2026-09-06T22:09:44Z https://njump.me Lynn McAlister UE :mstdn: https://njump.me/npub1dyted0lnfrkh3staj9msymsjhu6rc446d5s6j79jjyvhfrxfwxtqhu66zv https://cdn.mstdn.ca/accounts/avatars/109/366/651/925/411/244/original/a719d9b216f32a7a.jpg https://cdn.mstdn.ca/accounts/avatars/109/366/651/925/411/244/original/a719d9b216f32a7a.jpg https://njump.me/nevent1qqswgc8y3m7yd0h8cvcykqa8s6gka46s5s8fss4pqema824ssg4yk7szyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevcuz6ed In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdre9tp6kcg7ww4wrxz2u87uj2p905lyndcsyravavmez3wvy7ghgxs7fyh'>nevent1q…7fyh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think that lots of people stay with something they know is awful because they don&#39;t want to lose their house or make their kids move again, or they haven&#39;t got, at that moment, the psychological resources to face extended occupational uncertainty. Not sure why actors would be any different. And like other people, they probably can convince themselves that things will improve if they stick it out, because if you&#39;re in an undesirable situation, you&#39;ve got to cope somehow. 2026-08-28T14:02:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsty3p70ca2m9x3tnfcz3f38spzq8k8gm5taf7ek6fyr7mgylsyzkszyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cev96hvtd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxaqtavxwwx5h9xt0fmp9qumhp6xzqam0ukyzxtvja67tufu43ewcelvgqt'>nevent1q…vgqt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Probably some of each, depending on personality, life circumstances, how happy they are with the rest of the cast &amp; crew, etc. 2026-08-28T13:44:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8aa9fpp6e5l5gu3trfwflp8hx99m59aeq0w0rctwr0vf5eh34lvqzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevma8lj7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqzl4dmxtx2zsvvaenm52zgjy73edjz96r66m4qk0w20amx2wlnrsqw7xcw'>nevent1q…7xcw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I usually call it soccer here (in Canada), football when I lived in the UK. Less explaining necessary. 2026-06-17T21:03:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxdx009pkyjam4d5hdwv7x2qvkch8ut7k0na4xuhnk3k8p3hx42hczyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevccppea In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvkzay8whznu52x8u8grp9dl8quay283n4y9xgneqvmq95yunsqcsqjdmxh'>nevent1q…dmxh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I read in a review that it doesn&#39;t really work on any browser other than Google or Microsoft, and I refuse to use either. If that&#39;s not true, though, I would certainly look into that - it makes every list I&#39;ve seen of the &#39;top however-many alternatives to Zoom&#39;. 2026-05-18T21:23:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfnew9uzgedm7s2gr6hk4hk7qcu3a7h32cua0wz6asnwjvwq7nt4gzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevnw4wzp Question for people who have to do a lot of #videoconferencing. Can I use #Signal to videoconference with clients who are not on Signal, or would they have to sign up? Also, can videocalls be scheduled in advance? I&#39;m increasingly finding #Zoom to be a hassle and would like to switch to something non-proprietarial, but I&#39;m a one-person business, and I don&#39;t really want to force people to join yet another platform if they&#39;re not already on it.<br/>Suggestions? 2026-05-18T20:46:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspy49wayftew0g3vv952kkf8fmtznna926aj476rmwrvfq503en6czyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cev467huf Happy New Year, Mastodon. Hope 2026 is good for you all. 2025-12-31T22:34:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstnsr0pvu40wd5062df02l7fzs0fayhlqa5q42c43euzqza703yngzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9ceveckw2s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ydjuacr2ckhnsmq72lcz2dv0xq39tux7tt8ttudjwmhs2p7w7fqjths58'>nevent1q…hs58</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Open source, too! 2025-11-20T22:12:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxp44gd97sruqc3yxhyag2l2fn93dsx43trlcmx464jge3wsy63zczyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevv9m40v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2claym263dtdlc2pmzuj26j8xz29mvfdrvya3gp7svrj3sxyp2es879ur5'>nevent1q…9ur5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been using LibreWolf. I can&#39;t find any definitive answer to its use of AI, but it doesn&#39;t seem to force it on us. DuckDuckGo, their default search, *does* use AI, but you can turn it off, and anyway I prefer StartPage. 2025-11-18T22:12:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz4gsljuppuaaw6qyr8gfzxpm4j53c94e59949z443wprzegrnzlgzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevtymx4w In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2taxeeflnkwckvqzd5vp45hatrzua2s4p8mnaz7t0nyu8fdvyt2qeuyemv'>nevent1q…yemv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I feel like it&#39;s been imposed on us. Decisions that affect all of us are now made by a few extremely powerful companies, and it doesn&#39;t matter how much we object. They tell us it&#39;s the next big thing, and other companies and even governments jump on the bandwagon. It leaves us with very little control. Whenever a service decides to force AI on me, I switch to one that doesn&#39;t. Sadly, there&#39;s nothing I can do about everyone else using it. 2025-11-18T17:45:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2a6lhnjpnpzukcakcch7cmahzaah2a8vsa6zpaea2h47pk4hzxvgzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cev28wu4r My (American) husband wondered aloud what the point of the #NoKings protests are. &#34;They won&#39;t do anything,&#34; he said. But they do. Completely aside from standing up to Trump, they let immigrants in the US know that an awful lot of people do not approve of what&#39;s happening to them. It lets people in other countries know that an awful lot of Americans (even many who voted for Trump) see what&#39;s happening and object. It lets people in the US who feel helpless in the face of what&#39;s being done know that they&#39;re not alone and shouldn&#39;t give up. I don&#39;t know what it will do to the administration, but I think those are important messages. 2025-10-18T21:53:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqst896h25j5h4nf8573q6n4kuvu2lw8znxa680fkyg8f7tamej377czyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevu85j07 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxn3mrymw63zy2acyqh58dj9lnpne8yldpdydcqld9n23892dna4qhkaaal'>nevent1q…aaal</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Seriously. Making it okay for armed people to run around with faces covered &amp; no i.d. claiming to work for the government was basically giving permission to non-governmental thugs and criminals to adopt the same methods. There&#39;s a reason legit law enforcement agents are supposed to be identifiable. 2025-08-26T22:35:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstxrekyqgnarn5gx9pu7gyglwutv2llez7s29t829j3yrc54mxj0qzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cev9jzkc7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ydsyhhagdwqchrs0pjt7vpjyswe7sg2zvry265jq77nttjrztvg2pu8nt'>nevent1q…u8nt</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I started doing cross stitch in college because I saw a particular project I liked. Then I realized, hey, I can actually make art this way (despite my complete lack of traditional artistic talent). Over the years I&#39;ve learned to create my own patterns too. I discovered it&#39;s a fabulous way to spend time with my family when they&#39;re watching t.v. (because I can&#39;t focus to read if the telly&#39;s on, and I can&#39;t just sit still and watch tv). 2025-07-20T17:32:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2gwp0cjsh6qj325wj30d0wgpn08vzhy5m4jd6y34e32vk2tuzpugzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevpq7jtx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszejz4rskln92n6p9clse0eaxecmcpxg9sk9ptfl8c39w73cqawhqesehuu'>nevent1q…ehuu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Needlepoint is good. 2025-07-20T17:26:09Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvqsychsr6r3enztkhme6w96m7mzj8xt9022jjwa07k6j6pruucmszyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevplrnr0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrzclzw9ytm8z3cz9s7fx8cku77aczy5zja8h4azvgmrgprzayahgav97py'>nevent1q…97py</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thank you. 2025-07-06T00:30:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0eyge6lmp4ml43kk4ve8jrt4fj0cwl8ejmkkthp2tlpe3wzzk4uqzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevp50thc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxg6pcw8hamakqn6v362qh76ja8x7t66kr2sa0u0tztqcm80g8muc33ve09'>nevent1q…ve09</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Sigh. I like to think that this is why he was not elected, but perhaps I give people too much credit. 2025-06-11T16:19:15Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdj8r7uzf5wlas039xxxmqtmchu3r2gsmg0kw94lvjrna7u9z3w3qzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevnrrp02 People talk abt sensory issues, but it&#39;s usually bad. I have a thing with colour - certain colours are so vibrant and intense to me that I become almost mesmerized. I remember walking through M &amp; S men&#39;s section, being stopped in my tracks by a shirt on display - the purple was so intense that I couldn&#39;t pull my eyes away, so I bought the shirt. That&#39;s a sensory kind of thing, but it gives me pleasure. Does anyone else have something like that or is it just me? #AuDHD #actuallyautistic 2025-05-20T23:26:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsttv53axvsvrvzgze040pvgqhznt6fjzde2epjf3rmuuyku9n58lczyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cev2arpec In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0xf6esfv5xkh5qx62u4z8lrq5zl8cd5s05kfjjv45as7ga86vzjqr2mspz'>nevent1q…mspz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>That&#39;s why I didn&#39;t comment on your observation that Bill Gates agrees with my assessment of Musk. Gates is kind of a fluke, in that he seems to have maintained his genuine desire to do good. But yeah, he&#39;s still got way more money than anyone needs. So my feelings toward Gates are complicated. But I do see a difference between him and many of his fellow billionaires. 2025-05-11T22:41:25Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs84fppmcwmtmtxf3enth05padjxy70zxv9t89lm6uj78jq7lc7n5czyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevj2l6ek In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdvkz7wte7ta9n0vkn53t9crurgey4dcns08z8zgtnpa5j0wdh39qylyks6'>nevent1q…yks6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>In light of his destruction of USAID, CDC, and other keeping-people-alive entities, it could be argued that Elon Musk is himself a serial killer. 2025-05-11T21:10:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszv3r0ue9zwuhwtffl8u7j2x4wutanxfqm5xc5l2e5w9euwk29gyczyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevpf765j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2s6gsx0hye7fzngtjrqvte7u5kgtfj36pjc8hx2v8s9668rmv9fc5wwj3w'>nevent1q…wj3w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>To be fair, they suffered a lot. 2025-05-02T13:00:06Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswptkjk2zl79mtt8elaa45jrcn5jgq8m5d9r4ernntrt3xkjuw6aczyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevkpt5ty In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0r7pu4qzenaa8syfz2ywc2qp3g5qkhy5aujrlmly62xxqjshm8ugzw87e2'>nevent1q…87e2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I voted early, but I took my son. (My husband isn&#39;t eligible, but maybe by the next election he&#39;ll be a citizen, and then I&#39;ll take him too!) 2025-04-27T00:57:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0vkhk95qwcv753gddcrvw40jd2xv5cn4mydflfntzla8s0fzd2fczyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevkjkz9m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9sml8nhfeyfwxn9reza5sj0efxn09wpkhlmufrj2t703hmd4qlyq44qz79'>nevent1q…qz79</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This is so true. People either see it as something everyone has, a trendy excuse, or (if they take it seriously), a minor inconvenience. They have no idea how incredibly exhausting it is! 2025-01-25T16:32:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfp3uksjnj85ad38w8d2l49lrtkq54myr3sq09adqe6glk7n2qlwszyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevhpfnua In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfwvltahx9h3eacalg8xqgqg2u74cfktenkjqgr70d388jrec3g4sjgjjk5'>nevent1q…jjk5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, I took it as a joke. But I&#39;ve seen some suggestions that appear trivial but might, added together, make a difference. Free trade agreements seem to limit much of what can be done, but people are really creative when they have to be. 2025-01-23T22:08:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfzf5rgwuklp3elf98f65dg5swf8jdw9uj59jlxsjkm50fld753lczyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevftvckr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstwlp0gwqpmvxkq3yd978qu6tj2z4vzqely4d0s8rarvc0rt3v5uswx4x4p'>nevent1q…4x4p</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>We need to be brainstorming like this across the nation. People can come up with all kinds of creative solutions that stop short of overtly punitive tit-for-tat and benefit Canada in the process. 2025-01-23T21:59:49Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxrnyfw48nh49cf8ww3spj2n7sclpr57vc2q84efaxxyk33nxsfnszyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevqczugq An old tree plus a lot of rain.<br/> <img src="https://cdn.mastdn.ca/media_attachments/files/112/951/417/609/043/843/original/aaa6401eb01663b2.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-12T22:32:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8s24hdc45tt0jzhe5evl8k0jkfjyjwcpjge48mtqktna3a82uvqqzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevz42kdk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs24savph6p4ka44m3u4rkr8q04gzgg0y9z4wvcec2tll8xpgvqr7cglds34'>nevent1q…ds34</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>They&#39;re all so young. They can only get better and better. 2024-07-10T01:57:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs89aym3rkmx98w7dqz53emn6qhn0q9c90s6qqu4cwghvhp9enr3hgzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevyuqxxj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0q4uu8vnarjxlpctwm96dfcar947pn2544xwfvhvpvahex6ghe3gpqap0a'>nevent1q…ap0a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, yes, yes!!!! I&#39;ve never been able to understand why those of us on the left are more concerned about &#34;purity&#34; than about actually making things better! 2024-07-07T18:37:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw7t73p2myk7jsvqrx6g8kquwyz7tmctkkvr5jku5cs22jaqcz0agzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevdmn69e In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2wav5s767jp3vcl9p88hpejqr6grvyl5dsqkl4kl52fx5yh4js3cku8q62'>nevent1q…8q62</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All they can do is try to be good enough for long enough that the refs won&#39;t matter. It&#39;s the nature of the game. 2024-07-06T01:56:59Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy5huwgaenwteqcdwp4jgve3mzsamlwrdf28c0vgfachjs4lnlraszyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevl8ys0k In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr4hahscsj3yg87jv355rcf4ada255qlewaxgx0ufqtevk002w9xcg3emme'>nevent1q…emme</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Use hashtags, then you can follow along with the topics that interest you - like at the moment #EURO2024 #Euro24 #EPL or whatever. 2024-06-20T15:32:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspw3pw7gc493l3tv2l890ja9slm93mhlya9mp6zx54j0mxujrd9ygzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevjdd5hg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdhe6q869tcazeawfnwhud37chzs0qjvytu3s4suk0y9avx7jkzpqq2eg40'>nevent1q…eg40</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh, WWC - duh. I was thinking wrestling. 2024-06-19T19:36:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqp9qjgqrm3qamc7gl5hss7re3r3c0tmzcyn8m4tx9lq4ppzrxn9gzyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevgprwcq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyjaw2qq6f3rt7nkzakl0e0aq44vjucsn8km879596jx2c4tuwe7snl3t6c'>nevent1q…3t6c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It was like this last time, and also for the World Cup (though we had to keep batting off repeated reminders of why we should all be boycotting, as if it would make any difference to either Qatar or FIFA). It&#39;s fun. 2024-06-19T19:28:01Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfqknwvruum7wwv9kjyy40qd7png4ehre2drpwmf8eqcxj7h34fqczyp53094l7dyw67xp0kghwqnwz2lng0zkhfkjr2tck2g3jayve9cevex9j2v In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy42g0zfe35d3mfjrtad5wwuhfcn8t5ksyqk2sh0dt962qe9csvjshtpvrz'>nevent1q…pvrz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>There&#39;s a pretty good community of fans here, though. 2024-06-19T15:57:09Z