When I joined Mastodon and mindly.social in November 2022, a US-based server felt right. But political times have changed, and a non-US-based server seems like a better idea. I used https://mastodon.help/instances to search since it allows me to search on server size (I want a medium-sized […]

Back at the Kahala Theater, now to see Sentimental Value, the last Best Picture nominee I need to see. It's from Norway, and is also nominated for Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, and five more nominations. I just finished watching the director's Oslo trilogy yesterday […]

At the Kahala Theater to see The Secret Agent, one of two Best Picture nominees I haven't seen yet. It's from Brazil, and is also nominated for Best Actor, the new Best Casting award, and of course Best International Feature. #cinemastodon #movies #kahalatheater #thesecretagent

‘Nostalgia is not a strategy’: Mark Carney is emerging as the unflinching realist ready to tackle Trump https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/21/nostalgia-is-not-a-strategy-mark-carney-is-emerging-as-the-unflinching-realist-ready-to-tackle-trump

At the Kahala Theater to see Marty Supreme. Of the likely Best Picture nominees, there will be three more (the foreign language ones, which are harder or more expensive to see) remaining after this. I'll find a way before the Oscar ceremony. #cinemastodon #movies #martysuprememovie

At the Kahala Theater to see Rental Family with my wife. #cinemastodon #movies #rentalfamily

[Alcohol] https://untappd.com/user/mweston/badges/1360614886 Apparently the beer I just checked in was from my 500th different brewery #beer Go Niners! #sf49ers #sundaynightfootball

Just got a beer at #triplerock in #berkekey, called Feats of Strength in honor of #festivus #festivus2025

Love Festus Ezeli mentioning #festivus on the #GoldenStateWarriors postgame show

At the Kahala Theater to see Hamnet, getting an earlier start than usual on the likely Best Picture nominees. Also hoping this theater doesn't have as many advertisements and previews as the Dole Cannery. #cinemastodon #movies #hamnet

At the Dole Cannery theater to see One Battle After Another, after missing it when it had its earlier run. This is also an experiment with open captions in a movie theater for a movie in English. I use captions on TV/streaming very frequently, so I'm expecting it to feel normal, but we'll see […]

I cancelled my last Substack subscription (Serious Trouble) and then deleted my Substack account today #dumpsubstack #boycottsubstack #substackisanazibar

I closed my Threads account recently, and just today closed my Instagram account. It felt both good and slightly weird, though I never used either all that much. I have also stopped following anyone on Bluesky, in preparation for closing that too. Facebook will probably not go away for a long […]

At the Dole Cannery theater to see Wicked: For Good in #imax (I think the only IMAX screen in the state). #cinemastodon #movies #wickedforgood

I was making some charitable donations on this #thanksgiving day. When I got to the #natureconservancy I remembered that they knuckled under to the administration's renaming of the #gulfofmexico, so 1) I reduced my amount a little from last year, and 2) I made my donation "In Memory Of The Gulf […]

Today is #mymastodonanniversary, joining three years ago. And yesterday I deleted most of my non-people connections (likes and groups) and profile data (places, schools, jobs) on Facebook, since I've been minimizing my time there and their privacy policies keep getting worse. #Mastodon #anniversary

Back to the #kahala theater, this time to see #begonia. There's still 8 minutes to go, and before noon on a weekday, but so far I'm alone #movies #cinemastodon

I celebrate neither Dick Cheney's death nor his life. That Kamala Harris did the latter is deeply sad to me. As someone who attended her campaign launch event in Oakland in 2019, who still has as I write this a Harris/Walz bumper sticker on my car, I've been a fan for a long time. It's going to […]

I got a political donation request email today (an extremely frequent event), from a politician I am actually a big fan of. After scanning the social media links at the bottom of it and seeing only giant corporations, and not even Bluesky or Threads, I just deleted it. Association matters.

At the #kahala Theater to see a #Japanese #movie at #hiff (Hawaii International Film Festival), called Tokyo Taxi. I saw a movie called Twilight Samurai by the same director at HIFF way back in 2003. #filmfestival #cinemastodon

At the #kahala Theater to see a #Scottish #movie at #hiff (Hawaii International Film Festival), called The Golden Spurtle. It's about porridge.

How have I gotten this far not hearing of #startrekday (apparently September 8)? It's already over in some parts of the world, and Paramount+ just sent me email about it under 2 hours ago. #startrekday2025

[Alcohol] I just checked in my 5,000th distinct beer on Untappd! I started in February 2011, so that's not quite as alarming as it might seem https://untappd.com/user/mweston/badges/1327630653 #beer #untappd #milestone

Let me know if this is paywalled by the New Yorker, but I liked this cartoon included in today's humor email: https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a4891 Of course I have liked the late Edward Koren's work for many years, including his iconic "Well, there's your problem." #humor #cartoon […]

One hour in and we are off to a great start in the Mastodon for #freedc campaign! Learn more at https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman/115040310863576113.

I just saw a post about #cpb and my first thought was Central Pacific Bank. Because I live in #hawaii and that's where I bank. Note: This does not indicate that I think what's happening with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is in any way okay.

Amazingly good climate news, probably pay walled (though the New Yorker is worth supporting, if you can). Also it doesn't apply as much to residents of the US (including me, though at least I live in a very blue state) […]

[U.S. Politics] I gather that the Social Security trust fund is expected to be gone around 2034, absent congressional action (an oxymoron these days). The "easiest" solution is to raise the maximum amount of income that would be taxed (currently $176.1K), but that approach is still regressive […]

This was the #nokings #protest in Honolulu, just after noon local time. I was on the side of the street where the state capitol is, looking towards the far side of the street. It seemed somewhat bigger than the #handsoff protest in April.

@FediTips Lately I've noticed that sometimes I see posts in my Home feed that seem out of order. Now, I've always seen boosted posts out of order, since they are sorted by the boost time, but this is different. Maybe this is always bridged posts from Threads or Bluesky users that could be sorted […]

CBO: Nearly 11 million people will be uninsured if GOP megabill bill becomes law https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5332414-congressional-budget-office-estimate-health-insurance-losses-gop-megabill/ #tacotrade #impeach #convict #remove #indict #norepublicanseveragain #USpol

Last week, Rep. #mikeflood (R-NB) admitted during a town hall in his district that he did not know that the bill would limit #judges’ #power to hold people in #contempt for violating court orders. He would not have voted for the measure, he said, if he had realized. And as lawmakers returned to […]

I just washed my #GoldenStateWarriors Hawaiian shirt and put it away until next season. Sadly I haven't found such a shirt for the #goldenstatevalkyries, but I did just order a couple of non-Hawaiian shirts. One of them is even a tech short I may be able to run in! #gsv #Basketball

I'm getting old, which isn't a surprise. I've noticed more and more often the comments on Facebook memories posts are from people who have since died. #mortality #Ageing #noonegetsoutofherealive

It's halftime at the first ever regular season #goldenstatevalkyries game, and now that the #GoldenStateWarriors season is over, this isn't a bad substitute. #wnba #Basketball #gsv #valkyries

Two hidden Mickeys from the Disneyland hotel room my wife and I stayed at last week, the first being much more obvious...

And it's still a few minutes before the official start... #handsoff #handsoff2025 #honolulu #indivisible #hawaii

I think this might be my sign for tomorrow's Hands Off event at the state (Hawaii) capital. I guess I'm not following the "avoid public online planning" suggestion... #handsoff #makeamericakindagain #maka #indivisible #indivisiblehawaii

US stock markets see worst day since Covid pandemic after investors shaken by Trump tariffs https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/03/trump-tariffs-stock-market #resist #tariffs2025 #somuchwinning

Happy Oscars Day to those who celebrate! #Oscars #academyawards #oscars97 #predictions #Awards #movies #cinema #film #cinemastodon #FilmMastodon

It’s Miller Time: Musk’s Takeover Is Being Aided by Trumpworld Power Couple Stephen and Katie Miller—he's “the prime minister,” she’s DOGE’s comms guru—liaise between WH & #Musk, & are centrally involved as he tears govt apart. Her relationship w Musk is central to DOGE’s interactions w rest […]

I was reading a Wired article, which I should finish, which referred to Musk as a centibillionaire, and thought that's wrong, since centi means 1/100, like a centimeter is 1/100th of a meter. And then I suddenly realized the Centigrade is named that since there are 100 degrees C between […]

My predictions (not personal preferences) for the winners at this Sunday's Oscars are at https://mweston.wordpress.com/2025/02/27/oscar-predictions-for-2024-movies/ #Oscars #academyawards #oscars97 #predictions #Awards #movies #cinema #film #cinemastodon #FilmMastodon

I just did a web search for "my last car was a Tesla license plate frame", and surprisingly (to me) I didn't get any useful results. I want it for whatever replaces my Model 3, which would have happened already if the local Volvo dealership wasn't horrible (I'm now waiting for a Kona Electric […]

#giftarticle By ret Lt Col Frank Kendall fmr secy of the #airforce “…#Trump’s decision to fire snr #military leaders w/o cause is foolish & a disgrace. It politicizes our professional military in a dangerous & debilitating way. What frightens me even more is the removal of 3 judge advocates […]

I don't spend much time on Facebook, but suddenly I'm seeing a lot of advertising for capybara-related products there. I'm not sure what triggered that, though the capybara in the animated movie Flow was pretty great. #capybara

One Facebook feature I like is memories. I posted the picture below there 5 years ago today. It seems a lot more recent than that. #hawaii #resident #memory

I'm at the Kahala theater to see I'm Still Here, the last of the Best Picture nominees for me this year. #kahala #imstillhere #cinemamastodon

Urban Dictionary: Dogebag https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Dogebag I thought of this yesterday, and wondered if it was a thing...