Notices by Infrogmation (infrogmation@mastodon.online)

@dan613 @EverydayMoggie @regordane @mekkaokereke @carlosrodriguez

Nope, gold has value from actually being useful (not just shiny). (Doesn't mean one should base gov't currency on it of course.) Doesn't rust! Doesn't rot! If gold were very common, it would be widely used in everyday electronics and plumbing.

Has science ever explained why 1970s colors were like this? Maybe some weird solar flares in the 1970s changed light spectrum reaching Earth, so people thought those colors looked good together? Or was it because everything was filtered through so much nicotine haze and leaded gasoline fumes?

#1970s #colors #colours

US food producer poison meat outbreak: Boar's Head knew they had a problem but refused to take the necessary action.

‘It was too late’: Former Boar’s Head sanitation manager breaks down where Jarratt plant went wrong

https://www.wric.com/news/taking-action/jarratt-plant-sanitation-manager

#Boar'sHead #USfood #listeria

@GottaLaff @Dseitz @inthehands

History teaches that in existential fights against fascism, the only purity test for potential allies is "do you want to fight against the fascists?".

Ian Muir explains the context for the Crowdstrike Microsoft disaster.

Associate Press news: Woman was living inside rooftop grocery store sign with computer and coffee maker for a year

34-year-old woman was living inside the business sign of a store in Midland, Michigan.

https://apnews.com/article/michigan-store-rooftop-sign-homeless-0185c0d7e4cd7a2f8581e8b8e0eb01b

"Obviously, we don’t want people resorting to illegal activity to find housing. There are much better options.”
...Are there?

#Homelessness #Michigan

@evan
Never I guess is a subset of "Quarterly or less"... I did do some flirting on Usenet in the '90s...

@aral And of course his opponent is "We need lots more Genocide, things aren't nearly Genocide enough yet Donald".

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-israel-finish-problem-gaza-1234981038/

CNN: Billions of snow crabs have disappeared from the ocean around Alaska in recent years, and scientists now say they know why: Warmer ocean temperatures likely caused them to starve to death.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/19/us/alaska-crabs-ocean-heat-climate/index.html

#Alaska #ClimateChange #Anthropocene