Bill Tozier

@vaguery.bsky.social

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he/him. Here mainly to peek. I used to be complexity-toucher, & sometimes got paid for a little thinkleading. Then I took a decade sort of "off" (as a caregiver). Now I sell stuff on eBay & scan books to give away free. Find me also @[email protected]

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2. If I want more people to vote, I think the most effective way to do that is to help people who want to vote, but live in voter suppressed states. This is why @romancingthevote.bsky.social is dear to my heart: it helps people who want to vote. Those people should be able to vote.

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[doctor's office] "Sorry sir, you cancelled your appointment using our text message reminder system" "No, I didn't. I confirmed it." [showing texts with a Y to confirm and the confirmation acknowledgment] "Well, you must have cancelled it some other way." "No, I didn't."

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the 2024 dem slogan just dropped

Get these horrible fucking people out of my life for the love of god

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I wrote a linkedin post about how I am trying to make myself more visible by describing my services and collecting testimonials and recommendations… www.linkedin.com/posts/gittek...

Gitte Klitgaard on LinkedIn: #consulting #leadership #coaching #speaking #mentoringwww.linkedin.com The market is tough at the moment, and it is hard, whether you are looking to find new clients for consulting or finding permanent employment. I too have…

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I think some of us have been taught that hiding from news is a cop-out. But it is no longer news, and I think this is important praxis for many of us at this point

There is something you can do. Right now, the media is aiming to keep us in a state of alarm. For ratings. The polls have not measurably moved. You already know your vote. Unplug and let the media giants squawk in an empty room. Maybe if they lost their ratings, they might actually do news again.

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Audiophile Dundee

occurs to me the last time people outside of tech talked this much about crowdstrike was, uh, almost exactly eight years ago

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If you haven't visited Wedgeford, you're in for a charming surprise. Who doesn't enjoy a sleepy nineteenth century Kentish village, full of sheep, excellent food, a tiny diaspora Asian community, and more people who secretly aren't of noble blood than you can shake a stick at?

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Found myself quietly crying reading about the 1934 longshoreman's strike on west coast, because I'm old and on this TL I guess. 150,000 workers had to strike for 83 days(!!), and police killed two people. That's what it took to break that stranglehold en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_We...

1934 West Coast waterfront strike - Wikipediaen.m.wikipedia.org

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River crossing

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timeline cleanse hat tip @penryu.bsky.social

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The reason that the language of domestic abuse and the language of authoritarianism looks the same is because it's just the same thing on a different scale.

#DomesticViolenceWheel

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an excellent analysis of English antepenultimate infixes, which can be exclamatives, but never nouns

nobody: literally no one at all: me: just remembering that time almost a decade ago when I wrote this @stronglang.bsky.social post about why we don't say abso-jesus-lutely

Abso-jesus-lutely not: Why can you infix “fucking” and “bloody” but not other swears?stronglang.wordpress.com Here's a puzzle: why can't you say "abso-jesus-lutely"? (Recently brought to my attention by Leland Paul Kusmer.) Let's back up for a sec. The classic case of expletive infixation involves "fucking" o...

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Our open science ideathon contest is still open! Write a few words and win an iPad! 🧪 ideathon.nibb.ac.jp

NIBB: AI-Biology ideathonideathon.nibb.ac.jp Trans-Scale Biology Challenge: combining community science and AI Japan's National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB) has for ultimate goal to explain the mechanisms and functions of biological phenom...

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Lana Sinapayen

arxiv.org/abs/2406.19108 #ALife

Computational Life: How Well-formed, Self-replicating Programs...arxiv.org The fields of Origin of Life and Artificial Life both question what life is and how it emerges from a distinct set of "pre-life" dynamics. One common feature of most substrates where life emerges...

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CAPITALISTS: Let the free market decide! THE FREE MARKET: [decides] CAPITALISTS: This group is colluding to suppress voices and views disfavored by the leading marketers at the world’s largest companies and

"Hopefully, some states will consider criminal prosecution," Musk wrote, suggesting he wants it to be illegal for brands to refuse to advertise on X. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Elon Musk calls for “criminal prosecution” of X ad boycott perpetratorsarstechnica.com Congress accused advertisers group of colluding to tank X's revenue.

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Please excuse a non-nature post. This is happening now to bring awareness to Long Covid. I've been watching for half an hour and already learned a lot. Dianna Cowern is an incredible science Youtuber who's been in bed with Long Covid for almost two years. Hosted by Simone Giertz & others. 🧪

Physics Girl LIVE with long Covidwww.youtube.com Dianna is Live streaming a day in her life as someone suffering from long COVID and ME/CFS. The purpose of the Livestream is to raise money and awareness for...

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Tapping the sign

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Me & @ghostgreen.bsky.social & @colleencoover.bsky.social started our HEART ACRES Webtoon less than a week ago, and we already have over 51,000 subscribers! Nice! It's because readers love our gang o' ghosts! Check it out and read FOR FREE! New episodes every Monday! www.webtoons.com/en/romance/h...

Heart Acreswww.webtoons.com Ben Crews has been kicked around by life one too many times. So when his grandmother offers him a place at her fancy estate, Heart Acres, he jumps on the opportunity to live a life of luxury. Imagine ...

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Pretty much every move I’ve ever made in comics since age 25 has been inspired by the 70-year-olds I saw in comic con Artist Alleys, cranking out sketches of characters they created but don’t own, to pay their doctor bills and nursing home fees.

Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman, 61, at his clerking job in Los Angeles, 1975

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"Pssst." "Shhh!" "Whatcha doing?" "Waiting." "For what?" "A cheetah." "I hear those are beautiful." "They sure are, fast too, now hush." "Can I wait with you?" "Only if you're quiet."

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Happy Return of the Living Dead day to all who celebrate

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If you ever wonder things like "how does the Supreme Court justify this BS?" & "do we have to buy what they're selling?" I have a book rec for you it's called The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution & How We the People Can Take it Back www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/735353...

The Originalism Trap by Madiba K. Dennie: 9780593729250 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Bookswww.penguinrandomhouse.com A rallying cry for a more just approach to the law that bolsters social justice movements by throwing out originalism—the theory that judges should interpret the Constitution exactly as...

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I just sent my weekly tea newsletter. This week it's about making ice cubes out of tea and finding places to find hope.

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Anna Holmes

Well since we're talking about their unique friendship and being profs in the same breath...

JRR Tolkien tells CS Lewis about his new characteryoutu.be JRR Tolkien tells CS Lewis about his new character #llotr #narnia #lionthewitchandthewardrobe #jrrtolkien #books #cslewis #comedy #funny #academia #history

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Serenity "Lady of Shallots" Dee 🍜

feelin kinda goaded

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Life Is Amazing publisher

A new bit of Tolkien silliness, as I fight off the blues today. "Communiqué from the Tourist Office for the Barrow Downs" - hope you enjoy, @neilhimself.neilgaiman.com et al....

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Can't believe Little Bobby Tables is all grown up and has had their first kid, Ignore All Previous Instructions

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attn scholarly organizations, this is now considered best practice

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