Mastodawn

I am shocked by my poll that 40% responded they dont like buying online and perfer in person stores?

we obviously did not have the same covid experience. I don't even like going to my mailbox for fear of running into one of those 'people' things that wander about. obligatory happy face : )

Crovanian 6h ago

Ron Dyck 10h ago

Business fables rule.

Personality tests remain among the most widely used tools in hiring and therapy despite decades of research showing limited ability to predict how a person actually behaves https://spacedaily.com/n-personality-tests-remain-among-the-most-widely-used-tools-in-hiring-and-therapy-despite-decades-of-research-showing-limited-ability-to-predict-how-a-person-actually-behaves/

Personality tests remain among the most widely used tools in hiring and therapy despite decades of research showing limited ability to predict how a person actually behaves

Personality tests are taken by an estimated 60 to 70 per cent of job applicants in the United States who reach a certain stage in the hiring process. They are administered in clinical settings, used in couples counselling, distributed at corporate retreats, and taken voluntarily by millions of people every year who want to understand […]

Space Daily

I'm making a note here: HUGE SUCCESS

Crovanian 6h ago

Andrew Lokenauth 10h ago

JUST IN: Trump bought up to $5 million of Axon stock.

Two weeks later, ICE moved toward a $220 million Taser deal.

Axon makes Tasers. Axon also controls 90% of the US Taser market.

And the White House says there are “no conflicts of interest.”

Politicians should not be trading individual stocks while the Government is handing out contracts.

Public office should be public service.

It's pretty crazy that insider trading is illegal for everyone except the people who make the laws.

Crovanian 6h ago

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Geoff 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿10h ago

This is another favourite paper: all but one of the 30 authors is 9 or 10 years old, the other is their primary school teacher. But it's a legitimate paper, refereed and accepted by a journal, about what bees remember. The crayon diagrams are awesome.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21177694/

(Or just search "Blackawton bees" if the link is being glitchy)

Blackawton bees - PubMed

'We discovered that bumble-bees can use a combination of colour and spatial relationships in deciding which colour of flower to forage from. We also discovered that science is cool and fun because you get to do stuff that no one has ever done before. (Children from Blackawton)'.

PubMed

Crovanian 6h ago

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Hot Dog Water, Zero Fux 15h ago

@Strandjunker

Their constant fear is what makes them Republican Nazi pedo gutter scum who always punch down.

Bravery is never proven by attack. And they are trained to attack everything before they might understand it. Or else they might have to accept it. Ignorance is Republican.

Crovanian 6h ago

California Dreamin’… 😎12h ago

Trump. Is. Toxic. 👇

Crovanian 6h ago

Freedom of the Press 17h ago

Mandating age verification "effectively hands Big Tech and the government a skeleton key to the identities of every whistleblower, dissident, and investigative reporter who uses online platforms," FPF's Caitlin Vogus and Aliya Bhatia write in The Intercept.

https://theintercept.com/2026/06/28/age-verification-privacy-surveillance-journalists-whistleblowers/