Notices by Mike Elgan (mikeelgan@mastodon.social), page 2

I spotted this stained glass window in downtown Hobart in Tasmania. What's the name of this religion? (Wrong answers only!)

Where I’m at: a restaurant in Mexico City right next to the Cathedral, which took 250 years to build starting in 1573.

One-third of Americans want the US to be a dictatorship
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/02/28/who-likes-authoritarianism-and-how-do-they-want-to-change-their-government/

Following Google Maps directions in rural Tasmania and encountered this sign.

Google customers: "Why should we be excited, when Google might kill the Google product we're using?"

Google employees: "Why should we be excited, when we might get laid off?"

Nobody's excited about Google anymore.

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/google-workers-company-culture-pichai-18653877.php

Hydroxychloroquine prescribed for Covid and promoted by idiot conman Trump may have killed 17,000.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S075333222301853X

The January 6 tweet on Trump’s account saying Pence "didn't have the courage to do what should have been done” (after Trump was told the mob was trying to kill Pence) was personally written by Trump. The later post on Trump’s account saying “stay peaceful,” was written by aid Dan Scavino.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/special-counsel-probe-uncovers-new-details-trumps-inaction/story?id=106131854

Hitler: “All great cultures of the past perished only because the originally creative race died out from blood poisoning.“

Trump: Immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.“

https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-echoes-hitler-migrants-poisoning-the-blood-of-our-country

Social no longer drives traffic to legitimate news sites, but continues to drive traffic to sources of disinformation. Both government and media are to blame. https://www.axios.com/2023/10/03/social-media-traffic-news-sites-decrease

ALT HEADLINE: Immigrant wears American hat backwards.

This happened a half hour before we landed at Heathrow for what was supposed to be a two hour layover. Now we’re enjoying an unexpected overnight stay (at least!) in London! https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/28/uk-air-traffic-control-hit-network-wide-failure-airline

Venice alley cat for #Caturday

"A startup called Humane, founded by ex-Apple employees Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno (who are married), recently impressed AR fans with an smart new vision for how AR could work."
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3694876/are-apple-s-ar-glasses-already-obsolete.html

Rats love driving tiny cars - science
https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/these-rats-learned-to-drive-tiny-cars-for-science

Should people who oppose paid fake "verification" block Twitter Blue subscribers in protest? (Twitter poll): https://twitter.com/MikeElgan/status/1640367672977248256

Some in Germany want to make English the second official language in Germany. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/feb/10/germany-labour-shortage-english-second-official-language

Wow. This photo search engine lets you click on any photo and find tons of other photos with the "same energy." Then click on another and another. https://same.energy/

Federation fact of the moment: "97 percent of Mastodon users are on the top 5 percent of instances." https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/01/mastodon_activitypub/

Countries with digital nomad visas

BREAKING: Democrat and indigenous Alaskan Mary Peltola officially wins race for Alaska’s only House seat, defeating Pro-Trump Republican Sarah Palin.