Notices by Sally Strange (sallystrange@eldritch.cafe)

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

Thinking of everyone in Jamaica today, even my sister-in-law (we don't get along). Not much to do now except watch and pray and get ready to send help once the hurricane departs. #HurricaneMelissa

I'm posting from Walmart because Spouse refuses to tell their glamorous & busy older sister "Sorry I'm in walmart let me call you back." Anyway I saw this

"Green capitalism will never facilitate the scale of action that is necessary to keep warming below 1.5ºC or even 2ºC because it refuses to take on the powerful people and industries that are fueling the climate crisis in the first place. It continues to ensure the benefits flow to the top while hollowing out the middle class and producing climate narratives that shift the burden of responsibility onto those who have little power to make the necessary changes: the public, if not the global poor."

Reminds me of the book that just came out about who burned the Bronx. Born In Flames by Bench Ansfield.

https://archive.is/tLcb9

h/t @fkamiah17 for the article

I made a toad friend the other day
:)

The word "bolus" doesn't get enough attention as one of the more disturbing words in the English language. It seems fine until you learn what it means and then you realize it's an onomatopoeia.

@Toxic_Flange #Alt4You: a comic book style image of Sarah Conner looking exhausted and pissed off as she smokes a cigarette. Caption: "SARAH CONNER WATCHING YOU USE AI FOR EVERYTHING"

I finally found an excellent image editor for my android, one that has no AI and respects privacy! And guess what, it's open source. It's called "Image Toolbox" and it's customizable according to which tools you use the most and has an instant "remove metadata" button.

Here's the link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.tech.imageresizershrinker&hl=en-US

Names for girls/women that just mean "girl/woman":

-Donna (Italian, woman)

-Colleen (Gaelic, woman)

Any others?

ETA: not Regina. Got it confused with ragazza

Hey, audiobook fans, Libro.FM is having a sale right now! Pretty good prices, even if you're not a member.

I just bought "I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com" by Kimberly Lemming (omg just noticed the last name lol) for $4.19.

Non-members would pay $5.99

#books #Audiobooks

https://libro.fm/sale

Please spread the word
#ICE #NYS #NewYork #antifascism #HealthCare

Fuck, I got a #FF shout-out from Bread and Circuses. Better do that intro I've been meaning to (re) do! Hello, new followers! :heart_pride:

Who am I: a lady, a bitch, a woman, a human. Cisgender, queer, white. Living in New York, where I was born, but I have traveled. Doing my best to support my Darling Nonbinary Spouse in their challenges being one of very few Black people in our community. Currently working as a drafter of soil/water conservation infrastructure. Before that, I bounced around a lot. Did construction and childcare and food service and data entry and more.

What you can expect from me: PLENTY boosts. I see it, I like it, I boost. Regular posts about #ClimateChange, #Degrowth, #GreenBuilding, and related topics. Commentary about social justice. Some news, but more opinion, about USA and NYS politics. I tag these (USpol/NYpol), but don't CW them. Edit: almost forgot to mention: I'm an anarchist apparently (I had to look it up) and I hate capitalism.

Other, less weighty stuff I like to talk about: #music of any genre. I'm developing the desire to become a DJ and collect vinyl, somebody stop me! #Crochet and fiber arts. #SciFi, #SpecFic. Not a skilled shitposter but I do appreciate the art form.

Fair warning: I like to argue. If you don't enjoy seeing someone go back and forth with mildly offensive bootlickers from time to time, I may not be your cup of tea. And don't worry about my mental health WRT arguments, to my brain a good argument is a lot like a good video game.

That's my #introduction! Ask me anything.

Them: it's not that deep

Me:

My cat's nose fits inside my nostril. I learned this against my will