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More than 200 of the world's elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for World War III. An associated app offers matchmaking.Dell Cameron (WIRED)
$38 billion dollars burned. Think of how many lives that could have saved.
Fuck the ghouls who made this.
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I'd love to find some of my fellow Unitarian Universalists here on the Fediverse. Holler if that's you!
Boosts welcome!
Molly Conger's podcast on the alt-right, Weird Little Guys, has been excellent from its very first episode in 2024, but her work this year has been truly next-level. She spent the first three months of the year diving into unexplored corners of Nazi serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin's killing spree to prove that "there are no lone wolves", doing some truly exceptional reporting to reconstruct the killer's social context.
The linked episode is not about Watson, but is instead a deeply poignant audio essay written the week of Renee Good's murder.
In 1965, a car full of klansmen shot and killed Viola Liuzzo, a white woman from Detroit who volunteered to drive civil rights activists back to Selma after the...Weird Little Guys (iHeart)
This NYT recipe for a crispy tofu sandwich is a winner in my book. Plant-based meals that are sloppy and indulgent are rarer than they oughta be, and this scratches that itch.
Ranging from silken and creamy to firm and chewy, tofu comes in many forms and is prized around the world for its versatility. In this recipe, which is adapted from the “Superiority Burger Cookbook” (W.Alexa Weibel (NYT Cooking)
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Opposed to using AI for her software-engineering job, Erin Maus secured something of a miracle from her employer: a religious exemption.Maus, a Unitarian Universalist, said she proposed the special treatment in April, citing environmental and ethical objections to AI that don't align with her religious beliefs. She also said she consulted an employment lawyer and her local chapter's minister to help make her case.
Love seeing Unitarian Universalists pushing back against anti-human, environmentally destructive forces!
I wish our justice system would recognize that deeply held convictions need not be religious in nature; and also, if anyone is going to meet that challenge by stretching the definition of "religious", it's the UUs.
#unitarianuniversalism #UnitarianUniversalist
Legal experts say employers must take AI-related religious objections seriously, as a 2023 ruling raised the bar for denying such accommodations.Sarah E. Needleman (Business Insider)
On the one hand, I appreciate the neighbors-looking-out-for-neighbors aspect of a woman who, upon seeing me pick up a Buy Nothing gift from a neighbor's porch, opened her window to ask, "Is that yours?"
On the other, it is rather annoying that something as simple and neighborly as picking up a gift from a couple doors down is regarded with suspicion.
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Just exited Pentacle Theatre's "The Lost Virginity Tour" in #SalemOR.
This was the worst show I've seen at Pentacle, and just barely avoids being the worst show I've seen in Salem. (That honor belongs to APE by Dano Madden, a convoluted Guy-In-Your-MFA ego trip of a play in which the obvious playwright-insert character, who is a playwright, receives a heartfelt apology from his wife after she has a miscarriage.)
Again, I'm struck with the thought that this could make for excellent storytelling! All it would take would be an author who is willing to be slightly critical of the suburban wine mom fantasy. Because there is something to be said about how the women's sorority gives them a feeling of empowerment and belonging even while they are actively making choices to retreat from the uncomfortable business of living in community.
But that's not what "Lost Virginity Tour" does. It has nary a whiff of critical awareness. There are no consequences. And as a result, it reads as an earnest celebration of these characters' selfishness. As far as the script is concerned, every choice they make is the right one.
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The Business Idiots have successfully changed our experience of buying and using software from one of “paying for a service” to “accessing powerful technology”…
Someone could write a killer fantasy allegory about how a cabal of mages convinced the populace that magic could only be used in prescribed ways—the mages' ways.
rather taken aback by the business acumen of the twelve-year-old who just rang my doorbell offering a car wash
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Exciting developments in the #SelfHosting front: I've set up a Pangolin instance on a cheap VPS and am starting to configure it to point to my services! My vision for this server is starting to actually come to fruition.
Of course, with steps forward come new challenges: for some of the services that I access via apps on my phone (Navidrome, Wallabag, etc.), I need to figure out how to properly configure things so that the apps don't bounce off the Pangolin authentication layer. 🤔
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Ah, phooey, my attempt at #fermenting pine needle soda doesn't seem to have panned out. After 5 days of primary fermentation, there's no pine flavor, just slightly sweet, slightly fizzy water with a yeasty funk.
Anyone have good reliable resources for making your own fountain pen ink? Ideally, I'd love to make my own black ink that is acid-free, from widely available plant or organic materials.
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Curious, for those who have successfully started a #hackerspace, #repaircafe, #techcoop, or some other collaborative community space dedicated to technology:
What sorts of local partnerships did you look for when organizing?
I'm interested in building this kind of space, and I'm trying to brainstorm what local groups I might be able to join forces with. A local ham radio club, a mutual aid network, and a punk space are on my list. If you have other inventive ideas, I'm all ears!
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Hi, I am one of the founder organisers of the Rugby and Coventry Repair Cafes and I now run them both.
Happy to chat or I can just send you the notes I've made.
Where are you based?
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Hi there, Martin! I'd love your notes; I'm currently very early in the ideating stages—this is barely more than a pipe dream—so I don't quite feel committed enough to trouble you for a chat.
I'm located in the US, in the state of Oregon.
Does anyone have a #selfhosted service they find useful for, like, coordinating neighborhood groups?
My wife and I host a neighborly potluck every few weeks, and I'd love to have a way to keep in touch with our neighbors, coordinate events, and chat in a space that's not a bunch of different group texts. I'm watching @Bonfire's work on federated groups closely, and suspect their "Community" flavor may be precisely what I'm looking for when it's ready, but I'm also curious if there are other offerings in this space.
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I'm looking for the same kind of services. Thanks for pointing to @Bonfire as I was not aware of that.
In my case, I'm actually less interested in self-hosting (although I certainly could). I'm really looking for a hosted service that could provide the kind of services you mention.
And I'd be fine to even pay some basic amount. (I would pay for a server to self-host anyway.) My issue is that services where I could do this before have started charging a LOT or drowning things in ads.
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surely, we will be able to make up 5 runs in (checks notes) a single inning
lunch today: sloppy chorizo-potato tacos. cheddar griddled onto corn tortillas, a spread of chipotle mayo, the soyrizo-potato blend, red onions, more cheddar, cilantro.
yummmmm.
I came home right as Muñoz began pitching and the score was 6-2 Mariners. It looked like they were an easy 3 outs from victory.
THIS DAMN TEAM. 😫
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I'll be sharing this to the Little Pixel Library once I get it up on my website, but I finished this today and am excited to share.
There was a website that held a library of common elements of modern UI/web app design, assessed for their attentional harm or addictive qualities. I don't remember if it had these exact items, but you would find things like "infinite scroll" and "notification badges" on there, along with research and recommended best practices.
Does anyone know what it is I'm thinking of?
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I learned last night that you can make I Can't Believe It's Not Umeboshi from apricots, and this is going on my projects list for this year next to starting a nukadoko bed.
#pickling #fermentation #fermenting #japanesefood
No Japanese ume? No problem. Here's how to recreate that classic umeboshi flavor with apricots you can find anywhere.Hav...…Japanmcconnell
#3GoodThings from today:
1. Walking around Queen Anne and listening to the birds singing. I stopped a couple times just to watch a nearby songbird, including one tiny friend who had made a nest out of moss in a tree. I would have walked right past.
2. Listening, on the radio, to the #Mariners taking Houston to town as we drove back down the I-5 corridor.
3. Friends who graciously took our request for help and made us dinner so that when we arrived back home, we didn't have to strain to fit cooking in the evening's schedule.
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Bonuses:
4. Spotting two barred owls in our friends' backyard trees
5. Meeting all sorts of interesting tropical birds at the Woodland Park Zoo
Very birb.
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I just learned of Disroot (@disroot@nixnet.social).
What a cool project. I hope I can one day set up a local cloud co-op doing something similar.
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Does anyone have a system or method for managing digital calendars, some shared, in a way that doesn't, like, make you want to scream?
My wife and I each have our own Google Calendars. I'm trying to use my Nextcloud calendar more as the default. We also have a shared joint calendar for family activities... where I also sometimes schedule my own stuff just for visibility. We have a calendar for my daughter's school, and I have one for my work, which affects my busy/not busy status.
It all feels so crazy-making and disorganized. I want simplicity and organization. And, like, I know there's sense to be made out there, but I've been living with this hodgepodge system forever and I could use some light from the outside to help me reorient and find a better method.
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