quixote / is on Nostr

Usually found Elsewhere, so this should be the perfect place for me. Longer thoughts at Acid Test (http://www.molvray.com/acidtest/) and Reimagining Democracy (http://www.molvray.com/govforum), (1st ed. 2010). The header pic is the Eastern Sierras not far from Bishop, California, looking west (Rockies behind, Pacific ahead). #tootfinder #searchable

Reimagining Democracy: http://www.molvray.com/govforum/
Acid Test (general rants): http://www.molvray.com/acidtest/

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2024-08-29 19:50:57

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I had the same thing recently! Sort of cured by turning off wifi, but I think I still missed at least one significant call that didn't ring.
Anyone know what's up with this?
Deeply disturbing! (Mainly because I'm in a situation where every once in a while I get absolutely vital calls. It's not all just, "Hi. Wassup?")

2024-08-22 23:37:51

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And, of course, the worst thing of all: the big utility and energy companies haven't yet found a way to force the situation to funnel money into their pockets.
(New Zealand, as usual, has outrun the majors: you just jack up the line charges into the stratosphere.) (Line charges= the daily fee paid to utilities for distributing power, i.e. past a certain very small percentage, pure rentrobbing. Don't let them do it wherever you are!)

2024-08-17 14:42:06

@npub1c8e…56ne @npub1kwa…e0nj Yeah. Goog-ish Pixels only. They do explain: don't have the people or resources to work out multiple forms of hardware. Which is a giant shame, but not really their fault.

2024-08-15 01:33:20

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Hilda Bastian @npub1cjn…05q3 has an extensive database of all the different covid vaccines. Well worth following. Some nasal vaccines are in phase III trials now. Some are approved (India, China, Iran, and?) but none from WHO top tier regulatory bodies. Periodic summaries of covid vaccines also on her blog: e.g. https://absolutelymaybe.plos.org/2024/07/31/more-signs-of-broad-protection-from-next-generation-covid-vaccines-update-19/
Yes, nasal / mucosal vaccines are the bees knees. Yes, we'd have them already if governments funded them like they did the mRNA ones, when they were scared.

2024-08-10 00:51:46

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It happens. This is who visited our garden in suburban (!) southern California about ten years ago. You can't see them all but she had _three_ kittens.
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/112/934/508/100/758/647/original/efcc36245ddf353b.jpg

2024-08-09 23:38:15

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Well, caats, in the sense of lions and lynxes and everybody, are all too elegant to actually dangle, but they don't usually look as smooth as the bobcat jumping that fence. Really is a beauty!

2024-08-09 22:15:45

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Minor point, but I'm pretty sure "he" is a "she" judging by the clip, unless you know different.

2024-08-06 12:26:43

Mastodon netiquette question: I thought you were supposed to include all "@" mentioned in a post to which you're replying. Sometimes that's a paragraph's worth (and on my instance they all seem to count toward the 500 char limit).
Recently I saw a comment that implied doing that was a cousin of an email "reply all" and you should only include the @ you're actually replying to.
Which is it? Polite or stupid?? 😬
@[email protected] ?

2024-06-12 00:38:34

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Which distro do you use?
I'm particularly impressed with multi-display just working!

2024-05-03 16:48:59

Finally found it. The cartoon I saw that summarizes my feeling about the Hamas-Netanyahu disaster:
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/112/377/688/636/667/878/original/09200a1a58baa3f3.webp