Notices by eribosot (eribosot@mastodon.social), page 13

@Savvyhomestead Dead link

@moss If a pair of twins is born, and the first twin is born at 1:45 AM 1, and the second twin is born at 1:20 AM 2, then who is the older twin?

Isla Bonita Tree Frog (Isthmohyla debilis) photographed by Makario González-Pinzón

Calypsa Tree Frog (Isthmohyla calypsa) photographed by STRI (the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute)

@billboard Need a copy editor? It's Debbie Harry, not Debby Harry. You misspelled it twice.

@samlitzinger

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines

Narrow-lined Tree Frog (Isthmohyla angustilineata) photographed by Sofía Pastor Parajeles

Step 1 is realizing that Frankenstein does not refer to the monster but to its creator.

Step 2 is realizing that the creator _is_ the monster, and that what you thought was the monster is actually the victim.

#frogs #FrogsOfMastodon Annam tree frog or South China tree toad (Hyla simplex) photographed by Amaël Borzée

@Alice “I look at these people and can't quite believe that they exist. [...] To put them in perspective, I think of being on an airplane. The flight attendant comes down the aisle with her food cart and, eventually, parks it beside my seat. 'Can I interest you in the chicken?' she asks. 'Or would you prefer the platter of shit with bits of broken glass in it?' To be undecided in this election is to pause for a moment and then ask how the chicken is cooked.”
― David Sedaris

I'm on a mailing list that sends me e-mails multiple times a day with subjects like "7 Ways To Engage Your Audience", "Writing content that your customers will read" and "Getting your message across."

I delete each of these e-mails without opening them.

@lxo

I still feel like I'm barely scratching the surface. It's a never-ending journey.

I passed N4 last year, now trying to get to N3.

How about you?

Feel free to ask if you need any help.

@lxo "Katakana is used for words brought in from other languages" is an oversimplification.

One, may loanwords (especially from Chinese) are rendered in kanji.

Two, many non-loanwords are written in katakana. For example, animal and plant species, as well as sound effects (onomatopeia). Katakana is also used to make a piece of text stand out, much like Western text would make text italic. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana#Usage

@xconde No, the example renders the words "dolphins" without kanji, using the phonetic hiragana characters いるか (i + ru + ka). This may be in order to help Japanese learners like me, or to help native Japanese readers who may not be familiar with the reading of 海豚.

What is a bit odd is that the hiragana alphabet is used, and not the katakana alphabet, which is more commonly used for animal names. That spelling would be イルカ (also the sounds i + ru + ka, but in a different alphabet).

@emmreef All I see is a strong virile masculine man heroically blocking a dangerous, potentially life-threatening punch, swung by what is obviously an antifa agitator. In a manly way.

One of the great things about the internet is that it allows incredibly talented people to be discovered, who would otherwise probably remain locked in obscurity.

Case in point: this eight-year-old boy from Brazil, Ruan Vitor, who composed and sang a song called Amaheceu.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SH_Jwz7v-PE

I'm no expert when it comes to singing, so I leave it to others to assess if I'm right to be blown away.

(If I caught a glimpse of this website here on Mastodon, please let me know so I can credit you and follow you.)

https://whatiftrumpwins.org/ is an interactive website asking you to imagine of what could happen if Trump were to win the election, and how you would react.

It takes a cue from Gene Sharp, the author of "From Dictatorship to Democracy," a guide to effectively fighting a dictatorship, by offering practical tips on how to fight back.

I remember learning in high school that nazism in 1930s Germany was born out of the desperation, humiliation and helplessness of the working class.

I think somewhere along the way, somebody forgot the "So let's make sure that never happens again" part.

There's probably some symbolism to be found in the fact that this debate is being held on the side of a trashcan.

Yesterday, I visited our new offices for the first time.

Check out this stairwell. To the right: the stairs. In the middle: a glass wall. On the left: a narrow hallway, with doors to the toilets, doors which swing _outward_. I should add that all doors in this building are set so that you need to push extra hard to open them.

Two times in one day, I saw someone walking down the hallway and almost getting knocked over by someone swinging open the door to exit the toilets.