Romaq @Romaq@qoto.org

@Romaq I'm reading about this now https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2023/1/267976-the-end-of-programming/fulltext

Replacing fossil fuels with clean electricity is a key part of reducing emissions, but in some ways it’s also the easiest part. Decarbonizing our buildings will be more challenging and cannot be ignored as @billmckibben@twitter.com’s discusses in the @NewYorker@twitter.com today https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/from-climate-exhortation-to-climate-execution

Yep.

7yo: “Why do people think that Lilith is a vampire?!?”

Me, assuming we’re going to talk about archetypes of women in mythology: “Why do you think, sweetie?”

7yo: “Probably because they get vampires and demons confused.”

Good morning!

I openly mock and point out the irregularities, obscenities, lies, immorality, and craziness of religion on Facebook and I've only lost a couple friends. A lot of them are highly religious and I wonder if I'm in their prayers.

For the first time in a long while I'm not working this week. So it's the perfect time to finally upgrade the #minecraft server to 1.19.3

I'm not sure what will take the longest: updating my own self-made mods, or waiting for Curseforge pages to load?

Eh so how on earth do you actually play Minecraft?

Console bought ✔️
Game bought ✔️
Various accounts and shit set up✔️
Press play and...✔️

360 rotation through some world and no buttons or controls do anything at all 🤬

What is this??? #gaming #Minecraft

Merry Christmas everyone and good luck figuring out where everything goes when unloading your relative’s dishwasher

He talked about electric cars. I don't know anything about cars, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Then he talked about rockets. I don't know anything about rockets, so when people said he was a genius I figured he must be a genius.

Now he talks about software. I happen to know a lot about software & Elon Musk is saying the stupidest shit I've ever heard anyone say, so when people say he's a genius I figure I should stay the hell away from his cars and rockets.

It would be incredible to reach 100,000 followers of the Memorial here at Mastodon this year.

Don't you think?

#Auschwitz #Memorial #Mastodon #support #memory

With the holidays comes family time. And with family time comes the inevitable conversations about politics.

If you find yourself stuck talking politics at the dinner table with your Uncle Joe, equip yourself with the facts about elections.
https://www.democracydocket.com/analysis/debunking-election-myths-this-thanksgiving/

It honestly still blows my mind today that Santa isn’t Asian. I remember seeing him during in the internment camps, and dude was def Japanese.

For more of my story, catch me live and on stage in London Jan-Apr in Allegiance:
https://AllegianceMusical.com

Merry Christmas to all of #qoto - still my favorite local timeline merry Christmas to @freemo still my favorite pachyderm admin merry Christmas to whomever sees it and happy Hanukkah for folks that celebrate it (like we do here!) and happy holidays to everyone that’s working front line jobs and happy holidays to those that aren’t working front line jobs but have to work these days anyway ❤️

Just a reminder, Rudolph was the only one to fly on their first try. He excelled. He was judged (harshly) because he was different. Even by Santa. They tried to make him mask his differences.

Only until proven uniquely useful was he accepted.

Now you know how autistic people feel.

#autism #Christmas #Rudolph

Today on Autcraft, we had over 70 players on, gathered together at the Christmas Tree at spawn, all nestled in their bed. Each had a copy of a book in their hands which had the poem, Twas The Night Before Christmas.

The server recited the poem into the chat for all to read along with.

It was so quiet!! Here were 70 autistic children and adults and family members all gathered together in near total silence, reading along together for Christmas Eve. Several times staff members remarked how incredible it was that everyone was just sitting there, not messaging anyone, not saying in the chat... just reading!

It was an incredible moment to share with so many and I really appreciate everyone who came out to share in that timeless classic with us.
#autism #Minecraft #Christmas

Good morning to readers, hello from Ukraine.

Kyiv remains in Ukrainian hands, but today on Christmas Eve, the air sirens sounded in the city.

No explosions in the capital reported, but it's a spooky scene.

Latest news is there was a big explosion in market in Kherson.

Just a reminder, there are tons of servers on the fediverse with quote toot feature, and they all follow the same standard. QOTO is a mastodon instance with Quote toots for example. Fedibird is also a very large server that is mastodon based that has the feature. All Misskey servers also have the feature.