Phil Landmeier @shuttersparks@qoto.org

@futurebird Been there done that in the 1970s. These days it's stamps. (As in decorative rubber stamps and ink.) Hahaha.

@johncarlosbaez @dougmerritt I'm glad to see we have certain things in common. The one thing we don't have in common but wish that we did is that I was blessed with great teachers and mentors in science, chemistry, physics, engineering, software, and plagued with terrible teachers of mathematics. It took me years and years of self-study to master mathematics I could have known by 18 years of age, had I had good teachers.

I suspect I know what was wrong. For me to learn something quickly and easily, I have to see a use for the thing I'm learning. I have a mental block against learning things for which I see no practical use. I needed math teachers that showed WHY I need to learn this method or algorithm. But they didn't do that. "Just learn it. Memorize it." This may work for some but not for me.

@WhistlerInTheDarkAges@mastodon.social Won't stop armed bands of Nazis coming to your home. Be ready. Train up.

@HopelessDemigod I try to be reasonable.

@Oldfartrant @QasimRashid Yes, thank goodness.

@Oldfartrant @QasimRashid Yes, thank goodness.

@HopelessDemigod Since 2000 I'd have to say the smartphone.

@HopelessDemigod I see what you did there. This is a "tell me your age without telling me your age" thing.

@QasimRashid As I remember, this has been tried before, more than once. It gets no listeners. Liberals tend to be well informed and educated. They don't get a kick out of being told what they already know.

Right-wingers are a different breed of cat. They subconsciously know they're in the wrong, and out on a limb, and crave "agreement" from people like Limbaugh to repeat to them every day what they hope is true. They need reinforcement for their fantasy, every day. Liberals don't need this, so no audience.

@lauren Exactly. I've been saying for 20 years that Democrats need to remember how to play hardball. We're so nice, and sweet, and play by the rules, and fairness, and justice, and all that. But when dealing with Nazis that doesn't work. All that makes them do is attack harder and laugh.

Just shove the clip in and get busy.

@QasimRashid I'm wishing but not hoping. We'll see. Biden is a lame-duck president. Lame-ducks have a great deal of power that they've occasionally exercised. Knowing Biden, been watching him for 40 years, he just might pull the trigger. But I'm not holding my breath.

@johncarlosbaez @aprilfollies Fascinating.

@cobalt @claralistensprechen3rd Was a huge fan of Traffic. 1971,2,3 Traffic, Moody Blues, The Who, Procol Harum, The Nice, The Doors. Then came Yes, Tull, ELP