"Unity and peace are the fruits of justice—not the causes." —A.R. Moxon "Power can be seized, but authority must be given." —@johnzajac Misincarnated Martian • Liegehuman to guinea pigs • Let's not crash the biosphere, plzKthx • pronouns: 🤷 #StarTrek #GuineaPigs #Stargate #Sense8 #ScienceFiction Avi: blue & red Yin/Yang symbol, transected by black & white question marks. Profile img: colorful weaving as a spider might embroider if she was on an acid trip.
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Last Notes npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…524c Whatever other merits this thread might have, it's doing a smashing job of smoking out the pre-emptively block-able. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…ugpy One does wonder how that intersects with Disney's policy that "No one ever dies at Disneyland/world"? (Maybe that was what caused them to create that policy.) npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…9yvc Boy, they picked the •wrong actor• to try that on. Shatner is just ridiculously hard to get a good likeness, as witnessed by the dozens of terrible tie-in novel covers, some by otherwise very accomplished artists. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…ugpy Sorry, a reference here is eluding me: can you unpack "(brackets derogatory)", please? I infer it's conceptually related to "scare quotes," but that's as far as I'm getting? npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…rtl5 Also: LibreWolf is *not* part of the LibreOffice suite, correct? (Again, asking for a n00b, who is me.) npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…rtl5 Are you running with Advanced Web Interface enabled? It works in single-column formats (such as when I go to the Settings page). But when I try it in the multi-column config, I get nada. (It's also possible that something changed between yesterday & today; I don't recall it working on a blog I was reading yesterday, but I also did an update, & now it seems to be working today. Also lost the icons in my dock, who tf knows...?) (Should be obvious I'm a newbie to Linux.) npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…rtl5 That would be the obvious answer, yes, but there are cases where that doesn't actually seem to work? Mastodon, for instance. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd Getting used to #Firefox on #Linux, & I finally found the "scrollbar always on" setting. But there appears to be no "scroll by 1 line" arrow at the top/bottom of the scrollbar? Wut-- npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…5uqu Solid work. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…ugpy If somebody hasn't done so already, I think Solnit's article (referenced in Cory's blog/post) is worth surfacing: https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/truth-consequences-climate-and-demand-destruction/ #Energy #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis #USpol #Iran #StraitOfHormuz npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…wdzu @nprofile…vqx5 I'm loving that the "low tech" (non-networked, disenshittified), "retro" solutions seem to be spreading & coming back as economically viable options. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…wdzu @nprofile…vqx5 Damn. I miss robust video rental. We used to have a rockin' store that had •anything•. Only downside: 3 day return. Netflix's mailorder DVD service ultimately killed it. I wonder if something like that might come back.... (Bonus points if they do delivery/pickup by mail. Maybe an extra surcharge.... 🤔 I'd totally pay that....) npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…l70y We've received a lot of advice to relentlessly contact our electeds... but I haven't seen anybody raising the notion of contacting our •media•, & I wonder if that would be a fruitful avenue for pressure? @nprofile…6w7d #USpol #Trump #StephenMiller #KristiNoem #DHS #ICE #cruelty #immigrants #media npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd Underrated benefit of @nprofile…ugpy's title collages on his blog posts: makes it easy to spot at a glance if I've read that one or not. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…370p wut This somehow seems like it shouldn't be possible.... npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…tzh3 Okay but now I seriously want some Eurasian jaybird feathers. Those are very cool. (I have a thing for feathers.) npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…args To the best of my understanding, if it's a vegetable that comes from the grocery store, it's either a nightshade or a brassica. Hope this helps. 😁 npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…t2zk It is a force of nature. It cannot be resisted. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…t2zk *snicker* I love your optimism! npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…rh2x At least those mostly work as intended...? npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…rh2x @nprofile…vvjp I am! From Direct Personal Experience™! Which it sounds like you share! IYKYK.... npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…rh2x @nprofile…vvjp Being able to go to the loo is vastly underrated. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd Fucking computers npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…qz4x "Good policymaking consists of doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome)." My favorite formulation of this notion: "If it doesn't work, do it harder." npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd My explanation: https://stockroom.wandering.shop/media_attachments/files/115/007/529/942/851/827/original/a91071a3beceb753.png npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…qz4x Okay, wow, that title illo tells a •story• 😬 npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…qz4x This one is my personal nightmare. I've been in a few situations where I've been required to sustain attention to check for a low-incidence error embedded in a body of work &—I can sustain it for four or five seconds before my attention drifts. The •only• way I've ever managed that class of task is to come up with hacks that make the whole thing more interesting. If they want my straight attention, it's a pretty much automatic fail. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd Building a News Community with Jim Acosta & Heather Cox Richardson > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dgp0gnXKOKA #USpol #HeatherCoxRichardson #JimAcosta npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…5cma If you haven't already, go find the YouTube channel; there are a bunch of these videos. My favorites are the ones where Turtle rolls up to Cat, & then sits & stares up at Cat's face like, "Pleeeeese be my friend!" npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd So what's the deal with: the phone rings, you pick up (bc why tf not?) and... ... ...there's nobody there...? npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…awpz @nprofile…qz4x Reading this article now. "Housefresh released its latest report on Google's enshittification, this time with an emphasis on the "AI Overviews" that now surmount every search results page." It also strikes me that that AI overview is also likely an attempt to supplant Wikipedia's place in the digital landscape, since that's the actually-somewhat-reliable thing that would come up in that position otherwise. Which I'm sure Google would be •just fine• with.... npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…0dp3 @nprofile…gk57 I've heard of this happening a lot after people's first infection, leading me to suspect some sort of toxoplasmosis-like effect on the caution centers in people's brains. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…cxhh @nprofile…gk57 I lost a friend a little over a year ago from a sudden onset leukemia. They didn't •say• it was connected to the covid he had a month before his diagnosis, but the timing seems really suspicious to me.... Took him out within seven months.... npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…gk57 @nprofile…g57f Oh, god I get those, too. Usually through some back door I hadn't realized was there/thought was locked. Weirdly consistent & specific.... (It's usually a glass door, like in an office building. Who the hell has glass office-building back doors opening to a common hallway in their condo—?? Wtf, brain?) npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…g57f @nprofile…gk57 This whole mishigas has become entrenched enough that I've actually started having recurring anxiety dreams about forgetting to mask (I never do, so far) & finding myself unmasked in a room full of other unmasked people. In the immortal words of the Wicked Witch of the West, "What a world...." npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…ta7m @nprofile…qz4x Ran into this with a HEPA filter, I'd bought. Asked about a slight knock it had developed. Them: "No clue. Send us a picture with the serial number, & showing the power cord cut off at less than 1" from the base, & we'll refund." Me: oh FUCK right off AYFKM? I managed to solve the knock without their help.... npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…fn2v Depending on what you're used to, those can be tolerable temps? The real question: what's the humidity. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…qz4x Heads up that this link is coming up "404 not found": https://pluralistic.net/2025/06/21/billionaires-eh/#galen-weston-is-a-rat npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd Okay, today I learned a thing: shrimp tempura sushi roll is not a thing that ought to be. Not...inedible. But not...to my taste. •Either• sushi roll •or• tempura. But both? Newp. #Food #Sushi npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd Have a friend who's moving to Spain via Montreal, so soliciting restaurant recs for their layover. #Montreal #Food npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…qz4x Huh. Who knew Grigori Rasputin + virtual Zuck = creepy Mona Lisa? ::shudder:: npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd I do so love that the #Mastodon Edit function allows one to go back and CLOSE THAT DAMN PARENTHETICAL, & thus save much wear & tear on the dentition caused by residual grinding of teeth when encountering an old typo.... npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd So...I got a question. My Mac is starting to show its age, and at this point, I'm pretty much Done with Corporate Computing. I'm pondering the option of going Open Source, Linux OS, Libre Office, Krita, &c. But I also know from 40 (😱) years in The Biz that learning new computer systems comes with many tears. So I wanna know: is it a thing to find some strapping young CS student or someone to hire on retainer to help me get set up, and then help me through issues? #Linus #OpenSource npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd FUCKING Microsoft. NO, I DON'T want predictive text in EVERY FUCKING CONTEXT TURNED ON BY DEFAULT. jfc. 🤦 😭 npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…qz4x Okay, this post is what set the hook and: oh yay! My library has the audiobook available for online access: ✓—now I know what my weekend listening will be! npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…qz4x Hey you know, if this writing thing doesn't work out for you, you could have an unplumbed second career as a horror illustrator. That is possibly the •creepiest• illo you've managed yet 😬 npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…t5r6 or 200% Like the guy who just...lifted my bike trailer loaded with 200lbs of cargo & swapped out the wheel with the flat tire for a fresh one. Or the guy who just picked up the two box springs & walked away like they were a couple of bags of groceries 🤯 npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…t5r6 This is lovely. It's also wild to be reminded that upper body strength is a thing.... npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…240e So on the chance you would tolerate a newbie question: I just pulled up Codepen, & was able to dump the php code out of my html file into an html pen, & it comes up in the display window as it should. But it fails when I click "submit" bc apparently there's no way to create the php file? #php #codepen npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…jjf7 @nprofile…92y4 That would be very handy, & allow reduced use of the Subaru. (I've seen some entirely viable electric cargo bike options, which would expand your options, also.) npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…jjf7 @nprofile…92y4 A lot of polities, my own included, are pushing ebikes strongly. Not an option for everyone, I realize (myself included), but apparently they are making surprising inroads. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…240e Submission processing. I've found the w3schools tutorial on if statements & even nested if statements, but what I'm trying to do is if "classification" is "value" then variableA="fred" & variableB="mary" But it just keeps coming up with the last of the 7 possible classifications in the radio button list, so clearly I've got the nexting borked somehow. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd I'm trying to set up a #PHP form, and I'm increasingly coming to the conclusion that I just don't know how to brain anymore. I can't even figure out how to ask the question to look up the syntax I need 😭 npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd Okay, #patreon has started demonstrating an irritating behavior I don't recall seeing this previously: creator makes a post to a tier above the one I'm subscribed to, but Patreon sees fit to send me a notification about that anyway, saying "upgrade to view." Which: no. If I wanted to upgrade, I would. 😠 I'm not finding any settings where I can make those stop. Anybody have any clues? npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @nprofile…udya @nprofile…y63h "The whole point of society is to be less unforgiving than nature." —Arthur D. Hlavaty npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLR9gDeYhrA #USpol #HeatherCoxRichardson npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @npub1psd…9sr7 You need to give them a stern talking-to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86x-u-tz0MA&t=734s npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @npub1psd…9sr7 Oh yeah, THAT'S a good idea 🤦 😬 npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @npub1agu…j0sk How do they hold up? I read some of them back when they were comparatively new. The field has, shall we say, moved on, since. Maybe time to do a reread. I have a lot of those on my shelves. npub1l8vjsfnmfwvprc8s4h3ruk4s622zekvkfvr9hqrjqja57exrurqqvt7gz3 Cavyherd @npub1agu…j0sk Can't quote sources, but I thought #StarTrek's use of the term was explicitly a call-back to Asimov?