Notices by Trapped in the Age of Pisces♓️ (fuzzface@epsilon-ix.masto.host)

@LoganFive I’m in love. I am loved.

@skinnylatte I miss having a place like that here.

@OhOkKay Folks who retoot bomb. Retoots are great, but some folks seem to do 50 of them in a very short period of time. And yes, I’ve been guilty of that 🤪 Cool poll btw.

@skinnylatte @josh0 Oh no, the mag tape on paper cards? They are still using those???

@josh0 @skinnylatte I’m not much of an expert on BART, if I could hazard a guess I’m wondering if the voice is being generated by an old school chipset at the station, which would imply station by station upgrades. Are the Passenger Displays on the platforms still using small incandescent lights? That isn’t related, but it is a curiosity.

This one is for @skinnylatte

#SitcomInspiredProducts #HashTagGames McHale’s Navy Very Fine Monterey Anchovies

@skinnylatte Strange fact: BART train tracks are not standard gauge (distance between the rails) so other trains cannot easily use those tracks, everything is a bit custom. https://www.bart.gov/news/articles/2022/news20220708-2

@skinnylatte I wonder if they are on the original system. What I noticed, way back when, was BART seemed to still be running on Day 1 systems and not refreshing stuff.

Average Person: There is no solution to The Trolley Problem.

Rail Geek: It is possible to set the switch to a position where the Trolley derails. While imperfect, it allows for the possibility of no deaths.

The nice thing about #Monsterdon and #HashTagGames is that you don’t have to be a full participant to enjoy a lot of fun toots from folks.

@Jason844 @bojacobs Appreciate the pointer. Your analysis seems very sound. I would be curious how many were new, versus new to their current job. Seems like the cuts didn’t take into account that probation can mean a new employee, or an experienced employee in a new job. 😬

@bojacobs In case you haven’t seen it, pretty sure those NNSA cuts were at Pantex, Hanford, Savannah River, and ORNL. Got the impression a lot of them were at Pantex 😬

@skinnylatte I was under the impression that getting up there is difficult and involves trespassing. But, that isn’t based on research so much as hearsay.

@bojacobs @sts I could be wrong, but it seemed the focus of Civil Defense during this era was on “you can survive and things would be ok again” but when seriously considered it became “we may survive, most are dead, everything is in ruins, and ok will not return for generations, if ever.” I also question the belief that one week was enough for anything approaching safety.

@kims LOL. You have to dig a bit, but it appears the “Birds Aren’t Real” crowd have a new gig. https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/enron-the-egg-home-nuclear-reactor-is-parody-product-2025-01-24/ . To your point, it does solve the problem of going into space to actually destroy the target…

@VeroniqueB99 This is insulting… to Crack Houses… 🤪

@skinnylatte So, I haven’t been there in quite a while. Is there still an anchovy tank with the school constantly swimming in circles within it? I used to love staring at that! Many years ago we funded a brick for my Mother-in-law. Wonderful place!!

@skinnylatte (Reused joke) Are you on DoorDash?

@ai6yr Not a great photo, but LACoFD Dozer 5 in action. Presumably on Sunset Blvd.

@kims First off, sorry that skiing is not in your future. 🫂 Your observations are spot on. I think there is an expectation by rich folks that any problem can be solved by throwing money at it. This is certainly not reality, but wake-up calls for the rich are often too rare. I have to wonder what the thinking is that justifies fighting a very modest raise by causing chaos for customers and wrecking the value of the business. People often make no sense.

Your observations