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@fi @trinsec

Doxxing is forbidden on Mastodon because it's considered harrassment, and it's illegal in many countries and jurisdictions. But using the word "doxx" generally is not forbidden unless it's a surupticious attempt at doxxing, which will get the user banned.

Doxxing is also a risk to your personal safety. (Hint: If you can find out who someone is, they can also find you.)

Using racial or homophobic epithets is forbidden because it violates rules against racist/homophobic content. I block anyone who uses the N-word, even if they are quoting someone else.

@trinsec

Earliest evidence for humans using fire date back to nearly two million years ago, so we've been using energy at least that long and we're still using fire to power our cars.

#science #fiction #ScienceFiction #SciFi #space #race #women #film #movie #international #culture #justice

Retro SciFi of the Month…

12 to the Moon (1960)

This film is one of the very few 20th century science fiction films to include a black character. And it’s one of the few of any genre to include a black character before the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It also includes an Asian character. As the title suggests, it’s an ensemble cast of twelve who fly to the moon.

The film was produced shortly after the founders of Columbia Pictures had died and a bean-counter had taken over the studio. The company was in flux, as was its produciton quality. So although it was from a major studio, it suffered from a reduced budget. It’s only slightly better in quality than the typical giant-insect scifi films of the era, but it’s kind of quirky and much different in feel from the usual 50’s science fiction films.

It looks like the filmmakers were trying to make a serious and technically accurate film, but of course there were many blunders. It’s a stupid film but fun to watch nonetheless.

Here's a clip from the film showing the astronuats first entering the rocket ship before liftoff.

Why do they bury war victims in mass graves?

So that in a million years from now when another species has taken over for humans, who by then are long extinct, all those people who were buried a million years ago during the war will have turned into oil and then the new species can pump out that oil and they’ll have something to fight about and start wars over.

The cycle of life.

#sardonic #war #violence #life #death #avarice

(Image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pump_Jack.jpg, by Sanjay Acharya, CC-BY-SA-3.0)

@trinsec @Acer

Also, not to be confused with dilettante, is debutant (or debutante) -- someone making a first appearance in a socal arena.

(Timely, eh?)

@bonifartius @cnx @ulintl@mstdn.io @CapitalB
@khird @iron_bug

Also, electricity can come from just about any source. H2 would come from the same multi-national industry that forces countries to invade other countries like Iraq, Syria, Ukraine... just to protect their interests and keep their commodity scarce and expensive.

If we were on H2 right now, we'd be facing the same high fuel prices because it's tied to oil market.

You can buy an electic car today that has a 1000 mile range.

It costs me $2.63 to fill up my car. (not $2.63 per gallon, that's $2.63 total cost in electricity to fill it up.)

@trinsec @eucareca

I think he looks a little anxious or worried or anticipatory.

@cweickhmann @trinsec @khird

Just click the paper clip...

@astromecanik

Welcome!

@gnusuario

I thought that Mastodon was "the most important digital machinery for the construction of public opinion."

#secret #service #wh #potus #vp #pelosi #covid19 #succession #masks #n95 #respirators #kamala #harris #biden

Kamala Harris has tested positive for COVID-19.

Who could have seen that coming?

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Hi all.

Due to the technical issues here on qoto, I've created another account at:
https://mastodon.social/@PatPat/with_replies
and an additional backup at:
https://mastodon.online/@Pat/with_replies

So you may see me posting from there for now...

#earthday

Happy birthday, Earth.

4,540,000,052 years old today.

@mc

Ewoks?

No, it comes from a slang word meaning aware of racism. It was picked up by academia and now it's used by the general public.

Racists use it pejoratively because, well, their racist. But everyone else uses it simply to describe someone who is anti-racist.

@icedquinn

I don't understand your toot.

mfw?
conspiracy undercurrent?
fed?
they?
clown it?

#coffee #AlarmClock

In case anyone is confused about the meaning of the word “Woke”.

Woke = not racist, sexist or homophobic

not woke = racist, sexist, and homophobic

#qoto #mastodon #bugs #fédi

Are these hiccups only on qoto, or is it a problem on all instances?

#sayings #conflation #English #words

Choose:

@astro_reece

Welcome!