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What the cool kids are drinking in Hades? #ginandchthonic #bookstodon #fictionalnovels #thetourist #australiantv

Quasit's Book Recommendations: "Mister Penny" (1935) by Marie Hall Ets My son suggested that I post children's books on Thursdays, and I can't think of a reason why I shouldn't. My parents read this book to me many times as a toddler and child; I read it to my son in turn. It's an •amazing• […]

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RE: https://mastodon.palewi.re/@OldLAPhotos/116529721911468074 I will never forget how this card catalog smelled and the card catalogs that came into my life after this one. Some kind of blend of old paper and old fingers, maybe --- but good! (Maybe only good by association, who can say?)

Stop LAPD Spying files California Public Records Act lawsuit v. LAPD to force release of contracts with Flock. LAPD routinely flouts the CPRA when it matters and sadly but predictably the only remedy the law provides is a civil lawsuit. Recovery of fees and costs to prevailing plaintiffs is […]

I am one of those people who will trace every societal problem back to capitalism, but only because it's completely accurate to do so.

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“Don’t rely on responses from Gemini Apps for diagnosis, treatment, or medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice. Its output is for informational purposes only.” motherfucker what do you think “information” is

RE: https://mastodon.palewi.re/@OldLAPhotos/116524046990780014 Basically these same guys still run Los Angeles except now they're not all men and they're not all white. #losangeles #zillionairocracy

A new mural in my neighborhood! You can see the remains of the old one rising above it. #losangeles #southlosangeles #SouthCentral #murals #Grafitti #wallart

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Sunset and Vine intersection https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/125301

I'm sorry but WTAF is this word?! #fedle #45 4/6 🟩⬛🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛ 🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 https://fedle.fedilab.app/share/1200

This morning I was thinking fondly of the Telegarden and mourning the old weird Internet that created, nurtured, and cherished such things. The garden was created by Ken Goldberg and Joseph Santarromana at the University of Southern California and went […] [Original post on kolektiva.social]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@theleftistlawyer/116506869507432888 Time to start making public records requests for politicians' AI conversations.

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Richard Dawkins talking to Claude and immediately going "Oh, you're nice to me. You must be a conscious entity, and a lady" is so funny.

Songs about thinking or learning or stuff you do with your head? How about summer New Math with Professor Tom Lehrer? Consider the following subtraction problem, which I will put up here: 342 minus 173. Now, remember how we used to do that: But in the new approach, as you know, the important […]

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Here's a question I hope fedi can answer for me. I'm trying to remember the author and title of a novel but I cannot figure it out. I can describe it, though. Maybe sometime here will recognize it? It is a Scottish novel about a group of people working for a fence company. It was written before […]

Speaking of book recommendations: if anyone would like a personalized book recommendation, please feel free to ask! I probably read more books, particularly older books, the 99% of the human race. And my memory for books is unusually good. So I'd be glad to make a recommendation for anyone who […]

Short words are harder. There are so many of them! #fedle #33 4/6 🟩⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 https://fedle.fedilab.app/share/914

Today @neurothing has declared #endingcredits as the theme of the #thursdayfivelist and here are five, all by Fred Eaglesmith, threaded because I can't find all the right versions so I'm including the tracks. Drive-In Movie And how are we to ever know How far it's gonna go You fall in love and […]

For #musicwomemwednesday here's Alice Gerrard playing the banjo with nobody singing and Hazel Dickens singing without anybody playing anything. Gallop to Kansas -- Alice Gerrard Pretty Bird -- Hazel Dickens

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Frederick Douglass himself couldn’t have said it better.

Oh FFS, we need a little thread on the history of "natural gas", as it seems a lot of people don't understand where the term comes from. If you take a train west from Amsterdam Centraal, and look out of the left side of the train, you will see a park. Westerpark. You'll notice a number of late […]

Excited to welcome @inthesetimes to the fediverse! "In These Times is an independent, nonprofit magazine dedicated to advancing democracy and economic justice, informing movements for a more humane world, and providing an accessible forum for debate about the policies that shape our future." […]

The Los Angeles times is finally reporting on the leaked LAPD documents released by Worldleaks a couple weeks ago. The story explains how the records reveal that the bomb squad officers responsible for blowing up a whole street in South Los Angeles were all found to be culpable but received only […]

I need a hashtag. Can anyone help? I need a hashtag for comments on posts by people who are supporting the DNC, either intentionally or as useful idiots. We're seeing more and more people who are actually claiming that the Democrats will make everything "normal" again, and reminding us that […]

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@grumble209/116473753913201090 That's because they didn't WANT to. The so-called progressives of the Democratic Party exist only to create the illusion for the working class that someone, anyone in the political system is on their side. But they aren't. They are […]

In 2020 I started having mild stability problems. If I'd had a cane the first time I fell down I would have been *much* better off. I tried some commercial ones but they turned out to be expensive, not durable, and very boring looking. So I figured out how […] [Original post on kolektiva.social]

What in the world is happening here? Bluegrass musicians releasing albums on some kind of blockchain thingie? It seems real but I just can't tell anymore... #bluegrass #blockchain #cryptograss #justinholmes https://github.com/cryptograss

Quasit's Book Recommendations: "A Shropshire Lad" by A. E. Housman (1896) When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, “Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free.” But I was one-and-twenty, No use to talk to me. When I […]

I should note that I'm impressed that the poetry formatting carried through and is reproducing dependably. Well done, Mastodon! Housman, by the way, was gay in a time when that was virtually unforgiveable in the public mind. He loved a man who didn't love him back. There are references to that […]

This is your opportunity to learn how you can click "last edited" to see previous versions of posts. This is one of my favorite features of the fedi!

Do it.

For #musicwomenwednesday here's the enigmatic Sister O.M. Terrell shredding _I'm Going to that City_ on the slide guitar. Also TIL that Sister Terrell doesn't have a Wikipedia entry. WTAF?! #hotgospel #gospel #sisteromterrell #slideguitar https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T2oXf9Vc_co

Today's ⁨#tunetuesday⁩ is themed ⁨#whatshallwedrink⁩ and here are some nice ones. Alcohol and Pills -- Fred Eaglesmith https://youtu.be/LjBSYndOSAY Two More Bottles of Wine -- Emmylou Harris https://youtu.be/g4Z2MGv7DLU Best of All Possible Worlds -- Kris Kristofferson […]

I was smoking some lovely hash last week and I realized I could use a few more pipes. I looked on eBay, but then I realized that I had everything on hand to make one myself. I've made a lot of things out of clay but for some reason it never occurred to me […] [Original post on kolektiva.social]

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As you may have heard, the ransomware gang Worldleaks stole files weighing 7.7TB from the Los Angeles City Attorney. They kept them private for a few weeks but yesterday they posted them all again. Their site is made to prevent bulk downloads, and the kind of naive scraping I know how to do […]

Odin met a baby after his own heart today. it's quite rare for him to see a dog who resembles himself! (not a newfie, but a St. Bernard mix, I think the gentleman said.)

RE: https://kolektiva.social/@AdrianRiskin/116372043439772498 Worldleaks put this data back online!!!! Grab it now while you can! worldleaksartrjm3c6vasllvgacbi5u3mgzkluehrzhk2jz4taufuid.onion #losangeles #lapd #lapdleak #worldleaks #hydeefeldsteinsoto #ransomware #acab

Fediverse, can you please help me? In family matters, I'm searching for Edward J. Garth. Most likely US soldier stationed in Germany at the end of / after WWII. Picture taken by a Wiesbaden photo studio, unknown date. Signature: "Will You Remember Edward J […] [Original post on mastodon.online]

Propaganda of the deed generally does the opposite of what it's supposed to do: it alienates rather than activates, destroying the movement it comes from. Until it doesn't. Until it actually sparks a revolution. But there is a prerequisite for a successful revolution. That is an alternative […]

The existence of Star Trek Discovery implies the existence of Star Trek Pleadings, Star Trek Motions, Star Trek Pre-Trial Conferences. Is this anything?