#freespeech
Alien and Sedition Acts were reviled in their time, and John Adams was not sorry to see them go
John Adams signed the Sedition Act in an attempt to silence dissent. Some other Founding Fathers thought that muzzling the press would mean the end of the republic.The Conversation
Hey, fellow #neurodivergent folks! Especially fellow #AuDHD folks.
Do you have a flirt radar?
I do not.
I never know when anyone is flirting with me.
Almost all the time when it does happen, someone else has to point it out to me & even then, I usually don't see/understand what they're talking about.
I do not know how to flirt either.
I am very direct. In the past, my straight forward nature has intimidated many NTs & some NDs who haven't invested much time in getting to know me better.
I'm quite friendly & engaging with almost anyone whom I find interesting & seems to share similar core values. It doesn't matter what gender, if any, they identify with either.
My straight forward friendly style seems to make many CIS guys think I'm interested in more than platonic friendship, when I am not.
If I like anyone more than just a platonic friend, I am pretty open about telling them that, directly.
If I don't say it - don't assume more than I actually say. I have this thing called, emotional maturity.
Do you have a flirt radar? I do not. I never know when anyone is flirting with me. I do not know how to flirt either. My straight forward friendly style seems to make many CIS guys think I’m interested in more than platonic friendship, when I am not.
@PhoenixSerenity huh, so that explains all the problems I have had all these years. Fortunately for me, in a stroke of incredible luck that I would never be able to replicate if I had to do my life over again, I met someone who eventually agreed to marry me, so I don’t have to worry about this quite as much as when I was younger.
I finally finished reading Mastodon.
Fun read but the plot was all over the place.
America is to blame for the Mexican GUN PROBLEM 100%.
That was a fucking brilliant bit of wordplay to bury in a reply. What am I even doing here? What clout could I possibly be chasing with that kind of weak shit? I don't deserve clout at all. I don't even deserve discount, knock-off, Klout®-brand Engagement™. I'm a disgrace to the uniform.
What do you mean there's no uniform?! Eugen assured me there was... Oh that sneaky fucking Russian bastard!
Does anyone want to buy a slightly used Mastodon uniform which I'm now realizing is just a garbage collector's jumpsuit with the word "Mastodon" written across the back in off-white house paint? I'll knock off a few bucks from the price because I've just now realized that "Mastodon" doesn't have two "D"s.
Nice try Eugen, but you're not clever enough to fool me repeatedly for more than two years.
This, in comedy terms, is what's called "an extended bit." See, I'm leading you on a little, making you think the joke is over, when in fact I have additional material to spring on you when you least expect it. It's kind of like the anticipation of a jump scare in a horror movie. It's more fun if you know it'll happen but you have no idea when, at least for the creator who is going to scare you.
Of course, there's equal humor in stringing you along unnecessarily, making you read through a huge text dump expecting the punchline at any moment, but instead you come to a sudden halt
That's what's known in the biz as a punchline which begs the joke. In other words, if I give you a suitable punchline, your brain, in a feat of gestalt, will fill in the joke which must have gone before. It's a bit like an "AI" using all the jokes it's been fed to autocorrect a joke which might fit the punchline, except "AI"s aren't funny so the joke it would produce would probably be about telemarketing or arithmetic or something.
The human brain being the marvel of evolutionary randomness that it is, we're much better at amusing ourselves than other people, so I'm counting on this to improve your opinion of my humor without actually having to be funny. Of course there is a certain skill in constructing a suitable punchline to be backfilled, but in this case I've gone with something which implies a ribald joke but which isn't in fact dirty in itself. It's cheap and tawdry, really, but what can you expect from someone who would get this far into a bit without an exit strategy?
Once you know how the trick is done, it's much less magical, isn't it?
I feel like "The Not-Boring Story of the Last Time I Was Bored" is a book waiting to be written.
Finally watched some tutorials and got myself off the ground with Nomad Sculpt! Which is funny, since my first project is a flightless kiwi. :3
Working on this lil guy as a potential enclosure for a #RaspberryPi running #Kiwix ✨
// #3DPrinting #Electronics #NomadSculpt #CAD
Thanks again, looking forward to getting started!
I’ve seen Paperlike recommended before, often wondered about trying it as I do a lot of notes but find the bare iPad screen and pencil a bit slidey.
@thehatfox Absolutely! I've been using the Paperlike for years now, and I prefer the matte screen for both art and glare reduction.
Recently decided I wanted even more friction for drawing, so I bought some "MJKOR Soft Paperfeel Damping Tips" and have really liked it for the past couple weeks. I also tried a silicone cover for the Pencil tip, but it reduced the precision, which ruled it out for me.
Curious to hear your experiences, if you go for it 😀
nytimes.com/2025/03/12/climate…
E.P.A. Declares ‘Greatest Day of Deregulation Our Nation Has Seen’
Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, reframed his agency’s mission, saying it is to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses.
the new corporation protection agency. black is white and white is black.
#news #trump #environment #epa #resist
When I discover a cool open source project: 😀
When I see the web site has a link to the project’s Twitter account: 😢
Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guide for a Self-Guided City and Murals Tour of Belfast - Northern Ireland Purple Travel Guide
Belfast is a fascinating city. Today we will explore the downtown area on a Self-Guided City and Murals Tour of Belfast. We provide detailed information and the best things to see and we show lots of photos so you know what you can expect.Backpack and Snorkel Travel Guides - The Home of the Purple Travel Guides
“It’s World Day Against Cyber Censorship, a great occasion to remind ourselves of the early optimism surrounding the internet. Once envisioned as a force for global connection and free-flowing information, the internet has instead (d)evolved into a place where access to knowledge and privacy are increasingly under threat. Big Tech has monopolized its infrastructure, and governments all over the world are too eager to capitalize.”
blog.torproject.org/fighting-c…
It takes a (Global) Village to Fight Censorship | Tor Project
It's been a year since we launched WebTunnel bridges and the Tor community has successfully scaled WebTunnel bridges from 60 to over 300, surpassing the initial goal of 200 new deployments.blog.torproject.org
You forgot that in Montréal we also get oraanges/mandrins from Morocco !!!!
Used to be a 747 back in late 1990s now only a 787. But there is still the nonstop that brings cargo (and passengers).
finding out that human fall flat, a game that’s been in the back of my mind but not as this like… ground-breaking game, sold 55 million units genuinely floored me
scott the woz mentioned it off-handedly in a video and i was just like… surely this is just one of his jokes right
it wasn’t
he’s dead serious
name me someone who's a fan of human fall flat
that's right they don't exist
so how the fuck did it sell more than most indie games ever
motherfucking it outsold balatro by 10 times
who are the people who bought human fall flat, i need to study them
I need a new non-US produced show to watch to let me think about things that aren't US-related.
The Story of Pearl Girl was nearly perfect but I've finished it. And there's only so many times I can watch Who Rules the World and Once Upon a Time on Lingjang Mountain and Qi Refining for 3000 Years.
YOU LOSE!
GOOD DAY, SIR!
This simple math puzzle has lingered in my mind over a decade because it has such a surprising answer. How would you solve it and explain the result?
> In a class of 500 students, 99% are right-handed. How many right-handers should leave the class to make it 98%?
You can check my blog for the [solution and an intuitive explanation](bshankar.pages.dev/simple-math…).
#math #puzzle #brainteaser
@pluralistic : "Trump won office in part by insisting that America's institutions were not fit for purpose. He wasn't lying about that (for a change). The thing he was lying about was his desire to fix them. Trump doesn't want honest refs – he wants *no* refs. To defeat Trumpism, we need to stop pretending that our institutions are just fine – we need to confront their failings head on and articulate a plan to fix them"
Play the right game; keep playing it to the end.
The sad part is that this moron has a good chance of becoming Canada’s next Prime Minister.
And yes, it’s real.
x.com/pierrepoilievre/status/1…
The Werewolf and the Yeti (also known as La Maldicion de la Bestia, The Curse of the Beast, Night of the Howling Beast, Hall of the Mountain King)
tubitv.com/movies/694120/the-w…
imdb.com/title/tt0073338/?ref_…
The Werewolf and the Yeti (Dubbed) (1975)
An adventurer joins an expedition to find the Yeti in the Himalayas, where he's captured by demonic nymphets who transform him into a werewolf.Tubi
Lufa Farms has the right idea - building rooftop greenhouses for fresh veggies above hyperstores/supercenters. They currently serve #Quebec and #Ottawa
(rooftop solar panels: also a good idea)
#greenhouse #hydroponic #health
There's absolutely no reasonable doubt that NY Mayor Eric Adams cut a deal with Donald Trump to get DOJ charges against him dropped in exchange for letting ICE Nazi agents run wild in NYC.
Mahmoud Khalil's unjust ICE arrest & disappearance is the handy work of Adams as much as it is Rubio & Trump.
If Democrats want to show they fight for our Constitution and civil rights, force Adams out and elect a mayor who *actually* fights for the people.
! -Skye 💕 #SkyeLove
Tell us you have no idea how the Canadian Government works without telling us.
RE: threads.net/@detersforkentucky…
Eric Deters (@detersforkentuckyandamerica) on Threads
🚨#BREAKING: Justin Trudeau has resigned and Canada’s Liberal party has selected far-left Mark Carney as his unelected replacement. Canadians are demanding a real election.Threads
[Destroying Seniors' Lives] Musk and his Big Balls Pretty Boys can't conceive anyone doesn't have computers or can't use them effectively
Their plan was to kill phone service to SSA, and force everyone to use the Internet, or in person, while simultaneously closing SSA offices and drastically cutting their resources. Absolutely monstrous. -L
I want to say it was part of the grand plan to gut SSA without seeming to explicitly make cuts there -- if seniors just don't (successfully) apply, that's not a cut, right? -- but I don't think there's enough multidimensional chess ability in that group.
It really was just incompetence and not being able to see anything from a perspective that isn't a young, technophilic male with no vision or mobility issues, wasn't it?
Sheesh.
Erster Serien-Computer mit menschlichen Hirnzellen ist erstaunlich günstig
CL1 heißt der erste, kommerziell vertriebene Computer, in dem menschliche Gehirnzellen rechnen. Der Preis ist niedrig, die Lebenserwartung auch.Daniel AJ Sokolov (heise online)
This is excellent.
In the sixth year of this pandemic, you’d think people would want their beliefs to match reality.
I don't know about you, but I long for some cognitive...consonance.
healthydebate.ca/2025/03/topic…
#Covid #LongCovid #CovidIsNotOver #Airborne #Covid19
How denial of airborne COVID transmission broke the world - Healthy Debate
Five years later, the greatest basic science failure in generations caused the pandemic harms highlighted by people across the political spectrum, and broke our social cohesion.Maddi Dellplain (Healthy Debate)
“Canadian border agents were upfront about the Bergs' slim chances of being granted asylum when the family arrived at the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont., earlier this month, Kaitlyn said.
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada says those seeking asylum "must prove that they have a real fear of persecution or face serious harm, such as torture or cruel treatment, in their home country or where they usually live."”
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