Dimestorehalo @Dimestorehalo@qoto.org

Svalbard, Norway is where this amazingly beautiful photo was taken by photographer Marsel van Oosten WOW!! 💗

#OTD in 1986, as the crew of Space Shuttle Challenger (STS-51L) perished when the vehicle exploded shortly after liftoff.

They were Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Greg Jarvis, and Judy Resnik. #NASARemembers
#NASAhistory

Some of you may remember that a little while back, some sleazy dirtbag FL lawyer by the name of John Ruiz was threatening SLAPP suits over on Twitter. And then claimed I was violating professional rules by swearing at him and that my tweets were not protected by the First Amendment.

HE FILED a 100+ PAGE BAR COMPLAINT BECAUSE I WAS MEAN TO HIM ON TWITTER DOT COM.

Needless to say, ARDC was not impressed, and dismissed it out of hand.

Friends, I am deceased.

A spark, a pure oxygen environment, design flaws in the hatch door…

Roger Chaffee, Ed White, and Gus Grissom were tragically killed on Jan. 27, 1967, when a fire erupted inside the Apollo command module during a preflight rehearsal test. #NASARemembers
https://go.nasa.gov/3D75hPN
#NASAhistory

Today I learned from @0xabad1dea that a lot of large solar farm owners use sheep herds to maintain their grass and they're called solarpunk sheep and life seems a little better. 🤘

😂 lol total #FAFO

#law #lawyers #lawtwitter #lawfedi #robots #AI #badideas #malpractice #UPL

Patterns in slow-motion splashes

In Antarctica, a long-watched rift in the Brunt Ice Shelf produced an iceberg about twice the size of New York: Iceberg-A81. 🧊

The iceberg, with an area of 1550 square kilometers (about 600 square miles), was captured by @nasa’s Terra satellite.

https://go.nasa.gov/3kATbrD
#NASAEarth

HEARTBREAKING: At least 10 people have been shot to death in a #MassShooting amid #LunarNewYear celebrations in #MontereyPark, #California.

The deadly deregulation of guns in America remains a clear and present threat to the public safety of every American.

Time for an #introduction

Magpie Market is a federated platform aiming to be an alternative to #etsy; leveraging the Fediverse to help #artists, craftspeople, and others promote and sell their goods and services. We believe the #fediverse deserves a marketplace built with federation in mind.

@SimonRoyHughes @bookstodon

Revelation 6:8

And I looked, and behold a pale horse
And his name that sat on him was Death.
And Death did give unto the pale horse a sugar lump.
“Good boy Whatnot,” said Death. “You deserve that treat after all the apocalypsing we’ve been doing this morning.”

Americans will really do anything to avoid using the metric system.

Due to an attack on @soc-au-fediland.de I will block any accounts joining me from this instance. This will be temporary until their admin have control over the Russian bot attack. If you get any accounts joining from the instance I would consider taking the same action in the meantime.

No surprise that once pictures of George Santos in drag surfaced, he immediately denied it with a ridiculous statement. But, lordy, now there's video, and yeah...we see you, George. 👀

https://www.comicsands.com/santos-brazilian-drag-queen-photos-2659280983.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=toot&utm_campaign=sand

I've been listening and reading on AI, and it strikes me how most of the real questions around are far from new, and not technological at all.

So I laughed really hard at this story of a dog who, in 1908, was rewarded with steak for saving a child who'd fallen into the Seine. Naturally, he started pushing kids in to rescue them to get more steak. Much like a bot optimizes to its parameters. (the fancy term is "principal-agent" problem). https://www.nytimes.com/1908/02/02/archives/dog-a-fake-hero-pushes-children-into-the-seine-to-rescue-them-and.html

Have you ever thought about how much braver and strong liberals are than conservatives?
We can wear masks with complaint during the #COVID19 pandemic.
We don't need assault weapons to protect ourselves in restaurants or supermarkets.
We support Ukraine rather than fear what a Russian madman will do in retaliation.
Women enter restrooms unafraid a transgender person may be in the next stall.
Men live their lives without worrying if they're perceived as sufficiently “alpha.”

New runestones discovered!
The oldest datable runestone has been discovered in Svingerud in Ringerike (Norway). The context of the find is datable through typology and C14, and it dates from 1-250 CE, which means it might very well be the oldest runic inscription discovered. I am thrilled to be on the team of the initial investigation of these inscriptions.

https://www.nrk.no/kultur/fant-2000-ar-gammel-runestein-pa-ringerike-1.16256351

Photobomb of the year!
Photo: Bill Furey