@paulbusch@mstdn.ca2026-02-08 18:20:03
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At the neighborhood party you may be asked to wear a name tag with your first name. The initial contact and conversation is more relaxed as no one wants to talk about their work. Your neighbors want to know how you feel about that ungodly reno going on down the street, share stories about your kids, and swap anecdotes about pets. Definitely cats... lots of cat sharing. It's a community where no one is selling, no one is recording data, and there's no unfathomable app pushing conversations into your group. The goal is to go home feeling closer to your community and more empathy for its members.
@Dragofix@veganism.social2026-02-06 22:34:09
Feeling chirpy: how listening to birdsong can boost your wellbeing https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/04/feeling-chirpy-how-listening-to-birdsong-can-boost-your-wellbeing
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-06 23:30:48
Organizer arrested in Grand Rapids following protest in response to U.S. attack in Venezuela
https://www.wzzm13.com/video/news/local/woman-arrested-in-grand-rapids-following-…
@david@boles.xyz2026-01-07 12:28:33
The Curated Self as the New Delusion
There is a specific, modern anxiety that is difficult to name. It is not the dread of a specific event, but a low-grade, constant hum of disconnection. It’s the feeling of living in a world that is eerily frictionless, a world that reflects your own thoughts back at you with placid, unwavering agreement. It is the anxiety of a consensus of one; the quiet, digital loneliness of being the only person in your own universe.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-01-08 00:40:50
Disney announces it is adding vertical videos to Disney later this year, following the launch of ESPN's "Verts" in the ESPN app last August (Dade Hayes/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/01/disney-plus-vertical-videos-ces-1236665836/
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@Erikmitk@mastodon.gamedev.place2026-02-07 17:47:32
„That’s three or four clicks just to see the error, and every one of them loads a new page with its own loading spinner, and none of them are fast. You are navigating a bureaucracy. You are filling out forms at the DMV of CI.“
What an apt comparison. The whole piece is *chef’s kiss*!
https://www.
@laimis@mstdn.social2025-12-08 20:18:47
A very tedious but fruitful activity for investing/trading: going back in time for a company of your choice and following stock price with replay feature in parallel with reading SEC filings and using google search tools to go back in time for the ticker and see what hits come up. 1/n
@PaulWermer@sfba.social2026-01-08 17:58:03
"A floating litter trap was anchored in Cologne to monitor the amount of rubbish flowing through the Rhine. Out of almost 2,000kg captured by the trap, 15% was found to be made of plastic, and 28% was food or drink related."
There is very little need for disposable food packaging - and it's clear that reusable containers are very cost effective compared to disposables. Add to that micro plastic shedding into food and drink, with the attendant health impacts.
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@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-08 16:48:34
A federal agent pointed a gun at a combat veteran’s face and said “
"bang, bang” and
“you’re dead, liberal”
during an immigration raid last week in Chicago,
the veteran is alleging in a new court filing.
https://…
@cdarwin@c.im2026-01-08 16:51:18
A labor-led coalition plans a protest outside the Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building Thursday to "demand an end to the bloodshed and inhumane treatment of immigrants by" Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
The coalition gathers outside the federal building every Thursday, but the protest comes one day after the fatal shooting of a 37-year-old woman by an ICE officer in an immigration-related operation in Minneapolis.
"Protesters in San Diego are calling for an end…
