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Western Music Isn't What You Think
https://www.honest-broker.com/p/western-music-isnt-what-you-think
I don't know enough to agree or disagree with this, but either way it's fascinating.
@…

"Over half of European voters think climate action is a priority, exclusive Euronews poll revealst"
#Europe #EU #Climate

Where in Europe do voters think climate change is a priority?
Less than a third of voters think the EU has had a positive impact on environmental protection.

Finished my Door Jamb entry. It's free. It's basically just a list of doors, ranging from puzzles to campaign ideas
https://seedling.itch.io/all-the-doors-i-could-think-of
This makes the second game jam I've entered in based mostly on a pun.

All The Doors I Could Think Of by seedling
A list of many doors

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: I think we'll be 'very effective' in removing hip-drop tackles https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-commissioner-roger-goodell-i-think-we-ll-be-very-effective-in-removing-hip-drop-ta…

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: I think we'll be 'very effective' in removing hip-drop tackles
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said on Wednesday that the move to ban the swivel hip-drop tackle is a positive step for the league’s player health and safety.

M-x Reloaded: The Second Golden Age of #Emacs - (think) by @…
https://

“I am in shock that a lawyer stood in the U.S. Supreme Court and said that a president could assassinate his political opponent and it would be immune as ‘an official act.’ I am in despair that several Justices seemed to think this answer made perfect sense.”
https://newrepublic.…

The Court Just Sealed Everyone’s Fate, Including Its Own
The justices seem to think that the power they apparently just handed Donald Trump can’t be used against them someday. Right.

🔊 Auf radioeins läuft...
Garbage:
🎵 I Think I'm Paranoid
#NowPlaying #Garbage
https://open.spotify.com/track/7q1bQd1HYqeZ0QGM8VeBtD
https://grooveestate.bandcamp.com/track/garbage-i-think-im-paranoid-spockninjas-hot-trash-rework

NFC Notes: Saquon Barkley, Dak Prescott, Cowboys, Eagles, Giants https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/nfc_notes_saquon_barkley_dak_prescott_cowboys_eagles_giants/s1_17039_40163001

NFC Notes: Saquon Barkley, Dak Prescott, Cowboys, Eagles, Giants
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones expressed confidence in Dak Prescott‘s ability and feels he’ll be a big reason for their success in 2024.  “Because you got Dak for sure,” Jones said, via Clarence Hill Jr. of the Star-Telegram. “We think he’s great quarterback. That is really the gist of what we’re about this year. We’ve got Dak. ” “I think Dak will be at the top of his game. I’ve said that I do think he will improve from where he is now. I think we’ll have that.” Jones woul…

how should #CreativeCommons respond to the use of CC-licensed work in #AItraining?
"In 2023, the theme of the CC Global Summit was AI and the Commons, focused on supporting better sharing in a world with artificial intelligence."
There were 3 opinion groups that resulted from…

What does the CC Community Think about Regulating Generative AI? - Creative Commons
In the past year, Creative Commons, alongside other members of the Movement for a Better Internet, hosted workshops and sessions at community conferences like MozFest, RightsCon, and Wikimania, to hear from attendees regarding their views on artificial intelligence (AI). In these sessions, community members raised concerns about how AI is utilizing CC-licensed content, and discussions…

Great article about how "Ruby might be faster than you think" by @… https://www.johnhawthorn.com/2024/ruby-might-be-faster-…

I think we have a condor in our neighborhood? Looks like a supersized raven, but with a slightly bald, dark head. I think it’s nearly 3' tall. Just massive. Big legs and talons. Huge wingspan. I’ve seen it surveying the block from its tree perch and swooping down to consume roadkill.

Social policy – in the United States, this means achieving one of three goals:
protecting Americans from risk,
promoting equal opportunity,
or assisting the poor.
Many Americans strongly believe in individualism, which is self-reliance, but since the Great Depression and the New Deal, the government’s role has increased significantly.
We’re going to focus on two social policies that came out of the New Deal
– Social Security and what we tend to think …

What Chefs Really Think About Tipping, Diners and the Industry - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/27/dining/chefs-state-of-the-restaurant-industry.html

What Chefs Really Think About Tipping, Diners and the Industry
In hours of interviews, we talked with highly accomplished chefs from all over the country about the challenges of running a restaurant today.

<3 had a lovely time organizing different things between different LGBT groups
you know, they also had... a facebook group
*gasp!*
(I think the local mutual aid did much more positively for my life, than that angry "grr, no threads, queers don't use threads" conversation on fedi)
(and... guess what... organizing will continue on any platform, regardless of whatever tech absolutists think)

*I bought a donut. And they gave me a receipt for the donut.*
Do you remember when you'd participate in an online community and your reward for doing so was.... participation in that community?
*I don’t need a receipt for a donut. I’ll just give you the money. You give me the donut. End of transaction.*
Now you post in some community or forum and you get participation awards.
*We don’t need to bring ink and paper into this.*
I just got an award.
1/…

Folks in tech need to have a long, hard think about who else used to monetise people.

Bears' DJ Moore on QB prospects in draft: 'I still don't think they compare' to Justin Fields right now https://www.nfl.com/news/bears-dj-moore-on-qb-prospects-in-draft-i-still-don-t-think-they-…

Bears' DJ Moore on QB prospects in draft: 'I still don't think they compare' to Justin Fields right now
As the Bears prepare to take in the pool of quarterback prospects available at the NFL Scouting Combine, wide receiver DJ Moore is steadfast in his belief that Fields remains Chicago's best option.

every day I wake up and think "what can I buy that will bring me happiness today" and the answer is always the same: nothing. Donating, on the other hand, is incredibly satisfying.

As I scroll my feed, each time I encounter “This is where I draw the line” I think, is this person quitting #Strands and posting their last result. Then I realize what I’ve done. You'd think by the 3rd one I’d skip step 1, but you would be wrong.

Kind of tough question, IMO, about what a good justice system would do with this rather tragic situation that happened recently near me.
There's a 13yo boy and 2 girls (whose ages I don't know but it sounds like they were peers) stole a 6-pack of beer from a convenience store.
Right off the bat, this isn't great. But I think we can all see how this would happen, and I really think the kids' age needs to weigh heavily into how I see everything.

Now here’s an AI application that (a) I’m inclined to think might work and (b) might pay for if it does. Looking for a review by someone with a huge messy Lightroom collection like me.
https://petapixel.com/2024/03/26/find-an…

Find Any Photo in Lightroom With the AI-Powered Peakto Search Plugin
Quickly find any image in Lightroom.

It’s amazing how concerned these alpha males are about what kids in the ice cream parlor think of them

I have gone back and forth on how to deal with that pesky preset button on the Godot Importer pad.
I think this works.
Left is original Godot, Right is my SwiftUI version.
There is an odd space at the bottom that I have not quite figured out where it comes from in SwiftUI.

do you think if you try to pull data from an empty elasticity buffer it makes a "boiiiiinooiiinnooooinnoooooinnoooinnng" sound

I seriously hope we are onto something interesting. I have now had a lot of conversations with people. Mothers, disabled people, sick people, caregivers. I think the thing I am working on is going towards the right direction. I'm still unsure of its final form. But I think the problem space is one that needs solving. Also, we can make it very pretty. #ModernModular

@… maybe! I think there are plenty of levers that can be pulled, if folks are interested in taking steps.
Firstly, this survey https://open-web-advocacy…

I think it's time to listen to The Mr. T Experience again.

Someone asked today what a 'sense of self' is.
I want to tie this into ideas of relationality. I am a distinct individual, let's start with that. I'm not disavowing that entirely.
But I am also ‘an unschooler’: but this is not an attribute of my education for comparison. It is a community, a network of relationships with people working in similar ways. It's connections to anabaptist traditions and to a mode of interacting with parents (both in concept and my actual parents)
I'm from Colorado. But it's not just a place on the map: it's my relationship to my sense of smell, and my tolerance for cold weather and bright lights. It's a love of dark skies and clear views of the milky way. It's a relationship to knowing I am very very small in a vast universe. This is not a universal explanation of from-Colorado-ness, but it's mine.
I'm transgender, but that's not just I-myself-was-born-in-a-wrong-body, but I have a community and network and sense of belonging outside of myself. I've got embodied knowledge of being a dozen ways that others don't get to experience. It affects and informs my relationship to my communities and my work.
I’m argumentative and sometimes a little arrogant, but this is also because of how I'm connected: there are things I know deep in my body that I cannot explain how I know, but I do. I forget that others see me as a ‘you' and not a 'we' sometimes, and so misunderstandings happen. But to change that would change me in ways I'm not quite willing to grow into, so there is going to be a small callus in how I socialize. And it's fine. It works. I am who I am, but I also don't think about _me_ that much. To think about me is to think of all the connections instead. They're inseparable.

‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/24/in-the-us-th…

Trying to think of ways to buy and transport a 20ft 2x4 1.5 miles without a car, bet I can get pretty creative but don’t want to find out it’s impossible at the lumberyard.

There was a period during the industrialization where people fought against the machines — as there was no underlying theory or class consciousness answering why their working conditions were so abhorrent, people thought the problem was the machine, not capitalists who built them.
You may laugh at that, but just remember how many people think getting “replaced by an AI” is a real threat caused by technological development, not our economic system and the people that power it.

I think we don’t hate the mainstream media enough.

Beginning to think of using a CAN bus for system health sensors at some point in the future.
The idea is that every MCU/FPGA would broadcast "hey my supply voltage is X, my temperature is Y" etc periodically onto the shared bus, and any interested party could listen in.
The trigger crossbar ended up with a rather complex game of telephone instead: getting power consumption stats onto the front panel display involves four different STM32s and an FPGA communicating over I…

Blogged: “I don’t think the cheapest APC Back-UPS units can be monitored except in Windows”
https://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2024/02/23/i-dont-think-the-cheapest-apc-back-ups-units-can-be-monitored-except-in-windows/…

I share this powerful piece pretty regularly bc I think it's one of the most brutally honest articles I've ever read on the realities of surrendering a baby to adoption. If you're pregnant & considering #adoption (or know someone who is) you must read it. As an adoptee I feel it's VITAL. #pregnant

Dear Birthmother, From a Birthmother
Dear Birthmother, I am a birthmother of two decades and counting. I consider myself an adoption veteran and I would be honored to share some of my insights with you. This letter will be very differ…

Somehow it seems we think it's smart to half-heartedly support Ukraine while going all-in would be more effective ...Now we risk a much longer war, more suffering, higher costs, while we still must stop Russia somewhere in Ukraine, full Ukraine defeat is not an option for Europe.
#geopolitics @…

Holy cow y'all, I think Google's voicemail transcription has a batch processing problem that is leaking transcripts of later calls from the same caller into the first person's voicemail.
The audio I actually heard ends at "have a beautiful day", and I don't know anybody named Choby or similar

I think I thought Rachel Daily and Denise O'Sullivan were the same person.

So this morning, I hit up my broadcast studio, and tried to explain why I think Nvidia's announcement of 'creating a gym where robots can learn how to be robots' is so important. I attempt to bring together robots, digital twins, and virtual reality into one cohesive whole.
The production level is pretty cool too!
https://www.…

🇬🇧 I think I will manage to finish #reading the #Silo trilogy over the long May weekend! I had a slight break after the first two parts, but today I grabbed my #ebook reader and start…

Does this happen to you?
I was advised to never ever use childcare responsibilities as a justification for unavailability, e.g. when rejecting meetings at late hours. Well, because, someone could think that I am not serious about science or that my kids are more important to me than my science, or something like this 🙄
But when a male colleague tells about skipping a meeting because his child is sick, everyone goes like "ah, he is such a good father!" (and a good scient…

Today I saw my first GMC #HummerEV on the road.
I think it’s an abomination. A paragon of waste and excess, and distilled selfishness. 9000 lb of hubris and projection. It’s way too wide, and way too tall, and carries 2.5× the kinetic energy of any other vehicle traveling at the same speed.
It’s not as derisible as the

First drive review: 2022 GMC Hummer EV shows how electric off-roading can be
Outfitted with the full range of electric propulsion and off-road goodies, the 2022 GMC Hummer EV shows the full capability of GM’s future EVs.

Read to your babies

>Stupid text programs that think a line starting with a "-" should automatically be indented.
>Stupid text programs that then _also_ prevent you from removing the indent without also removing the "-" completely.

"Think of us as the McKinsey for your lawn"
#HashtagGames
#YardAndLawnCareSlogans

The spam filter in Gmail is atrociously bad and has been for ages. I think it’s time to move to fastmail for my private email as well.

I hated Hand In Glove back at the time. I don't think I really got Sandie Shaw at all. But yeah, what a song this is. #TOTP

i think tonight i will watch that new spider movie on #shudder

So I have just finished Vandermeer's Southern Reach trilogy and I think "I can't contain myself" is a very appropriate body-horror-hinting phrase to express how much I have enjoyed it.

I don't play the lottery but I think I should start and then when I win billions I'll buy the naming rights for Oracle Park and rename it to Frisco Field permanently.

I wrote some #Java code that offended the senses of our other #Java advocates, but I think it's great. GREAT! @… agrees. RIGHT?!

Do people really think AI companies have not already scraped their precious wordpress blogs?

I think Robert Crumb may have redrawn me when I wasn't looking.

Raiders 2024 Mock Draft Tracker 3.0: What do experts think as Combine ramps up? https://www.raiders.com/news/raiders-2024-mock-draft-tracker-3-nfl-scouting-combine-indianapolis

Raiders 2024 Mock Draft Tracker 3.0: What do experts think as Combine ramps up?
As all 32 clubs head to Indianapolis to assess prospects at the NFL Scouting Combine, take a look at our roundup of the latest mock drafts.

I think petrosexuals have gone too far. https://www.flickr.com/photos/rohini1729/24511399102/

Scott F, a transit advocate, said he's concerned that the proliferation of planters has monopolized the city's sidewalks, making them difficult to navigate.
"It makes it, in some cases, an obstacle course to board the bus," Scott said. "I think it’s already discouraging people from walking and using transit."

‘Hostile architecture’ or just planters? Owners cited by city after activist pressure
Garden planters are often used by residents and business owners to deter encampments on the sidewalk. But now, some owners are being cited by the city.

Great article about how "Ruby might be faster than you think" by @… https://www.johnhawthorn.com/2024/ruby-might-be-faster-…

'In the US they think we’re communists!’
The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living
The Basque Country’s Mondragón Corporation is the globe’s largest industrial co-operative,
with workers paying for the right to share in its profits
– and its losses.
In return for giving more to their employer, they expect more back

In a world of unreliable narrators (including me, and you), I think consensus reality, ideally based on science, is the only approach that works.

I have gone back and forth on how to deal with that pesky preset button on the Godot Importer pad.
I think this works.
Left is original Godot, Right is my SwiftUI version.
There is an odd space at the bottom that I have not quite figured out where it comes from in SwiftUI.

do you think angel girls are primarily weapons that have been given conscience, or primarily girls that have been trained to destroy?

Passkeys were hot last year, don’t seem to be catching on, here’s one view of why that is. Dark and sobering but convincing: https://fy.blackhats.net.au/blog/2024-04-26-passkeys-a-shattered-dream/

Steelers Tabbed as Landing Spot for Dak Prescott https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/steelers_tabbed_as_landing_spot_for_dak_prescott/s1_17181_40164675

Steelers Tabbed as Landing Spot for Dak Prescott
The Dallas Cowboys do not anticipate extending Dak Prescott before the 2024 season, which could allow him to play through the season in the final year of his contract. Prescott would hit free agency in 2025, which could lead to a host of suitors, including the Pittsburgh Steelers, being in on him. Still, Jerry Jones did make it clear he thinks the world of Prescott. “When I think of Dak, he’s one of those in the top paid that haven’t won that I think can,” Jones said. “I think there a…

Like with many things in life, I really have the biggest issue with the centrists--these are the people who legitimize bad things.
If you're in the "I'm so grounded, and so very intelligent and everything must have balance and no technology can be good or bad and I urge decorum and let's hear everyone out" camp; please think about what you're doing harder.

‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/apr/24/in-the-us-th…

@… right on! Would love to hear more about the API-based pushes, I think a strong case can be made that Jamstack matches up much nicer with git-based things (Netlify did maintain a git-based CMS for many years)

Trying to think of ways to buy and transport a 20ft 2x4 1.5 miles without a car, bet I can get pretty creative but don’t want to find out it’s impossible at the lumberyard.

This cat has the “fuck around” part down but I don’t think he ever finds out anything.

Guys what you think?
A haircut and a shower?
https://x.com/emilio2763/status/1772704802591424697?s=61

𝕰𝖒𝕲 (@Emilio2763) on X
Fellas?…

@… I think your music tastes and mine overlap a fair bit. You ever listen to Carsie Blanton or Mouths of Babes?

It's very early days with AI devices but i think the Rabbit R1 does a great job not failing completely from the start like the AI pin did. I will wait for the next generation however.
https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-just-spent-m…

I just spent my first day with the Rabbit R1 — here’s what this AI gadget can do
An intriguing AI gadget with some early issues

I'm lichen this.
Does it qualify for #mosstodon?

I finally watched the #Barbie movie, and I love it.
I think it’s a great movie to weed out Patriarchy Enthusiasts, just like Starship Troopers is a great movie to weed out Fascists. Post some meme from the movie, and watch the comments come in. The bigots will basically self-identify.

>Stupid text programs that think a line starting with a "-" should automatically be indented.
>Stupid text programs that then _also_ prevent you from removing the indent without also removing the "-" completely.

This is my Aunt Lanie, my bio aunt, my father’s little sister. This photo was taken about a year ago, before she got really sick again. I think she’s so pretty. Even better, she’s super funny & super kind. & a lot of fun, too. When I was 53 yrs old, I contacted her, & she welcomed me into my paternal family with open arms & an open heart. I’m so grateful for her. 😍🥰❤️ #adoption

It's not 22 minutes to 8 at all. You know what, I don't think this is going out live. #totp

I had fun making these sketches for a #godotengine tutorial I'm writing for the #JetBrains guide. I think they came out pretty good. What do you folks think? #dotnet

I think a good solid path to sustainability is probably a game of stock market snake oil whackamole.
Have teams of pros hunt for the enshitification, the capital horded, the monopolies,
And replace them with greener community controlled things.
Axe big data centers, in favor of computing the community agrees upon
If every young person on the planet could vote on the auto manufacturers decision to make only plug in hybrids and EVs,
Or had a direct vote to replace every gas power plant

I was about 6 years old when I figured out how to whistle. Don’t recall why, or how long I’d been trying, just the moment it happened. I was so proud, I went immediately into my parents’ bedroom and whistled loudly at my father’s face. Maybe 6am. On a Sunday. He was not best pleased, my dad. I could tell that right away. I think I whistle today because of what happened next, which I don’t remember. Just a feeling, I guess. It was a while before I whistled again.

I think I can make some money betting on the Constitution.

Scott F, a transit advocate, said he's concerned that the proliferation of planters has monopolized the city's sidewalks, making them difficult to navigate.
"It makes it, in some cases, an obstacle course to board the bus," Scott said. "I think it’s already discouraging people from walking and using transit."

‘Hostile architecture’ or just planters? Owners cited by city after activist pressure
Garden planters are often used by residents and business owners to deter encampments on the sidewalk. But now, some owners are being cited by the city.

NFL Draft rumors: Team execs think Commanders may take J.J. McCarthy No. 2; how move would shake up Round 1

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nfl…

NFL Draft rumors: Team execs think Commanders may take J.J. McCarthy No. 2; how move would shake up Round 1
Are we in for a surprise at No. 2 overall?

@… this is the stack we used with netlify dot com back when I worked on it—I think the primary struggles I remember were typical to API-based CMS systems. Primarily that we had to manage draft content manually which ended up being a bit of a pain and the data wasn’t versioned to git so deploy previews always built with the latest production data set (which may or ma…

Me: What animals do you like?
Wife: Interesting question... I think when I was young I liked certain animals because they were cute and I wanted to cuddle them, kittens, puppies, etc. but as I got older I tended to like animals that are endangered in some way, especially turtles.
Me: I like orcas because they destroy yachts.

It's very early days with AI devices but i think the Rabbit R1 does a great job not failing completely from the start like the AI pin did. I will wait for the next generation however.
https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/i-just-spent-m…

I just spent my first day with the Rabbit R1 — here’s what this AI gadget can do
An intriguing AI gadget with some early issues

This is my Aunt Lanie, my bio aunt, my father’s little sister. This photo was taken about a year ago, before she got really sick again. I think she’s so pretty. Even better, she’s super funny & super kind. & a lot of fun, too. When I was 53 yrs old, I contacted her, & she welcomed me into my paternal family with open arms & an open heart. I’m so grateful for her. 😍🥰❤️ #adoption

Ugh I just spent two hours trying to get parental controls set up on a PS5 for my kid
It's _such_ a bad UX. I think I've now gotten it into the state where it doesn't believe I'm an adult either

I had fun making these sketches for a #godotengine tutorial I'm writing for the #JetBrains guide. I think they came out pretty good. What do you folks think? #dotnet

I think a good solid path to sustainability is probably a game of stock market snake oil whackamole.
Have teams of pros hunt for the enshitification, the capital horded, the monopolies,
And replace them with greener community controlled things.
Axe big data centers, in favor of computing the community agrees upon
If every young person on the planet could vote on the auto manufacturers decision to make only plug in hybrids and EVs,
Or had a direct vote to replace every gas power plant

The whole industry has been working on increasing contrast for decades and now Lenovo wants to sell us a transparent display.
And a flat glass surface for a keyboard on laptop? That’ll make butterfly keyboards feel like IBM buckled spring.
Don’t get me wrong, I think a transparent display is amazing, especially for signage, but on a laptop? No.
#technology

Peering through Lenovo’s transparent laptop into a sci-fi future
Lenovo’s ThinkBook Transparent Display Laptop is a 17.3-inch notebook with a transparent screen and a built-in tablet for you to doodle on.

@… I used to think the go-to metaphor was trucks https://fediverse.zachleat.com/@zachleat/110181262326744689 but now I think I’m go…

**"It was important that President Macron said we should not dismiss the option of deploying European troops to Ukraine. I think it's a great idea, and it's great that he said it. Even if he never intends to send anyone"**
**…

General Ben Hodges: We spend too much time worrying about what the Russians might do. Instead, we should make them worry about what we're capable of
U.S. Army Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, former commander of U.S. Army Europe, believes that NATO should make Russi ...

“He focused on issues like infrastructure & downplayed the importance of reproductive rights. ‘It's certainly an issue that needs to be dealt with,’ he told Politico, ‘but not our top issue. I don't think that this is the issue that wins or loses the race.’ That calculus turned out to be wrong, & Lands just gave Democrats good reason to believe Powell will be only the 1st of many Republicans to pay the price at the ballot box this year.”

Alabama Democrat flips GOP seat after campaigning against threats to IVF
Democrat Marilyn Lands defeated Republican Teddy Powell on Tuesday in a nationally watched special election for a GOP-held seat in the Alabama House of Representatives. While Republicans will ...

so I think my beef is with that 23%
and, you know, all of the Nakba...
but I'm still probably a two state kinda guy
move out of those settlements and pay reparations for the damage done...

@… @… yeah, that’s highly dependent on the architecture of your *CMS* previews, which I don’t think is unique to API or git-based.
You can bypass this limitation by using Serverless previews (CloudCannon’s bookshop also sidesteps this lim…