Mastodawn

I went to a poolside bar at a nearby hotel and ordered a drink and then headed to the restroom.

When I got to the restroom door, I realized I needed a room key to enter, so I started to turn back, but then I immediately saw the bartender who had just taken my order so I asked how I could get into the restroom and he said:

"You need a room key, or, if you don’t have one, the reception desk has a cup..."

and I was like:

"Oh, I don't want to pee into a cup so I'll just wait!"

and he continued by saying

"...the cup by the reception desk has access cards so you can still get into the restroom...if you don’t want to pee into a cup."

😂

10/10 banter with that bartender. Would do again.

NotThatKaren 2d ago

MissConstrue 6d ago

I hung this painting in the hall to my studio because I didn’t know what to do with it. It wasn’t done, but …? My daughter added googly eyes. This is indeed what it needed. Collaboration! 🤘🏼🥰🥳

#art #painting #silly

Keeping money from going to the Harry Potter franchise isn’t just a symbolic gesture. It’s about preventing real harm to real people.

https://www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowling-anti-trans-organization

J.K. Rowling uses personal wealth to fund anti-trans org

This is where "Harry Potter" profits are going.

Advocate.com

NotThatKaren 2d ago

Christine Lemmer-Webber 2d ago

Adults lose skills to AI; Children never build them. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-algorithmic-mind/202603/adults-lose-skills-to-ai-children-never-build-them

Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them.

Discussions of cognitive offloading often miss a critical distinction: What AI does to a 45-year-old's brain is categorically different from what it does to a 14-year-old's.

Psychology Today

NotThatKaren 2d ago

Richard Stallman 2d ago

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/18/tesla-cybertruck-crashes-battery-fires

Tesla "cybertrucks" have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they've disintegrated drivers' bones. States should designate vehicles which can lock passengers in as unsafe and illegal to drive on a road.

Inside the fiery, deadly crashes involving the Tesla Cybertruck

Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they disintegrated drivers’ bones. Victims’ families blame what they say is faulty design

The Guardian

NotThatKaren 2d ago

ProPublica 2d ago

After ICE came to Minneapolis, ProPublica journalist Peter DiCampo saw his community step up to patrol the streets, drive strangers to work and provide aid to families in hiding.

These are his neighbors, in their city, in their own words.
https://projects.propublica.org/why-minneapolis-neighbors-protest-ice/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #ICE #Minneapolis #MutualAid #Community #Minnesota #Photography

“This Is What It Means to Be Minnesotan”: Why My Neighbors Continue to Stand Up Against ICE

After ICE came to Minneapolis, ProPublica journalist Peter DiCampo saw his community step up to patrol the streets, drive strangers to work and provide aid to families in hiding. These are his neighbors, in their city, in their own words.

ProPublica

NotThatKaren 2d ago