Notices by Sarah E Bourne (sbourne@mastodon.social)

Massachusetts is looking for 4 (four!) IT Accessibility Officers. Boston/hybrid.

https://www.a11yjobs.com/jobs/MLyP9-it-accessibility-officer-contract-based-the-massachusetts-executive-office-of-technology-services-and-security

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Very Scientific Conversions, part 1:
1. Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi
2. 2000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton
3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond
5. Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram
6. Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong
7. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Sterling
8. Half of a large intestine = 1 semicolon

Roses are red.
Well, some are yellow.
Or pink or white.
Sometimes even multiple colors!
Such diversity!
They all smell heavenly - such equality!
So just to be inclusive, sending you sweet Valentine wishes - may you find beauty in your life to feed your soul!

@futurebird They make me feel very queasy. No, I didn't find it "so cute" at all.

@futurebird Not all baby birds have gray down. Red-tailed Hawk hatchlings are pure white, for instance, and are cuter than heck. They get a little dowdy-looking as the contour and flight feathers come in.

@futurebird Here's a picture of 2 in a nest, probably only a day or two old. You can see part of a parent's huge brown-feathered body on the right.
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/cams/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-18-at-2.20.37-PM-1280x804.png
Edit: meant to say, this is a screenshot from Cornell's Lab of Ornithology Hawk Cam.

@Gargron Thank you. This is so lovely.

It was an unseasonably warm day and the sun came out, too. If it's warm, it's wet this time of year, usually.
There were half a dozen sparrows sitting on the lilac bush that pops over the fence from the neighbor's. They were all fluffed up, shaking their wings and twitching their tails in the sun and generally being very cute, even if it seemed a bit odd. And then I noticed water splashes all over the fence and on the ground by the bird bath. I had apparently just missed a very joyful bath time.

@Gargron Where can we find out what our label means? For instance, I'm "social butterfly" but I have no idea what that means.

I still have my first computer, an Osborne Executive with all of its original software and manuals. It still worked great when I last booted it up in 1999. We're really trying to not hang on to stuff forever, so it's heading for the electronics recycling in a week unless someone wants it. Free, but I don't think I can deal with shipping it anywhere, so pick-up in Woburn, MA.
Boosts appreciated.
(See computer details at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osborne_Executive)
(Any ideas, @knizer?)

#free #VintageComputer

Pro tip: When you do the "Are you sure it's plugged in?" test, be sure to check both ends of the cable. 👍

#SilentSunday #fungi #ferns #mushrooms

US folks: This is the time of year Elections staff clean up the voter rolls. It's something that needs to be done, but some places are more … enthusiastic about removing as many names as possible.
Check your registration, especially if you haven't voted for 2 years or longer.
And then check again when the registration deadlines get closer.
Remember: if your vote doesn't matter, why are those enthusiastic types so anxious to take it from you?

https://www.usa.gov/confirm-voter-registration

@futurebird My guess: they're going to cover it with sand.

It's an election day in the US. The far right fanatics are hoping you'll stay home today so their fringe candidates can infiltrate our school boards and other local government bodies.
It would be great if you could do your part to thwart them.
Fun fact: your vote carries more weight in local elections than the big national ones. Wield that power!

@amazing_berni It sounds like you need @feditips. So many great tips!

@ranshii Do you know about @feditips ? Check out the website posted on their profile. It has answers to every "stupid" question I've had! (But, in short (which means not completely true, but close enough), a "server" is a computer.)

@RiBurton @feditips I just glanced at that again. What I called an "instance" they call a "server".

@RiBurton Different instances have different length settings. It's something to consider if you ever think of changing instances.

@RiBurton I could try to explain, but it sounds like you need @feditips! Everything I know I learned from there (and the website they link to on their account page.)