Xeno Danger Evil @XenoDangerEvil@dpw.social

This one never gets old

#archaeology

Also, holy hell, why can’t this be how every business operates? I emailed asking about pricing and scheduling. They emailed back quickly with clear pricing based on square footage, a list of questions, and three dates. I responded and picked a date, and they emailed again to confirm that it was booked.

No phone calls. Just clear communication about everything. They’re kinda pricey but I already have a lot of confidence in them from this initial contact.

@mastodonmigration @mastodonmigration.wordpress.com

Would you like another pack?

Humour/Satire/Memes

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Guess if anyone doesn't want to be included or have more suggestions, speak now... or speak later.

It’s #STFUfriday!

When cops ask you questions, ask for a lawyer and then STFU:

- I am not discussing how I’m doing or where I’m going.

- Am I free to leave?

- I am not answering any questions.

- If they ask to search anything: "I do not consent to a search."

- I want to speak to a lawyer.

Be polite. Be clear.

It's hard. If it's serious, you might be held overnight until you're brought to court. But overnight is better than years in prison.

So if the cops want you to talk, you say:
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Best Black Friday Deal yet

Happy Henry Kissinger Is Dead to all who celebrate

Blind Date: So, do you like music?

Me: Uck, no. I’m into static, sirens, the sound of bees. Well, before it became cool.

#Trump

#religion #atheism

Acceptance isn't the end of the greif cycle. When you grasp the true Wisdom mentioned at the end of the Serenity Prayer, you find freedom in what you've lost.

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change,
The courage to change the things I can,
And the wisdom to know the difference.
(And here lies freedom.)

It's exactly what the Buddha meant about attachments leading to suffering. It also leads to limited choices. The more material things you can let go of (and sometimes this includes people), the more choices you realize you have. Have always had.

#PSA: amazon workers in multiple countries, including the U.S., are striking for Black Friday to Cyber Monday.

DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE

#Unions #SupportWorkers #SupportUnions #amazon

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/nov/25/amazon-protest-strike-black-friday

When I talk about the importance of going all in on the Fediverse, I speak based on experience.

At Opera we built a massive user community. When I quit, we had something like 35 million registered users and 35 million monthly visitors.

The new Opera management did not see the value of that. They believed it was cheaper and better to just use Facebook and that investing in your own community was a waste of money. So they closed down MyOpera and built a following on Facebook and Twitter instead. Then they got caught by the bait and switch when Facebook changed and you would no longer reach your audience, without paying. Later on Twitter changed as well.

This is important to explain to companies and institutions as they go shopping for social media sites to invest in. The best investment is clearly in your own site, being part of the Fediverse. It is not even all that expensive to do. It may take longer to build, but at least it is your own.

Not saying you cannot build a following on those other sites, but your long term strategy should be the Fediverse with your own server.

We try to lead the way here and thus we build Vivaldi Social. Not just for our selves, but to make a point and support the Fediverse.

#fediverse #Mastodon #Twitter #Threads #BlueSky #Vivaldi

“ People don't have a strong intuitive sense of how much bigger 1 billion is than 1 million. 1 million seconds is about 11 days. 1 billion seconds is about 31.5 years.” @Paul_Franz #meme #quotes #time #wealth #math

Think of polytheism as avoiding a single point of failure.

So much of my job is this over and over again on a loop:

"So what do you think we should do in order to responsibly build the Torment Nexus?"

"You can't. It's a Torment Nexus. Stop it."

"But the Torment Nexus is inevitable!"

"It's not. You could just not do it. You could stop right now."

When Timothy Snyder speaks, I listen. Today, he outlines how Trump's nomination of Pete Hegseth represents 13 steps to national destruction. Here's the posting in toto:

"1. Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, has no qualifications for the job. He has never run a large organization and has no national security expertise."

#Trump #PeteHegseth #fascism #ChristianNationalism #military #HolyWar #Crusade
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https://snyder.substack.com/p/pete-hegseth-the-short-course