Notices by MooMoo the Cat (flowerpot@mas.to)

@skinnylatte @vfrmedia OMG! This is adorable. I bet you got stopped all the time from people gushing over your cute pup being carried around like that. 🤩

@skinnylatte @vfrmedia I would love to see a picture if you have one available. No worries if you don't.
I can imagine the cuteness was off the charts.

@vfrmedia @skinnylatte The messenger bags look more professional and cost less, so that's what I'd probably buy if I were looking for something.

@vfrmedia @skinnylatte re: Spectacles
I just renewed my old Costco membership & went there for the first time in almost a decade. They have an optometrist + frames. I had been paying $400+ for mediocre frames (NOT counting eye exam). Local optometrists have same price points.
At Costco? I found a pair of current style frames that looked GOOD on me for only $89.
re: backpacks
I didn't read the article but sturdy backpacks & messenger bags are obtainable. https://www.timbuk2.com/collections/all-backpacks

Even though the world is in turmoil, just the thought that Trump won't be around to harass us much longer, has uplifted my spirits.
#USPol
(No, I don't know anything for sure, but he's old, in poor mental & physical health, & has made enemies of everyone. Add to that, Melania's creepy "Stop talking about Epstein, 'I don't know her'", sure seems like new info will be released to implicate her.)
Anyway, he's going to go soon. 👍😀
And when he does, the world will collectively feel SO MUCH BETTER.

For all the weaknesses in our current form of government that Trump is exposing, threatening annihilation of an entire civilization out of petty spite (and no one stopping it), is probably the biggest one to date.

I suggest we fix this bit first, when normal and intelligent people (re)gain control of our government.
#USpol
(mutters in "JFC!")

#AI #IranWar
Big, if true.
"Iran threatens ‘complete and utter annihilation’ of OpenAI's $30B Stargate AI data center in Abu Dhabi — regime posts video with satellite imagery of ChatGPT-maker's premier 1GW data center"
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/iran-threatens-complete-and-utter-annihilation-of-openais-usd30b-stargate-ai-data-center-in-abu-dhabi-regime-posts-video-with-satellite-imagery-of-chatgpt-makers-premier-1gw-data-center

Y'll something fucked up is happening on my MacBook Pro since I've upgraded to Tahoe 26.3.
LOOK AT THESE 4 images of the SAME Verge website article. Count the # of times you see the words "anal intercourse" where it should say AI. FWIW, Ublock Origin is an added extension to each browser (Safari, LibreWolf, Firefox, & WaterFox). Only Safari is rendering the website correctly.
#AI #slop #tahoe #Mac
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/890921/grammarly-ai-expert-reviews

#epstein
Y'all, there are now SO MANY YouTube channels dedicated to discussing the Epstein files, that it won't matter whether the major networks air details or not.

This is exploding, and I don't think it's reached major velocity yet.
Holy shit.

1/n
#Mastodharma Ch 21.

My comments are informed by Thich Nhat Hanhs' "Peaceful Action, Open Heart: Lessons from the Lotus Sutra"

Ch. 21, "Many Forms"
This chapter touches on the 4th skillful means of a Buddha, being many things, to actually understand and know where someone is coming from, INCLUDING BEING FIERCE, like holding a gun.

Immediately, I thought of Alex Pretti. He was peaceful, being present, witnessing and helping protestors (literally helped someone get up off the ground) (cont)

@skinnylatte @ktneely @Printdevil @artemis @oddtail The fuck?! 👀
That seems like an international incident and one where there should be consequences. (Again, WTF.)

@skinnylatte @ktneely @Printdevil @artemis @oddtail At first, I was thinking, "aw, that's so nice and inclusive" but then I read your last sentence, and I was like, ooop, maybe it's not so nice. 😆

@ktneely @Printdevil @artemis @oddtail I love everything about this conversation. (Born in the US, descended from people born on multiple continents.) I have run into so many of my fellow Americans that go on and ON about their ancestral heritage, that I just quit listening.
If you like a thing or culture, great. But man is it annoying when they wear their "heritage" on their sleeve.
I actually had someone from Houston, Texas tell me that I (born in El Paso, Texas) am not a real Texan. 🙄

@evan Hm. I chose "other" but now I think what I meant to select was
"both Alice's and Bob's followers"

@sand $149.99 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😮

I thought a $20 pair might be fun to wear around the house but $150 ?! Nope.

Do you need a 2+ minute mystic medium message with possums?
Yes. Yes you do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8qSuuByBp0

#possums #mystic #SnackTime

@Fragglemuppet @RickiTarr I enjoy shopping for my nieces and nephews to try and find an absolute banger of a gift for each. But just in case they don't like the items, I provide receipts so they can exchange them for something they'd appreciate more.

My son and I just ask each other what we want. That way we don't waste money or time.

But I've definitely received some less than good gifts. I either compost them (if food) or donate them immediately. I stopped feeling guilty about doing that.

@farbel @selzero That is my understanding as well. There is no winning in this situation.
It's just stupid all the way down.

@steter The giant spider bat clawed alien thing was worth it.
#Monsterdon

11 minutes left.
#Monsterdon