Chris

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Liberal, data-driven whenever possible, dancer, nerd.
Show threadChrisMar 4, 2023
@dnavinci @RickiTarr Well beyond the midwest. All of the Mountain West, SW, CA and PNW as well. See the Homestead Act.
Show threadChrisMar 2, 2023
@KN3RDS This. Or their health is compromised, or they can't go back to work because they are taking care of someone.
Show threadChrisMar 2, 2023
@stavvers damn. Never thought about it before, but yep he is definitely using the pronunciation and cadence I use with Alexa & other voice-activated stuff
ChrisFeb 13, 2023
Adrian HonFeb 13, 2023

Apropos everything, I’m reminded of this from Douglas Adams:

1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

ChrisFeb 9, 2023
L O L G O PFeb 8, 2023
Apparently, Twitter is trying to remove every tweet that calls Trump a “pussy ass bitch” and it crashed the whole site.
ChrisFeb 9, 2023
Neil GaimanFeb 8, 2023

In times of tragedy, human beings come together.

Please help UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency deliver emergency supplies for those hit by the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria: https://unh.cr/63e229e4e9

TÜRKİYE-SYRIA EARTHQUAKE

Powerful earthquakes have struck in south-eastern Türkiye and northern Syria. Thousands have already lost their lives. Please donate now.

UNHCR
Show threadChrisFeb 8, 2023
@n69n @dekkzz76 @RickiTarr OMG! I probably edit every other post (due to chonky thumbs & a tendency to ramble). I get a little shot of dopamine every time I do it.
Show threadChrisFeb 8, 2023
@RickiTarr @peterbrown @dekkzz76 As am I. I can see people shifting to smaller & more personal spaces. One of the nice things about Mastodon to me is the ability to select the "neighborhood" you live in. I think more & more people will make the choice to go back to earlier internet principles of finding your tribe. So many of the problems with social come back to our feeds being hijacked by algorithms and ignoring the people/posts we want to see.
Show threadChrisFeb 8, 2023
@peterbrown @dekkzz76 @RickiTarr Peter, love your observation about the potential impact of algorithms. And I imagine you are right about the demographics shifting/coalescing over time. Perhaps they'll build their own instances focused on being a new refuge for the RW? If not, then it will be interesting to see how the fediverse adapts to moderatong aggressive hate/negativity.
ChrisFeb 7, 2023
@dekkzz76 @RickiTarr haha it was a typo. Meant to say "scan", but I have chunky thumbs.