ftl ✅ @ftl@awoo.space
Data Scientist in the bay. Tennis player (4.5). D&D, Gloomhaven, and board game enthusiast. Pronouns he/him.
Joined Jul 2017
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This sign is a perfect example of a primary source exercise. What does the source say? But more importantly, why does the source exist in the first place?
The sign doesn’t state what kind of behavior made its existence necessary, but we all know exactly what kind of behavior made its existence necessary
@magicalmilly what changed? I'm on chrome right now and have been hearing that maybe I should switch back, but I don't remember the details why.
re: uspol, fediverse meta
@magicalmilly Local politics, of course not. The people who already knew you before politics, of course not.
National politics, and new people... hard to say. National attention has a way of massively distorting the truth, so there's really no telling what people will believe about you if their first impression of you is a news article by someone who read about you but has never actually talked to you. And of course, people who have never known you before will have their first impression be "politician, of [your party]" with all the baggage that comes with that.
@Gargron Ugh. That's a good reminder that I really should minimize my social network use. That whole status game thing is just so annoying.
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dad jokes
what do you call a double agent on helium
a high-frequency traitor
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dad jokes
what do you call a spice merchant
a high piquancy trader
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I was about to start my machine when a man suddenly appeared in the lab.
"I come from the future," he said.
More people appeared as he spoke.
"Are you here to stop me?" I asked.
"No, to witness."
Proud, I turned back to my machine, then heard a whisper:
"This bit is hilarious!"
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStories
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"My insolent son fell into a volcano near the Slovakian capital"
"Bratislava?"
"Probably is by now, yeah."
@PaladinQuinn It's also worth noting WHY that is. Good journalism (investigating, finding out the truth) takes a lot more effort (i.e. cost, money) than just repeating propaganda. And of course, having backers (e.g. Muroch) who are willing to subsidize distributing propaganda keeps things cheap.
It's no wonder that outlets that actually try to do quality journalism are more expensive.
@natecull Ugh, yeah.
@natecull Eh, even with that, it's *still* safer to use a password manager than to reuse passwords that are "easy to remember". It's just that the bar for good security is really low because the default behavior is really bad.
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Jaz-Michael King: Creating a new online community for Wales, Tŵt
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@roguelazer@mastodon.technology Well, option 1 seems to boil down to "WTF is a firefox account" and that seems like it would be a common response.
re: uspol, ask for help.
@magicalmilly Wherever you are, there's probably a local chapter of the Democratic party that you can drop by maybe? I went to my local Young Democrats group for a while and I thought it was a good way to get some exposure to what low-level politics is actually like, and meet people also involved in it. (Some folks from that group went on to hold local and state offices, not sure anyone's "made it big" nationally.)
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: Indigenous Terror
uspol, ask for help.
Repeating a toot from earlier:
I want to run for government. If anyone has any resources to help me get my foot in the door that would be incredible.
I don't *want* to be in charge, I just know that I have the spoons to actually deal with the bullshit and want to fight for our rights and someone has to do it. And I know that goal is enough reason to do it for me.
Please feel free to share and send ideas. Help me figure shit out.
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@Gargron Nah, lots of people never have them
Data Scientist in the bay. Tennis player (4.5). D&D, Gloomhaven, and board game enthusiast. Pronouns he/him.
Joined Jul 2017
