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This is the first time I've gotten Juneteenth off (because I only work on Thursday). I highly recommend reading On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed where she explores the history of the holiday as someone who grew up in Texas in a family that had been there for generations.

@jhv The Parent Trap

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Has such a protest sign ever before existed, across all of human history

#EventuallyTheyCamefortheAccountants

NYC protest sign out of corrugated paper box, yellow duct tape, and sharpie:

LET OUR COMPTROLLER GO!

belongs in the Smithsonian

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@SecureOwl What if my old love letters are in TXT records?

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When your mirror gets dirty at home, you can just grab a cloth and some spray to clean it. But what about the ultra-precise, reflective mirrors of telescopes? 🤔

Things can get a bit more complex. This image shows you part of the cleaning process for the main mirror of the ESO 3.6-metre Telescope at La Silla Observatory, #Chile.

Discover how it's done: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2524a/

Do you want to learn more about how we clean telescope mirrors? Then check out this blog post: https://www.eso.org/public/blog/exploding-snow/

📷 A. Silber/ESO

#astrodon #astronomy #astrophysics #space #science

In the centre of the image lies a white cylinder block with engineers and technicians standing in the centre, their torso peeking out of the hole. They are standing around the block wearing bright hazmat suits, face shields, clear gloves, and hairnets. They are cleaning the surface layer of the mirror blank.

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Just realized that the magic of an e-spinner is I can put it off to the side so I’m not having to reach over the cat on my lap

#CatsOfMastodon #CraftingWithCats #Spinning #Caturday

A dilute calico cat is, once again, on her human’s lap. This time instead of the human’s chair facing the e-spinner, it’s at 90 degrees, so it’s to the human’s right side.

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The trolley problem rails, but without a trolley. But next track there's a bus with people tied to the top. The caption is:
"There's no trolley because it's a Sunday.
5 people are tied to a rail replacement bus which will drop them off two miles from where they need to be.
You can do nothing."

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This is a #FediHire post, but it's not about technology, so I don't know how helpful the fediverse will be.

I have a PHD in math and nine years of experience teaching university students. I want to leave higher education and become a high school math teacher, but I am not certified.

I'm in the U.S. and have no easy way to leave. I also can't go four years without an income or health insurance.

What states would be the easiest for me to get at least provisionally certified to teach in?

Also keep in mind that I'm trans, so I am only willing to move to a state where it's legal for me to interact with teenagers and get health care.

#Teaching #Math #MathTeacher #GetFediHired

@sam their superpower is everything you need with spec sheet in less than two days… not so much price.

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@sam https://www.mcmaster.com/products/dc-power-jacks/ how many options do you need for the barrel??

@rossgrady https://bsky.app/profile/mskellymhayes.bsky.social/post/3lrlhwfk4oc2s

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Really disappointed at the lack of namespace collision between progressive (political descriptor) and progressive (musical genre)

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Fav to enter a client-attorney relationship. Repost to enter an older sister relationship. Emojo react to enter a doctor-patient relationship. This bark constitutes financial advice.

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OK, as a military brat*, the idea of these upward-failing techbros commissioning in at Lt. Col. is extraordinarily offensive. They're basically buying their way into a rank that the military normally withholds from officers for decades.

https://xoxo.zone/@Ashedryden/114677987075768011

(*Slang term for someone whose parents are military.)

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Everybody wanna be King
But they ain't

https://youtu.be/z9sEI1z82vo?si=VscK4HmVVvzRZb9b

@jhv Waiting for Guffman

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Tried sending the Snapchat AI bot 9,992 characters of Moby Dick

But wherefore it was that after having repeatedly smelt the sea as a merchant sailor, I should now take it into my head to go on a whaling voyage; this the invisible police officer of the Fates, who has the constant surveillance of me, and secretly dogs me, and influences me in some unaccountable way—he can better answer than any one else.

My AI: Wow, Ishmael! Your description of the ocean is so vivid and poetic. It really made me feel like I was right there with you. It's amazing how the sea can be such a source of solace and escape.
Keep sharing your adventures with me! (wave, smile, and camera emojis)

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You know, I've often thought about things I'd tell my younger self. Today I'd tell her to spend some time learning how to make good poster board signs in high school. I wouldn't tell her why - too depressing.

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@llorenzin A friend pointed me to this (plugin available to most browsers), which seems great. https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile

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