Reach for the Stars @antares@qoto.org

@riggbeck

Heartless NYC vandals desecrate Queens church nativity scene

https://nypost.com/2023/01/07/nyc-vandals-desecrate-queens-church-christmas-nativity-scene/

@flexghost

@georgetakei Didn't Don Jr. and Evanka Trump have to testify behind closed doors during the House's impeachment investigation into former Pres. Trump? What is different here?

@RepShontelBrown Isn't that true of any impeachment where there is no chance of it being sustained in the Senate. I guess I think all 4 were political stunts because none of them succeeded or really had any chance at succeeding. All were done to make political points.

Oh my goodness. [Little Bobby Tables][2] is all grown up and has started his own company.

[Company forced to change name that could be used to hack websites][1]

#opsec #sql #humor #SanitizeYourInputs

[1]: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/06/companies-house-forces-business-name-change-to-prevent-security-risk

[2]: https://xkcd.com/327/

@laurahelmuth And here we were just commenting on the proficiency of our current crop of barn cats at keeping the rodents out of the feed stores. I know some people like their snake colony for that, but the cats are friendly and not as prone to sleep through the winter.

Oops, the price of eggs has gotten too low again. Time to manufacture a shortage. EggPEC to the rescue.

@mikemathia But I have seen the true horror of a "real database" set up by the CS intern as a two-week project with a UI hacked together in badly commented PHP. We have learned not to ask for a "real database" from management ever again.

@kevinrns You wrote, "Unneeded, Unused, Underground." However plastics are a significant contributor to GHG emissions.

The OECD [writes](https://www.oecd.org/environment/plastics/increased-plastic-leakage-and-greenhouse-gas-emissions.htm), "Beyond the hazards posed to the marine and terrestrial environment as well as to humans, plastics are also a substantial contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. In 2019, plastics generated 1.8 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions – 3.4% of global emissions – with 90% of these emissions coming from their production and conversion from fossil fuels."

To phase our Fossil Fuels, we need to think beyond replacing energy generation.

@kevinrns What about the non energy used of petrochemicals, plastics and solvents in particular?

@Teri_Kanefield Corollary to the cardinal rule of power struggles: If you feel powerless find a way to change the situation to give yourself a voice. This is a core tenant of non-violent civil resistance.

@noagendashownoteslinks Exemption #1: The toll may not be charged at any time public transit is closed or out of service. People who commute one way while public transit is unavailable can apply for exemption for the other direction as well.

If it is after BART/Muni is closed for the day, or a line is out of service or station closed for police action then no road toll.

@JaneRLaForge It is not so much that free speech is sacred as it is that censorship is abhorrent and corrosives to democracy. It really is not that I want to take in speech I disagree with, it is that I fear my own speech will be censored next if there is bit a single crack in the wall of freedom.

@mike I get the impression that people living just over minimum wage don't have the resources to press the issue.

@alexeft@mastodon.online @josemurilo No the #EV is a Tesla M3 that I use to get to work. I got it so I didn't end up driving a full-sized pickup to work every day