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I love atheists because they choose to be good not out of fear of hell but because it’s the right thing to do.

The room full of Fiddler's came back from their break and are now playing sombre, discordant drones and I am wondering if drugs have something to do with it.

Apparently it's Jim Reid's 61st birthday. The Jesus & Mary Chain are my all-time favourite band. Their single best song, in my opinion, is Rollercoaster.

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I love this scene from The Triplets of Belleville. The joke is perfectly, exquisitely on the nose about animating the deference of the waiter and his ability to 'bend over backwards' to serve. youtu.be/L4CVtL0fuBM

LinkedIn CEO Ryan Roslansky

"Pre-pandemic,~1% of all jobs posted on LinkedIn were remote. As of today, that number is ~14%...but that's not the fascinating part. What's fascinating is north of 50% of all job applications on a daily basis on LinkedIn go to that 14% of remote jobs"

I'm coming down with a cold and I've just heard for the first time that apparently over-the-counter cold medication is sold out everywhere in , .

I just ate the best Apple Crumble I've ever had, thanks to my sister-in-law. I was told there were oats involved but I could not see them.

Is there a way to tell whether or not your instance is blocked from other instances?

take me down to parallax city where the back moves slow and the front moves quickly

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After only one year of Taliban rule, girls and women have almost disappeared from Afghan society. They are not allowed to travel, to work alone, to go to public parks, to talk or laugh in public, and they are not allowed to study and to go to school... Photo: Boushra Almutawakel

The most important thing I have to do tomorrow is make a list of the best singles of 2022. Unfortunatley I have to drive to so I am just going to have to do it in my head on the way. In the meantime... here's another release that hasn't left my playlist: youtube.com/watch?v=dqEVStIwgZ

Oh no! The Soapbox FE doesn't work with the new instance. Ugh! There are always compromises!

During WWII, four brothers from the same Jewish family signed up to fight against the Nazis. Only one of the four brothers survived.

His grandson is the current President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky.

Sláva Ukrayíni!

The more time you spend on the Fediverse, the more you begin to understand the nuances of the and how it interplays with the evolving . My initial experiences were positive but somewhat alarming -- perhaps because the instances were very small and themed and their admins wanted them that way.

Hey Qoto -- this is my new since I am new to the server. I am not new to Mastodon (2019, if I am not mistaken) but I've been using it at arms length and finding more and more reason to be here as more and more interesting people are coming over to the Fediverse.

I am passionate about and . I work in the Video Game industry and I like new ideas, reason, rationality and intelligent discourse. My last instances were getting a little too China-like for me with the instance blocking so I stumbled upon this one and it seems like a good home. I'll give it a try for a while.

Qoto Mastodon

QOTO: Question Others to Teach Ourselves
An inclusive, Academic Freedom, instance
All cultures welcome.
Hate speech and harassment strictly forbidden.