Gavin Medley / is on Nostr

Previously medley56@mastodon.social

Research Software Engineer 🧑‍💻 | University of Colorado, Boulder 🎓 | Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics 🪐 🚀 | Diversity and Inclusion 🏳️‍🌈 | Libera (/lɪ.bɘ.ra/) Mission 🌎 🛰️ | Running 👟 | Sci-Fi/Fantasy 🛸🐉

This is my personal account and all opinions and content are my own.

Last Notes

2024-11-18 13:03:05

Steak and ale #pie was a resounding success! I had to render the suet myself because no one bakes with suet in the US. People think I’m #baking with bird food.
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2024-09-20 02:04:38

@npub1u6g…su6y About once a month I visit your profile just to read your bio text. I find it sad, true, and strangely liberating. Just wanted to let you know.

2024-07-30 17:56:43

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@npub1u6g…su6y Blowback Horseguy

2024-07-21 13:54:36

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 Are these morphs truly distinct or do they all exist on a continuum? Like can you get intermediate forms between majors and soldiers?

2024-07-06 13:14:58

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@npub1zdp…vqv8 Do you put everything in separate layers?

2024-07-01 20:07:16

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@npub198t…hasj Now don’t touch it!

2024-06-26 18:39:14

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@npub198t…hasj Isn’t the entire point that you can upgrade and replace things? Or do I misunderstand?

2024-05-04 14:33:20

There needs to be a cultural expectation that if you begin a group conversation in a specific medium, that conversation needs to remain that medium. I am so fucking tired of this:
In Slack:
A: Let’s go get breakfast
B: Sure!
C: I’m in
*…days pass*
A: See you all in a few!
B: Wait did you say where we are going?
A: Check your email dummy

2024-02-25 12:46:59

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@npub1j8m…v5r7 I’m really surprised by that statement that most Jew are Zionists. Every one of my (American) Jewish friends has very complicated feelings about the Israeli state. I think most of them have been for a two-state solution and now feel that Israel is committing Palestinian genocide. It’s not like they are Hamas apologists. I don’t know anyone who things that 10/7 was justified. But I also don’t know anyone who believes that the ongoing response was justified.
In your point about minorities choosing what is offensive, I think people are not criticizing Jews, but the Israeli state. Every Jewish person I know makes a strong distinction between those two things. To view the Jewish people and the Israeli state as one thing that cannot be criticized without being antisemitic is a pretty theocratic authoritarian position.
Edit: It occurs to me also that Zionism has a lot of varying definitions. My understanding is that in modern colloquial terms it means the belief that, among other things, Israel has a right to all Palestinian territory. If you meant something more specific or different, then I would like to know more about what Zionism means to you.

2023-07-11 01:00:31

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@npub153s…cvd9 Why do insects need backlighting?