Notices by Sally Strange (sallystrange@eldritch.cafe)

I love how much Fedi hates AI. Well done y'all

On January 27, 1955, less than three weeks after Marian Anderson became the first Black person to sing at the Metropolitan Opera, Robert McFerrin Sr. became the first Black man to sing at the Metropolitan Opera.

In 1956, McFerrin played Rigoletto at the Met, thus becoming the first African American to sing a title role there. He also provided the singing to which Sidney Poitier lip-synched in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess.

McFerrin married Sara Cooper, also an opera singer. They had two children; their son is Bobby McFerrin of "Don't Worry Be Happy" fame and their daughter Brenda is a Motown recording artist. Bobby has three children, of whom two are musicians and one is an actor.

#BlackHistory #opera #music #BlackMusic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McFerrin?wprov=sfla1

Current status: frazzled and stressed because I've been sick, and Spouse got so sick that they were admitted to the hospital overnight. They're doing fine now and will be discharged later today. But I'm under a deadline at work and I ran out of sick days anyway so I'm trying hard to concentrate. But as you can see from how I'm posting during the middle of the day, that's challenging. Anyway, y'all, please take care of yourselves. No job is worth your health. 🩵🩵🩵

If you're an artist, I love you. What you do is important and I appreciate it all. Keep on keepin' on.

I wish every crypto miner a very broke as fuck

https://futurism.com/future-society/bitcoin-crashing-miners-unplugging-equipment

Blows my mind that there are still people who think it should be illegal for anyone, anywhere, to move to a new place and get a job there.

#BordersAreBullshit #Borders #BordersAreMurders #BordersAreViolence #MovementIsAHumanRight

Blessing you with some Topaz pics. You deserve it. You're doing great.
#cats #Caturday #TopazPosting

Say, which Mastodon android clients allow for quote-tooting? I'm getting fed up with having it on the desktop but not on @Tusky - I use it more on my phone anyhow.

Damn this fuckin country to the nine hells and back.

AI slop is Soylent Green. And it really is made of people.

Great, my Spouse's boss is trying to ruin my birthday by weaponizing their ADHD tendencies against them and building a case for disciplinary action instead of, you know, helping them out when they need it.

How's your day going?

Hey, so, interestingly enough, just as Oneonta is debating rezoning a parcel for a couple of AI evangelists, the Daily Star, our local paper is running a poll asking, "Do you use artificial intelligence tools?"

https://www.thedailystar.com/

USA based folks only. The paper deals with European web security requirements by blocking access to IP addresses based in Europe and probably some other countries too.

Trans lesbian is homeless in Austin - just trying to raise a few hundred dollars to get her back on her feet.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-lyliths-journey-to-safety-and-independence/cl/s

Please boost! #boost #MutualAid #LGBTQIA #queer #Trans

Hear me out: "profit" (getting back more from a system than you put in) should be illegal.

Don't worry, if you like your gender, you can keep your gender

Paz is really growing up
#Caturday #Cats #TopazPosting

Let no gender remain untransed

So the latest on my local data center fight: the people behind it have belatedly hired someone to do PR for them and a local lawyer. Suddenly, it has always been a hydroponics research project with the server racks just an alternate method of providing the heat needed for indoor growing during the winter. Also, where before they were just "representatives" of Eco Yotta Inc, now they're the actual owners. And gosh maybe they might just move to the town if it all works out! And nevermind about them being able to purchase a multimillion dollar piece of real estate, they drive a Honda so clearly they're not THAT rich! Oh and also neither of them have any expertise in hydroponics but the wife used to run a day care center, so they're also thinking about starting some kind of childcare/child development tracking app.

It all sounds scammy as hell to me. Reality check: am I crazy? Can anyone else read this article and tell me if I'm overreacting? https://archive.is/rwkU0

Their company website has gone from all AI all the time to under construction to this and it still triggers my workplace safety filters.

I found out that their company registration was done in California, at an address that has about 150 other companies registered as having their headquarters, too.

#noAI #DataCenters

It's 11 am. Do you know where your instance admins are?

Very frustrating that debates about Daylight Saving™* Time vs standard time are always "should we keep it or not" and never "why can't we just adjust our schedules for different times of year without forcing everyone in the USA to pretend time itself has somehow changed?"

*it's a lie! The amount of daylight is the same no matter how we set our clocks!

https://mastodon.social/@rperezrosario/115482997902087975