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xmanmonk

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Apache, born in a monastery, Oblate (Obl. O.S.B.), Schizo. I have three close friends who don't exist. Demi-male, and all three others are male. Any pronoun is acceptable. Currently live in Los Angeles.

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@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

Trump loses in court. Again.

The president keeps hiring people with questionable qualifications and good looks. But in court, good looks does not cut it.

Insurance lawyer Lindsey Halligan was hastily appointed to prosecute James Comey and Latitia James, even though she had never prosecuted a federal case before. And it showed: She made so many rookie mistakes, the judge seemed in shock at times. The final straw was, Halligan was not even appointed correctly.

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/24/politics/james-comey-letitia-james-indictments-dismissed

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@randahl James Comey walks. Unfortunately, they can retry Leticia James. Let's hope they don't.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

Priceless!

Right as Trump claims to have ended the 7th or 8th or… 10th war all by himself, The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards The Nobel Peace Prize to Maria Corina Machado.

Have a great weekend everyone! 😘

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@randahl This was fantastic news. So happy our European friends are not trump-drunk!

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , to random

Increasingly, I see AI being used to generate YouTube thumbnail pictures. This means, world leaders are portrayed with facial expressions they never made, and often looking not quite right.

In a time when truth is challenged, I find this new trend deeply problematic, as it contributes to the creation of a world where no one knows what is real anymore.

Sure, we used to have cartoons on the front pages of papers, but everyone could see these where caricatures.

What do you think of this trend?

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@randahl Agree with you completely.

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    @vkc you will be missed.

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    Studies have found the most logical and fastest keyboard layout is not between key orders like qwerty and dvorak, but one that prioritises the size of keys depending on the frequency of those letters in the language being typed, regardless of the ordering.

    This Apple keyboard has an English layout. More frequently used letters in english are larger and slightly taller, less used letters are smaller and lower, which conveniently prevents tyops.,

    A photo of an Apple keyboard with the alphabet keys changed depending on the frequency of letters in English in this case. the E, A, D, T, I, O, L and N keys are quite large, while Q, X, Z, K, and V are quite small.
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    @NanoRaptor In my hunt-n-peck days, that would have been nice.

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    @vkc Those of us who rely on captions really appreciate it. Thanks!

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    @vkc So sorry you're getting attacked. Please know that there are some of us who follow you who don't want to attack.

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    @vkc One of the reasons I still like IRC.

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    @vkc Not sure if FileZilla will run on 9x.