Why Incompetent People Think They’re Competent: The Dunning-Kruger Effect, Explained
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Why Incompetent People Think They're Competent: The Dunning-Kruger Effect, Explained
When surveyed, eighty to ninety percent of Americans consider themselves possessed of above-average driving skills. Most of them are, of course, wrong by statistical definition, but the result itself reveals something important about human nature.Colin Marshall (Openculture.com)
🎉 Resistance WORKS! ✊
Keep calling your reps. Keep reposting. Keep protesting. And most of all, keep showing up.
#Resist #Resistance #TakeAction #DemocratsAbroad
Indiana University quietly removes profile of tenured professor and refuses to say why.
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"it appears the Trump administration is quietly targeting even more students for deportation and doing so in a way that is taking universities and the students themselves completely by surprise"
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#PolicingTheCampus #uspol #academia #HigherEd
SCOOP: ICE Revoking Students’ Immigration Statuses Without Their or the University’s Knowledge
“Never seen something like this,” say university officials about the secret targeting of Middle Eastern students.Prem Thakker (Zeteo)
U.S. Institute of Peace staff is laid off, escalating legal battle with Trump administration
https://www.npr.org/2025/03/30/nx-s1-5345012/us-institute-of-peace-staff-laid-off-doge-trump?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Protests against Elon Musk’s role in Trump administration swarm Tesla showrooms - #ElonMusk #Tesla #TeslaTakeDown #Billionaires #NoBillionaires #AmericanCoup #coup #DOGE #resist #resistance
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Protests against Elon Musk's role in Trump administration swarm Tesla showrooms
Protesters against billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump demonstrated outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S.PBS News
Time for some adorableness. 🥰 😘
This is a piping plover on the beach standing guard over her two chicks. They are TINY.
Photographer - Karl Ramsdell
Edit: I am informed by @Avloky that she is being a "Mombrella," shielding her babies from the sun and other weather. A perfect description! 🏖️
#Birds #Birbs #PipingPlovers #NestingSeason
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Trump says he 'couldn't care less' about higher car prices
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#Cars #Tariffs #Inflation #CostOfLiving #Economy
Trump says he 'couldn't care less' if car prices rise in the US
Trump says he hopes foreign carmakers raise prices as it means people will buy US-made cars.Vicky Wong and Nadine Yousif (BBC News)
#FleetwoodMac
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Fleetwood Mac "Oh Daddy" performed by Rumours of Fleetwood Mac
"Oh Daddy" Fleetwood Mac performed by Rumours of Fleetwood Mac. Recorded live at The Sage, Gateshead, England, 19th of May 2018For Tour Dates and Information...YouTube
thank you @acn128 for setting up the world's first globaltalk FirstClass BBS! it is amazingly functional, and even has a Usenet feed via eternal-september
(apologies for the terrible photo - my phone grabbed the aperture grille by accident)
for those unfamiliar with FirstClass, it was one of the *very* few fully graphical BBSes of the 1990s, with a point and click graphical client. it predated larger systems like Lotus Notes by a decade
Always a nice surprise to see the other hackspaces are active and alert on the fediverse 💞
Trump 'very angry' with Putin over ceasefire negotiations
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Donald Trump 'very angry' with Vladimir Putin over ceasefire negotiations
It marks the first time Trump has seriously threatened Russia with consequences for dragging its feet in Ukraine ceasefire negotiations.James Landale (BBC News)
#weirdnews #weird #offbeat #odd #school studyinternational.com/news/un…
18 universities with the weirdest names you've ever heard
From Chicken University to Batman University, these are the universities with the weirdest names in the world today.Study International Staff (Study International)
NYU canceled a planned speech by the former president of Doctors Without Borders because she planned to discuss the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and cuts to US AID. This is what actual campus censorship looks like.
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal do...
‘Climate of fear’: Montreal doctor says NYU cancelled her presentation
A Montreal doctor says her presentation at NYU was abruptly cancelled and believes the university did so out of fear of being pressured by the Donald Trump administration.Joe Lofaro (CTVNews)
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Thank you myles @twospiritdyke.bsky.social for sharing your beaded pride earrings!!
Lesbian Pride Beaded Fringe Earrings 🧡🤍💗 -- cvkvlv.com/products/lesbian-pr…
#Beadwork #Lesbian #TwoSpirit #Pride
Lesbian Pride Arrow (Minis) Brick Stitch Fringe Beaded Earrings
Materials:Glass seed beadsStainless steel fish hook findingsApproximately:3 1/4 inch or 8 1/2 cm length5/8 inch or 1 1/2 cm widthCvkvlv.com Beadwork
Nyandi's Evenyan Mews:
Riaka says if you're gentle about it, you can give him a belly rub.
Love my new t-shirt 🖤 🖤
Self-Determined Tee
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Mvto @Yehuda!!
#Indigenous #Mvskoke #Artist #SmallBusiness
Self Determined Tee
We believe entrepreneurship is self-determination and is a pathway to economic empowerment for yourself, your family, and your community.Red Rebel Armour
Gotham Steel’s pasta pot takes your consumer rights away
Gotham Steel requires consumers to give up their right to sue if they use their cookware.YouTube
Right now, EVERYBODY who knows somebody in Wisconsin should contact friends or family there and urge them to vote for Susan Crawford.
A vote for Susan is a vote for democracy and a vote against Social Security hating Elon Musk and his DOGE henchmen like Big Balls.
#Wisconsin #ElonMusk #DOGE #WisconsinSupremeCourt #SusanCrawford #USPolitics
Thimbleweed Park released 8 years ago today. A damn fine game, if I don't say so myself.
If you haven't played it, add it to your bucket list today. Also available on Switch, Xbox, PS, iOS and Android.
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Thimbleweed Park™ on Steam
In Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems. Switch between five playable characters to uncover the surreal secrets of this strange town in a modern mystery adventure game from the creators of Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion.store.steampowered.com
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I'm going to redesign the old button box to have a more horizontal shape, so I can sort of integrate it in the new monitor support.
I don't particularly know what controls I want yet, so this only counts as proof of concept.
Each module is 50x100mm and I may integrate a zombie display to let me know what mode I have selected...or maybe not.
@Kamikazepinguin I'll keep that in mind, thanks!
Definitely interested to see what do you come up with.
Finally, true-color Full HD support for Windows 3.1
github.com/PluMGMK/vbesvga.drv
GitHub - PluMGMK/vbesvga.drv: Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1
Modern Generic SVGA driver for Windows 3.1. Contribute to PluMGMK/vbesvga.drv development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
(#fountainpen sketch while maintaining my unplanning in my #hononichi planner)
Pilot Elabo pen
Bernie Sanders @SenSanders • 2d
We must demand that the extremely
wealthy pay their fair share. Period.
Elon Musk @elonmusk • 2d
I keep forgetting that you're still alive
ChongsCalls @ChongsCalls
The richest person in the world
shitting on the nicest person in the
world is capitalism summed up in two
tweets.
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![Screenshot of the Wikipedia page for hillside letters. It says: Hillside letters or mountain monograms are a form of hill figures common in the Western United States, consisting of large single letters, abbreviations, or messages displayed on hillsides, typically created and maintained by schools or towns. There are approximately 500 of these geoglyphs, ranging in size from a few feet to hundreds of feet tall. Hillside letters form an important part of the western cultural landscape, as they function as symbols of school pride and civic identity.[1]](https://friendica.rogueproject.org/photo/preview/640/419818 "Screenshot of the Wikipedia page for hillside letters. It says: Hillside letters or mountain monograms are a form of hill figures common in the Western United States, consisting of large single letters, abbreviations, or messages displayed on hillsides, typically created and maintained by schools or towns. There are approximately 500 of these geoglyphs, ranging in size from a few feet to hundreds of feet tall. Hillside letters form an important part of the western cultural landscape, as they function as symbols of school pride and civic identity.[1]")
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#eurorack #forSale
The thing about fascist dictators is that you need to stop them *before* they take over your country.
Trump quickly works to concentrate power and muzzle critical voices:
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Trump quickly works to concentrate power and muzzle critical voices
Moving at a rapid-fire clip, Donald Trump has been concentrating power in his hands, pushing the bounds of executive authority.Peter Nicholas (NBC News)
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“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” - George Orwell, 1984
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Peter Navarro Says Trump Tariffs Are ‘Biggest Tax Cut in American History’
In the face of rising prices, Trump’s senior counselor for trade and manufacturing said “trust in Trump” amid the market mayhem.Barry Levitt (The Daily Beast)
In <100 days, the #TrumpMusk regime has become a rogue nation, powerless, & shunned by 1st world countries, for its alignment with Putin, lawlessness, corruption, inequality, expansionism, collective narcissism, hostility, & moral decay.
"My client -an INTL org that interacts with countries on every continent -no longer wants: money going to American individuals or IDU, & an American-sounding voice to be associated with its hope-filled endeavors."
#USPol #Resist #Coup
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I Just Lost My Job Because I'm An American
"The world has lost patience with us, even if we didn't vote for Donald Trump."Joe Guay (HuffPost)
I think we know the answer to that question. If you've been around for a while, you are aware that this nasty part of the American character resurfaces every 20-30 years or so. We never learn, but this time it's worse, and Democracy may disappear completely. Many are not aware that the in the 30's, Nazism grew in the USA. We only snapped out of it during WWII. KNOW your history, and go beyond what was taught in school. I also recommend reading Jim Marrs', 'The Rise of the Fourth Reich'.
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The American 'Nazi party' Grew to Disturbing Levels in the 1930s | War History Online
Yes, there was a time in the 1930s when the Nazis were a political force not just in Germany but all over the world, including in the United States.Joseph O'Brien (War History Online)
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Eric C. Gaze (Scientific American)