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hakona

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Copyright: Use what you will, no need to mention me.
Pronouns: He/Him, because fuck Trump
CW: Accurate descriptions of bad actions/actors. Sarcasm. Classic liberal, with a conscience. Still not a commie, but I get the attraction.
Running a small instance, is that a bad idea?
Used to be computer-guy and local pol. Now tea-walla to the pols of Stjørdal.
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The process: How to put yourself out there.
Reponding to summons for dummies, By Franz K.

@hakona@im.alstadheim.no avatar hakona , to random



"Hunger" by Knut Hamsun:
Hunger games

@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar futurebird , to random

I swear to god I love how liberals overthink everything. But I also hate it so much. It makes me want to die.

You know what's "performative" ? The most performative thing in the world?

Talking about what's performative is SO performative.

And here's the spicy take: performative isn't bad.

doing good things performativly is far far better than not doing anything and better than participating in harm.

hakona ,
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@futurebird There could be people out there shooting brown people "performatively" to fit in with their neighbours. So, are those people not nazis then ?

@georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

Says the immigrant who remained here illegally.

A tweet from “Elon Musk” reads: “This is simply a fact.” Below is a tweet from “Department of State” claiming mass migration is an existential threat to Western civilization and undermines allied stability.
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@georgetakei And he's right, he's been destabilising a couple of US allies, not to mention the US itself.

@molly0xfff@hachyderm.io avatar molly0xfff , to random

i guess Black Friday is just November now

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@molly0xfff
They've been doing "Black November" for several years where I live.

@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar futurebird , to random

If you are in the USA have you or anyone you know well (people you see every week or enough that they a part of your life) using SNAP benefits?

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@futurebird Your cat can be what's keeping you sane, able to dig yourself out of whatever hole you're in. Speaking from experience. @MCDuncanLab

@Eetschrijver@mastodon.social avatar Eetschrijver , to random Dutch

If you want to see the effect of NOT voting for the "lesser evil", look at the USA now. 🚮🚮🚮

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@Eetschrijver I'm no artist, but something like this:

A sequence of the tired old line illustrating the political spectrum, each sucsessive one having the left end truncated, and the right end expanded further right. Original title: "The long term effects of voting for the lesser evil. New title "The long term effects of Lefties Not Voting".
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    • @randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

    We are only weeks away from Trump claiming he ended World War 2.

    "We gotta have peace Adolf, I said, and Hitler looked at me, with tears in his eyes… Sir, he said, The Third Reich is grateful that you ended World War 2, and you really deserve a peace prize for your magnificent achievement."

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    @randahl No, that's Putin

    @grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar grumpygamer , to random

    Real or The Onion headline: "New toilet camera provides health insights based on your bathroom breaks"

    hakona ,
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    @grumpygamer I just want the answer. Both correct?

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    @dgerard@awful.systems avatar dgerard I'm just using the stuff, hope it stays reasonably secure and available. Is this https://biggo.com/news/202510171913_Ruby-Core-Takes-Over-RubyGems-Bundler a correct run-down of the sequence of events?

    @Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

    The Internet: 'We need less performative activism'

    someone does quiet, effective charity work

    The Internet: 'Why isn't anyone talking about this issue?'

    someone talks about the issue

    The Internet: 'Ugh, performative'"

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    @Daojoan
    So true. You want the world to see, to understand the issue, you need to be visible. The convoy to Gaza is a case in point.

    @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

    We thank him for his sacrifice.

    Galileo went blind from staring at the sun while trying to form the heliocentric theory.
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    @lowqualityfacts Nothing compared to Newton. All those falls from height. Torture.

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

    They’re going to have to fire nearly everyone, you know.

    Graphic statement from the Board of Directors of the Young Republican National Federation. The text expresses condemnation of vile and inexcusable language revealed in a Politico article, calling for immediate resignations of those involved and reaffirming commitment to integrity, respect, and professionalism. The organization’s logo “YR” appears at the bottom.
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    hakona ,
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    @georgetakei It's just the language, the meaning of what's said is totally fine.

    @w7voa@journa.host avatar w7voa , to random

    Maine Governor Janet Mills, a two-term Democrat, is running for the US Senate, seeking to unseat Republican Susan Collins.

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    @w7voa
    Should Collins be "concerned" ?

    @ChrisMayLA6@zirk.us avatar ChrisMayLA6 , to random

    @sjwrenlewis on Farage & the BBC:

    'We suffered the disaster of Brexit because the constant lying of Leavers was not sufficiently exposed & called out. It would be tragic if this happened so soon again, because politicians and journalists were not prepared to ask Farage one simple question. You lied to us once before, and we are all suffering as a result, so why should we believe you again?'.

    SWL explores the BBC's role in promoting Farage... its not pretty!


    https://mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/09/farage-and-bbc.html

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    @ChrisMayLA6
    What we all learned: It works, so let's do it again! (amoral people all over the world are taking notes)
    @sjwrenlewis

    @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social avatar NanoRaptor , to random

    What's the oldest piece of machinery that you own that still works, for its original purpose, in (mostly!) its original state?

    hakona ,
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    @NanoRaptor my moter's-mother's coffee-grinder. Only used when somebody gifts me whole beans. Tigtened it too hard, so the spring holding the tension broke. Fixed one night I ran out of pre-ground.

    @davidakin@mstdn.ca avatar davidakin , to random
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    @davidakin This is the obvious solution for people who won't say "shit" -> sounds suitably cultured, short, easy to pronounce.
    @pluralistic

    @aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar aral , (edited ) to random

    Yeah, I knew some lovely people who worked at Twitter too. And did you know they once had unfettered API access and anyone could create their own client? Some of us loved that so much we built things that helped legitimise them as an open platform. And then one day they just switched that off.

    Legitimacy is gold to venture-capital-funded startups. They need people with it to convince everyday folks that this latest iteration of the same old rug pull is different. Until they’ve grown so much that they don’t need it anymore, that is. I guess we haven’t learned that much after all.

    You want to understand Bluesky? Imagine if Google had invented email and scaled Gmail before allowing others to set up their own email servers, knowing that maybe a handful would and that they were large enough to make the rules ad infinitum. That’s Bluesky.

    Don’t fall for the latest venture-capital funded Silicon Valley social network no matter who tells you it’s fine and no matter how many words they use to do so. Especially when we’ve had a noncommercial and noncorporate alternative for close to a decade now in the form of the fediverse.

    I know it’s a low bar but can we please at least get it through our thick heads that venture capital funded Silicon Valley Big Tech does not deserve the benefit of the doubt.

    https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/115034545696148137

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    @aral Digression: people will insist on qoute-tooting. I'm looking forward to proper support for it. Clicking on that link takes me away from my instance, and my settings, like always expand Content-warnings.

    @NanoRaptor@bitbang.social avatar NanoRaptor , to random

    I have a headcold. blegh. but got the classics with me to help./

    A picture of a packet of Fisherman's Friend Vegemite flavour in the classic brown & yellow packaging.
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    @NanoRaptor No. Just, no.

    @GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social avatar GrapheneOS , (edited ) to random

    This EU law banning unlocking story was untrue. The publication posting it retracted it in a subsequent story without updating the original.

    New story: https://xiaomitime.com/dont-panic-eu-isnt-ending-bootloader-unlocks-soon-59697/

    Original story: https://xiaomitime.com/eu-kills-android-bootloader-unlock-starting-august-1-59449/

    The claims they cited were AI generated which they admit in the follow up story.

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    @GrapheneOS From the "retraction", not pointing at themselves for spreading BS: ", some reports have claimed" .
    Well, they got to show me their ads, twice.

    @randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , (edited ) to random

    Yesterday was my first bad day on Mastodon, and what happened to me could happen to you, so let me explain what went down, and how I got blocked by a lot of people.

    In March, I wrote a post critical of Musk (picture 1). I then asked another Mastodon user (Harriett) whom I have found friendly, if she would help me translate a Danish phrase to English, and linked to the Musk post where the phrase would be relevant.

    But yesterday — 4 months later — that blew up in my face. Here is how…

    1/7

    The original post which caused all the trouble. Here I am asking Harriett if she would be so kind to help me translate.
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    @randahl I have had this post :
    https://im.alstadheim.no/@hakona/113302577104778869 pinned for a while. Don't know if it helps.

    @georgetakei@universeodon.com avatar georgetakei , to random

    “There is a cult of ignorance in the United States and there always has been.” — Isaac Asimov.

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    @georgetakei
    Agrarian political movements going back 200 years in Europe and US are the seeds of this. "The centre is rotten".

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    @georgetakei I find Paul Krugman has a wonderful way of settling my nerves. From a short post just now on Sub*ack: "In truth, plutocrats will hardly suffer any consequences from their failure to buy this election — other than feeling frustrated over the fact that they did in fact fail to buy it. If attack ads can’t bury a Muslim socialist, maybe the 0.01% doesn’t run things as much as it imagines. The horror!"

    @MAJ1@beige.party avatar MAJ1 , to weirdfolks group

    & G’day Squirrel Fans, hope I find you bright eyed & bushy tailed!

    Saturday came battering at the windows this morning, demanding entry after being at pre-solstice party all night!

    Happy Solstice Day to those who celebrate!

    Stonkingly hot here in deepest, darkest Yorkshire, kicking off at 21ºC & heading for 29!

    Can’t believe that we’re ½ way thru the year already, this year has sped by so far!

    No plans for today other than staying out of the heat!

    Cashew later Peeps, have a fabulously nutty day ! 😊🫶:party_major_squirrel:🖖

    weirdfolks@a.gup.pe icon weirdfolks group

    Picture a red squirrel standing on a branch in the early morning sun , a cuppa in their paws , looking happy & ready to tackle the day. The caption reads: “Good Morning Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed Squirrel fans” AI generated pic with help from AI whisperer @PixysJourney@beige.party
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    @Rasta Nice day for it . There is a small mountain in there. @MAJ1 weirdfolks@a.gup.pe icon weirdfolks group

    @nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

    me: I'm running out of disk space.

    my hyperactive brain: what I'm hearing is we need to investigate using zfs snapshots, set up a custom rsync script to offload old files to a NAS, and then write a cron job to periodically clean up orphaned packages and old log files.

    me: that sounds reasonable

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    @nixCraft You will run out of room if you actually create a snapshot. Certainly if you forget to remove it. ZFS will hang your entire system bc the pool is over-committed. The pool will be totally messed up when you reboot. No backups-jobs have been run before you ran out of space.

    @Urban_Hermit@mstdn.social avatar Urban_Hermit , to random

    If you admire the efficiency of a top down autocracy, go live in one. See how your speech is bent to the purposes of the party.

    If you admire small government and a lack of rules and super low taxes, go live in a failed state. Live among the warlords, be one or die trying.

    Fucking get out of here. Functioning capitalism requires many rules otherwise it is a cancer that destroys society. Democracies are the best way to create the fair rules, unless they are owned by the rich.

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    @Urban_Hermit Your view is not one I see championed by many people from the US in such clear terms as yours. It's either "anti-capitalism" or it's "corporations are people". I rarely see anything in-between. Why, do you think, that is? Is your view a rarity, or is it that nobody bothers saying it out loud?

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    @Urban_Hermit Makes a kind of sick sense. The monopolists, the insider-traders, the people with money in Panama,
    Cyprus and those kinds of places are in fact not interested in a functioning free market. The biggest threat to Capitalism is the "Capitalists". Our vocabulary to talk about these things is not ideal. I am for capitalism, as in the economic system. I am not for Elon Musk awarding himself government contracts. By common usage I'm pro capitlism and anti-capitalist. NG.

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    @demofox
    Yes. Regulatory capture, dark money, tax-havens, lobbyists, astro-turfers, anti-expertise-pipulusm (broken education-system) .... A lot to take on :) , and those are mutually reinforcing.
    @Urban_Hermit

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    @jwcph Not my understanding of those words. The definition I've grown up with says (private property + any kind of monetary system + no personal/inherited privileges ) = capitalism (i.e. the economic system). Exempt parts of society (health, education), and you've got a mixed economy. A free-market economy requires (according to my usage) further regulation to avoid monopolies and market manipulation. @demofox @Urban_Hermit

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    @jwcph
    1/(hopefully just a few)
    We're going off on a tangent here, one I do not enjoy, so I'll try to be brief and refer any further enquiries to John Stewart Mill and L.T. Hobhouse . They're much smarter than me anyway.
    The definition of Capitalism I'll stick to is that you have a right to private property, including means of production. I view capitalism as any kind of system built on that. To my mind "capitalism" is not an entity capable of "wanting" anything.
    @demofox @Urban_Hermit

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    @jwcph
    2/?
    This capitalism that I refer to arose in opposition to feudalism, licenses granted to lords and guilds to have the sole right to establish markets and make things based on specific technologies.
    Left to its own devices such a capitalistic system will fail in several ways. Monopolies will arise, so a "free market" needs to be protected by strict regulations.
    Capitalism, even when a free market is upheld, will fail to provide certain services.
    @demofox @Urban_Hermit

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    @jwcph
    3/
    Such services are indisputably Law-enforcement, defence and infrastructure. I would also add a lot more, such as education, health-care, social services.
    Given that, you can never have a purely capitalistic society. Some goods and services must be provided through common action i.e. public services. You will then have a mixed economy. Some capitalism, some publicly provided goods and services.

    Now, what about those who claim capitalism wants things?
    @demofox @Urban_Hermit

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    @jwcph 4/ My position is that those who claim capitalism wants things are seriously twisted. Only people want things. Imbuing a set of rules, be they property-rights or whatever, with wants leads to seriously twisted outcomes. Letting private entities own factories and service organisations (like Google/Alphabet) can be an efficient way to organise in order to create value for people. @Urban_Hermit

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    @jwcph

    5/ Google does not have a god-given right to exist, certainly not as a monopolist. They are a good example of how unregulated capitalism is incompatible with free markets. Apple with their app store is another. I believe computer programs in general is an area that would be well served by a free market economy. That is, neither a socialised app-store nor a private monopolist ("capitalist") app-store is optimal for creating value for people.
    /End. I hope.

    @demofox
    @Urban_Hermit

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    @jwcph Your words:
    "The point of capitalism is amassing wealth"
    "Capitalism is about acquiring ownership of ALL the means of production of ANYTHING, which as I said means eventually one entity will own & control everything."
    Those are mindsets of some owners. Not inherent in a law that says private entities are allowed to do business. What it is about is up to the legislative bodies of your country. A mixed economy with proper rules and oversight is possible.
    @demofox @Urban_Hermit

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    @jwcph Can't leave well enough alone, can I ? It is my belief that by adopting the oligarchy's definition of
    "capitalism" and "free market", you are making life much easier for them, the likes of Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych, Jared Kushner, Osama bin Salman, Elon Musk and hundreds more. NOW I'm finished. For now. :-D <ducks and rolls away> @demofox @Urban_Hermit

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    @demofox The trouble is words. Different lines of scholarship define the words differently. I'd maybe go with political science/comparative politics for the widest range of view-points. My personal schooling is way to shallow, mostly just from hanging out with people who have acronyms attached to their names. Some of the best, but knowledge by osmosis only goes so far :-D @jwcph @Urban_Hermit

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    @demofox Cory Doctorow had an interesting take on that "technological feudalism" if I remember correctly. In some ways we're going full circle, back to the middle ages. @jwcph @Urban_Hermit

    @dangillmor@mastodon.social avatar dangillmor , (edited ) to random

    With their votes in favor of a disastrous law giving the cryptocurrency crooks even more incentive to rip off the rest of us, these 16 Democratic senators demonstrated that they are corrupt. (Yes, Trump and his crew are vastly worse.) Everyone's assets are about to be at huge risk.

    https://prospect.org/politics/2025-05-21-democratic-senators-deserve-primary-crypto-bill/

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    @dangillmor
    Listen to Warren!

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    @malwaretech I'm no pro, but could an using an LLM be compared to grep-ing the concatenation of all the worlds "expert-systems" ?

    @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

    Today's Low Quality Ad is for Herbal Essence Shampoo and Conditioner. I'm not 100% sure what Argan Oil is. I think it might come from the lizard people in Skyrim and Oblivion.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NQ69L7P?ref=t_ac_view_request_product_image&campaignId=amzn1.campaign.16FSHWJD7GAYJ&linkCode=tr1&tag=connorstone06-20&linkId=amzn1.campaign.16FSHWJD7GAYJ_1745940558677

    Blue bottles of Herbal Essence Argan Oil Shampoo and Conditioner.
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    @lowqualityfacts On the off chance that you were serious, it's the same thing as moroccan oil, from the argan-nut. Argan nuts have a very tough outer layer, so the way to get this mainstay of your beauty routine, is to follow the goats who eat the whole argan-nuts. When they shit, there will be ready-peeled nuts in the dung. These are then picked out and processed for oil. Hopefully sans the goat-dung.

    @arstechnica@mastodon.social avatar arstechnica , to random

    Lichens can survive almost anything, and some might survive Mars
    The symbiotic organisms appear to be able to avoid some radiation damage.
    https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/04/lichens-can-survive-almost-anything-and-some-might-survive-mars/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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    @Daojoan@mastodon.social avatar Daojoan , to random

    Imagine a system that rewards ruthlessness, punishes cooperation, and optimizes for short-term gain.

    Now imagine asking it to fix climate change.

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    @Daojoan
    Are you pitching a plot for a movie? Age of Ultron has already been made. Not my favourite. At least I wish they told me if I was going to be an extra in a remake.

    @_elena@mastodon.social avatar _elena , to random

    This newbie who just celebrated 100 days of was able to install and on her VPS (to prevent the "Mastodon Hug of Death" for link preview cards on her self-hosted Ghost blog). She's very proud of herself for all the sudo commands she successfully ran today. And she's weirded out talking about herself in the third person, so: I did it YAY.

    LOVE LOVE LOVE this Linux / self-hosting journey I'm on. Thank you for all your support & encouragement ❤️

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    @_elena 👍

    @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

    I like to go at least 60mph over the speed limit just to be safe.

    Speed limit signs indicate the minimum speed you must drive.
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    @lowqualityfacts Amazing how many don't know this.

    @briankrebs@infosec.exchange avatar briankrebs , to random

    ICYMI, the POTUS just issued a memorandum instructing the DOJ and DHS to go after lawyers who challenge the administration.

    "President Trump broadened his campaign of retaliation against lawyers he dislikes with a new memorandum that threatens to use government power to punish any law firms that, in his view, unfairly challenge his administration."

    "The memorandum directs the heads of the Justice and Homeland Security Departments to “seek sanctions against attorneys and law firms who engage in frivolous, unreasonable and vexatious litigation against the United States” or in matters that come before federal agencies."

    "Mr. Trump issued the order late Friday night, after a tumultuous week for the American legal community in which one of the country’s premier firms, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, struck a deal with the White House to spare the company from a punitive decree issued by Mr. Trump the previous week."

    "Vanita Gupta, who as a civil rights lawyer and a former Justice Department official has both sued the government and defended it in court, said Mr. Trump’s memo “attacks the very foundations of our legal system by threatening and intimidating litigants who aim to hold our government accountable to the law and the Constitution.”

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/trump-memo-lawyers.html

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    @briankrebs "Lawyers who go after" sounds like they have a personal agenda. They are representing clients, who have a right to representation, a right to have their case tried.

    @lowqualityfacts@mstdn.social avatar lowqualityfacts , to random

    Today's Low Quality Ad is for this Rechargeable Headlamp. I wear mine 24/7 because I want to be prepared if I ever fall through a sinhole into a system of dark winding caverns that I need to make my way out of. It could happen.
    https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMS9XRDM?ref=t_ac_view_request_product_image&campaignId=amzn1.campaign.1120NU491XLNK&linkCode=tr1&tag=connorstone06-20&linkId=amzn1.campaign.1120NU491XLNK_1742490245612

    A Black Headlamp.
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    @lowqualityfacts Me too. Mostly to be able to see the innermost corner of my sock-drawer, but also for when my pants-pocket auto-scatters its contents into the crack between the car-seat and the door-frame.

    @anneapplebaum@journa.host avatar anneapplebaum , to random

    "Ukraine is not, as the Russian ambassador said, a "project."
    The Polish foreign minister, at the UN today

    video/mp4

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    @anneapplebaum Pretty awesome speech.