Femme Malheureuse

Author; hellion; post-post-futurist. Caveat lector: I post about writing, the arts, technology, women's and diversity issues. The personal is political.
(formerly @femme_mal at Twitter)
#Hapa #Hawaiian #Pasifika #Chinese #Finnish #FrenchCanadian #Michigan

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2024-07-26 15:51:12

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@npub1sdk…0kgj Couch not coach.
(Unless you mean to slyly widen the discourse to include the possibility Vance fucks anything moving and not, which I suspect is the figurative if not literal case.)

2024-07-18 18:59:04

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@npub189n…satx I don't know; somehow a light days pad seems appropriate for the leakage from that head versus a maxi pad.

2024-07-10 13:56:28

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@npub15gn…gx9s Your chances are better there than nearly anywhere else!
I was more awed by the opportunity to be on a panel in Iceland. Those people are serious readers. The proximity to Zemeckis is a lagniappe, IMO.

2024-07-10 12:58:26

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@npub15gn…gx9s Awesome! No words for such a confluence.

2024-07-04 13:26:54

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@npub15gn…gx9s oh my fricking goddess I think I mentally blocked that...and they're already self regulating.
DOJ just filed criminal charges against Boeing this week, too.

2024-07-03 21:32:24

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@npub15gn…gx9s Yeah. I have been up to my ass in alligators since then, though it has been building all June.
The Loper Bright decision was just as bad. Average folks just haven't digested it yet.

2024-07-03 20:14:01

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@npub15gn…gx9s Congrats! Your book is the only thing that went well the last couple days!

2024-06-15 14:45:13

Buried in a weekend news dump. Of course.
Let's not expend a single character more in this post about good news, either. It might make the Biden administration's handling of economy in 4th year of pandemic look good.
https://mstdn.social/@CNN@c.im/112621152233700561
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2024-05-23 00:06:16

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@npub1a84…wlgu Congrats on surviving the last 6 months! Hope the next 12 (or less) go smoothly and feel like nothing.

2024-05-22 20:51:42

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@npub1a84…wlgu How many more months, within 12 months? Should we start the countdown and the party planning?

2024-05-02 09:58:18

Hate having insomnia this time of year. I've been awake since 3:00 a.m. and just made the mistake of looking outdoors before heading back to bed.
It's approaching civil twilight, dawn is in just minutes, sunlight begins to paint the landscape. How can I go back to sleep now? Ugh.

2024-03-18 10:40:42

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@npub1xkn…elux Ah, but you still see a deficiency suggesting use of Schiaparelli pink. As is, this suit is bargain bin wrapping paper one picks up on Boxing Day sales.
Billy Porter could do a BETTER suit with this fabric and with amazing accessories and it would be FABULOUS.
Although Billy can be fallible. Rarely, but it happens. Exhibit A, in which he is the only thing keeping this from looking like a wad of used foil. Pointed note that D&G has issues. https://m.famousfix.com/post/billy-porter-wears-dolce-and-gabbana-2022-tony-awards-on-june-12-2022-109568443

2024-03-16 20:31:16

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@npub1xkn…elux Really depends on the man and the suit. Some guys *never* look good in suits, no matter how well tailored or the construction and fabric. Some suits *never* look good but men's couture insists they do because they need to create new, new, new.
Ex. D&G Spring 2019 - no man looks good in this, not even this one buffed and polished within an inch of his life.
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2024-03-11 21:17:13

It's not quite as simple as this. Remember that every accusation is a confession -- a form of group-wide DARVO.
Trump-supporting talking heads need to obscure the fact Trump White House physician Ronny Jackson was pushing all kinds of drugs from oxycontin to fentanyl. They flip the facts and accuse Biden of being on drugs to change the dominant narrative. 1/2 https://mstdn.social/@mattsheffield@mastodon.social/112069447082466109
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2024-03-09 05:18:37

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@npub1xkn…elux At this rate we need an automated name generator by job/task/genre/whatev.
I think I have more identities than purses. LOL

2024-02-25 21:28:39

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@npub1a84…wlgu I think of the replies I've seen in which people make absurd substitutions because they don't know or understand the science of cooking let alone the culture depending on the dish. Like the person who was peeved off at an egg custard in which they substituted banana for egg.
Imagining now that same person being upset by an Asian dish they followed closely but it contained substitutions *laundered* by AI. "I hated this Chinese dish..." Ugh.

2024-02-25 20:53:31

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@npub1a84…wlgu Example of cultural dilution I've run into frequently which is erasure: substitutions in recipes which are inauthentic. If someone uses maple syrup or stevia in Asian cooking I can't hit the Back button fast enough.
But there's been an *explosion* of these kinds of recipes such that it has become difficult to avoid them when looking for traditional foods from across Asia. AI at work?
(My BFF teases me at this point about a Margaret Cho routine, "This is not the salad of my people!")

2024-02-25 20:24:51

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@npub1a84…wlgu I can't be certain generative AI is at work, but I've seen some newer food blogs which look far too same-same. There's so much material published already to use as source LLM it would take little to ask AI to create new food blogs with recipes which are nearly indistinguishable from older real ones in order to harvest clickthoughs to Amazon or other retail outlets. How does someone with little expertise or experience in cooking recognize legit recipes from AI generated without risk? Ugh.

2024-02-25 16:03:04

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@npub1a84…wlgu The damage Generative AI is doing to even the most frequently used cultural narratives like recipes...ugh, I don't trust anything now unless it's from a site with a publishing date earlier than 2022, better if before 2020 when stir-crazy folks started experimenting with food and posting it online where AI could pick it up and distort it further.
Thanks for sharing that link, it's an excellent discussion starter.

2024-02-25 04:00:21

Laughing my butt off at webnovel titles at a popular Korean site. I don't think these are AI created; I can't begin to imagine the crazy material AI will produce when it arrives in this venue.
How can AI possibly top:
"Reincarnated as a Fox with a System"
"The Flash Marriage Partner is the Dominant President"
"Trial Marriage Husband: Need to Work Hard"
"Rebirth: I Became Rich by Farming"

2024-02-24 18:58:23

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@npub1483…lv2w Pretty sure I've said this before and recently, but this is WB-Discovery post-merger right-wing bullshit purging any content it perceives as left-of-center thanks to ideologues John Malone and David Zaslav.
EDIT: add link (should save a copy of this before it disappears, too) https://www.vox.com/2022/8/26/23322761/cnn-john-malone-david-zaslav-chris-licht-brian-stelter-fox-peter-kafka-column

2024-02-18 16:55:56

In re last boost: if you haven't sent a donation to your instance's administration, please consider doing so. Even a small amount enough to buy a beverage will be appreciated.
As new threats emerge, donations will become essential to keeping Mastodon instances usable.

2024-02-09 21:24:16

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@npub1xr8…3q0g I first read about the AMOC collapse theory in 1998 in an Atlantic Monthly article by William H. Calvin
He wrote A Brain For All Seasons (2002) which elaborated on the phenomenon.
I have worried for 25 years about the repercussions of AMOC collapse. We're so unprepared for worst case scenarios in either direction — catastrophically hot or extinction-level cold.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/01/the-great-climate-flip-flop/308313/

2024-02-07 15:09:48

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@npub1uw8…88kr Want to add two works of historical note, among the earliest sci-fi written:
True Story by Lucian of Samosata (2 CE)
https://www.thecollector.com/lucian-true-story-ancient-sci-fi/
The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish (1666)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blazing_World
Worth considering how our understanding of both space travel and extra terrestrial life have changed with science and how they may have shrunk (considering Cavendish's work posits a portal or passage to another world).

2024-02-07 00:22:44

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@npub1yks…rgk5 :fingers crossed:
I'll go light some candles. Organ Chem 2 was not kind to me, hope your kid has much better outcome.

2024-01-27 22:22:59

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@npub1a84…wlgu Oh, I haven't tried this! Do tell us how it turns out.
I think my favorite method so far is using ultra-pasteurized organic milk in the instant pot. Never thought about sous vide which could be just as easy or easier.

2024-01-24 18:33:16

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@npub15gn…gx9s Yay! So pretty!

2024-01-08 23:34:15

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@npub1xr8…3q0g @npub1xkg…gph9 We're not supposed to notice they switched from serving Nazi to Nazi Lite.

2023-12-30 20:20:25

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@npub1a84…wlgu What's really frustrating is the ongoing betrayal by news media — why do so many outlets and journalists remain there? How do we trust them and their work when they've proven they're not thought leaders, not able to see X and Musk for what they are? Ugh.

2023-12-30 19:22:45

Meditations on a social media platform account as home...
Still working out my sense of betrayal at losing my long-term home to a crypto Nazi and his hostile foreign and similarly crypto Nazi financers.
What does it mean to be a digital refugee who seeks and builds a new home even as more crypto Nazis nip on one's heels.
Is it still privileged to move? More than a year later is it still valid not to have left that Nazi bar in spite of *waves at the flames*?

2023-12-29 13:13:05

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@npub1q9m…zgdu @npub1nw8…8pu2 Feel free to block me. My opinion about how to handle news about Walberg was shaped by a gay man whose opinion and I respect greatly.
CW can neatly hide Hitler-type figures so they aren't seen until it's too late. This one is already hurting gays on the African continent.

2023-12-28 23:32:56

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@npub1q9m…zgdu @npub1nw8…8pu2 The poster shared a news report. People who live in Michigan where Walberg is a representative see and hear his rhetoric every day as news and have for years
A gay reporter who worked for me chose cover Walberg as part of his beat, because he wanted Walberg seen for the monster he is. LGBTQ+ people here know about him — they need straights not to ignore Walberg and pretend he doesn't exist. CW only helps to hide this fascist monster.

2023-12-22 03:37:06

Happy Winter Solstice, by the way. More light everyday for six months.
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2023-12-01 18:01:54

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@npub15gn…gx9s Congratulations on cover reveal!

2023-11-30 01:43:27

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@npub1a84…wlgu I am reminded of an XKCD oldie but goodie -- advertisers exiting being an exercise not only of free market but First Amendment freedom of association.
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2023-11-29 18:26:22

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@npub1a84…wlgu The scary part: it really can't be recycled if it came in contact with bodily fluids because of possible contamination by prions from CJD. Prions can't be destroyed by heat/burning.
Edge case given the remote possibility of contamination, but *waves around at the self-inflicted pandemic* did we expect to be here 2 years after a vaccine was approved?

2023-11-16 02:18:20

Holy crap. Don't tell me climate change isn't real. My area's planting zone moved at least two counties north — I'm no longer in zone 5 but zone 6 and I've lives in the same county for +45 years.
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2023-11-09 22:30:53

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@npub1yks…rgk5 Look forward to hearing your feedback in 24-48 hours about this version. Still need my booster but my pharmacy only offers mRNA versions which I will have to get this next week.

2023-11-07 11:55:07

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@npub1sdk…0kgj LOL this sounds like a story women would have shared while gossiping in front of their children. They didn't want to be explicit so they masked every key detail in euphemisms to keep the little ears from making connections between persons in real life and events like an unexpected birth.

2023-10-23 06:51:25

Great news and yet sad because this is a backstop to prevent the current rogue Supreme Court from overturning these same protections under federal law.
Get you a Democratic state legislature and governor who understand what's at stake. https://apnews.com/article/michigan-obamacare-whitmer-98823f8b3fc0a2c018dce3711b888233
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2023-10-17 21:40:14

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@npub15gn…gx9s Don't forget to archive this new one to the Wayback Machine.
Wish I'd done that religiously. Got lucky this week and found someone had archived one of my old articles c. 2008 at a site which lost its domain and then went defunct.

2023-10-10 19:41:01

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@npub1psd…9sr7 What could it hurt to look at this as a scheduling challenge?
Week 1: off Ozempic, write like the wind, note research needs as you go;
Week 2: on Ozempic, spend on research and more self care.
Rinse, repeat.
Unlike addiction to alcohol or drugs, choosing to be on/off on a schedule may be workable. Might also mitigate side effects from long-term constant Ozempic use.
My spouse is on Ozempic, too, btw; beer is less appealing to him as is food in general. But sadly still golfs. -__-

2023-10-10 17:12:18

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@npub1psd…9sr7 Drugs like Ozempic are possible therapies for addiction. Your motivation to write may arise from same brain processes through which addictions may occur.
I wonder if cycling on and off the med can manage both motivation slumps and metabolic problems. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-new-weight-loss-drugs-like-ozempic-treat-addiction1/

2023-10-04 17:06:49

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@npub1a84…wlgu YES. DO IT. TAKE LESSONS THIS FALL/WINTER.
Having the power to make one's self comfy clothes will help buffer this next *checks calendar* 17 months until you can liberate yourself. Do it!

2023-10-04 10:43:00

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@npub1dl8…4tsq @npub1psd…9sr7 Taxpayers Alliance?! That set off my hinky meter... it's bad enough 55 Tufton is so densely populated with fashy projects that it has its own Wikipedia entry, but the linkage to US anti-tax groups means there's yet another parallel path for spreading the same conspiracy theory crap.
And there it is — Koch and Mercer, and Mercer get you Breitbart in both US and UK. Breitbart is the public-facing mouthpiece. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/55_Tufton_Street
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2023-09-26 20:19:01

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@npub1cfp…94fe Dear goddess...she thinks she's a white Briton, doesn't she, and not the child of a Hindu Indian from Mauritius and a Goan Christian Indian from Kenya.
As a person of mixed race and ethnicity myself, I have no idea how someone like Braverman can be so bloody blind about their own background and acquired privilege.

2023-09-23 23:11:51

Fall has definitely begun. I love it when the families swing by to say hello before making the trek south.
All the fuzzy goslings look so serious though they crab about inconveniences like teenagers.
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2023-09-18 23:22:08

If only natural selection worked a little faster than a presidential election cycle. https://mstdn.social/@arstechnica@mastodon.social/111088468807558673
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2023-09-12 20:34:55

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@npub1a84…wlgu Back at ya, kiddo, hang in there. It's 1631h ET - mark another day off your 18-month calendar with a big red X.
And then think about what you want to be doing 24 months from now today.
Me? I'm going to be planning a vacation abroad.

2023-09-12 20:11:36

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@npub1a84…wlgu Yeah. I hear you. More rough road.
How's your support network? Rhetorical question, no answer needed. This week's objective around my house is just that: I need to add to mine and help a friend add to theirs.

2023-09-05 14:25:44

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@npub1uw8…88kr Hope you get a couple more weeks of tomatoes! Thanks for the warning about the cold which will surely head this way. It will be a welcome reprieve after this week's unbearable dog days. It's supposed to be 92F/33C here today in my part of Michigan with heat index near 100F.

2023-09-02 14:53:21

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@npub1a84…wlgu And my kids and their friends...possibly the local wine-and-beer store asking if I want pickup or delivery on a case of champagne... LOL

2023-09-02 14:45:33

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@npub1a84…wlgu That. But when the obituary I want to read hits the press, I figure it'll be pushed to me harder than Buffett's was so I don't bother looking.

2023-08-30 00:31:03

I should have guessed before I opened the link. It's that right-wing moron Bret Stephens offering a colonialist, capitalist take about a country which isn't white or capitalist and definitely not the U.S.
IMO, *we* don't manage China, period. Let the citizens of China manage themselves.
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2023-08-25 15:47:18

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@npub15gn…gx9s I have mixed feelings about some animals, like bears. They used to be here before the area was so heavily farmed. That they're coming back is a good sign but humans and bears don't mix as you well know. What to do?
I lost nearly all my pepper crop to deer this year. I figured they'd leave me my Thai Dragons but not even those survived depredation by an overlarge batch of fawns this summer. Again, what to do?
But alligators — nope, nope, nope.

2023-08-25 13:05:09

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@npub15gn…gx9s This is surely just someone's joke or a pet which got loose but it's also one of the things which worries me the most about the climate crisis. We don't need gators here full time. Nope, nope, nope.

2023-08-25 12:26:52

No. GTFO with this. Winter can't come fast enough if there are more gators roaming around Michigan. https://www.mlive.com/news/2023/08/michigan-woman-finds-alligator-outside-home-in-metro-detroit.html
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2023-08-24 23:06:05

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@npub1yks…rgk5 You will be unsurprised to learn Mercury retrograde started yesterday.
I had to check the date after my youngest and I experienced a series of bizarre happenings over the last 24 hours. Nothing happened on time the way it was supposed to without a convoluted solution. Now that I think about it, my oldest had something weird and stalkery happen, too.
Best of luck this next 2 weeks!

2023-08-11 17:23:39

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@npub1lgd…e4sf Don't let up. I'm watching an elderly parent's incredibly rapid decline — what looked like typical cognitive challenges due to the onset of dementia over the last year now looks like a bobsled ride to hell thanks to an asymptomatic/extremely mild case of COVID contracted 3 weeks ago.
Occasional lapses of short-term memory are now multiplying within the hour.
They were fully vaccinated and boosted but got caught in a super spreader event at church.
Feel free to tell your friend.

2023-08-10 22:10:11

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@npub1xr8…3q0g @npub1lw8…4gwv Sometimes it's not visible to the employee and hidden by managers.
I had my share in STEM; my daughter has as well. One key culprit who harassed my daughter was let go 2 years back after +5years of harassment, and things seemed much better.
Then she learned she had been underpaid by +30% compared to her male counterparts for her entire decade with company.
She left the industry and started a new job at 130% of her pay at last job.

2023-07-15 11:14:38

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@npub1r9k…st4e It's not journalism, either, and you're a journalist. What DK obtained from you was more legitimacy because of your journalistic ethics which DK hasn't had and doesn't have from clickbait and community feedback alone.

2023-07-10 12:26:45

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@npub1yks…rgk5 Sounds worse than MySpace after Murdoch. LOL

2023-07-04 16:11:14

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@npub1psd…9sr7 Nah. He's tooling around in an undocumented bespoke Bugatti EV sedan built on the La Voiture Noire platform, but powered with a suitcase nuclear device which can be detonated remotely.

2023-07-04 12:59:48

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@npub15gn…gx9s Still thinking about this, wondering if Treasury could issue a one-time tax credit to a targeted group which just happens to be folks with student loan debt.
Constitution's Article 1, Section 9: “No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law."
No money has been drawn nor will it be drawn from the Treasury. The money for universities has already been appropriated and spent.
I need to kick this around w/an economics buddy.

2023-07-04 00:02:17

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@npub15gn…gx9s I have been puzzling over the idea of a targeted economic stimulus -- calling it not "loan forgiveness" but economic stimulus and whether there's some facility in Commerce or Treasury which would enable this.
I mean, the group most likely to buy houses and big ticket items like cars are the folks whose economic capacity is restrained by student loan debt, right?

2023-07-02 02:25:34

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@npub15gn…gx9s Cross stitch is easy and a blast if you find the right project.
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2023-07-02 01:27:33

Throwing up a bat signal and asking for guidance regarding the best Mastodon apps for persons with limited vision after cataract surgery and glaucoma.
Any feedback would be greatly appreciated as it's the one barrier holding a friend back from using Mastodon instead of Twitter.
#Blind #LowVision
#VisuallyImpaired #Accessibility

2023-07-01 23:18:51

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@npub15gn…gx9s BRING IT. MAKE IT RAIN!
After being accused for years by the far right of being paid by Soros, I might actually have a crack at a paycheck! LOL

2023-07-01 21:22:23

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@npub1f3m…775x I stopped feeding him the day he dragged a sink into Twitter's foyer.
I opened this account the week his offer was accepted by Twitter, before the due diligence was completed, because I could see the handwriting on Twitter's walls.

2023-07-01 20:23:59

I just donated $ to my Mastodon instance host for this month's server expenses.
I don't have a problem with paying for a reasonably reliable service which provides a reasonably safe social media environment.
Twitter could try that, too, but who'd believe at this point Musk would provide reasonably reliable and safe hosting for social media?

2023-06-30 22:53:28

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@npub15gn…gx9s Free writing prompt, though.

2023-06-30 14:12:32

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@npub15gn…gx9s I'll have to come up with a comparable endowment for my son but there's enough other stuff in my jewelry box it should be easy to work out.
He could have a 14K tie bar with a 5 ct. near-white blue topaz. LOL

2023-06-30 14:06:25

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@npub15gn…gx9s I haven't been able to get mine on my finger after my second child. I'd already had it resized after the first one, and the band wouldn't take another resizing without the jeweler doing some surgery to remove the old band and add a new one.
Which kind of sucks since I designed the ring in the first place.
At some point I will have it remade into a pendant for my daughter.

2023-06-27 19:16:38

So hazy here it looks like fog even though cloud cover has now blown off.
Smoke very obvious, too, can smell it indoors. Will have to wear a mask outside because I can feel it in my lungs.
What pity we can't fully enjoy the cooler weather.
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2023-06-23 12:48:43

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@npub15gn…gx9s We wouldn't be in this position if partisan gerrymandering hadn't been kicked to the curb. More states need to do the same thing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Michigan_Proposal_2#:~:text=Michigan%20Proposal%2018%2D2%20was,legislature%20to%20an%20independent%20commission.

2023-06-23 12:29:49

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@npub15gn…gx9s I worked coverage of this 2007, Gov. Whitmer was aggravated about it in 2015. Funny, though, it only happens with a Democratic governor when the state legislature is GOP majority.
This year Dems hold the governor's office and the state legislature. Bet we won't have a slowdown to final budget, but we'll hear lots of whining from Mackinac Island in September...oh wait, Whitmer already signed it months ago!
Funny how that works. https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2022/07/20/whitmer-signs-fourth-balanced-and-bipartisan-budget#:~:text=The%20Fiscal%20Year%202023%20budget,time%20high%20of%20%241.6%20billion.

2023-06-23 12:23:38

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@npub15gn…gx9s So much projection. Very GOP.
MIGOP here manages with regularity to bail out of Lansing leaving budget negotiations hanging, state government shut down impending, and school systems uncertain whether they have funds to proceed, just so they can go hobnob on Mackinac Island for their biennial butt-kissing conference every other September.

2023-06-22 15:41:14

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@npub15gn…gx9s LOL Nah, give it a whirl. You can do a cheap, quicky attempt with a mess of leaves, some Everclear, and a lidded jar.
Also same method for homemade limoncello and lavender-infused vodka, and both smell great.
The really quick method: chiffonade leaves+stems and fill a pint canning jar, add Everclear until full and covering leaves. Close with canning lid+ring. Heat in a water bath in crockpot for 4-8 hours on warm. Let cool.
Could try same method with a neutral oil instead.

2023-06-22 14:06:46

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@npub15gn…gx9s Wondering if the location where the violets grew and their variety/subspecies matter. While viola odorata was introduced to North America, if the scents you bought were made in NA they may not have been from the same violets as in Italy.
It'd be interesting to try making your own from local plants.

2023-06-18 22:53:21

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@npub1psy…pasy Thanks, Stux. What I would like, though, whether Meta joins the fediverse or other similar corporate-owned social media platform does so, is to know that those platforms will NOT be able to use cookies, beacons, or other tracking technology to harvest personal data from fediverse users on non-corporate platforms.
How do we go about ensuring the fediverse remains protected from data harvesting without blocking the new corporate-owned fediverse entrants?

2023-06-18 17:39:57

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@npub15gn…gx9s Sure looks like a type of lettuce to me! Very similar to Black Seeded Simpson I've seen in Park Seed and Burpees, looks more like that variety than any other.
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/566/431/875/899/286/original/9326b1939923e551.png

2023-06-18 00:14:56

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@npub15gn…gx9s Wow, pitch that - strip out the Richard Pryor-based storyline from Superman 3 and instead of "stealing" the fractional cents from paychecks, steal the shitty TicketMonster fees and split them between the ticket buyer and the artists.
Working Title: Robbin' the Hoodwinker.

2023-06-16 13:08:36

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@npub15gn…gx9s The GOP is coming unglued; the least tightly wound are coming apart first.
Unfortunately, this irregular collapse creates news redirecting to the biggest attention-whore clowns of the lot, Cruz among them.
Notice how there's no news whatsoever about whatever it was Trump did last evening with the classified docs? They'll fill that void while flailing about before shit hits the fan.
Get your your zero gravity chair, buy up popcorn now. Cruz's rant is just a teaser.

2023-06-15 14:40:48

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@npub15gn…gx9s You might want to note drug interactions with this fruit, just in case. https://www.verywellhealth.com/oregon-grape-benefits-4590368

2023-06-09 01:22:52

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@npub1dl0…49nf They're flipping back and forth with that photo. It's back now as of 9:18 pm ET to the first one (which rather looks like he's peering through someone's shadowy thighs, unfortunately)
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/110/511/636/867/664/062/original/e0c7b025e5c22b96.png

2023-06-08 18:18:54

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@npub1r9k…st4e Congratulations, Brandi! Looking forward to your book!

2023-06-08 14:32:46

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@npub1dl0…49nf For men. It's better than Disney for men.
Watch the gender of the persons reviewing this device. Ask yourself why they're men, and why men aren't noticing.

2023-06-04 19:13:08

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@npub15gn…gx9s LOL have I got a video for your amusement - this guy is a popular minimalist lifestyle advocate.
Still shaking my head about his first suggested habit. https://youtu.be/04wZNnjdURE

2023-06-04 14:22:55

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@npub15gn…gx9s I ordered tatsoi and watercress seeds for a winter crop, never did get them in the ground this year because our spring was sooo weird here. But I will try planting them late August for a winter crop under cover -- just going to slap some old clear plastic bins over the top of them in my raised beds in lieu of a cold frame.

2023-06-04 14:16:55

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@npub15gn…gx9s Fingers crossed with that Matsushima #2! Keep me posted on your experience with that variety.

2023-06-04 14:15:20

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@npub15gn…gx9s You know, I may have to try growing some myself, but I'm going to try it indoors using the Kratky method. I've got a growing system set up in my basement for microgreens, I'll just use the same space for the napa cabbages. Maybe some watercress, too. https://ponicsarea.com/mason-jar-hydroponics/

2023-06-04 14:11:04

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@npub15gn…gx9s Oh, jeepers, why did they tell you that? Cabbages like cold weather. You may avoid some of the cabbage moth season planting that late, but you're going to run into problems with heat.
https://thewoksoflife.com/how-to-grow-napa-cabbage/#:~:text=Napa%20cabbage%20can%20be%20grown,10%2D27%C2%B0C).

2023-06-04 13:46:06

There was a shortage of strawberries after the repeated atmospheric rivers flooded California's strawberry production region.
Now there's a napa cabbage shortage. I haven't been able to buy any for at least three months now, not from Kroger, Meijer, or Walmart. There's bok choy but I don't make kimchi with bok choy. Wonder where bok choy is grown?
I'll have to break down and use regular green cabbage but it's just not the same. Or make a Slavic variant with red cabbage and red onions.

2023-05-30 21:16:36

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@npub15gn…gx9s Excellent! So glad you're there and clearly having a great time!

2023-05-24 02:32:40

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@npub1wgh…vehd LOL why are they sending this letter *now*? What changed recently which moved Team Trump to send this weak sauce cry baby letter which could be construed as an effort to interfere with government operations and obstruct investigations?

2023-05-24 02:28:27

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@npub1uwt…p8lz It's a form of money laundering. We're all hung up on the grossness of the object sold and the person who bought it.
But we're missing the key point: it was a transfer of cash in a way which liberates it from its original intended use for MTG. It can now be used by McCarthy for other purposes and may also have had implicit obligations attached like a quid pro quo in the transfer.

2023-05-19 14:24:03

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@npub15gn…gx9s @npub1507…e4gg Now that you've mentioned spicy ceviche I'm craving spicy salmon poke!
I just bought some fresh coarse ground gochugaru, too — guess what I'm making for dinner? https://www.premiercatch.com/blogs/seafood-recipes/half-baked-harvests-spicy-salmon-poke-bowl

2023-05-12 13:47:55

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@npub15gn…gx9s Ooh shiny!!! I love them!

2023-05-10 14:20:35

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@npub15gn…gx9s Judgeships are often (always?) nonpartisan, which means that voters need to do their homework well before Election Day to determine the ideology of the judicial candidates. Now's a good time to start vetting them.
Thanks for the prod -- we need to vote blue up and down the ticket.

2023-05-04 16:36:17

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@npub19lt…qfjk I went digging through my Hawaiian Mythology book because I remembered a myth about a fisherman but I was afraid I'd conflated it with Christian myth (the loaves and fishes).
There are several variants depending on the island/district but in general there's a fish god Ku-ula-kai who blesses a worshipper Ku'ula with abundant fish provided the god is offered a fish from every catch (this is the simplest version).
There are legends of magic bountiful fish hooks across Pacifica as well.