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@kibi it has been said that a change is as good as a rest.
"Did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?"
"Considerably. Hitting water from that height is like hitting concrete. Thanks for getting me to shore," the angel said, graciously.
"No problem, I wasn't doing anything else... why did you fall, anyway?"
The angel grimaced, rubbing an injured wing, "Long story. Do you have all day?"
"I have nothing better to do," admitted the mermaid, "Sailors are harder to trick & lure these days."
"So. In the beginning..."
"Slack decides to close down IRC and XMPP gateways" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16539857
we were on the cusp of having enough solar power to replace the faltering fossil fuel supply, and could envision saving the environment from the ecological damage caused by rock oil extraction.
But no, we waste all that energy mining bitcoin
The Senate is only one vote away from having a majority in favor of bringing back #NetNeutrality protections. Where does your representative stand? https://checkyourreps.org/
@acrata why is it always people calling themselves things like "freedom party" who want to tell everybody else what they can't do?
The cat looked at the snow outside, then at the human holding the door open. It did not seem to understand it had opened the wrong door.
She sighed silently and led the human to the next door.
#MicroFiction #tootfic #smallstories
@MicroSFF the door into summer? (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Door_into_Summer)
@oumike um. Tooth-like? Fairly toothy? Toothtacular? Why?
“Your Interactive Makes Me Sick -
Why your coolest scrolly features pieces can cause problems, and what to do about it”
https://source.opennews.org/articles/motion-sick/
Medicine researchers from Sweden and Finland find that #diabetes is actual 5 discrete diseases (heretofore seen as Type 1 and Type 2) raising hope for better medical treatment for those affected by it http://www.bbc.com/news/health-43246261
@craigmaloney the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a cigarette is a good guy with a cigarette...
This is a really cool game concept. It's DRM free, open source, works on Windows, Mac, & Linux ($20).
Hello #introduction.
I'm into #coding, #sketching, #photography, #scifi, #painting and #paganism. I enjoy long walks on the beach and flipping my cats upside down.
Economist Dani Rodrik reviews the history of #populism in the US (a 19th Century reaction to corporate capitalist domination culminating in the New Deal) and ponders what "true populism" in the modern age would look like https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/opinion/populism-new-deal.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
@ChrisWere @Caelyn @Are0h @noelle it's my understanding that, unfortunately, the conservatives / libertarians embracing UBI mostly want to eliminate all social services. The safety net services that government provides to the most vulnerable among us cannot be replaced with an income.
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