I checked my gmail spam folder and found a legitimate notice that I may qualify for a class action suite against Google over invasion of privacy. this is a maximally google turn of events

Open letter from a group of sleuths re problems with editors/papers at Scientific Reports
deevybee.blogspot.com/2024/10/
They've published 23K papers in 2024 with APC of £2090, raising £48 million from this journal alone, so should be able to put resource into cleaning this up.

Kojarzycie tych obcych / duchy / hatifnatów naklejanych na znaki drogowe?

Trafiałem na nich w miejscach odległych od siebie, często zadziwiająco dalekich od głównych dróg. Te z podpiętych zdjęć były złapane w województwie kujawsko-pomorskim i wielkopolskim, ale widywałem je też w zachodniopomorskim i pomorskim.

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Straßenlaternen zu bestickern ist eine Einstiegsdroge in die politisch motivierte Kriminalität.

"Blokowanie pół miasta na maraton jest uzasadnione, bo to promocja zdrowego stylu życia"

Tymczasem maraton: *darmowe hehe piwko dla każdego kto ukończy bieg*

The people in the neighborhood wanted a bridge over the creek. The city had no funding for #PedestrianInfrastructure for something like that. But they did get an #art grant, so they hired an artist to create an art installation that would span the creek that people could walk on. I frequently walk my dogs along this creek and yes, over the bridge sometimes.
dezeen.com/2021/08/06/drift-pe

Apparently Qoto has finally been updated and most of the woes that forced me to move to circumstances.run/@Szescstopni seem to be gone. Should I return or stay in the new place?

GREAT change is approaching. NIST will standardise prohibition of requirement of composing passwords from various character styles, and requirement for periodic password changes. These are harmful and obsolete rules. Now they will be treated as a cybersecurity weakness pages.nist.gov/800-63-4/sp800-

Sexual assault 

"Everyone who objects to this ‘trial by media’, I urge you to fight for a trial by… trial!"

This time last year, we found out some things we already knew about a man who had never been shy about admitting his abuse in public. girlonthenet.com/blog/never-he

Good morning, friends! ☕ ☕ 💞 🐕 🐕 💞

We might or might not be ready for this

#Niko #Gracie #dogs #dogsOfMastodon #fediDogs

Somebody on our neighbourhood whatsapp group just shared security camera footage of two guys derailing their gate from it's motor so they could get into the property to steal a motorcycle.

And what nobody seems to have noticed in the replies is that these two were standing under a bright spotlight, perfectly illuminated, casting long shadows across the street.

Bright lights do not deter criminals. They only make victims of crime feel a little better by addressing our primal fear of the dark.
#LightPollution

Standing in the garden whispering "show me your butt" like a normal person.

One BC Native Bee Society zoom meetup taught me to identify my yard bumbles and now I'm like this.

#Pollinators #NativeBees #Bumblebees #PNWGardening #Gardening

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