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In my lifetime we have gone from “don’t trust Wikipedia, trust the newspaper” to “don’t trust social media, trust reputable online news outlets” to “the only bastion of truth against the computer-generated garbage published by the mainstream news media is the Wikimedia Foundation and the Fediverse”

theguardian.com/media/2023/aug

I think I have a crossover graphic novel somewhere about that… did I finish reading it? I think I’d better!

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Are Timelords a pre-Q civilization? They can do a LOT of timey wimey wibbly wobbly things!

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"110 years ago, suffragettes bombed and burned their way into the headline… In the space of 18 months, they… torched nearly 340 buildings, including nearly 100 houses or hotels and 32 churches."

These days, we send the relatively tame #JustStopOil to jail for slowing traffic, or throwing confetti.

JSO are on the right side of history.

prospectmagazine.co.uk/views/c

#ClimateChange

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"The era of global warming has ended. The era of global boiling has arrived.

The air is unbreathable, the heat is unbearable, and the level of fossil fuel profits and climate inaction is unacceptable.

Humanity has unleashed destruction. This must not inspire despair, but action."

— United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

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@BlueSCSI @SMC That's good news! Thanks for the alternate screws suggestion.

Log in at least once every two years or be derezzed:

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Therefore, we are updating the inactivity period for a Google Account to two years across all our products and services. This change starts rolling out today and will apply to any Google Account that’s been inactive, meaning it has not been signed into or used within a two-year period.

We want to protect your private information and prevent any unauthorized access to your account even if you’re no longer using our services.
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Thoughts?

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ATTENTION BAJORAN WORKERS
The Cardassian Occupational government will be rebranding Bajor. Bajor will now be known as Q. The rebrand will take effect immediately. That is all. #startrek #twitter #X

@BlueSCSI Purchased pre-assembled from @SMC Thanks so much for the assembly and case! Works great.

I had to remove the screw mounts on the sides to get it into the Mac's port though, which made the metal port edge loose, so I've taped it in place. I'll never be unplugging it so no big deal. Maybe I bought the wrong version?

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V2 a Pi based SCSI to microSD interface has breathed new life into my

I chained it into my Zip drive first to mirror the OS and apps and th en chose it as the start volume.

Then I unplugged the Zip drive that's been the system drive for the past 15 years and voilà! Now I can host as many OS versions and apps as I want! 😍

Great work putting this device together and creating this opportunity @BlueSCSI !

#1987 #2023

@svetzal My path:

If it itches, scratch it.

If it hungers, feed it.

If I can't climb out of damn Bronze 5 tier in by 2024 then go do something else! How's that piano playing going? Yeah, I went there, self.

nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2023/

The first anniversary image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope displays star birth like it’s never been seen before, full of detailed, impressionistic texture. The subject is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth.

STUNNING!

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