I hear organ grinders are making a comeback in D.C.
Deb Wolfe
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Retired engineer, artist wannabe. Photography & ceramics are my main media but never met a craft I didn't like. Owned by the mastiff, tolerated by the cat. Living in Keller, TX, US but don't hold it against me. she/her
I just learned that Threads is sharing with the fediverse. I'm [email protected] there, and I post far more often there than here. You can follow that account here, if you'd like.
George Takei 
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A.R. Moxon, Verified Duck š¦Here's a parable for your Sunday morning.
Whenever the king became displeased with one of his subjects, he would send out his soldiers, and before long the offender would find themselves in the basement of the kingās finger-taker.
Christine MalecAs a blind Mastodonian who is made happy by alt text every day, I'd like to request anyone who feels inclined or able, to post and describe insects. I've really enjoyed the occasional alt text describing flying and crawling things.
RussIf you're an REI member who's not a fan of union busting, please let [email protected] know that when next year's board of director elections are happening, you'll be voting accordingly.
(Also, please boost)
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/06/1186006322/rei-union-busting-allegations
EmilyHi, Iām Emily! (for now) #introduction
Iām a recently hatched trans computer science professor in Texas. Iām married to a wonderful supportive wife and have two young boys. Iām out to some close friends and most family. Not out at work yet, but maybe someday soon.
When I get a moment to myself, I like to play video games, mostly metroidvanias, RPGs, and puzzle games. I used to swing dance, but kind of burned myself out. Iām also a giant math nerd.
Ryan CordellLast night the 11yo broke down the Google Slides middle school Chatroom for me:
1. At first they used a Google doc but the infinite scroll was too chaotic
2. In the slide deck each new slide is one āpostāāsome all text, some images, some bothā
3. They use slidesā comments feature to āreplyā to each otherās āpostsā
4. This allows participants to easily flip between posts using the slide thumbnail navigation, so they can find the conversations they care about easily
5. He owns the file & if anyone spams it, deletes other peopleās posts, or gets nasty, he can revert the file to its previous save state & remove the spammerās access
6. He did share the file with me on purpose, I think because he was proud & wanted me to see what heād made
Essentially theyāve created a chatroom with moderation in Google Slides, so they can get around the schoolās ban on platforms like Discord. Itās kind of brilliant
Jeri Dansky"Weāll never know how things would have been different if the Times had chosen to use its hugely influential platform to sound the alarm about AIDS in a concerted way. We only know what happened when it didnāt.
"Similarly, itās impossible to quantify how the current wave of anti-trans hysteria would be altered if the Times decided to stop treating the existence of trans people as a knotty problem for society to solve."
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/new-york-times-trans-coverage-gay-rights-history/tnamp/
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