Posts by whistlewright@liberdon.com
(DIR) Post #9vwnenr0tPjyEtwTD6 by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-06-10T17:43:37Z
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I did a little research on Kaczynski outside of the Netflix series. The series mentions that he participated in some psychological trials in the 60s. My outside research leads one to think that the "trials" may have been a part of the MKUltra business that was going on at that time.
(DIR) Post #9vyzyGyiQBBTpoVyts by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-06-11T19:16:05Z
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@nigeldgreen HA! I had a large kitchen appliance torn apart from one end of the house to the other trying to figure out why it had quit working. The Mrs walks in, asks what is going on and then had the sheer and unmitigated audacity to ask if I had checked the breaker.Guess what it was...
(DIR) Post #9wPkWT7dN02hdnFm3E by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-06-24T15:07:35Z
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So yesterday's oral surgery went well, I guess. The Dr removed a tooth and gutted me like a fish to remove a cyst. I hurt like heck today
(DIR) Post #9wPuXTH7HmqHwjo0FU by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-06-24T18:52:33Z
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@nigeldgreen ok I keep seeing i3 in conversations maybe I ought to give it a look.
(DIR) Post #9wRhS8eoiNu4Tg8DOy by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-06-25T14:31:20Z
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been a while since I have played around in #ccmusic land. The only place I am familiar with for getting #ccmusic is jamendo. Where do you get yours?
(DIR) Post #9wZv6qx4HB5dYFN2a8 by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-06-29T12:48:40Z
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anybody use #briar?
(DIR) Post #9z7RjE1aIlQ0o9XGtc by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-09-13T14:44:19Z
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@dick_turpin so... hmm... the solution to the social dilemma is to ride a bicycle to a murder... interesting concept... Honey where did you put my balaclava?
(DIR) Post #9z7V3t2JpWGZerQHQm by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-09-13T15:21:40Z
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@dick_turpin my conclusion was more fun...
(DIR) Post #9z7WUnPcwq2pzKij1E by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-09-13T15:37:45Z
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@dick_turpin I haven't seen the video in question so this may be way off topic, but back when I was a fulltime cyclist a group called "Bikes not Bombs" was doing all sorts of good works in the underdeveloped world by sending them used bicycles. Or at least they said they were. I never verified....
(DIR) Post #9z7Wcr51CCePgCvKJU by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-09-13T15:39:12Z
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@dick_turpin Evidently, the recipents of these used bikes boosted the economies of villages by starting freight hauling companies and taxi services all using bikes. There's was a neat story if it was true.
(DIR) Post #9z7XKhtghMAZwRXAe0 by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-09-13T15:47:07Z
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@dick_turpin which, interestingly, leads to the feelings of isolation that we all seem to suffer from these days.
(DIR) Post #9z7aQ321qcd2ndfq8u by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-09-13T16:21:41Z
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@dick_turpin you might be correct but who knows seeing as you're from the other side of the pond from me... <sarcasm that shows I understood something>
(DIR) Post #9z87iXABr3KRx1uiRM by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-09-13T22:34:48Z
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@dick_turpin There is a crapton of thoughts in this one reply of yours and I am not sure how to intelligently reply. My knee jerk is to say "yeah, a faux-conspiracy like Facebook and Google taking over the world kind of conspiracy..." But there is a lot of deep stuff here, bud. I wasn't really counting on thinking too hard on this convo but I think I scared myself somewhere on the way
(DIR) Post #9zfzID2C5G5sqZUAnw by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-09-30T02:34:11Z
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Something is fundamentally wrong with the very concept of asking a free person to choose someone to rule over them
(DIR) Post #A1wGdGPszeCB3TQdbE by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2020-12-06T22:42:32Z
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My wife has lost a friend to COVID. She was 27.A man who is a second father to me has been in hospital with it for 3 weeks and will probably be in for 2 more.My brother-in-law,his wife, and son have it as a result of their daughter being stupid about it.When will we learn that this isn't a political issue but a public health one?Stay home if you feel poorly. Wear the mask people. It isn't a big deal. Wash up. We should be doing that anyway.Let's grow the heck up and get through this!
(DIR) Post #A66R3NMKVklRddq0Js by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2021-04-10T12:08:27Z
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@Rokken I have never been one of the cool kids. There is nothing wrong with forums. Most of the people that I follow here on Mastodon I have been following for a bunch of years. We aren't really activists. Yeah sure, we do use FOSS and think about security blahblahblah but mostly we just hang out and are friends and friendly. I am too old and tired for much more than that. Just hanging out needs it's place online too.
(DIR) Post #AV3CaZEtgPW9Uv4cQi by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2023-04-26T12:19:06Z
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An imam, a preacher, and a rabbit walk into a bar.The bartender asks the rabbit, "What'll you have?"The rabbit replies, "I have no idea. I'm only here because of autocorrect."
(DIR) Post #AalXlpT4ACIjpaDTmq by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2023-10-14T15:10:42Z
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We live in the path of totality of today's annular #solareclipse, which means I can see it without leaving home. I view today as a rebirth, as a time to throw out the lives we don't want and as a renewal to become the people we wish to be. I know this sounds like spiritual mumbojumbo but I need the ceremony and sentimenatlity of it to get done what needs to be done. I wish you all well.
(DIR) Post #Ab55lYmPItkLgNOZeK by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2023-10-24T02:24:35Z
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So I have cleaned out my feed reader of all the news/politics/philosophical feeds that we're on there and filled the empty space with every blog that I could easily find that people I follow on Mastodon. I even followed some blogs of people that I don't follow on Mastodon but show up in my timeline due to #hashtags that I follow. I'll give anyone a shot. If you have a personal blog, let me know. I'll give it a read
(DIR) Post #AiLDg7PPymR2nrDw9Y by whistlewright@liberdon.com
2024-05-28T01:04:05Z
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Finished my binge re-watch of the remake of Battlestar Galactica. I still think the first two seasons were some of the best TV #scifi ever made. Season 3 was good but still drones on for me. Season 4 was not as bad as I remembered it but the 3 part finale, especially the final episode, was just interminable. Almost makes me wish the Galactica had blown up in the mutiny.