James H McLaren @JamesHMcLaren@qoto.org

We don't need AI to make art. We need AI to eradicate mosquitoes. Let's train the machines to go full Terminator on those little bloodsucking bastards.

#Internet #SocialMedia #Privacy

Is your husband mature or does he ask you to hold his salty nutsack every time he hands you a bag of pistachios at Whole Foods?

Good lord, over on #Twitter they have harassed a local reporter for CTV Edmonton into locking her account because she suffered a medical event on air.

Accounts with major followings are baselessly claiming it was due to vaccines, and she's been subjected to huge amounts of harassment on top of everything else she's going through right now.

Bird voices

"Trying to stop an airborne pandemic with sanitizer is like trying to stop a fighter jet with a scuba diver."

Tern - Oxford, England @1goodtern

I’m still laughing 😂
Hope this gives you a chuckle.
We could all use one right now.

HI I WOULD LIKE TO CRAM YOU AND A THOUSAND STRANGERS INTO A MALL FOR A WEEK WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE SMALL TALK THE WHOLE TIME AND YOUR ONLY ESCAPE IS DROWNING AND ALSO YOU PAY ME MONEY

- inventor of the cruise ship

Quoth the raven: "Screw this."

You don’t need a college degree to be a member of Congress, but you need one to answer phones and fetch lunch in someone’s office. WTF? 😂

1. Florida English teacher Vicki Baggett is seeking to remove 150 books from school libraries

She says it's her "responsibility to protect minors" from inappropriate content

But her former & current students say Baggett openly promotes racist & homophobic beliefs in class

🧵

#SilentSunday

What? It's a legit question.

Marjorie Taylor Greene was informed of the Brazilian coup attempt and her response was, "how many is a brazillion?"

Never mind you can't ski in the Alps this winter. Think about the empty rivers in spring and all the failed harvests this summer all over Europe.

Your periodic reminder:

If you don't get a raise every year that's at least as much as the inflation rate, that's a salary cut.

From now on when I read or watch news pieces and pundit discussions about “the economy” I’ll think of this…

More truth

By the way, Southwest blew $5.6 billion on stock buybacks in the past few years.

They could have made investments in their services and infrastructure.

They could have prepared for extreme weather events.

But no. They decided to enrich their shareholders.

If you’re at the right place at the right time, with the right equipment, this is possible.

Last night, with guidance from https://transit-finder.com/, I positioned myself along the narrow line where the International #SpaceStation would pass between me and the nearly full moon.

I used a Fujifilm X-T4 shooting 4K video through a Celestron 8” SCT to capture the pass. Then, back at the computer this morning, put together these views with PIPP, Registax, and GIMP.

Quite pleased. My best yet.