Matt Smylie

@smylie
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Pullman, WA
Mastodon being split into multiple servers and the hoops you have to jump through to add folks from different servers is so inelegant that it ensures Mastodon will never be the replacement for Twitter, even while Twitter burns down in front of us.
@rahulg86 O I mean, it still exists, but it has become TERRIBLE
Humans Walk Weird. Scientists May Finally Know Why

Humanity’s peculiar gait has long confounded engineers and biomechanists—but it might be one of nature’s clever tricks.

WIRED

A recent FT article has prompted discussion on birdsite as to why the idea that you become "more conservative as you age" seems to be breaking down.

As I've talked about before, this has ALWAYS misunderstood what happens. Which is that people become more conservative when they feel part of (or the opportunity to be part of) the status quo and want to preserve it.

And Xennials/below don't have that.

Here's a thread to explain. 🧵

What if we all just log off today and touch grass? I feel like we could all use it; some more than others 😬

Why are grocery prices skyrocketing? Monopoly power.

Kroger brands:
Ralphs
Dillons
Food 4 Less
Fred Meyer
Harris Teeter
King Soopers
Mariano’s

Albertsons brands:
Safeway
Acme
Haggen
Jewel-Osco
Shaw’s
Pavilions

The proposed Kroger-Albertsons merger would make prices even worse.

@bighatdino I prefer the second hairdo
AI art be like:
I don't care what anyone says; this Mrs. Meyer's Iowa Pine soap smells 100% like celery, not pine.
Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63

Having survived a tough childhood in Coventry, Hall became one of pop’s defining voices at the turn of the 80s, chronicling British decline and disfranchised youth with the 2 Tone band

The Guardian