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It's interesting to me to see how far Starbucks has aesthetically fallen (or perhaps deliberately changed) from premium cafe in the 90s and early 2000s to something that is only a colour scheme away from Dairy Queen or Burger King in both atmosphere and product line.

I just heard Sinead O'Connor's "Take Me to Church" for the first time and it's really good. No idea how I missed that one.

What features people would most like to see on Mastodon or a Fediverse social app -- either for themselves or to get friends who are not yet here to adopt the platform? I set up an open, unofficial Google Doc as a way to collect ideas -- please add and share! docs.google.com/document/d/1En

(There's an official Github feature request forum linked in the doc that actually reaches Team Mastodon -- this is intended to be a more open/brainstormy space.)

@gamingonlinux There is an entire market for them which would beg to differ. But setting aside NFTs (the low-hanging fruit of Blockchain applications), the Blockchain tech itself could have some really interesting applications for gaming. I am particularly interested in the idea of in-game permanence and long-term tracking of a players impact on a living world.

nurses, is it true that you have no access to free coffee at your workplace?

We need activists in the same way we need rainy days. They serve a valuable purpose and sometimes, if they're warm enough, you might even be able to appreciate them.

me: working from home gives me the opportunity to focus on tasks free from the the distractions of a noisy office!

brain:

TROUT

TROUT

LET IT ALL OUT

THESE ARE THE FISH I CAN DO WITHOUT

SALMON

I’M TALKING TO YOU

SALMON

me: cool never mind

@MetalheadDana It's honestly a fascinating and nuanced subject to me. There is a cultural divide in the workplace between those like yourself and those who, conversely, need / want to introduce positive social dynamics into their work life.

I really don't like ReactJS. It might be the best we have but that's not great. It feels like stacks and stacks of hacks to compensate for poorly planned architecture decisions -- a lot like JavaScript really.

I once worked for a company that had a Hawaiian Shirt Day completely unironically, as though none of them had ever even seen Office Space.


newyorker.com/culture/culture-

"In a win for workplace dignity, a French high court recently decreed that businesses cannot force their employees to participate in supposedly enjoyable activities."

Power to the People?...

@MakBerberovic@kolektiva.social
Woh! All of these are new to me. Thanks. I've got some research to do.

@Marcducharme@mstdn.ca
Already on there! I chose Sober and Forty Six and Two

@Marcducharme@mstdn.ca Hmmm. Vivid, their most well-known alum came out in 1989. If you were going to pick a notable track released after 1990, what would it be?

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