Notices by @stevewfolds (stevewfolds@mastodon.world)

@aral

Climate “tipping points” have already been passed. Ignoring that at political summits is insane.

@AnnaAnthro Knew a German-American, born in 1914, who attended the ‘36 games. He was bicycling around the Baltic Sea that Summer. He pretended not to speak German, Hermann Nunnemacher of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He stole Hitler’s flag from a Bismarck monument in Poland and brought it home as a souvenir.

@_L1vY_ Obtaining the next Covid vaccine has spurred many threads about medical tourism and burner phones.

@ai6yr @_L1vY_ If I had a choice of ex-heroin addicts to run the CDC, it would be Keith Richards or Anthony Bourdain.

@me @zakalwe @ai6yr @stepheneb
Local SLC canyons w/ski areas have traction laws that require special winter tires based on conditions. Tread pattern & soft compound rubber. Three peaks, snowflake, M+S are required, studded or chains. On a clear day anything can drive up.

@FSonder
Metric / Imperial mistakes, aircraft edition. Everyone lived.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

@Flisty @scrummy @callunavulgaris @paco @lafnlab @SteveClough @Walrus @telred17 @Ericthebeeover2 @Tooden @kibcol1049
“Greenwich” or Grenich.

@SherBeareth @benroyce personal favorite is George Carlin on Dan Quail (1:45)
https://youtu.be/AKN1Q5SjbeI?feature=shared

@dalias @vivtek @Remittancegirl Agree

@vivtek @dalias @Remittancegirl Read that ICE has list of those with gun permits. There are no permits needed in many states. Maybe they have purchase records as well? I am surprised that they haven’t kicked in the wrong door yet.

Bonus points for showing up at Home Depot with a bus & hiring everyone, lunch and paying work.

@carrieberry

@selzero I’ve been asked, “are you a medical professional?” a couple times recently, 3 scans lump is benign. Replied, “No, Grey’s Anatomy was on bookshelf at home in 6th grade & Scientific American arrived monthly in 1961.”

@andrewstroehlein Margret Meade dated civilization’s beginning by a fossil of a healed broken leg.

@bmacDonald94 Apple’s AI has zero ability help with the contents of the new M4 computer it runs on. I was hoping for an improved version Unix ‘glimpse’.

@bmacDonald94 A dear departed friend and mentor of 43 years was a math prof. He said that a PHD thesis 10 years ago would not have been accepted as an MS thesis in late ‘60s.
His webpage is still up. Partial Differential Calculus & Lineral Algebra textbook & teaching guide.
https://www.math.utah.edu/~gustafso/

@bmacDonald94 Education seems to have been in free fall since then

@kibcol1049 Dorothy Parker & The Round Table at The Algonquin Hotel in NYC were part of my life. Dad lived there 6-weeks to soak up the vibes while we moved in ‘60.

Dorothy Parker — 'If you want to know what God thinks of money, just look at the people he gave it to.'

@jeffowski Viagra is #genderaffirmingcare

@bmacDonald94 Had fabulous schooling in HS, college seemed a breeze. Then I found a book that launched me on a rewarding collection, “Justine” by Lawrence Durrell.

Favorite Le Guin book is “Always Coming Home”.

@bmacDonald94 @zachvat Parents mocked them as “The Birch John Society, for the preservation of wood toilet seats”.