Notices by Kevin Fox (kfury@mstdn.social)

@martinvermeer @tchambers @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews I think it's just NYT being NYT. I get an unremovable popup that blocks scrolling (using either link), but if I use Safari's 'reader view' I can read it. Thanks!

In other words in a room of 20 random people there’s a 50% chance that at least one has Covid and is contagious.
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@evan Totally unfair. Nobody who tries to overthrow the government and steals state secrets should be allowed to run for president.

Anyone trying to run against Harris for the nomination would be committing political suicide. Those seen as potential candidates are running from it as fast as they can.

It's weird how today nobody considers telling lie after lie to be 'poor debate performance.'

@evan @danhon I mean, I keep meaning to! It’s in good company and I’ve read all the other books on this shelf!

@evan @danhon I dunno man, I still haven’t finished the copy you loaned me 7 years ago!

Twitter has plunged in value by 71.5% since Elon bought it.

I think most people don’t know that “Pravda”, the name of the propaganda paper for the Russian communist party since 1912, is “Truth” in Russian.

Trump’s name choice for “Truth Social” was no accident.

Before trusting an AI to tell you about stuff you don’t know, ask it to tell you about things you’re an expert in.

@evan Yeah but the Quebecers are okay, apparently.

Oh for fuck’s sake, people.

NYT’s eclipse cloud cover forecast is the best I’ve seen. Here’s a gift link you can share: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/science/solar-eclipse-cloud-cover-forecast-map.html?ugrp=m&unlocked_article_code=1.iE0.7R1C.Q9xlzQDDVXvq&smid=url-share

I consider myself a Star Trek fan, but I don't understand the Starfleet's relationship to the Federation. Is Starfleet the military arm of the entire Federation? Or is it just the Earth's military force, like the US Armed Forces is just one part of NATO's military force?

Why don't we ever see ships built by other races conducting Starfleet operations? In canon we see Vulcan ships and others representing other Federation worlds, but none ever seem part of Starfleet ops.

The more that the right-wing media rails on the Trans Day of Visibility, the more their followers become aware of it. And since not all right-leaning people are anti-Trans, they’re actually helping the cause more than they’re hurting it.

Today is the 10th anniversary of the single most disappointing half-hour of scripted television.

It’s not surprising that so many on the right are unaware that the Trans Day of Visibility is an international holiday that has been celebrated on March 31st since 2009. I didn’t hear them make a fuss the last time it overlapped with Easter in 2013.

Gmail turns 20 on Monday, and the articles are starting to come out.

As a web designer it’s incredibly gratifying to have worked on a site that had served people for 20 years. I’m forever grateful for the opportunity.

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@evan 😢 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/03/29/us-weapons-israel-gaza-war/

It was inevitable that X.com would eventually point to porn.

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