*banned 4 MarkDown love* @design_RG@qoto.org

@freemo LOL!!!!

I would say it's probably a northern English one!

@freemo Interesting, and reminds me of a nice SciFi novel I read.

On how things went after a big blast of magnetic waves wiped out power systems nationwide. Society collapsed promptly, and the story starts there.

Great novel.

@realcaseyrollins Good morning, Casey!

I don't have much time, going out in a few minutes, but wanted to leave a note here so I don't forget.

The issue of Control in society is VERY real, but it is not by age that control is acquired.

But by power, political, judicial, economic.

The real crux is that it's a struggle of Classes - the ones controlling the majority of wealth, resources and having a disproportional weighting into the political systems.

It's a Class Struggle, Grasshopper.

There's plenty of boomer aged people who are marginalized economically, socially peripheral and struggling.

@freemo Oh - now I know when someone pulls a Toot for Edit/Repost and there's a reply popping below it already.

Ends up on top level, orphaned from the thread, but not lost completely. Ahh.

Note taken, was curious about this. 🆗

@freemo TY, was trying to remember the name of the big, better known similar -- Evernote it is. Never used it yet.

@freemo Any better similar alternatives to suggest? I find the idea of being able to collated varied info, graphics and links all in one place appealing. But have used it only sporadically.

It seems a bit slow, yes.

@freemo sorry, I did an edit to add a note and we lost your comment about sharing with friends who use OneNote.

It is possibly useful, to add to one's own OneNote files if person uses it.

Seems to be taking forever, trying that option out and it opens a popup window (needed to authorize that), but I have strict filtering in FF and dont think it might work. Not logged into MS account on my main browser tab set either.

@freemo https://binged.it/38lxjG5

Interesting new "Share" button and options available at the top of that nice summary box on Bing.

Edit: had to go and see, try the link. It gives the same results as my previous Bing search, but with a shortened URL already.

@freemo Saving the Internet some searches... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_minimum

@chikara Thank you for the nice post -- and the lovely image of the cat -- which I have saved to my collection of Cats and Backgounds. Love the mischief on his eyes, and the image is high resolution, can be cropped to a neat 1500 x 500 pixels version for a mastodon profile background image.

The high quality in the image also presents the fine detail in the illustration well. Amazing the beauty and quality of those, they were wood prints mostly, if I am not mistaken.

Why so many cats appear in our posts here? Well, I am a fan, along with many other masto denizens, starting with Gargron, the mastodon lead developer.

I find them amazing in many ways. Beautiful, expressive, wild in their hearts.

I aspire to relax so completely as they frequently do - in assorted poses and places.

How does it relate to STEM? (some of us have a theory, very hush hush, that Cats are really in control, and run the Internet. Funded by Porn sites to pay the bills)

@chikara That was nicely crafted, thank you Chikara.

Nice research with lots of pointers to more in depth information. Clear organization. Nice imagery. The natural pigment minerals are intriguing.

I remember reading about Lapis Lazuli always being a prized pigment, rare and expensive, used in jewelry and paint preparation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lapis_lazuli

I love the Bullets "•" you used in the text too -- and kind of wonder, how do you create one? I feel sorely limited on the options for visually organizing posts here in the Toot editor, as we have no bold or italics.

Thank you for the nice, rich post. 🙇

@_lunawinters
...trolling worked. 😜
@SuperInventiveName@mastodon.social

@mngrif Thank you, that was an enjoyable .gif, unlike many we come across (blasted things).

@freemo They are pretty, we could pick which is the favourite, based on looks alone (as I never watch their programming).

For me the very center one. 😺

But kind of creepy to show how focused the corporation is on placing only a certain phenotype of female on display on their airwaves.

@freemo
LOL... Trolling in this was in a good sense, as in, preparing and casting bait (your topic de jour), then wait for the bites. 😜

Your friend must have an interesting conjugal history, with all these partners, willing and waiting on the sideline.

But there's value in being available. There are so many nice people, good to be able to be available and enjoy their companionship without expecting a long term commitment.

@nipos

@freemo Adding a portrait, seems proper.

René Auberjonois, 2010 photo by Luigi Rosa, posted on Flickr and Wikipedia.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Auberjonois

@freemo
I have noticed your favouring of a morning trolling session, looking for takers and a nice debate. 😄

Had intended to respond on the question of being single, which I found was a good discussion one, and better than traditional marriages nowadays.

Don't recall seeing one about Linux and GNU?

Pluto, I was an observer, was an interesting discussion.

@nipos

@Sphinx @moonshine@freespeechextremist.com

Off the mothership, went to visit a server where someone I have talked resides. And I like their policy statement.

The Mothership, I did not like much; seems like a place where half the people would be lost, the other half trying desperately to be listened to. Just. Too. Big.

Gargron is a nice guy and I am following him now too.

@Sphinx @moonshine@freespeechextremist.com
Went looking and check out the numbers at the Mothership (mastodon.social).

HUGE. And I saw things on their Local feed that made me blush. OMG. CW or not, that shouldn't be on a General instance, imo.

As in. Dick picks. Really? Yep.