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The fact that Anthony has been looking for work for an extended period is an indictment of the whole IT employment scam. @… https://tilde.zone/@sirwumpus/1159397382639…
The fact that Anthony has been looking for work for an extended period is an indictment of the whole IT employment scam. @… https://tilde.zone/@sirwumpus/1159397382639…
Series C, Episode 05 - The Harvest of Kairos
AVON: Would you reproach me for that?
ZEN: Please state the condition.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/305/422 B7B2
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
J.J. Cale:
🎵 Ride Me High
#JJCale
https://open.spotify.com/track/2OnTluP3yNVsFXTkbuQ8VH
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A: "I don't understand how you're so relaxed when you don't hear from the kids. Everyone in my family is like, 'msg me right when you get home!'"
me: "Ah, [13yo] is fine. He went home and is 100% watching videos when he's not supposed to be, hoping we forgot about him so that he can get away w/ as much screen time as he can. If he were stuck on the subway or something, he'd have messaged. Actually, I'd be more worried if he DID message.&qu…
computer: your computer has to restart for updates
me: uh, im in the middle of something; i have 17 things open.
computer: ok would you like to reschedule?
me: yes, tomorrow at 5:30pm
computer: sorry can't reschedule for then.
me: ok, how about tomorrow at 9am
computer: sorry can't reschedule for then.
me: so its "now" or "???". That's not really a fucking choice then is it?
CAKE OR DEATH. cake please. WELL WE'…
Looks like my Markdown piece has been submitted to Hacker News; if you frequent the orange site, I guess please upvote? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46556695
Climbing onto a bar stool, a piece of string asked for a beer.
"Wait a minute. Aren't you a string?"
"Well, yes, I am."
"Sorry. We don't serve strings here."
The determined string left the bar and stopped a passer-by. "Excuse,
me," it said, "would you shred my ends and tie me up like a pretzel?" The
passer-by obliged, and the string re-entered the bar. "May I have a beer,
please?" …
Hey Mastodon, can you please help me out here?
Which is the best *free tool* to organise a community of school parents in Italy?
For now they consider a GoogleDoc for documentation (just 4-5 pages for now) a Facebook page (to organise the discussions in threads). I'd like to propose a free alternative
People involved could be 10-30. There should be some sort of collaborative document management (like a wiki), and ideally a space for discussion (like a forum).
Id…
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It terrifies me to confront how monstrously selfish and stupid people can be.
Giorgio is a hero who reports from the trenches of democracy in Ukraine. He risks his life to bring the receipts of what is really happening in Ukraine.
If you don't like to read, he also makes a lot of videos.
Please support Ukraine and give the world a glimpse of the truth by sharing the friend link that bypasses the paywall:
For a few years now I have the impression that Big Tech companies resemble more and more something like ecosystem states but without any functional judicial system. And that horrifies me. Their terms of service which should be their constitutions seem more like a dictatorial permission slip with the ability to denaturalize and disown people.
https:…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SundaySoul
Amazing Farmer Singers of Chicago:
🎵 Some Body Touch Me
#AmazingFarmerSingersofChicago
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Please explain to me why people believe the "market" will solve the housing crisis, if only we removed barriers like zoning. The market certainly doesn't seem to do so well at maintaining existing properties at affordable prices.
‘My bill keeps escalating’: how Toledo, Ohio, became the epicenter of the US housing crisis
Please explain to me why people believe the "market" will solve the housing crisis, if only we removed barriers like zoning. The market certainly doesn't seem to do so well at maintaining existing properties at affordable prices.
‘My bill keeps escalating’: how Toledo, Ohio, became the epicenter of the US housing crisis
Help me name this picture please #caturday #cat #CatsOfMastodon
I like Flatpaks, really, but then…
I had a bunch of Qt apps where the dark theme wasn't working. The solution was to install `org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Breeze-Dark`, which is the default dark theme, but as Flatpak.
Please, allow me to question this:
Why did I have to do this? I shouldn't have to do this. I shouldn't have to even worry about this. Why did I need to install the dark theme a second time? Why isn't that handled automatically?
(Distro: Tuxedo OS / …
Listen, I love security like the next guy, but can we please stop forcing MFA using just my email? Can you ask me if I want to use email, text, or an app?
I'm so tired of logging into something arbitrary, like a gaming site, and getting hit with "PLEASE PUT IN THIS 6 DIGIT CODE" or worse, it keeps me signed in but makes me put in the code any time I click on something, multiple times. Zero trust is crazy.
Work is progressing well on my new live coding language. Please book me for a gig as I've promised not to talk or write about it until I've performed with it for a year and I'd like to start the clock
If you're running a conference, please have a COVID policy that includes mandatory indoor masking for everyone but active presenters.
I, and many people like me, cannot participate in indoor events without _everyone_ masking.
Thank you.
I appreciate the boosts on the thread above, which I take as support.
The defeatist replies make me despair a bit. Just to address some greatest hits en masse:
1. “Kick them out yourselves” − JFC, what the hell do you think we are trying to do, constantly, day after day, the amount of action and engagement against the federal invasion where I live is like nothing I’ve seen in my lifetime. WE ARE ASKING FOR HELP. Please do not be an ass about it.
Dear @… , could you please revive @… ? 🥺 Looks like it got stuck.
Love the podcast, keeping me well entertained when I commute and travel. Thank you!
I came home and opened Youtube and this is what my "short video" look like.
Not that I want a "short video" section to begin with but it's that kind of thing you can turn off for a limited time only... a concept I don't really understand but maybe that's just me.
But the thing is I am glad I opened this loops account. If you like japanese idols, please follow me at
@…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #SoundOfCinema
Tyler Strickland & Tyler Strickland:
🎵 John Candy - I like Me " A Gift to the World"
#TylerStrickland
https://open.spotify.com/track/01PzIwRcc4LWHIbgN2p9r0
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Fahrradfahren wie es ist und wie es sein kann: alltäglich, unkompliziert, Probleme lösend, wohlfühlend im Miteinander.
https://pixel.tchncs.de/p/Thijs_Lucas/922923330068725990
Die Kleidung der ist, was ihnen gefällt und frei von den fahrradfeindlichen Vorstellungen, …
"We are watching one of the greatest wastes of money in history, all as people are told that there “just isn’t the money” to build things like housing, or provide Americans with universal healthcare, or better schools"
#Kleptocracy
#Enshittification
Dear Restaurants:
Frying your own chips does not 'elevate' your nachos. It makes them a greasy mess that reheat even more poorly than before.
Buy store brand corn chips. Use those. It will in fact be better. You do not need to even spring for Frito-Lay products or anything. Just Do. Not. Fry. Your. Own. Chips.
Please spend the novelty points on things like goat cheese and fun aiolis. Not the chips.
Sincerely,
Me.
Ikea knows the way to my heart. Our new kitchen counter surface looks and feels like untreated wood, but is actually completely fake and waterproof.
And yes, I know Ikea probably isn't the most sustainable source for wooden products, but please give me a break. I can't go full ADD hyperfocus on every single purchase.
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SonicReducer
Cigarette Camp:
🎵 Tell Me Something
#CigaretteCamp
https://cigarettecamp.bandcamp.com/track/tell-me-something-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/0jNJFmhr6UBscKRHhcFNZ9
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@… so it looks like Spring has finally bought the Big One? Or is it just me?
(I was amazed it’s worked on Twitter THIS long 😂)
Also as a complete aside, I’d love (once you’re done with the update to Mona) to see either BlueSky support or a version for BlueSky.
I’m getting ready to install SkyBridge just so I can use Mona to access my BS account 😂…
Someone took the "Genderwurfstern" creature card from the @… game at #39C3 next to C3 Awareness. The person who created it is very sad and would like to have it back. Please return it or DM me!
Boosts welcome :BoostOK:
Because I constantly hear myths about the good old compact cassette here's a longer post dispelling them:
1. They can sound as good as CDs
2. They don't wear out
3. You can't use a pencil to wind them
4. You can go to specific tracks automatically
5. You don't need to carry around extra batteries
I will elaborate below:
1. Sound Quality
Many higher-end decks can record cassettes on metal tape with various Dolby noise reduction settings; especially the combination of metal tape and Dolby S will make tapes that are pretty much indistinguishable from listening to a CD.
Even normal or chrome tape with Dolby B (around since the 1970s) will give great results; likely indistinguishable from a CD when played in a car or while out and about with a personal player.
Some extremely high-end tape decks produce better than CD results in some regards (for example some Nakamichi models go to 26KHz with frequency response, while CD are inherently limited to top out at 22KHz).
It's true that the dynamic range of CDs is much better than either vinyl records or tapes. However, unless you're super into classical music there's likely not much music for which this truly matters, as 99% is mastered to use much less dynamic range than provided by any audio media format. (If you're super into classical music you probably want SACD or other high-res lossless sources anyway, not CDs.)
2. Yes, it will wear out mechanically but you will wear out mechanically before it does. Please watch VWestlife's video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dgJ4hRHBiw
3. European and American pencils are too thin to engage the cassette reel cogs. (You'd need to get a Japanese pencil. People mostly used BIC pens for this purpose which have the right thickness.)
4. Most (nice) decks and personal players from the early-to-mid nineties onwards have track skip features (e.g. Sony has AMS, Automatic Music Sensor), which allow precise winding to a specific track.
Some decks even did this in the early 80s!
5. My late-90s Walkman has seventy-eight (78) hours of playback on one (1) single AA battery.
Anyway, the main reason why I like them is they're fun to use and recording them is very deliberate instead of algorithms selecting music for me. :)
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsIndieForever
Arctic Monkeys:
🎵 Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?
#ArcticMonkeys
https://korrila.bandcamp.com/track/arctic-monkeys-whyd-you-only-call-me-when-youre-high-korrila-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/086myS9r57YsLbJpU0TgK9
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We're making an live code/algorithmic music release in aid of humanitarian relief in Palestine. We're collecting recordings over this weekend, to release it on (Bandcamp) Friday. If you'd like to join please DM me and I'll share the upload info, thanks!
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Squeeze:
🎵 Take Me, I’m Yours
#Squeeze
https://open.spotify.com/track/048gZb3gKpvHeaqFSzSKXL
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
Austra:
🎵 Look Me in the Eye
#Austra
https://austra.bandcamp.com/track/look-me-in-the-eye
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #NickGrimshaw
HAIM:
🎵 Don't Save Me
#HAIM
https://conorqryan.bandcamp.com/track/dont-save-me-haim-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/2g92k9vKTmpAUbjvGLA2xq
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #FridayNightIsMusicNight
William Monk, Junior Garr, Kyle Gordon, The Spirituals, Russell H Blackman, BBC Concert Orchestra & Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser:
🎵 Abide with Me
#WilliamMonk #JuniorGarr #KyleGordon #TheSpirituals #RussellHBlackman
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#Spotify
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
George Benson:
🎵 Give Me the Night
#GeorgeBenson
https://ericfaria.bandcamp.com/track/eric-faria-remix-george-benson-give-me-the-night
https://open.spotify.com/track/5gaUkg5JNk8c4mr2jnpX8H
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Continent
Kayyzzz:
🎵 Lean With Me
#Kayyzzz
https://open.spotify.com/track/0vTeTsuFOCMydj7Ej1TSSB
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #SundaySoul
Voices of Tabernacle:
🎵 He's Alright With Me
#VoicesofTabernacle
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #6MusicsJukebox
Al Green:
🎵 Take Me to the River
#AlGreen
https://betochuquer.bandcamp.com/album/al-green-take-me-to-the-river-edits
https://open.spotify.com/track/62r1CS9zL1FL5Ilb7hLX7n
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #StreetSounds
The Pharcyde:
🎵 Passin’ Me By
#ThePharcyde
https://arcturusound.bandcamp.com/track/the-pharcyde-passin-me-by-arcturus-flip
https://open.spotify.com/track/40R4QMQe1hXBYhfhqCXvdZ
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While I'm not much for the law, I recognize that not everyone I talk to thinks the same way. But even if you are like me, the enormity of the list of Trump's crimes is just staggering. There really couldn't be any more clear of an illustration of the fact that there are two legal systems: one for the elite, and one for everyone else.
We all know #Trump just does crimes all the time, but it can be hard to track the enormity of it. The YouTube lawyer LegalEagle put together a list and it's pretty incredible. It's a little over 40 minutes of him rapidly listing times that Trump has violated the law during his second term (completely ignoring his first term).
#MassBlackout is a #Boycott of the American corporations that support the dictatorship. By showing
that people have the power to shut down the economy if elites don't listen, we can hit them where it actually hurts.
From now until December 2nd, do as many of these things as you can:
- Stop online or in-store shopping (except for small businesses)
- Stop work
- Stop streaming, cancel subscriptions, no digital purchases
This is one of the few times that boosting stuff on social media and doing nothing else actually *can* make a difference. Boost posts tagged with #WeAintBuyingIt, #MassBlackout, and #BlackOutTheSystem. Make sure everyone you know knows about it. Hold each other accountable to keep from spending. You may already not be spending because.... well,.. Trump has already made everything too expensive. The thing is that elites can't actually tell the difference. Spreading word, making the protest seem as big and impactful as possible is all that's really needed to fracture elites and turn them against each other. Boost, write your own post, make these tags trend on every platform you can, then do nothing.
Don't buy things, (if you can) don't work. Just stop. Refuse to participate in capitalism. This is the ultimate "fuck you, make me" because they absolutely can't make you. This is the ultimate reminder of where power actually comes from.
I've been trying to remind everyone, every day. Please do the same. Keep this opportunity at the top of everyone's mind. Keep it in your mind.
Trump is more vulnerable now than he's ever been, and there is no time in the next year that we have more power than right now. This is one of the most important parts of the year for the US economy. What you do, or don't do, right now has more of an impact than any other time.
#USPol #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Ben E. King:
🎵 Stand by Me
#BenEKing
https://vincentbastille.bandcamp.com/track/ben-e-king-stand-by-me-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/6OzAkuRDmEpd52RF1g1WvU
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #SteveLamacq
The Roots:
🎵 You Got Me (feat. Erykah Badu)
#TheRoots
https://mixtapesmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-roots-you-got-me
https://open.spotify.com/track/4pdLZsxq0y5oJDb6Cxlokw
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Ela Minus:
🎵 Megapunk
#ElaMinus
https://elaminus.bandcamp.com/album/megapunk-remixes
https://open.spotify.com/track/2EUZKvwewWl3FVxLcmkMl9
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #RileyAndCoe
Joe Higgs & Roy Wilson:
🎵 Don't Mind Me
#JoeHiggs #RoyWilson
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #ThroughTheNight
Orlande de Lassus, Members of the Royal Academy of Music London, Members of the Royal Academy of Music London & Patrick Russill:
🎵 Missa Osculetur me
#OrlandedeLassus #MembersoftheRoyalAcademyofMusicLondon #PatrickRussill
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
Robyn:
🎵 Talk To Me
#Robyn
#newRelease 🆕 single
https://zeworst.bandcamp.com/track/camron-talk-to-me
https://open.spotify.com/track/6rY4CO2ko4iWpSIm93fWJv
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
ABBA:
🎵 Take a Chance on Me
#ABBA
https://djmanm.bandcamp.com/track/abba-take-a-chance-on-me-ext-intro-outro-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/5BckPAYcKEJuYs1eV1BHHe
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #VarietyMix
Sunship feat. Anita Kelsey:
🎵 Try Me Out (Let Me Lick It)
#Sunship #AnitaKelsey
https://sunshiprecordings.bandcamp.com/track/try-me-out-let-me-lick-it-mix
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #MiddayShow
Rufus featuring Chaka Khan:
🎵 Tell Me Something Good
#Rufus #ChakaKhan
https://wonderlove.bandcamp.com/track/tell-me-something-good-wonderloves-extended-remix
https://open.spotify.com/track/0AECVMjxepWdsjDb49JFRd
🎶 show playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/55kiq57r1ErxcYnr6B3P6g
🎶 KEXP playlist 👇
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6VNALrOa3gWbk794YuIrwg
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MorningShow
Mint Royale feat. Posdnuos:
🎵 Show Me
#MintRoyale #Posdnuos
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https://open.spotify.com/track/4qFlPvpOr2gZXMkXvPRfhd
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🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #VarietyMix
The Killers feat. Ryan Pardey:
🎵 Don’t Shoot Me Santa
#TheKillers #RyanPardey
https://open.spotify.com/track/0VnM98fVPYamafDoW7yza7
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