After a conversation with my Dad today about a range of topics like, "Are immigrants really owed due process?" (They are), and "Why does autism seem to just pop up since the introduction of vaccines?" (Ffs) - I've started a project.

I'm gathering a bunch of sources and citations on those topics above in addition to things like tariffs, the history of gender (no, trans folk haven't just started appearing, Dad), and a whole slew of other things.

Dad and Mom parrot taking points but don't have specific sources - even bad ones - and I found myself madly googling to find specific examples of things I've read, heard on podcasts, etc.

I'd like to go into my next discussion armed with specific links from a variety of sources to demonstrate I'm not making this up. My Dad taught history and science if you can believe it, so I'm hoping I can appeal to that part of his brain.

@train I'm running Ollama on my Plex server - it has a RTX 2060 for hardware transcoding, and I thought it could serve a dual purpose.

It's fairly responsive!

Friends, I'm happy to share that starting today I'll be spreading my misinformation from a new instance!

Thanks a million @nopatience for inviting me here ❤️

And that's my first disc detainer lock! Just a cheap lock to start, moving on to more difficult ones before I tackle an abloy.

#locksport #lockpicking #CovertInstruments

@lina @kopper @cafou @jessew @puppygirlhornypost2 I feel like this thread is going to end with a remix of "do none of you own a fucking kettle?"

EDIT (for context)

“It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds”

https://werd.io/view/67bba568f860f66c1f028082

> many US companies also feel that way about European cloud services, in an effort to avoid having to adhere to the GDPR.

It's not quite a comparable thing. EU co worries:

- extortion by whichever oligarch is currently in favour
- US-based customers lose their freedom or lives because of your data

US co worries:
- Getting fined for abusing their customer's trust

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@jerry That's how you know it's effective!

It looks so lifelike, so real... almost as if it could reach out and scratch you.

#Caturday

For far too long the Ferengi Alliance has minted slips of latinum which literally costs more than 2 slips. This is so wasteful! I have instructed the Divine Treasury to stop producing new slips of latinum. Let's rip the waste out of our budget, even if it's a slip at a time. #StarTrek #SISKO197

why the fuck would you remove your cousin

I <3 the way that person is thinking ...

Edit: Of course, it's @foone . All praises to they.

This link has been taken down from the NASA site by someone who probably told themselves as a kid that they would have stood up to the Nazis in the 1930s: https://www.nasa.gov/universe/nasa-intern-found-hope-in-the-moon-2 Here's the story that Musk and Trump and their goons are so afraid to let you read https://scitechdaily.com/nasa-intern-found-hope-in-the-moon/

I gave myself a dedicated "Picard" button that I can reach over and hit any time a company tries to make me use their new LLM.

#StarTrek #TNG

Has anyone bought a new car recently - how does that whole, "Contact every dealership in your area and ask for their best price" actually work (if it does work)?

With RTO in full force, my family can't get buy with one vehicle anymore. We have an idea for make/model but are flexible on trim/color/options.

#askfedi #askmastodon #carbuyingtips

@spaf

@j0hnnyxm4s When you're done, you should post an audio clip. I'm curious how it will sound/play.

@catsalad I just had a nap, can't recommend it enough.

finally some good news

Saw a headline:

"Valve Is Working With AMD On New Steam Console - Insider Claims"

🤦‍♂️ there's no insider, you could run this rumour any time a Valve contractor does a Mesa update.