@elonjet
Musk's internal monologue: "I shall walk imperially through the halls of power for this photo, like an 18th century duke, and then I shall cast my gaze upon you, little photo-person. Do not weep in the presence of my greatness but love me... from a distance."
Hazel Gordon : Cue to Trust? Investigating the Impact of Political Advertising Transparency Disclaimers on Citizen Trust Evaluations https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8fs0x868
"Would you believe that the entire ebook marketplace – including Kindle, iBooks, and thousands of ebook stores – depends on the volunteer work of about a dozen people?"
It was 3°C this morning... no summer or holiday mood, I'm afraid.
Work in the study at home in 13° max with no heating cos I'd be losing 90% of the heat to no insulation cos AUS builds like it's the 1840ies in England.
@PetraPanda
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Sorry to hear about the deficits of Australian architecture. I totally understand that it is hard to have summer feelings under these conditions.
But we have loads of evidence of #emdiplomats who complain about the rain, cold and the wheather in general. So, you are in good company. 😉
I've been reading The Coming Wave by Mustafa Suleyman. He's not saying it outright, but I'm hearing him say that we're headed for corporate power explicitly replacing nation-states, governing the areas where they operate and protecting only their needs and employees. I really don't want to live in a Cyberpunk world. It's not a good one.
@DejahEntendu@bookstodon Yeah, and the trauma was being betrayed by the girl who gave him his first "adult" experience. Not being shot in the head. So it's just weird.
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I'm doing something I never thought I'd get to do again. I'm specifically fundraising for a woman to head the Democratic ticket and to be the next President of the United States. I want to do this with all of you here on #Mastodon, so I've created a fundraising page specifically for us: #MastodonForHarris. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris 1/
urgent mutual aid needed, abusive home, neglect, need to afford food and to afford to move out
hey people, i need urgent help affording my basic necessities, i live in an abusive and transphobic home and i have no privacy. I am disabled and unable to afford basic necessities. My family is abusive and neglectful and transphobic and they hate me. my room door doesnt have a lock on it and im unable to get a lock, and also the room door has windows on it so they can see through it. I need urgent funding to afford basic necessities like food and also to afford to move out in a couple weeks to a couple months. please donate to me so i can afford to live and afford basic necessities. Please donate. i live in a horrible situation andnneed urgent help please.
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A little rant about the Android operating system @android
Everyone felt weird when I said I was using custom ROMs. Most of them haven't heard about anything beyond stock android. I wrote a blog trying to normalise it. https://text.tchncs.de/czars-blogs/custom-roms-and-my-phone
I do absolutely agree that this sucks. However, most people don’t actually need this. Yes, it’s very convenient, but I found that pretty much all banking apps, at least for people I have helped support, offer a web client anyways that’s just as good. It’s only missing things like NFC tap payment.
Of course, don’t get me wrong. A lot of solutions don’t offer web UIs, and that sucks. But we can’t force everyone to be a not shitty developer Sadly.
I also do really miss tap payments with my phone. It’s really nice just taking my phone when I go shopping and maybe $20 in cash. Not needing to worry about my car or anything else.
Flashing a custom ROM is an arcane process, most up to date documentation is hidden in chat apps and if you miss a step, you risk boot-looping your device with no chance of recovery or warranty.
New blue and sprinkle colored donut squishmallow on green patterned cooling blanket, both of which were surprise gifts from my partner today (with cooling body pillow in the background that he bought me a couple weeks ago also a surprise gift)
🥰🪷✨️🤓🙏🏻🥹
It's strange to look at some of my posts celebrating little pleasures that my high demand religion conditioned me to feel shame, or judge as 'worldly,' 'shallow,' & 'materialistic or superficial.' Those things absolutely exist. But as an #actuallyautistic person who struggles to remember to care for my body, simple physical comfort items, sensory pleasures & consciously giving myself permission to enjoy, notice & savor little things is part of my recovery. @actuallyautistic @autisticadvocacy