Curious Quokka @Obscurequokka@social.privacytools.io
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Curious about #books📚 #science 🔬#philosophy #privacy #communities and #tech that make the world a better place for everyone
Be nice 😊
Joined Dec 2020
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Why are there no dumb #electric #cars?
I love the potential #environment benefits but hate how everything is glass and touchscreens and apps.
It's a data #privacy and #security nightmare.
#technology
Is there a bot/plug-in that can block all other bots on #mastodon, at least for my personal use, mainly search?
Found the first #holocaust denier ever here on Mastodon.
Holy smokes, honestly didn't know they existed!
Nauseating
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Addiction to Outrage (2020)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26613482
#hackernews #tech
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In the past 48 hours I've seen "If you use a tiling window manager you're probably a racist toxic fossbro", "if you support FOSS you're likely a liberal or a toxic fossbro", "If you use emacs you're part of the problem" and uh...
Can we just stop putting people in bins based on what tools they use and, more likely, what they had available to them when they first learned how to interact with tech?
Y'all stressing me out because I've seen these funny little takes go viral and become zeitgeist material.
Can we just stop putting people in bins based on what tools they use and, more likely, what they had available to them when they first learned how to interact with tech?
Y'all stressing me out because I've seen these funny little takes go viral and become zeitgeist material.
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"the suez canal is still blocked"
have you tried laxatives
have you tried laxatives
The pandemic often reminds me of Pablo Neruda and his poem titled "Keeping Quiet"
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Source: https://africageographic.com/stories/ben-injured-elephant-gets-follow-treatment-bumi-hills/
Not sure how accurate this is, I didn't fact check it. But it honestly wouldn't surprise me given the rather advanced behaviors I've seen from animals, especially elephants, in the past.
#Animals #Elephants #Wildlife #Conservation #Conservationism
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has anyone out here also transitioned away from a tech career? what was your experience? what industry did you switch to? (feel free to RT)
I keep thinking about the dynamic in #Hamilton the #musical
when Hamilton says to Burr
"If you stand for nothing, what will you fall for?"
It's good drama and a mic drop line and all, but is that statement substantive?
Do we always need to have a hard stand about everything?
Not knowing anything else about Burr outside the musical, wasn't he eventually vindicated by surviving and being elected as the Vice President?
#uspol #culture
Any #fediverse recommendations for image/file hosting?
Looking for a privacy respecting imgur equivalent.
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We’re Outsourcing Our Self-Awareness to Silicon Valley
https://newrepublic.com/article/160748/amazon-halo-outsourcing-human-self-awareness-silicon-valley
This kinda goes back to the problem that birdsite/bigblue seem to be trying to solve- how to customize your feed based on who you want to hear more from.
While their intentions are a bit more pernicious, I don't envy them here.
Just had to unfollow someone.
Not coz of their political views, but because their feed was nothing but politics.
It's exhausting yo!
Some of the new folks I've followed are... interesting.
Like full on conspiracy theory nuts.
But I'd much rather follow them rather be stuck in my own ideological echo chamber.
If anything it makes me question, modify and sometimes even strengthen my own beliefs.
#communities
#ideology
#socialmedia
#right
#left
#center
Enjoying my latest hobby
#microscopy
Learning, both the science and the instrument, is challenging but fun!
My best discovery so far was looking into a sample from my shower drain and finding tiny bugs crawling in it 🐛🥴
Needless to say I cleaned it next morning lol
#science
#homelab #microbes
#biology
Your friendly neighborhood person.
Curious about #books📚 #science 🔬#philosophy #privacy #communities and #tech that make the world a better place for everyone
Be nice 😊
Joined Dec 2020
