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neville park  

just a reminder to everyone in these trying times

- coop /kuːp/ a chicken enclosure
- coup /kuː/ a government being overthrown
- co-op /ˈkoʊˌɒp/ a company owned and democratically run by the people it serves or employs

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neville park  

watching , damn Germany is scary

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JordiGH  

Hey, budget engineers, can I really boost my wifi signal with a beer can? Or is this malarkey?

'Cause the alternative seem to be to plop at least some 50 bucks for some gizmo from Best Buy.

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emsenn is offline  

Why go on strike to fight climate change 1/n Show more

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KDE  

The KDE community endorses the Global Climate Strike tomorrow, September 20th. See kde.org

"There is no Free Software on a dead planet."

Find your local march on globalclimatestrike.net/

#ClimateStrike

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neville park  

I am currently reading the Chinese sf collection _Invisible Planets_ (ed. & trans. Ken Liu) and there is a lovely story about this French robot dragon-horse, Long Ma, here battling the giant spider Kumo in Ottawa: youtu.be/eEvRe3joGe4

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nuel but like, a skeleton  

our minecraft server now has its own festival, called Sand Melon Fest, complete with a radio station to which you can listen in our discord: minecraft.melon.computer/disco

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Grammar Girl  

I'm always happy when I can share work from @literaryashland@twitter.com (like this piece on fact checking)!

quickanddirtytips.com/educatio

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Tusky  

#Tusky 9 is out!
Creating polls, improved search, always expand content warnings, and more!
Read the full changelog here: github.com/tuskyapp/Tusky/rele

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KawaiiPunk  

Need a job?

democraticjobs.coop/

Currently mostly UK and North America jobs listed but it only just launched.

#jobs #work #work-needed

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neville park  

What's a pirate's favourite letter? Show more

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neville park  

I'm so proud when someone suggests a bug ID and the OP checks it out and says "Thanks but I don't think that's it, your page says it's only found in $COUNTRY but I'm in $DISTANT_COUNTRY."

Like they say, "if you hear hoofbeats, don't look for zebras. Unless you're currently in the Serengeti, in which case they're probably zebras." And "Location, location, location!"

Yes, accidental transplants, invasive species, escaped pets, etc. do happen, but a local species is still more likely! 🐘

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neville park  

Apropos of nothing, I still think this would be a good song, see thread for details twitter.com/neville_park/statu

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ellexolotl  

a sprinting bear can run as fast as a galloping horse. in my honest opinion, we made such a massive mistake in focusing so hard on horses.

in this presentation i will explain how we can change the kentucky derby to be more interesting.

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Rain 🚱  

hypothesis:
techbros who joke about gender studies courses are less useful to society than students of gender studies

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Non-Authoritative Information  

aflcio.org/paywatch/company-pa

If you work at a big company, this will probably tell you how much your CEO makes and compare it to the median of the company. I was pretty shocked my own self.

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neville park  

things I've looked at this morning instead of Twitter home timeline:

- Primer timeline diagram
- video explaining Primer
- my Spider Twitter list timeline (mostly nature/science stuff)
- the library website, to put books on hold
- my cat Wasabi

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neville park  

Israeli politics, shitpost Show more

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Maeve  

Pushback against "European heritage" celebrations Show more

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neville park  

Anyway, here are some night creatures I met

1. bee in a hole
2. grasshopper in goldenrod
3. cobweb spider with a parasite - a wasp larva
4. slug on a leaf

I didn't want to take photos of the skunks because I was worried the flash would startle them

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neville park  

Update: it went off AGAIN. The owner apparently returned and was accosted by other angry neighbours (he said he was out of town). I may go by and shame him just to reinforce the message

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