by guacamayan@journa.host
(DIR) Post #AUzPEMfuEp72vmbtpI by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-04-24T19:30:27Z
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It might be unseemly for a full-time reporter and editor to attack another organization with "news" in its name. But it's not. It's our duty. They steal our valor, calling themselves "news," destroying public faith in the whole idea of news as a source of knowledge. If you believe in news, you need to help end Fox News.Edit: check out this link. https://unfoxmycablebox.com/
(DIR) Post #AUzPEOR5gsRyOPh60m by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-04-24T19:43:33Z
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It seems that the US doesn't even have a formal system of mandatory carriage (look, I'm Canadian and my Canadianness is coming through) but Fox just gets carried on basic cable via bilateral negotiations with cable companies? Really? So Spectrum etc voluntarily pay for this stuff? Hm!
(DIR) Post #AW3FDZrPulgnF14NQ8 by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-05-26T15:43:50Z
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@aljazeera I took this photo in the main plaza of Arequipa in 2011. I'm not here to excuse Naziism at all, but pointing out that young people in much of South America see Nazi emblems as generic symbols of transgression or rebellion, no more genocidal than a US college student wearing a Che shirt.
(DIR) Post #AWVwcq5lxy7eAErkWG by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-06-09T12:02:51Z
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@dave I still have an MP3 player because my connections are always patchy
(DIR) Post #AWu0xLtne7ez51LHZw by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-06-21T02:36:31Z
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Press reports calling Stockton Rush an engineer are missing a major point if they don't mention that his only graduate degree is an MBA.https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/us/oceangate-titanic-missing-submersible.html
(DIR) Post #AWu0xP7jelad56sxDU by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-06-21T02:39:37Z
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It is amazing that the guy was based in Everett, Washington — the same city that hosts Boeing's main manufacturing facility, the same place that put the 737 MAX into passenger service without telling either pilots or passengers that it had never been properly certified.First image: NYTimes today. Second image: WIkipedia entry about 737 Max certification
(DIR) Post #AX4OFkJQKod7NTHtZ2 by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-06-25T16:51:59Z
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Downloading an audiobook that I paid for, I am using Duck Duck Go's new tracker trapper to watch in real time as Google tries, now than once per second, to detect everything from my headphone status to my genderLet me just buy a damn book
(DIR) Post #AX4Y4ICDWrN4X65tZI by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-06-26T04:38:40Z
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@feld @runkefer interesting, will examineof course these systems use DRM to lock us in — if I go to a new system I still need to go back to Kobo to re-listen to 2666 or The Power Broker. Unless I decide to go rogue and just rip them into MP3s and keep copies locally. 60 hours of MP3 in each of those books. It would be a lot of work just to rip & store them.
(DIR) Post #AXdEUi63JFZdRJD3su by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-07-12T21:02:31Z
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It's not bribery unless legal tender money passes from the interested party to a decisionmaker, right?https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/12/clarence-thomas-aide-venmo-payments-lawyers-supreme-court
(DIR) Post #AXp8MsD1Ym4qeqrypU by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-07-18T09:19:27Z
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@tristansnell i really like AOC's formulation: don't vote for a savior or a friend. Whoever wins is going to be your adversary. But this is the rare video game where you get to pick your opponent. If more people understood elections like that, they would look very different.
(DIR) Post #AYET9DzpBtXegSXGiW by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-07-30T18:31:24Z
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There is an optical illusion where you stare out the window of a train or car for a long time. When you come to a halt, it looks like you are moving backward. The same happens with privilege.
(DIR) Post #AZNWUGGLXB5Zo0cjQm by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-09-03T04:08:24Z
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@Wolven the real right to be forgotten
(DIR) Post #Aa6ZlllRyEdL00PBK4 by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-09-24T21:47:09Z
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@aljazeera I'm going to take the "Tren de Aragua remains powerful" on this one, anyone want to take the other side of that bet?
(DIR) Post #AbnNO9idoDdiqb4qSu by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-11-14T11:13:18Z
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@tante @danmcquillan ok but most of my images are screenshots of text and I'm glad to have an optical character recognition system built into this app... Which is a form of AI...
(DIR) Post #AcppV8cm3iVbpn2mae by guacamayan@journa.host
2023-12-15T13:29:56Z
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@twizzt truly beautiful work
(DIR) Post #AknW7C7b3LD1eOxZ8S by guacamayan@journa.host
2024-08-09T13:19:30Z
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Nice visualization of US income tax rates by @interfluidity https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2024/06/03/the-us-federal-income-tax-in-pictures/index.html
(DIR) Post #AkycqVR2pQeB2ubZRI by guacamayan@journa.host
2024-08-15T02:17:16Z
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@futurebird @loren there is an abandoned building in Bushwick where someone leaves out cat food every night, ostensibly for the cats. It attracts a large flock of especially aggressive Canada geese. They take over the entire street. Maybe 100 of them, walking in the darkness. It's creepy if not terrifying
(DIR) Post #AkyfgaJO8uDH8Xz6fI by guacamayan@journa.host
2024-08-15T02:49:01Z
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@futurebird @loren if you've ever seen the water they live in...https://maps.app.goo.gl/5W3AVMURFTU6SSVh6
(DIR) Post #AlxbISItiUiuB0Y7t2 by guacamayan@journa.host
2024-09-12T02:28:12Z
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Not only do agencies wrongly rely on X. It turns out Facebook is even worse.https://wapo.st/3XDxHeJFacebook is blocking emergency warnings as wildfires roar through West
(DIR) Post #AlxbITVhEOYTuzXrTU by guacamayan@journa.host
2024-09-12T11:25:56Z
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