Microblogging
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Abolition
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Women’s suffrage
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Access to birth control
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Interracial marriage
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Marriage equality
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The 40 hour work-week
Cursing at computers 100% makes them run better and anyone who doesn’t know this need to up their troubleshooting game. I can make a recalcitrant hard drive mount with two motherfuckers and one asshole.
Updated my /subscriptions page with a couple of new entries - Paramount+ so I can watch Mayor of Kingstown ($60 for a year) and BearBlog ($5 a month) so I can be on every blogging platform I hear about.
Debate? No. The only thing I’d watch Donald Trump do for two hours is burn at the stake.
Some really hot takes in this article on web design!
Those who continue to host one on their own domain like this site tend to treat it as a “hire me!” billboard or fill it with boring think pieces. If this site weren’t proof enough, have a gander at what comes up when you browse the … Bearblog.dev index.
It is because the only people making websites anymore are those that look to monetize it in some way. Personal websites are becoming a historical artifact rather than being part and parcel of the web itself.
President Joe Biden will issue a proclamation giving mass clemency to US service members convicted of charges under a Cold War-era purge of gay and lesbian people, reversing a decades-long policy of discrimination that forced an estimated 100,000 people from the military.
There are too many cool people online to waste time with buttheads. I’ve gone on a little blocking spree today on a certain orange hued social network and honestly, it felt great. No patiently explaining to someone why they should be nice. Just click a button and they are gone forever.
Lots of things that were wildly unpopular and sneered at in the past are now part of ordinary life:
Me and my 3-year-old grandson.
Tracy - Why am I sticky?
Lou - Because you’re eating ice cream
Tracy - Why am I eating ice cream?
Lou - Because I got it for you
Tracy - Why did you get it for me?
Lou - Because you like it
Tracy - Why do I like it?
Lou - Because it’s good
Tracy - No, it’s VERY good
Looks like I’ve missed the debate on being able to make Fediverse posts that no one is allowed to respond to. Anyone got a link to info on this. It would make me sad to lose the ability to interact with popular folks but I understand people who want to feel safe and free from harassment.
Today for #Junited2024 I am plugging the blog, Canned Dragons by Robert Rackley, @mineinmono@mastodon.world, yet another North Carolinian spreading good will on the IndyWeb. His piece on Connection vs. Isolation really resonated with me.
Today for #Junited2024 I’m plugging @jhpot@mastodon.social, my favorite tech writer for sites like Lifehacker, WSJ, Wired and more. His recent blog posts resonates. Tech is Cool; Business is Boring
All you have to do to bridge your Mastodon account to Blue sky is follow @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy on Mastodon. That will automatically create a bridged account on BlueSky.
After about 15 seconds of internal debate, I decided to join the /nope page revolution, a @jbaty@social.lol idea.
Shopping in America Q- Can I get three boxes of Sudafed? A - No, by law that’s too much Q - OK, well, can I get three guns and a pallet of bullets? A - Sure, coming right up.
I don’t watch YouTube ads but the kids on Reddit do and I’ve found they have a belief that advertising there makes a company unethical. I use NordVPN, which evidently runs a lot of YouTube ads and the kids HATE it with a rabid passion. They go nuts if I bring it up. LOL Capitalism Sucks
I did the IT onboarding for the technology director of our new medical school today. When it was time to set up 2FA, she handed me her phone and I commented that it was an Android. “I hate Apple” she says. She’s probably pretty cool but that was a BAD first impression.
Today I continue my 59-year streak of not installing beta software on my thousands of dollars' worth of Apple devices because I’m too goddamned impatient to wait until it’s ready for prime time.
I don’t start judging you until you get up to Untitled Folder (3) or Downloaded_File_3