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Hat irgendwer gute Folk-Punk Empfehlungen hier?
Gibt es dafür eigentlich eine Szene in Wien? Irgendwelche coolen Clubs?
#folkpunk #Wien

A backronym is a kind of reverse-engineered acronym, formed intentionally for its aptness, e.g. SAD: seasonal affective disorder; BISON: Biodiversity Serving Our Nation

Scientists and policymakers love backronyms. My current favourite is one coined for the condition of sneezing reflexively in bright light: Autosomal Dominant Compelling Helio-Opthalmic Outburst, or ACHOO. #words #etymology #acronyms #language

“Reverend Mother, I’ve had impure thoughts of biting the mailman…” #DogsOfMastodon

Utah didn’t ban youth hormone therapy such as testosterone boosters for cis boys. It didn’t ban “gender affirming surgery” such as breast augmentation for cis girls.

Just for trans kids.

You know, in case you’re wondering if lawmakers are really out to “protect the children” like they claim.

Give me a break.

Interesting fact about dobies: they fold up so you can fit them into your luggage.

#Doberman #dogsofmastodon #dogs

If ignorance of nature gave birth to #gods, knowledge of nature is made for their destruction.
—Percy Bysshe Shelley

#atheist vs #faith

A real world "Scorpion Unit" would spend nearly all its time hiding under rocks and sleeping.

This is why we called off the installations we had planned for today. Climbing roofs in this weather is not a good idea.

Please stop using “mom” as an example of an unsophisticated user of technology. This reinforces harmful stereotypes.

Instead, I suggest using “congressperson”.

A lot of y'all still don't get it. Lorem holders can dolor multiple sit amit on a single consectetur.
So if you have 1 adipiscing elit and 3 sed do you can eiusmod 3 tempor incididunt

Me (allergic to cats): “…and so that’s why we can’t get a kitty cat for a pet.”

4yo: “Can we get a kitty cat when you are dead?”

One (unremarkable at the time, remarkable now) element of #BackToTheFuture: The ability to play Marty's 1985 video camera on Doc's 1955 TV.

With analog, tape-based cameras that was absolutely possible. In today's digital world, you would, at minimum, need a DAC converter, but also likely some special codec to interpret it.

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Before you marry a person, you should first make them use a computer with a slow Internet connection to see who they really are.

Helen's on a listserv about bees, all bees except honey bees. I really don't think I need to say more. lastwordonnothing.com/2023/01/

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